¹Strengthen yourselves, sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem, And in Tekoa blow ye a trumpet, And over Beth-Haccerem lift ye up a flame, For evil hath been seen from the north, And great destruction.

¹[Ny fahantomotry ny loza voalaza] Hianareo, zanak'i Benjamina, mandosira faingana hiala an'i Jerosalema, ary tsofy ao Tekoa ny anjomara, ka manaova tsangan'afo ao Beti-hakerema; Fa misy loza sy fandringanana be miposaka avy any avaratra.[Na: manangàna famantarana]

²The comely and the delicate one I have cut off, The daughter of Zion.

²Ziona zanakavavy dia ampitoviko amin'ny fiandrasan-ondry misy ahitra milenodenoka.[Na: Aringako ilay tsara tarehy sy mihantahanta, dia Ziona zanakavavy]

³Unto her come do shepherds and their droves, They have stricken tents by her round about, They have fed each [in] his own station.

³Ao aminy no alehan'ny mpiandry sy ny ondry; Haoriny manodidina azy ny lainy, ka samy handany ny ao akaikiny avy izy.

⁴Sanctify ye against her the battle, Rise, and we go up at noon. Wo to us, for turned hath the day, For stretched out are the shades of evening,

⁴Mitaova ianareo hanao ady masina hamelezana azy; Mitsangàna, ka andeha isika hiakatra antoandro. Lozantsika! fa lasan-davitra ny andro, ka efa mandroso ny aloky ny hariva.

⁵`Rise, and we go up by night, And we destroy her palaces.`

⁵Mitsangàna, ka andeha isika hanao latsak'alina, ary aoka horavantsika ny trano-beny.

⁶For thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Cut down her wood, And pour out against Jerusalem a mount, She [is] the city to be inspected, Wholly — she is oppression in her midst.

⁶Fa izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro; Kapao ny hazo, ary manandrata tovon-tany hamelezana an'i Jerosalema; Io ilay tanàna hovaliana, feno fampahoriana ny ao anatiny.

⁷As the digging of a well, is [for] its waters, So she hath digged [for] her wickedness, Violence and spoil is heard in her, Before My face continually [are] sickness and smiting.

⁷Toy ny loharano mampiboiboika ny ranony no ampiboiboihany ny faharatsiany; An-keriny sy fandravana no re ao aminy; Eo anatrehako mandrakariva ny faharariana sy ny faharatrana.

⁸Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

⁸Minoa anatra ianao, ry Jerosalema, fandrao miombotra miala aminao ny fanahiko, ary fandrao hataoko tany lao ianao, dia tany tsy honenana.

⁹Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: They surely glean, as a vine, the remnant of Israel, Put back thy hand, as a gatherer to the baskets.

⁹Izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro: Hotsimponina fatratra toy ny fitsimpona voaloboka izay sisa amin'ny Isiraely; Avereno ho amin'ny sakeliny ny tananao toy ny mpioty voaloboka.[Na: harona]

¹⁰To whom do I speak, and testify, and they hear? Lo, their ear [is] uncircumcised, And they are not able to attend. Lo, a word of Jehovah hath been to them for a reproach, They delight not in it.

¹⁰Iza no hilazako sy hanariko mba handrenesany? Indro, ny sofiny dia tsy voafora, ka tsy mahahaino izy; He! tsatsoiny ny tenin'i Jehovah ka tsy ankamaminy.

¹¹And with the fury of Jehovah I have been filled, (I have been weary of containing,) To pour [it] on the suckling in the street, And on the assembly of youths together, For even husband with wife are captured, An elder with one full of days,

¹¹Fa ny fahatezeran'i Jehovah mahafeno ahy ka tsy zakako tsindriana intsony! Aidino amin'ny ankizy madinika eny an-dalambe sy amin'ny fiokoan'ny zatovo izany; Fa na lehilahy na vehivavy dia hosamborina avokoa, ary ny anti-panahy mbamin'ny ela niainana koa;

¹²And their houses have been turned to others, Fields and wives together, For I stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah.

¹²Ary ho lasan'ny sasany ny tranony mbamin'ny sahany sy ny vehivavy koa; Fa hahinjitro amin'ny mponina amin'ny tany ny tanako, hoy Jehovah,

¹³For from their least unto their greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, And from prophet even unto priest, Every one is dealing falsely,

¹³Satria izy rehetra, na ny kely na ny lehibe, dia samy fatra-pila harena avokoa; Na ny mpaminany na ny mpisorona dia samy mamitaka avokoa.

¹⁴And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, `Peace, peace!` and there is no peace.

¹⁴Fa nataotaony foana ny fanasitranany ny faharatran'ny oloko zanakavavy tamin'ny nanaovany hoe: Fiadanana, fiadanana; Kanjo tsy misy fiadanana tsinona!

¹⁵They were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, Yea, blushing they have not known, Therefore they do fall among those falling, In the time I have inspected them, They stumble, said Jehovah.

