¹At that time, an affirmation of Jehovah, I am for God to all families of Israel, And they — they are to Me for a people.

¹[Ny famindram-po ho an'ny firenen'Isiraely, sy ny fanekena hatao aminy] Amin'izany andro izany, hoy Jehovah, dia ho Andriamanitry ny isam-pianakavian'ny Isiraely Aho, ary izy ho oloko.

²Thus said Jehovah: Found grace in the wilderness Hath a people remaining from the sword Going to cause it to rest — Israel.

²Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Hahita fitia any an-efitra ny olona izay sisa tsy matin'ny sabatra; Handeha Aho ka hanome fitsaharana ho an'ny Isiraely.[Na: Nahita][Na: Nandeha Aho ka nanome]

³From afar Jehovah hath appeared to me, With love age-during I have loved thee, Therefore I have drawn thee [with] kindness.

³Tany lavitra any no nisehoan'i Jehovah tamiko ka nanao hoe: Fitiavana mandrakizay no nitiavako anao, koa izany no nampaharetako famindram-po ho anao.[Na: Tamin'ny fahiny]

⁴Again do I build thee, And thou hast been built, O virgin of Israel, Again thou puttest on thy tabrets, And hast gone out in the chorus of the playful.

⁴Mbola hanorina anao indray Aho, ka dia hiorina ianao, ry Isiraely virijina! Ary mbola hiravaka mitondra ny ampongatapakao ianao ka hivoaka amin'ny dihin'ny mifaly.

⁵Again thou dost plant vineyards In mountains of Samaria, Planters have planted, and made common.

⁵Mbola hanao tanim-boaloboka ao amin'ny tendrombohitr'i Samaria ianao; Ny mpamboly dia hamboly sady hihinana ny vokatra.

⁶For there is a day, Cried have watchmen on mount Ephraim, `Rise, and we go up to Zion, unto Jehovah our God;

⁶Fa mbola hisy andro hiantsoan'ny mpitazana any amin'ny tany havoan'i Efraima hoe: Mitsangana ianareo, ka andeha isika hiakatra any Ziona, Ho any amin'i Jehovah Andriamanitsika.

⁷For thus said Jehovah: Sing, O ye to Jacob, [with] joy, And cry aloud at the head of the nations, Sound ye, praise ye, and say, Save, O Jehovah, thy people, the remnant of Israel.

⁷Fa izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Mihobia amin'ny fifaliana noho ny amin'i Jakoba, ary mifalia noho ny amin'ny lohan'ny firenena, torionareo, deraonareo, ka ataovy hoe: Jehovah ô, vonjeo ny olonao, dia ny sisa amin'ny Isiraely.

⁸Lo, I am bringing them in from the north country, And have gathered them from the sides of the earth, Among them [are] blind and lame, Conceiving and travailing one — together, A great assembly — they turn back hither.

⁸Indro, hitondra azy avy any amin'ny tany avaratra Aho sy hanangona azy avy any amin'ny faran'ny tany, ka dia samy ho eny aminy avokoa na ny jamba na ny mandringa, na izay manan'anaka na izay mihetsi-jaza; Irai-dia marenina no hiverina atỳ.

⁹With weeping they come in, And with supplications I bring them, I cause them to go unto streams of waters, In a right way — they stumble not in it, For I have been to Israel for a father, And Ephraim — My first-born [is] he.

⁹Amin'ny fitomaniana no hihaviany, ary amin'ny fifonany no hitondrako azy; Ary ho entiko ho eny amoron'ny renirano izy, amin'ny lalana mahitsy izay tsy hahatafintohina azy; Fa Rain'Isiraely Aho, ary Efraima no lahimatoako.

¹⁰Hear a word of Jehovah, O nations, And declare ye among isles afar off, and say: He who is scattering Israel doth gather him, And hath kept him as a shepherd [doth] his flock,

¹⁰Mihainoa ny tenin'i Jehovah, ianareo jentilisa, ary torio any amin'ny tany amoron-tsiraka any lavitra any izany, ka atao hoe: Izay nampiely ny Isiraely no hanangona azy indray sady hitandrina azy toy ny fitandrin'ny mpiandry ondry ny ondriny.

