¹The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,

¹[Faminaniana ny amin'ny hanjo an'i Zedekia, sy fananarana ny olona noho izy nanandevo indray izay efa novotsorany] Izao no teny tonga tamin'i Jeremia avy tamin'i Jehovah, fony Nebokadnezara, mpanjakan'i Babylona, sy ny miaramilany rehetra ary ny fanjakana rehetra amin'ny tany izay nanjakany mbamin'ny firenena rehetra izay namely an'i Jerosalema sy ny tanànany rehetra, nanao hoe:

²Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:

²Izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely: Mandehana, lazao amin'i Zedekia, mpanjakan'ny Joda, ka ambarao aminy hoe: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Indro, hatolotro eo an-tànan'ny mpanjakan'i Babylona ity tanàna ity, ka hodorany amin'ny afo izy;

³And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.

³ary ianao tsy ho afa-mandositra ny tànany, fa ho voasambotra tokoa ka hatolotra eo an-tànany; ary ny masonao hahita ny mason'ny mpanjakan'i Babylona, dia hiteny mifanatrika aminao izy, sady ho tonga any Babylona ianao.

⁴Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:

⁴Nefa henoy ny tenin'i Jehovah, ry Zedekia, mpanjakan'ny Joda. Izao no lazain'i Jehovah ny aminao: Tsy ho fatin-tsabatra ianao.

⁵But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.

⁵fa amin'ny fiadanana no hahafatesanao, ary handoro zavatra ho fisaonana anao ny olona, tahaka ny nandoroany ho fisaonana ny razanao, dia ireny mpanjaka fahiny tany alohanao, ary hitomany anao ny olona hoe: Indrisy ry tompoko; fa Izaho no efa nilaza izany, hoy Jehovah.

⁶Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,

⁶Dia nolazain'i Jeremia mpaminany tamin'i Zedekia, mpanjakan'ny Joda. tany Jerosalema izany teny rehetra izany.

⁷When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.

⁷fony ny miaramilan'ny mpanjakan'i Babylona mbola namely an'i Jerosalema sy ny tanànan'ny Joda sisa rehetra, dia Lakisy sy Azeka: fa ireo ihany no tanàna mimanda sisa tamin'ny tanànan'ny Joda.

⁸This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

⁸Izao no teny tonga tamin'i Jeremia avy tamin'i Jehovah, rehefa nanao fanekena tamin'ny vahoaka rehetra izay tany Jerosalema Zedekia mpanjaka hitory fanafahana aminy,

⁹That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.

⁹mba samy handefa ny ankizilahiny sy ny ankizivaviny, dia izay Hebreolahy sy Hebreovavy, ho afaka, mba tsy hisy hampanompo ny Jiosy rahalahiny intsony.

¹⁰Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go.

¹⁰Ka dia nanaiky ny mpanapaka rehetra sy ny vahoaka rehetra izay nanao ny fanekena, samy handefa ny ankizilahiny sy ny ankizivaviny ho afaka mba tsy hampanompoany azy intsony; eny, nanaiky izy, ka samy nandefa azy ho afaka.

¹¹But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.

¹¹Kanjo taorian'izany dia nanenina izy, ka naveriny indray ireo ankizilahy sy ankizivavy izay efa nalefany ho afaka ireo, dia nandevoziny ho ankizilahiny sy ho ankizivaviny indray.

¹²Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

¹²Ary tonga tamin'i Jeremia ny tenin'i Jehovah hoe:

¹³Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,

¹³Izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely: Izaho efa nanao fanekena tamin'ny razanareo tamin'ny andro nitondrako azy nivoaka avy tany amin'ny tany Egypta hiala tamin'ny trano nahandevozana nanao hoe:

¹⁴At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.

¹⁴Isam-pito taona samia mandefa ny Hebreo rahalahiny, izay namidy taminao; ka rehefa nanompo anao enin-taona izy, dia alefaso ho afaka; nefa ny razanareo tsy nihaino Ahy ka nanongilana ny sofiny.

¹⁵And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:

¹⁵Ary nibebaka ianareo androany ka nanao izay mahitsy eo imasoko tamin'ny niantsoanareo fanafahana, samy handefa ny rahalahiny avy; ary nanao fanekena teo anatrehako ianareo, dia tao amin'ny trano izay efa niantsoana ny anarako;

¹⁶But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.

¹⁶kanjo nivadika indray ianareo ka tsy nanamasina ny anarako, fa samy namerina ny ankizilahiny sy ny ankizivaviny, izay efa nalefanareo handeha araka izay tiany, dia nanandevo azy ho ankizilahiny sy ho ankizivaviny indray.

¹⁷Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

¹⁷Koa izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Hianareo tsy nihaino Ahy ka tsy nety nitory fanafahana ho an'ny rahalahinareo sy ny namanareo avy; dia, indro, miantso fanafahana ho anareo kosa Aho, hoy Jehovah, nefa ho an'ny sabatra sy ny areti-mandringana ary ny mosary; ary hatolotro ho mpanjenjena any amin'ny fanjakana rehetra amin'ny tany ianareo.[Na: ho fampangovitana]

¹⁸And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,

¹⁸Ary hatolotro ny olona izay nivadika ny fanekeko ka tsy nahatana ny tenin'ny fanekena, izay nataony teo anatrehako fony nosasahiny ny ombilahy kely, ka nandeha teo anelanelan'ny tapany izy,

¹⁹The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf;

¹⁹eny, hatolotro ny mpanapaka ny Joda sy ny mpanapaka any Jerosalema sy ny tandapa sy ny mpisorona ary ny vahoaka rehetra, izay nandeha teo anelanelan'ny tapaky ny ombilahy kely,

²⁰I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.

²⁰dia hatolotro eo an-tànan'ny fahavalony sy eo an-tànan'izay mitady ny ainy, ary ho fihinan'ny voro-manidina sy ny bibi-dia ny fatiny.

²¹And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you.

²¹Ary Zedekia, mpanjakan'ny Joda, sy ny mpanapaka dia hatolotro eo an-tànan'ny fahavalony sy eo an-tànan'izay mitady ny ainy ary eo an-tànan'ny miaramilan'ny mpanjakan'i Babylona, izay efa lasa niala taminareo.Indro, handidy Aho, hoy Jehovah, ary hampivereniko ho amin'ity tanàna ity ireo; ary hasiany ity ka ho afany, dia hodorany amin'ny afo; ary ny tanànan'ny Joda dia hofoanako tsy hisy mponina.

²²Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.

²²Indro, handidy Aho, hoy Jehovah, ary hampivereniko ho amin'ity tanàna ity ireo; ary hasiany ity ka ho afany, dia hodorany amin'ny afo; ary ny tanànan'ny Joda dia hofoanako tsy hisy mponina.