¹The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

¹[Fanoharana ny amin'ny tanimanga sy ny mpanefy, ary ny anatra manaraka izany] Izao no teny tonga tamin'i Jeremia avy tamin'i Jehovah:

²Rise, and thou hast gone down [to] the potter`s house, and there I cause thee to hear My words;

²Mitsangàna, ka midina ho any amin'ny tranon'ny mpanefy tanimanga, ary any no hampandrenesako anao ny teniko.

³and I go down [to] the potter`s house, and lo, he is doing a work on the stones,

³Dia nidina tany amin'ny tranon'ny mpanefy tanimanga aho, ary, indro, nanao ny asany teo amin'ny ankodina fanaovana izy.

⁴and marred is the vessel that he is making, as clay in the hand of the potter, and he hath turned and he maketh it another vessel, as it was right in the eyes of the potter to make.

⁴Ary raha simba ny vilany ataony araka izay mazàna miseho amin'ny tanimanga eny an-tànan'ny mpanefy dia ataony vilany hafa indray, araka izay tian'ny mpanefy tanimanga hanaovana azy.

⁵And there is a word of Jehovah to me, saying:

⁵Dia tonga tamiko ny tenin'i Jehovah hoe :

⁶As this potter am I not able to do to you? O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah. Lo, as clay in the hand of the potter, So [are] ye in My hand, O house of Israel.

⁶Moa tsy mahazo manao aminareo toy ny ataon'ity mpanefy tanimanga ity va Aho, ry taranak'i Isiraely? hoy Jehovah. Indro, toy ny tanimanga eo an-tanan'ny mpanefy azy, dia toy izany ianareo eo an-tanako, ry taranak'Isiraely.

⁷The moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, To pluck up and to break down, and to destroy,

⁷Vetivety Aho dia milaza firenena sy fanjakana hongotako sy hazerako ary horavako;[Heb. indray mipi-maso]

⁸And that nation hath turned from its evil, Because I have spoken against it, Then I have repented of the evil that I thought to do to it.

⁸Nefa raha miala amin'ny ratsy izany firenena noteneniko izany, dia hanenenako kosa ny loza izay nokasaiko hamelezako azy.

⁹And the moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant,

⁹Ary vetivety kosa Aho dia milaza firenena sy fanjakana haoriko sy hamboleko;

¹⁰And it hath done the evil thing in Mine eyes, So as not to hearken to My voice, Then I have repented of the good That I have spoken of doing to it.

¹⁰Nefa raha manao izay ratsy eo imasoko izy ka tsy mihaino ny feoko, dia hanenenako kosa ny soa izay nolazaiko hanasoavako azy.

¹¹And now, speak, I pray thee, unto men of Judah, And against inhabitants of Jerusalem, Saying: Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am framing against you evil, And devising against you a device, Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way And amen your ways and your doings.

¹¹Koa amin'izany, lazao amin'ny Joda sy amin'ny mponina eto Jerosalema hoe: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Indro, Izaho mamorona loza hihatra aminareo ary mihevitra izay hamelezako anareo; Koa samia miala amin'ny lalany ratsy avy ianareo, ary ataovy tsara ny lalanareo sy ny ataonareo.

¹²And they have said, It is incurable, For after our own devices we do go, And each the stubbornness of his evil heart we do.

¹²Nefa hoy ireo: Kivy izahay izany! Fa mbola hanaraka ny hevitray ihany izahay, eny, samy hanao araka ny ditry ny fo ratsinay avy izahay rehetra.

¹³Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Ask, I pray you, among the nations, Who hath heard like these? A very horrible thing hath the virgin of Israel done.

¹³Koa izao no lazain'i Jehovah: anontanio any amin'ny jentilisa hoe: Iza no nandre zavatra toy izany? Zavatra mahatsiravina indrindra no nataon'Isiraely virijina.

¹⁴Doth snow of Lebanon Cease from the rock of the field? Failed are the cold strange waters that flow?

¹⁴Hitsahatra tsy ho eo amin'ny vatolampy any an-tsaha va ny oram-panalan'i Libanona, ary mety ho ritra va ny rano maria sady mangatsiaka avy amin'ny tany hafa?

