¹O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

¹[Ny fahantomotry ny loza voalaza] Hianareo, zanak'i Benjamina, mandosira faingana hiala an'i Jerosalema, ary tsofy ao Tekoa ny anjomara, ka manaova tsangan'afo ao Beti-hakerema; Fa misy loza sy fandringanana be miposaka avy any avaratra.[Na: manangàna famantarana]

²I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.

²Ziona zanakavavy dia ampitoviko amin'ny fiandrasan-ondry misy ahitra milenodenoka.[Na: Aringako ilay tsara tarehy sy mihantahanta, dia Ziona zanakavavy]

³The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

³Ao aminy no alehan'ny mpiandry sy ny ondry; Haoriny manodidina azy ny lainy, ka samy handany ny ao akaikiny avy izy.

⁴Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

⁴Mitaova ianareo hanao ady masina hamelezana azy; Mitsangàna, ka andeha isika hiakatra antoandro. Lozantsika! fa lasan-davitra ny andro, ka efa mandroso ny aloky ny hariva.

⁵Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

⁵Mitsangàna, ka andeha isika hanao latsak'alina, ary aoka horavantsika ny trano-beny.

⁶For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

⁶Fa izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro; Kapao ny hazo, ary manandrata tovon-tany hamelezana an'i Jerosalema; Io ilay tanàna hovaliana, feno fampahoriana ny ao anatiny.

⁷As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.

⁷Toy ny loharano mampiboiboika ny ranony no ampiboiboihany ny faharatsiany; An-keriny sy fandravana no re ao aminy; Eo anatrehako mandrakariva ny faharariana sy ny faharatrana.

⁸Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

⁸Minoa anatra ianao, ry Jerosalema, fandrao miombotra miala aminao ny fanahiko, ary fandrao hataoko tany lao ianao, dia tany tsy honenana.

⁹Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.

⁹Izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro: Hotsimponina fatratra toy ny fitsimpona voaloboka izay sisa amin'ny Isiraely; Avereno ho amin'ny sakeliny ny tananao toy ny mpioty voaloboka.[Na: harona]

¹⁰To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

¹⁰Iza no hilazako sy hanariko mba handrenesany? Indro, ny sofiny dia tsy voafora, ka tsy mahahaino izy; He! tsatsoiny ny tenin'i Jehovah ka tsy ankamaminy.

¹¹Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

¹¹Fa ny fahatezeran'i Jehovah mahafeno ahy ka tsy zakako tsindriana intsony! Aidino amin'ny ankizy madinika eny an-dalambe sy amin'ny fiokoan'ny zatovo izany; Fa na lehilahy na vehivavy dia hosamborina avokoa, ary ny anti-panahy mbamin'ny ela niainana koa;

¹²And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.

¹²Ary ho lasan'ny sasany ny tranony mbamin'ny sahany sy ny vehivavy koa; Fa hahinjitro amin'ny mponina amin'ny tany ny tanako, hoy Jehovah,

¹³For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

¹³Satria izy rehetra, na ny kely na ny lehibe, dia samy fatra-pila harena avokoa; Na ny mpaminany na ny mpisorona dia samy mamitaka avokoa.

¹⁴They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

¹⁴Fa nataotaony foana ny fanasitranany ny faharatran'ny oloko zanakavavy tamin'ny nanaovany hoe: Fiadanana, fiadanana; Kanjo tsy misy fiadanana tsinona!

¹⁵Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

¹⁵Nomenarina izy noho ny nanaovany fahavetavetana, nefa tsy mba menatra akory izy ary tsy mba valahara; Koa ho lavo ao amin'izay lavo izy, amin'ny andro hamaliako azy dia ho tafintohina izy, hoy Jehovah.

¹⁶Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

¹⁶Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Mijanona eo an-dalana ianareo, ka izahao, ary anontanio izay lalana masaka hatry ny ela. Dia izay lalana mankany amin'ny tsara, ka iny no izory, dia hahita fitsaharana ho an'ny fanahinareo ianareo; Nefa hoy izy: Tsy hizotra izahay.

¹⁷Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

¹⁷Ary nasiako mpitily ianareo hanao hoe: Henoy ny feon'ny anjomara! Nefa hoy ianareo: Tsy hihaino izahay.[Heb. izy]

¹⁸Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.

¹⁸Koa henoinareo, ry jentilisa, ary aoka ho fantatrareo, ry fiangonana, ny hanjo azy.

¹⁹Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

¹⁹Henoy, ry tany! Indro, Izaho hahatonga loza amin'ity firenena ity, dia ny vokatry ny heviny ihany; Fa tsy nihaino ny teniko izy, ary nolaviny ny lalàko.

²⁰To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

²⁰Nahoana no itondrana ditin-kazo mani-pofona avy any Sheba Aho sy veromanitra avy any amin'ny tany lavitra? Tsy sitrako ny fanatitra doranareo, ary tsy mamiko ny zavatra vonoinareo hatao fanatitra.

²¹Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.

²¹Koa izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Indro hasiako fahatafintohinana eo amin'ity firenena ity, ka dia samy ho tafintohina amin'izany ny ray mbamin'ny zanany; Ho faty ny olona mbamin'ny namany.

²²Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.

²²Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Indro, misy firenena avy any amin'ny tany avaratra, dia firenena lehibe mitsangana avy any amin'ny faran'ny tany;

²³They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

²³Tsipika sy lefona no entiny, lozabe sady tsy mamindra fo izy; Ny feony dia mirohondrohona toy ny ranomasina, sady mitaingin-tsoavaly izy ary voaomana tahaka ny lehilahy ho amin'ny ady, hamelezana anao, ry Ziona zanakavavy.

²⁴We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

²⁴Efa renay ny lazany, ka miraviravy tanana izahay; Fahoriana no mahazo anay, eny, fanaintainana tahaka ny vehivavy raha miteraka.

²⁵Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

²⁵Aza mivoaka ho any an-tsaha, ary aza mandeha amin'ny lalambe; Fa manan-tsabatra ny fahavalo, misy fampangorohoroana manodidina.

²⁶O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

²⁶Ry oloko zanakavavy, misikìna lamba fisaonana ianao, ary mihosena lavenona, ka manaova fisaonana toy ny fisaonana zanakalahy tokana, dia fitomaniana fatratra; Fa ho avy tampoka amintsika ny mpandringana.

²⁷I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

²⁷Ho mpizaha toetra ao amin'ny oloko no nanendreko anao, dia ho fiarovana mafy, mba ho fantatrao sy hizahanao toetra ny alehany.

²⁸They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

²⁸Tena maditra avokoa izy rehetra ka mandehandeha manaratsy, varahina sy vy izy; Samy mpanao ratsy avokoa izy rehetra.

²⁹The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

²⁹May ny tafoforana, levon'ny afo ny firaka, foana ny nandrendrehan'ny mpandrendrika, fa tsy voaisotra ny ratsy.Ataon'ny olona hoe, volafotsy tsy lany izy, satria tsy lanin'i Jehovah.

³⁰Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.

³⁰Ataon'ny olona hoe, volafotsy tsy lany izy, satria tsy lanin'i Jehovah.