¹Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the writers that prescribe oppression,

¹Lozan'izay mamorona fikasana tsy marina sy izay mpanoratra manoratra fampahoriana,

²to turn away the poor from judgment, and to take away the right from the afflicted of my people; that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

²Hampialany ny mahantra amin'ny fitsarana sy hanalany ny rariny amin'izay ory eo amin'ny oloko, Handrobany ny mpitondratena sy hamaboany ny kamboty!

³And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the sudden destruction [which] shall come from far? To whom will ye flee for help, and where will ye leave your glory?

³Ary ahoana no hataonareo amin'ny andro famaliana sy amin'ny fandravana izay avy amin'ny lavitra? Ho any amin'iza no handosiranareo hamonjy anareo? Ary aiza no hametrahanareo ny harenareo? [Heb. voninahitrareo]

⁴They can but crouch under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.

⁴Tsy misy azony atao afa-tsy ny mihohoka voatsindrin'ny mpifatotra sy ny lavo voatsindrin'ny voavono. Kanefa, na dia izany rehetra izany aza, dia tsy mbola afaka ihany ny fahatezerany, Fa mbola mihinjitra ihany ny tànany.[Na: Izay tsy mihohoka voatsindrin'ny babo dia ho lavo voatsindrin'ny voavono; na: Raha misaraka amiko, dia hihohoka, etc]

⁵Ah! the Assyrian! the rod of mine anger! and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

⁵[Ny amin'ny fanjakan'i Asyria sy ny mbola handravana azy] Endrey! ry Asyria, tsorakazon'ny fahatezerako ô, Eny, tehina eny an-tànany ny fahavinirako!

⁶I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge; to take the spoil, and to seize the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

⁶Hamely firenena mihatsaravelatsihy no anirahako azy, ary hamely ny firenena izay iharan'ny fahatezerako no andidiako azy, hamabo sy handroba ary hanao azy ho fanitsakitsaka tahaka ny fotaka eny an-dalambe.[Na: ratsy fanahy]

⁷But he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; for it is in his heart to extirpate and cut off nations not a few.

⁷Kanjo tsy izany no kasainy, ary tsy izany no heverin'ny fony; Fa ny handringana sy ny hamongotra firenena tsy vitsy no ao am-pony.

⁸For he saith, Are not my princes all kings?

⁸Fa hoy izy: Tsy mpanjaka avokoa va ireny governorako ireny?

⁹Is not Calno as Karkemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?

⁹Tsy tahaka an'i Karkemisy va Kalno? Tsy tahaka an'i Arpada va Hamata? Ary tsy tahaka an'i Damaskosy va Samaria ?

¹⁰As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, -- and their graven images exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

¹⁰Tahaka ny nahatraran'ny tanako ny fanjakan'ny andriamani-tsi-izy, na dia nihoatra noho ny an'i Jerosalema sy ny an'i Samaria aza ny sampin'ireo,[Heb. sarin-javatra voasokitra]

¹¹-- shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her images?

¹¹Dia tsy tahaka ny nataoko tamin'i Samaria sy ny andriamanini-tsi-izy va no hataoko amin'i Jerosalema sy ny sampiny koa ? [Heb. sarin-javatra voasokitra]

¹²And it shall come to pass, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stoutness of heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

¹²Kanefa rehefa vitan'ny Tompo ny asany rehetra ao an-tendrombohitra Ziona sy Jerosalema, dia hovaliany kosa ny vokatry ny fiavonavonan'ny fon'ny mpanjakan'i Asyria sy ny reharehan'ny fiandranandran'ny masony; [Heb: hovaliako]

¹³For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom, for I am intelligent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and, like a valiant man, I have brought down them that sit [on thrones];

¹³Fa izy manao hoe: Tamin'ny herin'ny tanako no nanaovako izany, sy tamin'ny fahendreko, fa mahira-tsaina aho; Ary nanaisotra ny faritanin'ny firenena aho sady namabo ny hareny, ary tahaka ny famotraky ny ombilahy no namotrahako mpanapaka; [Na: Ary tahaka ny fanaon'ny lehilahy mahery no nanonganako mpanapaka]

¹⁴and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples, and as one gathereth forsaken eggs, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.

¹⁴Ary tahaka ny fakàna ny ao amin'ny akanim-borona no nakan'ny tanako ny haren'ny firenena; Ary tahaka ny famory atody nilaozan-dreniny no namoriako ny any amin'ny tany rehetra, Ka tsy nisy nikopaka elatra, na nisoka-bava, na nikiakiaka.

¹⁵-- Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? As if the rod should wield them that lift it up; as if the staff should lift up [him who is] not wood!

¹⁵Ny famaky va hirehareha amin'izay mikapa aminy? Ny tsofa va hiavonavona amin'izay manatsofa aminy? Toy ny tsorakazo, raha manetsika izay manainga azy! Ary toy ny tehina, raha manandratra ny tompony! [Heb. manandratra izay tsy hazo]

¹⁶Therefore shall the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness, and under his glory he shall kindle a burning, like the burning of a fire:

¹⁶Koa izany no anateran'ny Tompo, dia ny Tompon'ny maro, fahahiazana amin'ny tremalahiny; Ary ao ambanin'ny voninahiny dia hisy mirehitra toy ny firehitry ny afo.

