¹Lo, for righteousness doth a king reign, As to princes, for judgment they rule.

¹Indro, fa araka ny fahamarinana no hanjakan'ny mpanjaka, ary ny lehibe hanaraka araka ny rariny.

²And each hath been as a hiding-place [from] wind, And as a secret hiding-place [from] inundation, As rivulets of waters in a dry place, As a shadow of a heavy rock in a weary land.

²Ary hisy lehilahy ho fierena amin'ny rivotra sy ho fialofana amin'ny ranonoram-baratra; Ho ranovelona ao amin'ny tany karankaina izy, ho alo-batolampy lehibe amin'ny tany mahana. [Na: Ary samy]

³And not dazzled are the eyes of beholders, And the ears of hearers do attend.

³Ary tsy hikimpy ny mason'izay mahita, ary ny sofin'izay mandre dia hihaino.

⁴And the heart of those hastened Understandeth to know, And the tongue of stammerers hasteth to speak clearly.

⁴Ny fon'izay maimaika hahazo fahalalana, ary ny lelan'izay mikodedidedy hahay miteny mahitsy.

⁵A fool is no more called `noble,` And to a miser it is not said, `rich;`

⁵Ny adala tsy holazaina intsony hoe mitoetr'andriana, ary ny mpifetsy tsy holazaina hoe mahafoy be. [Heb. mpanankarena]

⁶For a fool speaketh folly, And his heart doth iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak concerning Jehovah error, To empty the soul of the hungry, Yea, drink of the thirsty he causeth to lack.

⁶Fa ny adala mbola miteny fahadalana ihany, ary ny fony mamoron-keloka, mba hanaovany fihatsaram-belatsihy sy hitenenany hevi-diso ny amin'i Jehovah ary hanaovany izay tsy hahazoan'ny noana hanina sy izay tsy hahazoan'ny mangetaheta rano hosotroina. [Na: ratsy]

⁷And the miser — his instruments [are] evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaketh justly.

⁷Ary ratsy ny hafetsen'ny mpifetsy; Mamoron-tsain-dratsy izy hanimbany ny ory amin'ny teny lainga, na dia miteny manan-drariny aza ny malahelo; [Heb. fiasan']

⁸And the noble counselled noble things, And he for noble things riseth up.

⁸Fa ny mitoetr'andriana kosa dia mamoron-tsaina araka izay mahamendrika andriana, ary izay mahamendrika andriana no ifikirany.

⁹Women, easy ones, rise, hear my voice, Daughters, confident ones, give ear [to] my saying,

⁹[Anatra mafy tamin'ny vehivavy tao Jerosalema] Mitsangàna, ry vehivavy miadana, ka mandrenesa ny feoko; Ry zazavavy matokitoky foana, mihainoa ny teniko.

¹⁰Days and a year ye are troubled, O confident ones, For consumed hath been harvest, The gathering cometh not.

¹⁰Raha afaka herintaona mahery dia ho raiki-tahotra ianareo, ry vehivavy matokitoky foana; Fa hanjahitra ny taom-piotazam-boaloboka, ary tsy hisy ny fanangonam-boankazo

¹¹Tremble ye women, ye easy ones, Be troubled, ye confident ones, Strip and make bare, with a girdle on the loins,

¹¹Mangovita, ry vehivavy miadana, mangorohoroa, ry vehivavy matokitoky foana; Endaho ny akanjonao, ka mitanjaha, ary misikìna lamba fisaonana.

¹²For breasts they are lamenting, For fields of desire, for the fruitful vine.

¹²Miteha-tratra izy, fa malahelo ny saha nahafinaritra sy ny voaloboka vokatra.

¹³Over the ground of my people thorn — brier goeth up, Surely over all houses of joy of the exulting city,

¹³Ho rakotry ny tsilo sy ny hery ny tanin'ny oloko, eny, na dia ny ao amin'ny trano mahafaly rehetra ao an-tanàna ravoravo aza;

¹⁴Surely the palace hath been left, The multitude of the city forsaken, Fort and watch-tower hath been for dens unto the age, A joy of wild asses — a pasture of herds;

¹⁴Fa ho foana ny lapan'ny mpanjaka; Hitsahatra ny fihorikoriky ny tanàna; Ofela sy ny tilikambo fitazanana ho tonga naman'ny zohy ho mandrakizay, dia fikarenjen'ny boriki-dia sy fiandrasana ny andian'ny ondry aman'osy, [Na: Ny havoana]

¹⁵Till emptied out on us is the Spirit from on high, And a wilderness hath become a fruitful field, And the fruitful field for a forest is reckoned.

¹⁵Mandra-pandatsaka ny fanahy avy amin'ny avo ho amintsika, ka ny efitra ho tonga saha mahavokatra, ary ny saha mahavokatra hoheverina ho ala.

¹⁶And dwelt in the wilderness hath judgment, And righteousness in the fruitful field remaineth.

¹⁶Ary hitoetra any an-efitra ny rariny, Ary ny fahamarinana honina ao amin'ny saha mahavokatra.

¹⁷And a work of the righteousness hath been peace, And a service of the righteousness — Keeping quiet and confidence unto the age.

¹⁷Ny asan'ny fahamarinana ho fiadanana; Ary ny vokatry ny fahamarinana dia ho fiadanana sy fahatokiana mandrakizay;

¹⁸And dwelt hath My people in a peaceful habitation, And in stedfast tabernacles, And in quiet resting-places.

¹⁸Ary ny oloko hitoetra ao amin'ny fonenana mandry fahizay sy ao amin'ny fitoerana mahatoky ary ao amin'ny fialan-tsasatra feno fiadanam-po;

¹⁹And it hath hailed in the going down of the forest, And in the valley is the city low.

¹⁹Nefa hilatsaka ny havandra, rehefa aripaka ny ala, ary halamaka dia halamaka ny tanàna.Sambatra izay mamafy eny amoron'ny rano rehetra sady mampiriaria ny omby sy ny boriky.

²⁰Happy [are] ye sowing by all waters, Sending forth the foot of the ox and the ass!

²⁰Sambatra izay mamafy eny amoron'ny rano rehetra sady mampiriaria ny omby sy ny boriky.