¹And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

¹[Ny fivadihan'ny Isiraely ampitahaina amin'ny tsi-fiovan'ny fitiavan'Andriamanitra] Ary tonga tamiko ny tenin'i Jehovah hoe:

²`Go, and thou hast called in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said Jehovah: I have remembered for thee The kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, Thy going after Me in a wilderness, in a land not sown.

²Mandehana, ka miantsoa eo anatrehan'i Jerosalema hoe: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Tsaroako ny niraiketan'ny fonao tamiko, fony ianao mbola tanora, sy ny fitiavanao, fony ianao vao nampakarina, dia ilay nanarahanao Ahy tany an-efitra, teny amin'ny tany tsy mbola nifafy zavatra;

³Holy [is] Israel to Jehovah, The first-fruit of His increase, All consuming him are guilty, Evil cometh in unto them, an affirmation of Jehovah.

³Masina ho an'i Jehovah ny Isiraely sady santatra amin'ny vokany; Izay rehetra nihinana azy dia nohelohina, ny loza no nanjo ireny, hoy Jehovah.

⁴Hear a word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, And all ye families of the house of Israel.

⁴Mihainoa ny tenin'i Jehovah, ry taranak'i Jakoba, sy ianareo, ry fokony rehetra amin'ny taranak'Isiraely!

⁵Thus said Jehovah: What — have your fathers found in Me perversity, That they have gone far off from Me, And go after the vanity, and become vain,

⁵Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Inona moa no tsy marina hitan'ny razanareo tamiko, no dia nanalavitra Ahy izy sady nanaraka ny zava-poana, ka dia tonga zava-poana koa izy?

⁶And have not said, Where [is] Jehovah, Who bringeth us up out of the land of Egypt, Who leadeth us in a wilderness, In a land of deserts and pits, In a dry land, and of death-shade, In a land — none hath passed through it, Nor dwelt hath man there?`

⁶Ary izy tsy nanao hoe: Aiza Jehovah Izay nitondra antsika niakatra avy tany amin'ny tany Egypta sady nitarika antsika tany an-efitra, dia ilay tany foana sady be lavaka, tany karankaina sady aloky ny fahafatesana, tany izay tsy mba nalehan'olona akory na nonenan'olona?

⁷Yea, I bring you in to a land of fruitful fields, To eat its fruit and its goodness, And ye come in and defile My land, And Mine inheritance have made an abomination.

⁷Ary nitondra anareo niditra ho any amin'ny tany mahavokatra Aho, mba hihinananareo ny vokatra sy ny zavatra tsara eo aminy; Kanjo nony tafiditra ianareo, dia nolotoinareo ny taniko, sady novetavetainareo ny lovako.

⁸The priests have not said, `Where [is] Jehovah?` And those handling the law have not known Me. And the shepherds transgressed against Me, And the prophets have prophesied by Baal, And after those who profit not have gone.

⁸Ny mpisorona tsy nanao hoe: Aiza Jehovah? Ary ny mpiadidy ny lalàna tsy nahalala Ahy; Ny mpitondra koa nanota tamiko, ary ny mpaminany naminany tamin'ny anaran'i Bala ka nanaraka ireny tsy mahasoa.[Heb. mpiandry ondry]

⁹Therefore, yet I plead with you, An affirmation of Jehovah, And with your sons` sons I plead.

⁹Koa mbola hifandahatra aminareo Aho, hoy Jehovah, sy hiady amin'ny zafinareo koa.

¹⁰For, pass to the isles of Chittim, and see, And to Kedar send, and consider well, And see if there hath been like this:

¹⁰Fa mità ho any amin'ny moron-dranomasin'i Kitima, ka izahao, ary maniraha ho any Kedara, ka diniho tsara, dia aoka ho hitanareo na mba efa nisy toy izao, na tsia:

¹¹Hath a nation changed gods? (And they [are] no gods!) And My people hath changed its honour For that which doth not profit.

¹¹Moa nisy firenena efa nanova ny andriamaniny va? Nefa ireny dia tsy Andriamanitra akory. Fa ny oloko kosa efa nanakalo ny voninahiny tamin'ireny tsy mahasoa ireny.

¹²Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, Yea, be frightened, be greatly wasted, An affirmation of Jehovah.

¹²Talanjona amin'izany ry lanitra! Ary matahora, ka mangorohoroa indrindra, ianareo! hoy Jehovah;

¹³For two evils hath My people done, Me they have forsaken, a fountain of living waters, To hew out for themselves wells — broken wells, That contain not the waters.