¹¹For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, And redeemed him from a hand stronger than he.

¹¹Fa Jehovah efa nanavotra an'i Jakoba sy efa nanafaka azy tamin'ny tanan'ny mahery noho izy.

¹²And they have come in, And have sung in the high place of Zion, And flowed unto the goodness of Jehovah, For wheat, and for new wine, and for oil, And for the young of the flock and herd, And their soul hath been as a watered garden, And they add not to grieve any more.

¹²Ka dia ho avy ireny ka hihoby ao amin'ny havoan'i Ziona, dia hitanjozotra ho any amin'ny zava-tsoan'i Jehovah, dia ny vary sy ny ranom-boaloboka sy ny diloilo sy ny zanak'ondry ary ny zanak'omby; Ary ny fanahiny ho toy ny tanimboly vonton-drano, ka tsy hihamalazo intsony.

¹³Then rejoice doth a virgin in a chorus, Both young men and old men — together, And I have turned their mourning to joy, And have comforted them, And gladdened them above their sorrow,

¹³Ary amin'izany dia ho faly amin'ny fandihizana ny virijina mbamin'ny zatovo sy ny antitra koa; Fa hampodiko ho fifaliana ny fitomaniany, ka hampiononiko sy hampifaliko izy ho afaka alahelo.

¹⁴And satisfied the soul of the priests [with] fatness, And My people with My goodness are satisfied, An affirmation of Jehovah.

¹⁴Dia hovokisako zava-matavy ny fanahin'ny mpisorona, ary ny oloko ho voky ny zava-tsoako, hoy Jehovah.

¹⁵Thus said Jehovah, A voice in Ramah is heard, wailing, weeping most bitter, Rachel is weeping for her sons, She hath refused to be comforted for her sons, because they are not.

¹⁵Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Nisy feo re tao Rama, dia fidradradradrana sy fitomaniana fatratra; Rahely nitomany ny zanany, ary tsy azo nampiononina izy noho ny amin'ny zanany, satria lany ritra ireny.

¹⁶Thus said Jehovah: Withhold thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears, For there is a reward for thy work, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they have turned back from the land of the enemy.

¹⁶Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Atsaharo ny fitomanianao sy ny fandatsahanao ranomaso; Fa hisy valiny tokoa ny ataonao, hoy Jehovah, ary hody avy any amin'ny tanin'ny fahavalo ireny.

¹⁷And there is hope for thy latter end, An affirmation of Jehovah, And the sons have turned back [to] their border.

¹⁷Ary misy fanantenana ho anao any amparany, hoy Jehovah; Fa ny zaza dia hiverina ho any amin'ny taniny indray.

¹⁸I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, `Thou hast chastised me, And I am chastised, as a heifer not taught, Turn me back, and I turn back, For thou [art] Jehovah my God.

¹⁸Efa reko tokoa Efraima nitomany ny tenany hoe: Nofaizanao aho, eny, nofaizana toy ny ombilahy kely tsy voafolaka; Avereno aho, dia ho tafaverina, fa Hianao no Jehovah Andriamanitro.

¹⁹For after my turning back I repented, And after my being instructed I struck on the thigh, I have been ashamed, I have also blushed, For I have borne the reproach of my youth.

¹⁹Nony efa niverina tokoa aho, dia vao nahalala fanenenana; Ary rehefa nampahafantarina ny toe-tenako aho, dia niteha-tratra; Menatra sady mangaihay aho, fa latsain'ny tsinin'ny fahatanorako.[Heb. niteha-pe]

²⁰A precious son is Ephraim to Me? A child of delights? For since My speaking against him, I do thoroughly remember him still, Therefore have My bowels been moved for him, I do greatly love him, An affirmation of Jehovah.

