¹And thou, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

¹Ary manaova hira fahalahelovana ny amin'ireo andrianan'ny Isiraely ianao,

²and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.

²ka ataovy hoe: Nahoana ny liom-bavy reninareo no namitsaka tao amin'ny liom-bavy. Ary nitaiza ny zanany tao amin'ny liona tanora?[Na: Inona moa reninareo? Liom-bavy izy. Namitsaka]

³And she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

³Ary nahalehibe ny zanany anankiray izy, dia tonga liona tanora io ka nianatra hamiravira haza sady nihinana olona.

⁴And the nations heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with nose-rings into the land of Egypt.

⁴Nahare ny lazany ny firenena, dia namandrika azy tamin'ny lavaka, ka nasiany masom-by ny orony, dia nentiny ho any amin'ny tany Egypta izy.

⁵And when she saw that she had waited [and] her hope was lost, she took another of her whelps, [and] made him a young lion.

⁵Ary nony hitan'ny liom-bavy fa foana sy levona ny fanantenany, dia nangalany indray ny zanany ka notezainy ho tonga liona tanora.

⁶And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

⁶Ary nivoivoy teny amin'ny liom-bavy iny, dia tonga liona tanora ka nianatra hamiravira haza sady nihinana olona.

⁷And he knew their [desolate] palaces, and he laid waste their cities, so that the land was desolate, and all it contained, by the noise of his roaring.

⁷Ary nisavika ny mpitondratenan'ireny izy sady nandrava ny tanànany, ka lao ny tany mbamin'izay rehetra tao aminy. Noho ny feon'ny fierony.[Na: Ary fantany ny lapan'ireny]

⁸Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.

⁸Ary ny jentilisa manodidina, izay avy any amin'ny fanjakana samy hafa, dia nanamboatra sy namelatra ny fandrika haratony taminy, ka dia voafandrika tamin'ny lavaka izy.

⁹And they put him in a cage with nose-rings, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

⁹Ary nataony tamin'ny vata izy, sady nasiany masom-by ny orony, ka nentiny ho any amin'ny mpanjakan'i Babylona izy, nentiny ho ao amin'ny fiarovana izy, mba tsy ho re eny amin'ny tendrombohitry ny Isiraely intsony ny feony.

¹⁰Thy mother was as a vine, in thy rest, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

¹⁰Ny reninao dia tahaka ny voalobota voavoly teo amoron-drano Tamin'ny andro niadananao: Vokatra sady nanaroka izy azon'ny rano be,[Na: Fony tamin'ny rànao ianao; izahao xvi. 6; na: Eny, tahaka ny tenanao]

¹¹And it had strong rods for sceptres of them that bear rule, and its stature was exalted between the thick boughs; and it was conspicuous by its height with the multitude of its branches.

¹¹Ka nisy rantsany mafy azo natao tehim-panjakana ho an'izay manapaka, dia tonga avo izy ka nitehika tamin'ny rahona matevina, ary niseho tamin'ny hahavony izy noho ny hamaroan'ny rantsany.

¹²But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit; its strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.

¹²Nefa nongotana tamin'ny fahavinirana izy ka nazera ho amin'ny tany, ary ny rivotra avy any atsinanana no nahamaina ny voany; Ny rantsany mafy dia tapaka ka maina; Levon'ny afo ireny.

¹³And now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground:

¹³Ary ankehitriny voavoly any an-efitra, dia ao amin'ny tany maina karankaina izy.Ary afo no mivoaka avy amin'ny sampany misy tehina ka mandevona ny voany, dia tsy misy rantsany mafy azo atao tehim-panjakana ho fanapahana intsony izy. Hira fahalahelovana izany sady mbola ho hira fahalahelovana ihany.

¹⁴and a fire is gone out of a rod of its branches, [which] hath devoured its fruit; so that it hath no strong rod to be a sceptre for ruling. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

¹⁴Ary afo no mivoaka avy amin'ny sampany misy tehina ka mandevona ny voany, dia tsy misy rantsany mafy azo atao tehim-panjakana ho fanapahana intsony izy. Hira fahalahelovana izany sady mbola ho hira fahalahelovana ihany.