¹Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

¹[Ny alahelon'i Jeremia noho ny faharatsian'ny olona] Enga anie ka hahita fitoerana any an-efitra aho tahaka ny fitoeran'ny mpandeha! Dia hahafoy ny fireneko aho ka hiala aminy, satria mpijangajanga avokoa izy rehetra, eny, mpivadika miray tetika izy.

²Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

²Manenjana ny lelany toy ny fanenjana tsipìka izy mba handefa lainga. Ary tsy araka ny marina no mahahery azy etỳ ambonin'ny tany; Fa mandroso amin'ny ratsy ka hatramin'ny ratsy izy, ary Izaho tsy mba fantany, hoy Jehovah.

³And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

³Samia miaro tena amin'ny namany avy ianareo. Ary aza misy matoky olona na dia ny rahalahy aza; Fa ny rahalahy rehetra dia mamingana tokoa, ary ny namana rehetra mandehandeha manaratsy.

⁴Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

⁴Izy rehetra samy mamitaka ny namany avy, ka tsy misy miteny marina; Mampianatra ny lelany handainga izy ary manasa-tena amin'ny fanaovan-dratsy.

⁵And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

⁵Ny fonenanao dia ao anatin'ny fitaka; Fitaka no nandavany tsy hahalalana Ahy, hoy Jehovah.

⁶Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

⁶Koa izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro: Indro, handrendrika sy hizaha toetra azy Aho; Fa ahoana no hataoko noho ny amin'ny oloko zanakavavy?

⁷Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

⁷Zana-tsipìka mahafaty ny lelany ka miteny fitaka; Raha amin'ny vavany, dia miteny fihavanana amin'ny namany izy, kanjo ao anatiny kosa dia manao otri-po.

⁸Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

⁸Tsy hovaliako va izy amin'izany zavatra izany? hoy Jehovah, tsy hialako fo va ny firenena toy izany?

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

⁹Noho ny amin'ny tendrombohitra no hitomaniako sy hidradradrako, ary noho ny amin'ny kijana any an-efitra no hanaovako hira fa halahelovana, satria may izy, ka tsy misy mandeha mamaky eo aminy, ary tsy misy fimàmàn'omby re intsony, ary na ny voro-manidina na ny bibi-dia samy efa nandositra ka lasa avokoa.

¹⁰For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.

¹⁰Ary Jerosalema dia hataoko korontam-bato sy fonenan'ny amboadia; ary ny tanànan'ny Joda hataoko lao tsy hisy mponina.[Na: jakala]

¹¹And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

¹¹Iza no olon-kendry mba hahafantatra izao, sady efa nitenenan'ny vavan'i Jehovah mba hanambara izao? Fa nahoana no noravana ny tany sady may ho toy ny efitra, ka tsy misy mandeha mamaky eo aminy?

¹²Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?

¹²Ary hoy Jehovah: satria nahafoy ny lalàko izay nataoko teo anoloany izy ka tsy nankato izany ary tsy nihaino ny feoko,

¹³And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;

¹³Fa nandeha araka ny ditry ny fony sy nanaraka ireo Bala araka izay nampianarin'ny razany azy,

¹⁴But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

¹⁴Dia izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely: Indro, hofahanako zava-mahafaty ity firenena ity sy hampisotroiko rano mangidy;

¹⁵Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

¹⁵Ary haeliko any amin'izay jentilisa tsy fantany na fantatry ny razany izy; Ary hampanenjehiko azy ny sabatra ambara-pandaniko azy.

¹⁶I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.

¹⁶Izao no lazain'i Jehovah. Tompon'ny maro: Mihevera tsara, ka antsoy ireny vehivavy mpanao hira fahalahelovana mba ho avy; Eny, ampanalao ireny vehivavy mahay mba ho tonga;

¹⁷Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:

¹⁷Ary asaovy haingana ireny hanandratra fidradradradrana ho antsika, mba hampijojy ny ranomasontsika sy hampivarina ny ranomaso avy amin'ny hodimasontsika.

¹⁸And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.

¹⁸Fa misy feo midradradradra re any Ziona hoe: Indrisy! rava isika; Afa-baraka indrindra isika, satria tsy maintsy mamoy ny tany, fa efa narodana ny trano nitoerantsika.

¹⁹For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.

¹⁹Nefa mihainoa ny tenin'i Jehovah, ianareo vehivavy, ary aoka hohenoin'ny sofinareo ny tenin'ny vavany, ka ampianaro fidradradradrana ny zanakavavinareo, ary samia mampianatra hira fahalahelovana ny namany avy.

²⁰Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.

²⁰Fa ny fahafatesana efa nananika ny varavarankelintsika ka niditra tao an-dapantsika, mba handringana ny ankizy madinika tsy ho eny an-dalambe sy ny zatovo tsy ho eny an-kalalahana.

²¹For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.

²¹Ataovy hoe: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Hiampatrampatra ny fatin'ny olona ka ho tonga tahaka ny zezika eny an-tsaha sy tahaka ny amboara nilaozan'ny mpijinja, Izay tsy misy manangona azy.[Heb. any aorian']

²²Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.

²²[Ny amin'ny tsi-fahatokian-tena, sy ny fahatokiana an'Andriamanitra, Izay mitsara marina] Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Aoka ny hendry tsy hirehareha amin'ny fahendreny, ary aoka ny mahery tsy hirehareha amin'ny heriny, ary aoka ny manan-karena tsy hirehareha amin'ny hareny;

²³Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

²³Fa izay te-hirehareha dia aoka hirehareha amin'izao: Dia ny fahendreny sy ny fahalalany Ahy ho Jehovah, Izay manao famindram-po sy fitsarana marina ary fahamarinana etỳ ambonin'ny tany; fa izany no sitrako, hoy Jehovah.

²⁴But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.

²⁴Indro, avy ny andro, hoy Jehovah, izay hamaliako ny voafora rehetra mbamin'ny tsy voafora koa,[Na: izay toy ny tsy voafora]Dia Egypta sy Joda sy Edoma sy ny taranak'i Amona ary Moaba mbamin'izay rehetra voahety sisim-bolo, izay monina any an-efitra; Fa ny jentilisa rehetra dia tsy voafora, ary ny taranak'Isiraely rehetra kosa dia tsy voafora fo.

²⁵Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;

²⁵Dia Egypta sy Joda sy Edoma sy ny taranak'i Amona ary Moaba mbamin'izay rehetra voahety sisim-bolo, izay monina any an-efitra; Fa ny jentilisa rehetra dia tsy voafora, ary ny taranak'Isiraely rehetra kosa dia tsy voafora fo.

²⁶Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.