¹⁵Nomenarina izy noho ny nanaovany fahavetavetana, nefa tsy mba menatra akory izy ary tsy mba valahara; Koa ho lavo ao amin'izay lavo izy, amin'ny andro hamaliako azy dia ho tafintohina izy, hoy Jehovah.

¹⁶Thus said Jehovah: Stand ye by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, Where [is] this — the good way? and go ye in it, And find rest for yourselves. And they say, `We do not go.`

¹⁶Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Mijanona eo an-dalana ianareo, ka izahao, ary anontanio izay lalana masaka hatry ny ela. Dia izay lalana mankany amin'ny tsara, ka iny no izory, dia hahita fitsaharana ho an'ny fanahinareo ianareo; Nefa hoy izy: Tsy hizotra izahay.

¹⁷And I have raised up for you watchmen, Attend ye to the voice of the trumpet. And they say, `We do not attend.`

¹⁷Ary nasiako mpitily ianareo hanao hoe: Henoy ny feon'ny anjomara! Nefa hoy ianareo: Tsy hihaino izahay.[Heb. izy]

¹⁸Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O company, That which [is] upon them.

¹⁸Koa henoinareo, ry jentilisa, ary aoka ho fantatrareo, ry fiangonana, ny hanjo azy.

¹⁹Hear, O earth, lo, I am bringing evil on this people, The fruit of their devices, For to My words they gave no attention, And My law — they kick against it.

¹⁹Henoy, ry tany! Indro, Izaho hahatonga loza amin'ity firenena ity, dia ny vokatry ny heviny ihany; Fa tsy nihaino ny teniko izy, ary nolaviny ny lalàko.

²⁰Why [is] this to Me? frankincense from Sheba cometh, And the sweet cane from a land afar off, Your burnt-offerings [are] not for acceptance, And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me.

²⁰Nahoana no itondrana ditin-kazo mani-pofona avy any Sheba Aho sy veromanitra avy any amin'ny tany lavitra? Tsy sitrako ny fanatitra doranareo, ary tsy mamiko ny zavatra vonoinareo hatao fanatitra.

²¹Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I do give to this people stumbling blocks, And stumbled against them have fathers and sons together, The neighbour and his friend do perish.

²¹Koa izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Indro hasiako fahatafintohinana eo amin'ity firenena ity, ka dia samy ho tafintohina amin'izany ny ray mbamin'ny zanany; Ho faty ny olona mbamin'ny namany.

²²Thus said Jehovah: Lo, a people hath come from a north country, And a great nation is stirred up from the sides of the earth.

²²Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Indro, misy firenena avy any amin'ny tany avaratra, dia firenena lehibe mitsangana avy any amin'ny faran'ny tany;

²³Bow and javelin they take hold of, Fierce it [is], and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea doth sound, And on horses they ride, set in array as a man of war, Against thee, O daughter of Zion.

²³Tsipika sy lefona no entiny, lozabe sady tsy mamindra fo izy; Ny feony dia mirohondrohona toy ny ranomasina, sady mitaingin-tsoavaly izy ary voaomana tahaka ny lehilahy ho amin'ny ady, hamelezana anao, ry Ziona zanakavavy.

²⁴`We have heard its sound, feeble have been our hands, Distress hath seized us, pain as of a travailing woman.

²⁴Efa renay ny lazany, ka miraviravy tanana izahay; Fahoriana no mahazo anay, eny, fanaintainana tahaka ny vehivavy raha miteraka.

²⁵Go not forth to the field, And in the way walk not, For a sword hath the enemy, fear [is] round about.

²⁵Aza mivoaka ho any an-tsaha, ary aza mandeha amin'ny lalambe; Fa manan-tsabatra ny fahavalo, misy fampangorohoroana manodidina.

²⁶O daughter of My people, Gird on sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes, The mourning of an only one make for thee, A lamentation most bitter, For suddenly come doth the spoiler against us.

²⁶Ry oloko zanakavavy, misikìna lamba fisaonana ianao, ary mihosena lavenona, ka manaova fisaonana toy ny fisaonana zanakalahy tokana, dia fitomaniana fatratra; Fa ho avy tampoka amintsika ny mpandringana.

²⁷A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.

²⁷Ho mpizaha toetra ao amin'ny oloko no nanendreko anao, dia ho fiarovana mafy, mba ho fantatrao sy hizahanao toetra ny alehany.

²⁸All of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously — brass and iron, All of them are corrupters.

²⁸Tena maditra avokoa izy rehetra ka mandehandeha manaratsy, varahina sy vy izy; Samy mpanao ratsy avokoa izy rehetra.

²⁹The bellows have been burnt, By fire hath the lead been consumed, In vain hath a refiner refined, And the wicked have not been drawn away.

²⁹May ny tafoforana, levon'ny afo ny firaka, foana ny nandrendrehan'ny mpandrendrika, fa tsy voaisotra ny ratsy.Ataon'ny olona hoe, volafotsy tsy lany izy, satria tsy lanin'i Jehovah.

³⁰`Silver rejected,` they have called to them, For Jehovah hath kicked against them!

³⁰Ataon'ny olona hoe, volafotsy tsy lany izy, satria tsy lanin'i Jehovah.