¹⁵But My people have forgotten Me, to a vain thing they make perfume, And they cause them to stumble in their ways — paths of old, To walk in paths — a way not raised up,

¹⁵Fa efa nanadino Ahy ny oloko, ka ho an'ny sampy no nandoroany ditin-kazo manitra; Ary nanafintohina azy teo amin'ny lalany ireny; dia ny lalana fahagola, handehanany amin'ny sakeli-dalana madinika, dia amin'ny lalana tsy voavoatra,[Heb; zava-poana]

¹⁶To make their land become a desolation, A hissing age-during, Every passer by it is astonished, And bemoaneth with his head.

¹⁶Mba hahatonga ny taniny ho figagana sy ho zavatra mampisitrisitra mandrakizay; Izay rehetra mandalo azy dia ho gaga sy hihifikifi-doha.

¹⁷As an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day of their calamity.`

¹⁷Toy ny fampielin'ny rivotra avy any atsinanana no hampielezako azy eo anoloan'ny fahavalony; Hiamboho azy Aho, fa tsy hanatrika azy, amin'ny andro hahitany loza.

¹⁸And they say, Come, And we devise against Jeremiah devices, For law doth not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet, Come, and we smite him with the tongue, And we do not attend to any of his words.

¹⁸[Ny nitadiavan'ny olona hamely an'i Jeremia, sy ny vavaka nataon'i Jeremia tamin'izany] Dia hoy ny olona: Andeha isika hihevitra izay hamelezana an'i Jeremia; fa tsy ho tapaka tsy akory ny lalàna avy amin'ny mpisorona, na ny saina avy amin'ny hendry, na ny teny avy amin'ny mpaminany. Aoka ny vavantsika ho enti-mamely azy, ary aoka tsy hohenointsika akory izay teniny.[Heb. lelantsika]

¹⁹Give attention, O Jehovah, unto me, And hearken to the voice of those contending with me.

¹⁹Mihainoa ahy, Jehovah ô; Ary mihainoa ny tenin'izay miady amiko

²⁰Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy wrath from them.

²⁰Ratsy va no havaly ny soa? Fa efa nihady lavaka hamandrihana ahy ireo. Tsarovy ny nitsanganako teo anatrehanao nitaraina ho azy hampiala ny fahatezeranao aminy.

²¹Therefore, give up their sons to famine, And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, And their wives are bereaved and widows, And their men are slain by death, Their young men smitten by sword in battle,

²¹Koa aoka ho mosarena ny zanany, ary atolory ho amin'ny herin'ny sabatra izy, ka ho foana anaka ny vadiny sady ho tonga mpitondratena; Ary aoka ny lehilahy lehibe aminy haripaky ny aretina, ary ny zatovony ho fatin-tsabatra amin'ny ady.

²²A cry is heard from their houses, For Thou bringest against them suddenly a troop, For they dug a pit to capture me, And snares they have hidden for my feet.

²²Aoka hisy fidradradradrana ho re ao an-tranony, raha mitondra miaramila iray toko any aminy tampoka Hianao; Fa efa nihady lavaka hamandrihana ahy izy sady nanafim-pandrika haningorana ny tongotro.Fa Hianao, Jehovah ô, no mahalala ny fisainana rehetra ataony hamelezany ahy ho faty; Aza avela ny helony; Ary aza vonoina tsy ho eo imasonao ny fahotany, fa aoka ho solafaka eo anatrehanao izy; Mameleza azy amin'ny andro fahatezeranao.

²³And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known, All their counsel against me [is] for death, Thou dost not cover over their iniquity, Nor their sin from before Thee blottest out, And they are made to stumble before Thee, In the time of Thine anger work against them!

²³Fa Hianao, Jehovah ô, no mahalala ny fisainana rehetra ataony hamelezany ahy ho faty; Aza avela ny helony; Ary aza vonoina tsy ho eo imasonao ny fahotany, fa aoka ho solafaka eo anatrehanao izy; Mameleza azy amin'ny andro fahatezeranao.