¹⁷and the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briars in one day,

¹⁷Ary ny fahazavan'ny Isiraely ho tonga afo, ary ny Iray Masiny ho tonga lelafo, ka hodorany ho levona indray andro monja ny tsilony sy ny heriny;

¹⁸and it shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body; and they shall be as when a sick man fainteth.

¹⁸Ary ny voninahitry ny alany sy ny sahany mahavokatra dia holevoniny, na ny fanahiny, na ny nofony, ka ho tahaka ny fifezak'izay marary mafy izany.[Na: ho tahaka ny fahatoranan'ny mpitondra faneva]

¹⁹And the remainder of the trees of his forest shall be few: yea, a child might write them.

¹⁹Ary ho vitsy ny hazo sisa any an'alany, ka na dia izay mbola zaza aza hahasoratra azy.

²⁰And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the remnant of Israel and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob shall no more again rely upon him that smote them; but they shall rely upon Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

²⁰Ary amin'izany andro izany ny Isiraely sisa, izay tsy ringana amin'ny taranak'i Jakoba, dia tsy hiankina amin'izay namely azy intsony; Fa Jehovah, Iray Masin'ny Isiraely, ihany no hiankinany marina tokoa.

²¹The remnant shall return, the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty ùGod.

²¹Ary izay sisa amin'i Jakoba dia hiverina ho amin'Andriamanitra Mahery.

²²For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, [only] a remnant of them shall return: the consumption determined shall overflow in righteousness.

²²Fa na dia tahaka ny fasika any amin'ny ranomasina aza ny isan'ny Isiraely olonao, dia izay sisa aminy ihany no hiverina; Voatendry ny fandringanana izay hanafotra ho famaliana marina;

²³For a consumption, and [one] determined, will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, accomplish in the midst of all the land.

²³Fa fahafonganana voatendry no hataon'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro, Ao amin'ny tany.

²⁴Therefore thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts: O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt:

²⁴Koa izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro: Ry oloko, izay monina any Ziona, Aza matahotra ny Asyriana, raha mamely anao amin'ny tsorakazo izy ary manainga ny tehina aminao, tahaka ny fanao tany Egypta;

²⁵for yet a very little while, and the indignation shall be accomplished, and mine anger, in their destruction.

²⁵Fa rehefa afaka vetivety, dia hitsahatra ny fahavinirana, ary ny fahatezerako dia handringana azy kosa.

²⁶And Jehovah of hosts will stir up a scourge against him, according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and his rod [shall be] upon the sea, and he will lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

²⁶Eny, Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro, hamely azy amin'ny kotopia, tahaka ny namelezana ny Midiana teo am-batolampy Oreba; ary ny tsorakazony haingainy eny ambonin'ny ranomasina ka hatsangany tahaka ny fanao tany Egypta.

²⁷And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck; and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. ...

²⁷Ary amin'izany andro izany dia ho afaka eo an-tsorokao ny entany ary ny bao fitondrany ho afaka amin'ny vozonao, ary ho tapaka ny bao fitondrana noho ny fihatavezany.[Heb. simba]

²⁸He is come to Aiath, he hath passed through Migron; at Michmash he layeth up his baggage.

²⁸Injao! tonga any Aiata izy, mamaky an'i Migrona izy ary mametraka ny entany ao Mikmasy,

²⁹They are gone through the pass; they make their lodging at Geba: Ramah trembleth, Gibeah of Saul is fled.

²⁹Mihoatra ao an-kadilanana izy Ao Geba isika no handry, hoy izy; Mangovitra Rama, mandositra Gibean'i Saoly;

³⁰Lift up thy voice, daughter of Gallim! Hearken, O Laish! -- Poor Anathoth!

³⁰Mikiakiaha mafy, ry zanakavavin'i Galima, Mampandria sofina, ry Laisy. Indrisy, ry Anatota mahantra!

³¹Madmenah is fugitive; the inhabitants of Gebim take to flight.

³¹Lasa mandositra Madmena, ny mponina any Gebima mitondra ny entany mandositra.

³²Still a day of halting at Nob; he shaketh his hand [against] the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. ...

³²Anio izy mbola mitoetra any Noba, Maninjitra ny tànany manambana ny tendrombohitr'i Ziona zanakavavy, dia ny havoan'i Jerosalema.

³³Behold the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, shall lop the boughs with violence; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be brought low;

³³Indro, Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro, manapaka ny rantsany madinika amin'ny heriny mahatahotra; Ary izay mijoaka lava no voakapa, ary izay avo no aetry;Ary kapaina vy ny ala mikirindro, ary Libanona dia alamaky ny iray Mahery.

³⁴and he shall make clearings in the thickets of the forest with iron; and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

³⁴Ary kapaina vy ny ala mikirindro, ary Libanona dia alamaky ny iray Mahery.