¹Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

¹[Ny faharatsian'ny olona, izay nahatonga ny loza namely azy] Miveziveze eny an-dalamben'i Jerosalema ianareo, ka izahao sy fantaro ary tadiavo ao ankalalahana, fa raha mba misy olona hitanareo, izay manao ny marina sy mitady ny hitsiny, dia havelako ny helok'i Jerosalema.

²And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.

²Ary na dia misy aza manao hoe: Raha velona koa Jehovah, dia entiny mianian-tsy tò izany.

³O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

³Jehovah ô, tsy mijery ny toe-panahy mahatoky va ny masonao? Namely azy Hianao, nefa tsy nahatsiaro naharary izy; Nandany azy Hianao, nefa tsy nety nino anatra izy; Nohamafisiny mihoatra noho ny harambato ny tarehiny, tsy nety niverina izy.

⁴Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

⁴Ka dia hoy izaho: Olona ambany ireto; Adala izy fa tsy mahalala ny lalan'i Jehovah, na ny fitsipik'Andriamaniny;

⁵I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

⁵Handeha ho any amin'ny lehibe aho lahy ka hiteny aminy, fa ireny dia mahalala ny lalan'i Jehovah sy ny fitsipik'Andriamaniny; Kanjo ireny koa aza dia samy efa nanapaka zioga sy nanito fatorana.

⁶Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

⁶Koa noho izany dia mamely azy ny liona avy any an'ala, ary mandringana azy ny amboadia avy any an-efitra, ny leoparda miandry hamely ny tanànany, ka izay rehetra mivoaka avy ao dia viraviraina; Fa efa maro ny fahadisoany, ary fatratra ny fiodinany.[lopa]

⁷How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.

⁷Koa nahoana Aho no hamela ny helokao? Efa nahafoy Ahy ny zanakao ka efa nianiana tamin'izay tsy Andriamanitra; Efa nampianianiko izy, nefa nijangajanga ihany ka nirohitra niditra tao an-tranon'ny vehivavy janga.[Na: efa novokisako]

⁸They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.

⁸Tahaka ny soavaly tsara fahana izy ka nikarenjy tamin'izay tiany, samy naneno tamin'ny vadin'ny namany avy.

⁹Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

⁹Tsy hovaliako va izy amin'izany? hoy Jehovah; Ary tsy hialako fo va ny firenena toy izany?

¹⁰Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD's.

¹⁰Miakara eo amin'ny mandany ianareo, ka mameleza, nefa aza dia levonina avokoa izy; Esory ny sakeliny, satria tsy an'i Jehovah izy.

¹¹For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.

¹¹Fa efa nivadika tamiko mihitsy ny taranak'Isiraely sy ny taranak'i Joda, hoy Jehovah.

¹²They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

¹²Nahafoy an'i Jehovah izy ka nanao hoe: Tsy Izy no izy; Tsy hisy loza hanjo antsika, ary tsy hahita sabatra na mosary isika;

¹³And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

¹³Ny mpaminany dia hanjary rivotra, ary tsy ao am-pony Ilay miteny; Eny, izany no hanjo azy.[Na: ny teny]

¹⁴Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

¹⁴Koa izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny maro. Noho ny nanaovanareo izany teny izany, indro, hataoko afo ny teniko izay eo am-bavanao, ary ity firenena ity ho kitay hazo ka holevoniny.

¹⁵Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

¹⁵Indro, efa hitondra firenena avy lavitra Aho hamely anareo, ry taranak'Isiraely, hoy Jehovah, dia firenena mateza hery, Firenena hatry ny ela, Firenena izay tsy fantatrao ny fiteniny, ka tsy ho azonao izay lazainy.

¹⁶Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

¹⁶Ny tranon-jana-tsipìkany dia tahaka ny fasana misokatra; Izy rehetra dia samy lehilahy mahery avokoa.

¹⁷And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.

¹⁷Ary hohaniny ny vokatrao sy ny haninao, hohaniny ny zanakao-lahy sy ny zanakao-vavy, hohaniny ny ondry aman'osinao sy ny ombinao, hohaniny ny voalobokao sy ny aviavinao, sady horavany amin'ny sabatra ny tanàna mimanda izay itokianao.

¹⁸Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.

¹⁸Nefa na dia amin'izany andro izany aza, hoy Jehovah, tsy dia holevoniko avokoa ianareo.

¹⁹And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not your's.

¹⁹Ary raha hoy izy: Nahoana Jehovah Andriamanitsika no dia nanao izany rehetra izany tamintsika? Dia hovalianao hoe: Toy ny nahafoizanareo Ahy sy ny nanompoanareo andriamani-kafa teo amin'ny taninareo no hanompoanareo ny firenen-kafa any amin'ny tany izay tsy anareo.[Heb. ianareo]

²⁰Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

²⁰Ambarao ao amin'ny taranak'i Jakoba, ary torio ao amin'ny Joda hoe:

²¹Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

²¹Henoy izao, ry firenena adala sady tsy manan-tsaina, izay mana-maso, fa tsy mahita, ary manan-tsofina, fa tsy mandre:

²²Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

²²Izaho va tsy atahoranareo? hoy Jehovah; Tsy mangovitra va ianareo eo anatrehako, izay nanao ny fasika ho fefin'ny ranomasina, dia fetra mandrakizay tsy azony hihoarana? Ka na dia mitopatopa aza ny onjany, dia tsy mahavaky azy, ary na dia mirohondrohona aza, dia tsy mahahoatra azy.

²³But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

²³Fa ity firenena ity dia manana fo maditra sy miodina; Mihodina izy ka lasa,

²⁴Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

²⁴Ary tsy manao anakampo akory hoe: Aoka isika hatahotra an'i Jehovah Andriamanitsika, izay mandatsaka ranonorana, dia ny loha-orana sy ny fara-orana amin'ny fotoany avy; Ary ireo herinandro voatendry ho amin'ny fararano dia tandremany ho antsika.

²⁵Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.

²⁵Ny helokareo no nampiala izany, ary ny fahotanareo no misakana ny soa tsy ho azonareo.

²⁶For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

²⁶Fa misy hita fa ratsy fanahy ny oloko; Mamitsaka sy mijoko toy ny mpamandri-borona izy, mamela-pandrika izy, ka olona no azony.

²⁷As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

²⁷Toy ny tranom-borona feno vorona no mahafeno fitaka ny tranony; Ary noho izany dia tonga lehibe sy mpanankarena izy.

²⁸They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

²⁸Efa mihatavy izy ka mandimandina, dia mihoa-pampana amin'ny fanaovan-dratsy; Tsy mety mitsara ady mba hahazoan'ny kamboty ny rariny izy, ary ny adin'ny malahelo tsy mba tsarainy.

²⁹Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

²⁹Tsy hovaliako amin'izany va izy? hoy Jehovah; Tsy hialako fo va ny firenena toy izany?

³⁰A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;

³⁰Zava-mahagaga sy mahatsiravina no atao eo amin'ny tany;Ny mpaminany maminany lainga, ny mpisorona : manapaka araka izay atoron'ireny, ary ny oloko mankasitraka izany; Koa hanao ahoana re ianareo any amparany?

³¹The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

³¹Ny mpaminany maminany lainga, ny mpisorona : manapaka araka izay atoron'ireny, ary ny oloko mankasitraka izany; Koa hanao ahoana re ianareo any amparany?