¹At that time, an affirmation of Jehovah, They bring the bones of the kings of Judah, And the bones of its princes, And the bones of the priests, And the bones of the prophets, And the bones of inhabitants of Jerusalem, Out of their graves,

¹Amin'izany andro izany, hoy Jehovah, dia hofongarina avy ao am-pasana ny taolan'ny mpanjakan'ny Joda sy ny taolan'ny lehibeny sy ny taolan'ny mpisorona sy ny taolan'ny mpaminany ary ny taolan'ny mponina any Jerosalema,

²And have spread them to sun, and to moon, And to all the host of the heavens, that they have loved, And that they have served, And that they have walked after, And that they have sought, And to which they have bowed themselves, They are not gathered, nor buried, They are for dung on the face of the ground.

²ka haeliny eo anatrehan'ny masoandro sy ny volana ary ny kintana rehetra eny amin'ny lanitra, izay efa tiany sy notompoiny sy efa narahiny sy efa notadiaviny ary efa niankohofany teo anatrehany: tsy hangonina na halevina intsony ireny, fa hatao zezika eny ambonin'ny tany.

³And chosen is death rather than life By all the remnant who are left of this evil family, In all the remaining places, whither I have driven them, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.

³Ary ny sisa rehetra amin'ity taranaka ratsy ity, izay mbola sisa any amin'ny tany rehetra nandroahako azy, dia haniry ny ho faty noho ny ho velona, hoy Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro.

⁴And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, Do they fall, and not rise? Doth he turn back, and not return?

⁴[Ny nikirizan'ny olona tamin'ny fanaovan-dratsy, sy ny hamafin'ny loza hanjo azy] Ary koa, lazao aminy hoe: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Ho lavo va ny olona ka tsy hiarina? Hihodina hivily va ny olona ka tsy hitodika hiverina?

⁵Wherefore hath this people of Jerusalem Turned back — a perpetual backsliding? They have kept hold on deceit, They have refused to turn back.

⁵Nahoana ity firenena eto Jerosalema ity no miodina amin'ny fiodinana tsy mety mitsahatra? Mikikitra mafy amin'ny fitaka izy ka tsy mety miverina.[Heb. ity firenena Jerosalema ity]

⁶I have given attention, yea, I hearken, They do not speak right, No man hath repented of his wickedness, Saying, What have I done? Every one hath turned to his courses, As a horse is rushing into battle.

⁶Nihaino Aho, ka nandre, fa manao teny tsy marina izy: Ary tsy misy manenina ny amin'ny haratsiany hoe: Endrey izany nataoko izany! Izy rehetra dia samy mivily mankamin'ny alehany avy tahaka ny soavaly miriotra ho amin'ny ady.[Na: samy mivily eny am-pandehanany]

⁷Even a stork in the heavens hath known her seasons, And turtle, and swallow, and crane, Have watched the time of their coming, And — My people have not known the judgment of Jehovah.

⁷Na dia ny vano eny amin'ny lanitra aza dia mahalala ny fotoan'androny, ary ny domohina sy ny sidintsidina ary ny vanobe koa samy mitandrina ny fotoana fihaviany; Fa ny oloko kosa tsy mba mahalala ny fitsipik'i Jehovah.

⁸How do ye say, We [are] wise, And the law of Jehovah [is] with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.

⁸Ahoana no anaovanareo hoe: Hendry izahay, ary ato aminay ny lalàn'i Jehovah? Nefa ny fanoratan-daingan'ny mpanoratra mahatonga azy ho lainga.

⁹Ashamed have been the wise, They have been affrighted, and are captured, Lo, against a word of Jehovah they kicked, And the wisdom of what — have they?

⁹Mahazo henatra ny hendry, raiki-tahotra sy voasambotra izy; Indro, ny tenin'i Jehovah dia nolaviny, ka inona intsony no fahendrena ananany?

¹⁰Therefore, I give their wives to others, Their fields to dispossessors, For from the least even unto the greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, From prophet even unto priest, every one is dealing falsely.

¹⁰Ary noho izany dia homeko ho an'ny sasany ny vadiny, ary ny sahany ho an'izay maka azy, satria izy rehetra, na ny kely na ny lehibe, dia samy fatra-pila harena, na mpaminany na mpisorona dia samy mamitaka avokoa.