¹³Fa zava-dratsy roa loha no nataon'ny oloko: Efa nahafoy Ahy, loharanon'aina, izy ka nihady lavaka famorian-drano ho an'ny tenany, nefa lavaka mitriatriatra tsy mahatan-drano.

¹⁴A servant [is] Israel? Is he a child of the house? Wherefore hath he been for a prey?

¹⁴Moa mpanompo va Isiraely? Ompikely va izy? Koa nahoana no voababo izy?

¹⁵Against him roar do young lions, They have given forth their voice, And make his land become a desolation, His cities have been burnt without inhabitant.

¹⁵Hamely azy no ampieronan'ny liona tanora sy amoahany feo ka mahatonga ny taniny ho lao nodorana ny tanànany, ka tsy nisy mponina.

¹⁶Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes Consume thee — the crown of the head!

¹⁶Ny mponina tao Memfisa sy Tapanesa aza efa nampangadihady ny tampon-dohanao.[Heb. Nofa]

¹⁷Dost thou not do this to thyself? [By] thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, At the time He is leading thee in the way?

¹⁷Moa tsy ny nahafoizanao an'i Jehovah Andriamanitrao tamin'ny andro nitondrany anao teny an-dalana va no nahatonga izany taminao?

¹⁸And now, what — to thee in the way of Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? And what — to thee in the way of Asshur, To drink the waters of the River?

¹⁸Koa inona no anton'ny ankanesanao amin'ny lalana mankany Egypta Hisotro ny ranon'i Sihora? Ary inona no anton'ny ankanesanao amin'ny lalana mankany Asyria hisotro ny rano amin'ny Ony? [Neily][Eofrata]

¹⁹Instruct thee doth thy wickedness, And thy backslidings reprove thee, Know and see that an evil and a bitter thing [Is] thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, And My fear not being on thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts.

¹⁹Ny haratsianao no anafaizana anao, ary ny fihodinanao no ananarana anao; Koa fantaro sy hevero fa ratsy sady mangidy ny nahafoizanao an'i Jehovah Andriamanitrao sy ny tsy nisian'ny tahotrao Ahy, hoy Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro.

²⁰For from of old thou hast broken thy yoke, Drawn away thy bands, and sayest, `I do not serve,` For, on every high height, and under every green tree, Thou art wandering — a harlot.

²⁰Fa hatramin'ny ela no efa nanapahanao ny zioga taminao sy efa nanitosanao ny fatoranao, ka hoy ianao: Tsy hety hanompo aho; Nefa teny amin'ny havoana andrandraina sy teny ambanin'ny hazo maitso rehetra no nandrianao nijangajanganao.

²¹And I planted thee a choice vine, wholly a true seed, And how hast thou been turned to Me, To the degenerate shoots of a strange vine?

²¹Fa Izaho namboly anao ho karazam-boaloboka tsara indrindra, dia rantsana tsara avokoa; Ka ahoana no nanjary sampany ratsy ianao ho voaloboka hafa?

²²But though thou dost wash with nitre, And dost multiply to thyself soap, Marked is thine iniquity before Me, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

²²Fa na dia misasa sirahazo aza ianao ka maka lavenona betsaka hanadiovana anao, ny helokao dia mbola voasoratra eo anatrehako ihany, hoy Jehovah Tompo.[Na: maloto]

²³How sayest thou, `I have not been defiled, After the Baalim I have not gone?` See thy way in a valley, know what thou hast done, A swift dromedary winding her ways,

²³Ahoana no anaovanao hoe: Tsy nanao izay nahaloto ahy aho, tsy nanaraka ireo Bala aho? Hevero ny nalehanao tany amin'ilay lohasaha, fantaro izay nataonao, ry ramevavavy haingam-pandeha mivezivezy amin'ny alehany,

²⁴A wild ass accustomed to a wilderness, In the desire of her soul she hath swallowed up wind, Her meeting — who doth turn her back? None seeking her do weary themselves, In her month they find her.

²⁴Sy ry borikivavi-dia tamàna any an-efitra, izay manimbolo ny rivotra noho ny faniriany; Ary ny fahamaimaizany iza no mahasakana azy? Izay rehetra mitady azy dia tsy ho sasa-poana; Fa amin'ny volany no hahitany azy.

²⁵Withhold thy foot from being unshod, And thy throat from thirst, And thou sayest, `It is incurable, No, for I have loved strangers, and after them I go.`

²⁵Aza esorina ny kapa amin'ny tongotrao; Ary aoka tsy ho maina ny tendanao; Nefa hoy ianao: Tsy misy fanantenana; Tsia! fa ny hafa no tiako, ka dia hanaraka azy aho.

