¹Thus said Jehovah, `Go, and thou hast got a potter`s earthen vessel, and of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests,

¹[Fanoharana ny amin'ny tavoara vaky] Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Andeha mividy tavoara tanimanga, ary makà anti-panahy amin'ny vahoaka sy anti-panahy amin'ny mpisorona,

²and thou hast gone forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, that [is] at the opening of the gate of the pottery, and hast proclaimed there the words that I speak unto thee,

²dia mivoaha ho any amin'ny Lohasahan'ny taranak'i Hinoma, izay eo anoloan'ny vavahady Harsota, ary torio eo ny teny izay holazaiko aminao,[Harsota = tavim-bilany(?)]

³and hast said, Hear a word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: `Lo, I am bringing in evil on this place, at which the ears of every one who is hearing it do tingle,

³ka ataovy hoe: Mihainoa ny tenin'i Jehovah, ry mpanjakan'ny Joda sy ry mponina ato Jerosalema! Izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely: Indro, hahatonga loza amin'ity tanàna ity Aho izay mandre izany, dia hangintsingintsina ny sofiny

⁴because that they have forsaken Me, and make known this place, and make perfume in it to other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place [with] innocent blood,

⁴satria efa nahafoy Ahy izy ka nahatonga ity tanàna ity ho hafahafa, fa nandoro ditin-kazo manitra tato ho an'andriamani-kafa, izay tsy fantany, na fantatry ny razany, na ny mpanjakan'ny Joda, sady efa nameno ran'ny marina ity tanàna ity

⁵and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons with fire, burnt-offerings to Baal, that I commanded not, nor spake of, nor did it come up on My heart.

⁵ary nanorina ny fitoerana avo ho an'i Bala handoroany ny zanany ho fanatitra dorana ho an'i Bala, izay tsy nandidiako, na nolazaiko, na tao an-tsaiko akory aza.

⁶`Therefore, lo, days are coming — an affirmation of Jehovah — and this place is not called any more, Tophet, and Valley of the son of Hinnom, but, Valley of slaughter.

⁶Koa, indro, avy ny andro, hoy Jehovah, izay tsy hanaovana ity fitoerana ity intsony hoe Tofeta, na Lohasahan'ny taranak'i Hinoma, fa Lohasaha Famonoana kosa.

⁷And I have made void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and have caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those seeking their life, and I have given their carcase for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth,

⁷Ary hofoanako amin'ity tanàna ity ny fisainan'ny Joda sy Jerosalema, ka hataoko lavon-tsabatra eo anoloan'ny fahavalony sy amin'ny tànan'izay mitady ny ainy izy; ary ny fatiny dia homeko ho fihinan'ny voro-manidina sy ny bibi-dia.[Heb. hararako]

⁸and I have made this city for a desolation, and for a hissing, every passer by it is astonished, and doth hiss for all its plagues.

⁸Ary ity tanàna ity dia hataoko ho figagana sy ho zavatra mampisitrisitra, ka izay rehetra mandalo azy dia ho gaga sady hisitrisitra noho ny loza rehetra efa namelezana azy.

⁹And I have caused them to eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters, and each the flesh of his friend they do eat, in the siege and in the straitness with which straiten them do their enemies, and those seeking their life.

⁹Ary hampihinaniko ny nofon'ny zananilahy sy ny nofon'ny zananivavy izy, ary samy hihinana ny nofon'ny namany avy izy eo amin'ny fahirano sy ny fahaterena, izay haneren'ny fahavalony sy izay mitady ny ainy azy.

¹⁰`And thou hast broken the bottle before the eyes of the men who are going with thee,

¹⁰Dia torotoroy eo imason'ny olona izay miaraka aminao ilay tavoara,

¹¹and hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Thus do I break this people and this city, as one breaketh the potter`s vessel, that is not able to be repaired again, and in Tophet they bury — without place to bury;

¹¹ka ataovy aminy hoe: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro: Toy izao no hanorotoroako ity firenena sy ity tanàna ity, dia toy ny famakin'ny mpanefy tanimanga ny vilany tany, ka tsy azo atambatra intsony; ary any Tofeta aza no handevenany noho ny tsi-fisian-tany hafa handevenana.

¹²so I do to this place — an affirmation of Jehovah — and to its inhabitants, so as to make this city as Tophet;

¹²Dia toy izany no hataoko amin'ity tanàna ity sy amin'izay mponina ato, ka dia hatao tahaka an'i Tofeta ity tanàna ity, hoy Jehovah.

¹³and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, have been — as the place of Tophet — defiled, even all the houses on whose roofs they have made perfume to all the host of the heavens, so as to pour out oblations to other gods.`

¹³Ary ny tranon'i Jerosalema sy ny tranon'ny mpanjakan'ny Joda dia ho tonga maloto tahaka an'i Tofeta, dia ny trano rehetra izay nandoroany ditin-kazo manitra teo an-tampony ho an'izay rehetra eny amin'ny lanitra sy nanidinany fanatitra aidina ho an'izay andriamani-kafa.

¹⁴And Jeremiah cometh in from Tophet, whither Jehovah had sent him to prophesy, and he standeth in the court of the house of Jehovah, and he saith unto all the people:

¹⁴[Ny faminanian'i Jeremia ny loza, sy ny nanoheran'i Pasora azy] Ary Jeremia dia tonga avy tany Tofeta, izay nanirahan'i Jehovah azy haminany, ka nitsangana teo amin'ny kianjan'ny tranon'i Jehovah izy, dia nanao tamin'ny vahoaka rehetra hoe:Izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely: Indro, hataoko mihatra amin'ity tanàna ity sy amin'ny zana-bohiny rehetra ny loza rehetra izay nolazaiko hatao aminy noho ny nanamafiany ny hatony tsy hihainoany ny teniko.

¹⁵`Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am bringing in unto this city, and on all its cities, all the evil that I have spoken against it, for they have hardened their neck — not to hear My words!`

¹⁵Izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely: Indro, hataoko mihatra amin'ity tanàna ity sy amin'ny zana-bohiny rehetra ny loza rehetra izay nolazaiko hatao aminy noho ny nanamafiany ny hatony tsy hihainoany ny teniko.