¹¹And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, Peace, peace! and there is no peace.

¹¹Fa nataotaony foana ny fanasitranany ny faharatran'ny oloko zanakavavy tamin'ny nanaovany hoe: Fiadanana, fiadanana; Kanjo tsy misy fiadanana tsinona!

¹²They were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, And blushing they have not known, Therefore, they do fall among falling ones, In the time of their inspection they stumble, said Jehovah.

¹²Nomenarina 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 hamaliana azy dia ho tafintohina izy, ho Jehovah.

¹³I utterly consume them, an affirmation of Jehovah, There are no grapes in the vine, Yea, there are no figs in the fig-tree, And the leaf hath faded, And the strength they have passeth from them.

¹³Hakifako tokoa izy, hoy Jehovah; Tsy mamoa ny voaloboka, ary tsy misy voany ny aviavy, malazo ny raviny; Ary nanendry izay hanafika azy Aho.

¹⁴Wherefore are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced cities, And we are silent there, For Jehovah our God hath made us silent, Yea, He causeth us to drink water of gall, For we have sinned against Jehovah.

¹⁴Nahoana isika no mbola mipetra-poana? Mivoria ianareo, ka andeha isika hiditra any an-tanàna mimanda, ka dia ho faty ao; fa Jehovah Andriamanitra efa nanendry antsika ho faty ka nanome rano mangidy hosotrointsika Noho ny nanotantsika tamin'i Jehovah.

¹⁵Looking for peace — and there is no good, For a time of healing, and lo, terror.

¹⁵Nanantena fiadanana isika, kanjo tsy nahita soa; Ary andro fanasitranana, fa indro fampitahorana.[ Na: fahafinaretana]

¹⁶From Dan hath been heard the snorting of his horses, From the voice of the neighings of his mighty ones, Trembled hath all the land, And they come in and consume the land and its fulness, The city and the inhabitants in it.

¹⁶Ny fiefonefon'ny soavaly dia re hatrany Dana: Mihorohoro ny tany rehetra noho ny fanenon'ny soavaly matanjaka; Fa avy izy ka mandany ny tany mbamin'ny izay rehetra ao aminy, dia ny tanàna sy izay monina ao.

¹⁷For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.

¹⁷Fa indro Aho handefa bibilava hamely anareo, dia menarana izay tsy azon'ody, ka hanaikitra anareo ireny, hoy Jehovah.

¹⁸My refreshing for me [is] sorrow, For me my heart [is] sick.

¹⁸Indrisy! enga anie ka hisy fahamiramiranana ho ahy eto amin'ny alaheloko, fa reraka ny foko ato anatiko.

¹⁹Lo, the voice of a cry of the daughter of my people from a land afar off, Is Jehovah not in Zion? is her king not in her? Wherefore have they provoked Me with their graven images, With the vanities of a foreigner?

¹⁹Injany! misy feo fitarainan'ny oloko zanakavavy hatrany amin'ny tany lavitra hoe: Moa Jehovah tsy ao Ziona va? Ary tsy ao aminy va ny Mpanjakany? Nahoana no nahatezitra Ahy ireny tamin'ny sarin-javatra voasokitra ao aminy sy tamin'ny zava-poana avy amin'ny firenena hafa?

²⁰Harvest hath passed, summer hath ended, And we — we have not been saved.

²⁰Lasa ny fararano, tapitra ny taom-piotazana, nefa tsy voavonjy isika.

²¹For a breach of the daughter of my people have I been broken, I have been black, astonishment hath seized me.

²¹Torotoro aho noho ny fahatorotoroan'ny oloko zanakavavy; Misaona aho, ary horohoro no mahazo ahy.

²²Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? For wherefore hath not the health of the daughter of my people gone up?

²²Moa tsy misy balsama va any Gileada? Moa tsy misy dokotera va any? Koa nahoana no tsy tanteraka ny fanasitranana ny oloko zanakavavy?Enga anie ka ho rano ny lohako, ary ho loharanon-dranomaso ny masoko, mba hitomaniako andro aman'alina noho ny voavono amin'ny oloko zanakavavy!

²³Enga anie ka ho rano ny lohako, ary ho loharanon-dranomaso ny masoko, mba hitomaniako andro aman'alina noho ny voavono amin'ny oloko zanakavavy!