²⁰Zanako mahafinaritra va Efraima, zaza malalako va izy, no dia fatra-pahatsiaro azy isaky ny mitezitra azy Aho? Noho izany dia onena azy ny foko; Hamindra fo aminy tokoa Aho, hoy Jehovah.[Heb. maneno ny tsinaiko]

²¹Set up for thee signs, make for thee heaps, Set thy heart to the highway, the way thou wentest, Turn back, O virgin of Israel, Turn back unto these thy cities.

²¹Manangàna famantaran-dalana ho anao ianao, manorena tsangam-bato; Saino tsara ny lalana efa voavoatra, dia ilay lalana efa nalehanao; Miverena indray, ry Isiraely virijina, miverena indray ho amin'ireto tanànanao ireto.

²²Till when dost thou withdraw thyself, O backsliding daughter? For Jehovah hath prepared a new thing in the land, Woman doth compass man.

²²Mandra-pahoviana no hirioriovanao, ry zanakavavy mpiodina? Fa Jehovah efa namorona zava-baovao amin'ny tany: Vehivavy no hanodidina lehilahy.

²³Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Still they say this word in the land of Judah, And in its cities, In My turning back [to] their captivity, Jehovah doth bless thee, habitation of righteousness, Mountain of holiness.

²³Izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely: Mbola holavina indray ao amin'ny tanin'ny Joda sy ao amin'ny tanànany izao teny izao, raha hampodiko avy amin'ny fahababoany izy: Hotahin'i Jehovah anie ianao, ry fonenan'ny fahamarinana, sy ry tendrombohitry ny fahamasinana!

²⁴And dwelt in Judah have husbandmen, and in all its cities together, And they have journeyed in order.

²⁴Ary ny Joda sy ny tanànany rehetra dia hiara-monina ao aminy ho mpiasa tany sy ho mpilasy mitondra ny andian'ny ondry aman'osiny.

²⁵For I have satiated the weary soul, And every grieved soul I have filled.`

²⁵Fa ny fanahy ana dia hampisotroiko, ary ny fanahy mihaosa rehetra dia hovokisako.

²⁶On this I have awaked, and I behold, and my sleep hath been sweet to me.

²⁶Ary tamin'izay dia nahatsiaro aho ka nahita; Ary mamiko ny torimasoko.

²⁷Lo, days are coming, an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have sown the house of Israel, And the house of Judah, With seed of man, and seed of beast.

²⁷Indro, avy ny andro, hoy Jehovah, ka hafafiko eo amin'ny taranak'Isiraely sy ny taranak'i Joda Ny taranak'olombelona sy ny taranaky ny biby fiompy.

²⁸And it hath been, as I watched over them to pluck up, And to break down, and to throw down, And to destroy, and to afflict; So do I watch over them to build, and to plant, An affirmation of Jehovah.

²⁸Ary toy ny niambenako azy hongotana sy hazera sy harodana sy horavana ary hampahorina, dia ho toy izany no hiambenako azy Haorina sy hambolena kosa, hoy Jehovah.

²⁹In those days they do not say any more: Fathers have eaten unripe fruit, And the sons` teeth are blunted.

²⁹Amin'izany andro izany izy dia tsy hanao intsony hoe: ny ray no nihinana voaloboka maharikivy, ka ny nifin'ny zanany no madilo.

³⁰But — each for his own iniquity doth die, Every man who is eating the unripe fruit, Blunted are his teeth.

³⁰Fa ny olona rehetra samy ho fatin'ny helony avy; Izay rehetra homana ny voaloboka maharikivy. Dia izy ihany no hadilo nify.

³¹Lo, days are coming, an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have made with the house of Israel And with the house of Judah a new covenant,

³¹Indro, avy ny andro, hoy Jehovah, Izay hanaovako fanekena vaovao amin'ny taranak'Isiraely sy ny taranak'i Joda,

³²Not like the covenant that I made with their fathers, In the day of My laying hold on their hand, To bring them out of the land of Egypt, In that they made void My covenant, And I ruled over them — an affirmation of Jehovah.

