¹The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.

¹[Faminaniana ny loza hanjo an'i Babylona] Faminaniana hitan'Isaia, zanak'i Amoza, ny amin'ny loza hanjo an'i Babylona.

²Lift up a banner upon a bare mountain, raise the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.

²Manangàna faneva eo an-tampon'izay tendrombohitra mangadihady ianareo, manandrata feo hiantso azy, hofay tanana izy hiditra amin'ny vavahadin'ireo mpanapaka.

³I have commanded my hallowed ones, I have also called my mighty men for mine anger, them that rejoice in my highness.

³Izaho efa nandidy ny nohamasiniko, eny, efa niantso ny lehilahy maheriko aho, dia ireo mibitaka amim-pireharehana, hahatanteraka ny fahatezerako.

⁴The noise of a multitude on the mountains, as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations assembled together: Jehovah of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.

⁴Injany! ny horakoraka any an-tendrombohitra, tahaka ny an'ny vahoaka be! Dia ny fitabataban'ny fanjakan'ny firenena efa tafatambatra! Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro, no manomana miaramila hiady,[Na: firenena lehibe]

⁵They come from a far country, from the end of the heavens -- Jehovah, and the weapons of his indignation -- to destroy the whole land.

⁵Izay avy any amin'ny tany lavitra, any amin'ny faravodilanitra, dia Jehovah sy ireo fitaovan'ny fahatezerany, ho enti-mandrava ny tany rehetra.

⁶Howl, for the day of Jehovah is at hand; it cometh as destruction from the Almighty.

⁶Midradradradrà ianareo, fa efa antomotra ny andron'i Jehovah, ka tahaka ny loza tsy toha avy amin'ny Tsitoha no fihaviny.

⁷Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt,

⁷Ary noho izany dia hiraviravy ny tanana rehetra, ary ho kivy ny fon'ny zanak'olombelona rehetra;

⁸and they shall be terrified: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them, they shall writhe as a woman that travaileth; they shall be amazed one at another, their faces shall be as flames.

⁸Ho toran-kovitra izy; Fanaintainana sy fahoriana no hahazo azy, ka hijalijaly tahaka ny vehivavy mihetsi-jaza izy; samy ho talanjona izy ka hifampijery; Mitarehin-delafo ny tarehiny.

⁹Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the earth desolate; and he will destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

⁹Indro, avy ny andron'i Jehovah, dia loza sy fahavinirana ary firehetan'ny fahatezerana hanafoanana ny tany sy handringanana ny mpanota tsy ho ao.

¹⁰For the stars of the heavens and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

¹⁰Fa ny kintan'ny lanitra, na dia ireo Telonohorefy aza, dia tsy hampamirapiratra ny fahazavany; ny masoandro ho maizina amin'ny iposahany; Ary ny volana tsy hangarangarana.

¹¹And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will make the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will bring low the haughtiness of the violent.

¹¹Ary hatsingeriko amin'izao tany rehetra izao ny faharatsiany, sy amin'ny ratsy fanahy ny helony; Ary hatsahatro ny fireharehan'ny mpiavonavona, Ary haetriko ny fiavonavonan'ny mpampahory.

¹²I will make a man more precious than fine gold, even man than the gold of Ophir.

¹²Dia hataoko ho saro-tadiavina mihoatra noho ny volamena tsara ny olombelona, eny, noho ny tena volamena avy any Ofira aza.

¹³Therefore I will make the heavens to shake, and the earth shall be removed out of her place, at the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

¹³Ary noho izany dia hampihorohoroiko ny lanitra, ary ny tany hientanentana hiala amin'ny fitoerany noho ny fahatezeran'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro, sy noho ny andro firehetan'ny fahatezerany.

¹⁴And it shall be as with a chased roe, and as with a flock that no man gathereth together; every one shall turn to his own people, and every one flee into his own land.

¹⁴Ary ho tahaka ny gazela hazaina ny olona, sy ho tahaka ny ondry aman'osy tsy misy mpamory, ka dia samy ho lasa any amin'ny fireneny avy izy, eny, samy handositra ho any amin'ny taniny avy izy.

¹⁵All that are found shall be thrust through; and every one that is in league [with them] shall fall by the sword.

¹⁵Izay rehetra azo dia holefonina, ary izay rehetra tratra dia ho lavon'ny sabatra.

¹⁶And their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes, their houses shall be rifled, and their women ravished.

¹⁶Ary ny zanany madinika hotorotoroina eo imasony; Ny tranony hobaboina, ary ny vadiny hosavihina.

¹⁷Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who do not regard silver, and as for gold, they have no delight in it.

¹⁷Indro, hamporisihiko hamely azy ny Mediana, izay manao ny volafotsy tsy ho zavatra ary tsy mankamamy ny volamena.

¹⁸And [their] bows shall dash the young men to pieces, and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb: their eye shall not spare children.

¹⁸Ny tsipìkany handripaka ny zatovo, ary izay ateraky ny kibo tsy hamindrany fo, eny, na dia ny zaza aza tsy hiantran'ny masony.

¹⁹And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

¹⁹Ary Babylona, ravaky ny fanjakana maro Tabiha sy reharehan'ny Kaldeana, Dia ho rava tahaka ny nandravan'Andriamanitra an'i Sodoma sy Gomora;

²⁰It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in, even to generation and generation; nor shall Arabian pitch tent there, nor shepherds make fold there.

²⁰Tsy honenana mandrakizay izy ary tsy hitoerana intsony hatramin'ny taranaka fara mandimby, Tsy hisy Arabo hanorin-day any, na mpiandry ondry hampandry ny ondriny any;

²¹But beasts of the desert shall lie there, and their houses shall be full of owls; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there.

²¹Fa ny bibi-dia any an-efitra no hitoetra any, ho feno vorondolo ny tranony, ny ostritsa no hitoetra any, ary ny osilahy no hitsambikimbikina any,[Na: hyena][Heb. seirima; izahao Lev. xvii. 7]Ny kary no hifampierena ao an-tranobeny, ary ny amboadia ao amin'ny lapa nanaranam-po; efa antomotra ny fotoany, ary ny androny tsy hatao ela.[Heb. jakala][Heb. mpitondratenany][Na: jakala]

²²And jackals shall cry to one another in their palaces, and wild dogs in the pleasant castles. And her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

²²Ny kary no hifampierena ao an-tranobeny, ary ny amboadia ao amin'ny lapa nanaranam-po; efa antomotra ny fotoany, ary ny androny tsy hatao ela.[Heb. jakala][Heb. mpitondratenany][Na: jakala]