²⁶As the shame of a thief when he is found, So put to shame have been the house of Israel, They, their kings, their heads, And their priests, and their prophets,

²⁶Toy ny fangaihain'ny mpangalatra, raha azo, dia toy izany ny fangaihain'ny taranak'Isiraely, eny, izy sy ny mpanjakany sy ny lehibeny sy ny mpisorony ary ny mpaminaniny,

²⁷Saying to wood, `My father [art] thou!` And to a stone, `Thou hast brought me forth,` For they turned unto me the back and not the face, And in the time of their vexation, They say, `Arise Thou, and save us.`

²⁷Dia izay manao amin'ny tapa-kazo hoe: Raiko ianao, ary amin'ny vato hoe: Hianao no niteraka ahy; Fa efa niamboho Ahy izy ka tsy nanatrika Ahy; Nefa amin'ny andro fahoriany kosa dia vao hanao hoe izy: Mitsangàna, ka vonjeo izahay.

²⁸And where [are] thy gods, that thou hast made to thyself? Let them arise, if they may save thee, In the time of thy vexation, For — the number of thy cities have been thy gods, O Judah,

²⁸Fa aiza ireny andriamanitrao izay nataonao ho anao? Aoka hitsangana ireny, raha mahavonjy anao amin'ny andro fahorianao fa araka ny isan'ny tanànanao, ry Joda, no isan'ny andriamanitrao.

²⁹Why do ye strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

²⁹Nahoana no mifandahatra amiko ianareo? Fa samy efa niodina tamiko ianareo rehetra, hoy Jehovah.

³⁰In vain I have smitten your sons, Instruction they have not accepted, Devoured hath your sword your prophets, As a destroying lion.

³⁰Foana ny namelezako ny zanakareo, fa tsy zaka nanarina izy; Ny sabatrareo nandringana ny mpaminaninareo, toy ny liona mamiravira.[Heb. nihinana]

³¹O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah: A wilderness have I been to Israel? A land of thick darkness? Wherefore have My people said, `We mourned, We come not in again unto Thee.`

³¹Ry taranaka, dinihonareo ny tenin'i Jehovah! Moa efa nanjary tany efitra ho an'ny Isiraely va Aho, na tany maizim-pito? Nahoana ny oloko no manao hoe: Afaka mikarenjy izahay ka tsy hankany aminao intsony?[Na: tany misy aizim-pito avy amin'i Jehovah]

³²Doth a virgin forget her ornaments? A bride her bands? And My people have forgotten Me days without number.

³²Hanadino ny firàvany va ny virijina, na hanadino ny fehin-kibony misy haingony va ny ampakarina? Nefa tsy hita isa ny andro nanadinoan'ny oloko Ahy.

³³What — dost thou make pleasing thy ways to seek love? Therefore even the wicked thou hast taught thy ways.

³³Kanto izany fandehanao hitady fitia izany, ka zarinao ho amin'ny ratsy ny dianao![Na: Ka na dia ny vehivavy ratsy fanahy aza dia ampianarinao ny fombanao]

³⁴Also in thy skirts hath been found the blood of innocent needy souls, Not by digging have I found them, but upon all these.

³⁴Ary koa eo an-tsisin-dambanao no ahitana ny ran'ny olona malahelo izay tsy manan-tsiny, tsy tamin'ny tami-trano no nahazoanao azy, fa tamin'izany rehetra izany.

³⁵And thou sayest, `Because I have been innocent, Surely turned back hath His anger from me?` Lo, I have been judged with thee, Because of thy saying, `I have not sinned.`

³⁵Nefa hoy ianao: Tsy manan-tsiny aho, efa afaka amiko tokoa ny fahatezerany. Indro, hifandahatra aminao Aho noho ny anaovanao hoe: Tsy nanota aho.

³⁶What? thou art very vile to repeat thy way, Even of Egypt thou art ashamed, As thou hast been ashamed of Asshur,

³⁶Nahoana ianao no maika hanova ny alehanao? Fa ho menatra noho ny amin'i Egypta koa ianao, toy ny nahamenaranao noho ny amin'i Asyria.Izany koa dia hialanao, ka hiloloha tanana ianao; Fa nolavin'i Jehovah ny tokinao, ka tsy hambinina amin'ireo ianao.

³⁷Also from this thou goest out, And thy hands on thy head, For Jehovah hath kicked at thy confidences, And thou dost not give prosperity to them!

³⁷Izany koa dia hialanao, ka hiloloha tanana ianao; Fa nolavin'i Jehovah ny tokinao, ka tsy hambinina amin'ireo ianao.