³²Nefa tsy araka ny fanekena nataoko tamin'ny razany tamin'ny andro nitantanako azy nitondra azy nivoaka avy tany amin'ny tany Egypta; Fa izy ireny dia nivadika ny fanekeko, Nefa Izaho no vadiny,hoy Jehovah.[Na: tompony]

³³For this [is] the covenant that I make, With the house of Israel, after those days, An affirmation of Jehovah, I have given My law in their inward part, And on their heart I do write it, And I have been to them for God, And they are to me for a people.

³³Fa izao no fanekena havoko amin'ny taranak'Isiraely. Rehefa afaka izany andro izany, hoy Jehovah: Dia hataoko ao an-tsainy ny lalàko sady hosoratako ao am-pony; Ary Izaho ho Andriamaniny, ary izy ho oloko.

³⁴And they do not teach any more Each his neighbour, and each his brother, Saying, Know ye Jehovah, For they all know Me, from their least unto their greatest, An affirmation of Jehovah; For I pardon their iniquity, And of their sin I make mention no more.

³⁴Ary samy tsy hampianatra ny namany sy ny rahalahiny avy intsony izy hoe: Mahalalà an'i Jehovah; Fa samy hahalala Ahy avokoa izy rehetra. Hatramin'ny kely indrindra ka hatramin'ny lehibe indrindra, hoy Jehovah; Fa havelako ny helony, ary tsy hotsarovako intsony ny fahotany.

³⁵Thus said Jehovah, Who is giving the sun for a light by day, The statutes of moon and stars for a light by night, Quieting the sea when its billows roar, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name:

³⁵Izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Izay manome ny masoandro ho fahazavana amin'ny antoandro ary ny filahatry ny volana sy ny kintana ho fahazavana amin'ny alina, Izay mampanonja ny ranomasina, ka dia mirohondrohona ny onjany, Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro, no anarany:

³⁶If these statutes depart from before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, Even the seed of Israel doth cease From being a nation before Me all the days.

³⁶Raha miova eo anoloako izany filahatra izany, hoy Jehovah, dia hitsahatra tsy ho firenena eo anatrehako mandrakizay kosa ny taranak'Isiraely.

³⁷Thus said Jehovah: If the heavens above be measured, And the foundations of earth below searched, Even I kick against all the seed of Israel, For all that they have done, An affirmation of Jehovah.

³⁷Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Raha misy maharefy ny lanitra ambony, na mahafantatra ny fanorenan'ny tany ambany, dia Izaho kosa hanary ny taranak'Isiraely rehetra noho izay rehetra nataony, hoy Jehovah.

³⁸Lo, days [are coming], an affirmation of Jehovah, And the city hath been built to Jehovah, From the tower of Hananeel to the gate of the corner.

³⁸Indro, avy ny andro, hoy Jehovah, Izay hanorenana ity tanàna ity indray ho an'i Jehovah hatramin'ny tilikambon'i Hananela ka hatramin'ny vavahady an-jorony.

³⁹And gone out again hath the measuring line Over-against it, unto the height of Gareb, And it hath compassed to Goah.

³⁹Ary ny famolaina dia mbola hohenjaniko mahitsy hatreo an-tampon'ny tendrombohitra Gareba, dia hasangodina ho any Goa;Ary ny lohasaham-paty sy lavenona rehetra sy ny saha rehetra hatramin'ny Lohasahan-driaka Kidrona ka hatramin'ny zoron'ny vavahadin-tsoavaly atsinanana dia ho masina ho an'i Jehovah; Tsy hongotana na horavana intsony izy mandrakizay.

⁴⁰And all the valley of the carcases and of the ashes, And all the fields unto the brook Kidron, Unto the corner of the horse-gate eastward, [Are] holy to Jehovah, it is not plucked up, Nor is it thrown down any more to the age!

⁴⁰Ary ny lohasaham-paty sy lavenona rehetra sy ny saha rehetra hatramin'ny Lohasahan-driaka Kidrona ka hatramin'ny zoron'ny vavahadin-tsoavaly atsinanana dia ho masina ho an'i Jehovah; Tsy hongotana na horavana intsony izy mandrakizay.