¹The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

¹[Faminaniana ny amin'ny loza hanjo an'i Damaskosy] Indro, Damaskosy, dia rava tsy ho tanàna intsony, eny, tonga korontam-bato izy.

²The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks; and they shall lie down and there shall be none to make them afraid.

²Efa lao ny tanànan'i Aroera ka ho an'ny andian'ny ondry aman'osy, handry ao ireo, ka tsy hisy hanaitaitra azy,

³The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith Jehovah of hosts.

³Ary tsy hisy tanàna mimanda intsony any Efraima, na fanjakana ao Damaskosy; Ary izay sisa amin'i Syria dia hitovy voninahitra amin'ny Zanak'Isiraely; Hoy Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro.

⁴And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall become lean.

⁴Ary amin'izany andro izany dia hihena ny voninahitr'i Jakoba, ary hihena ny hataviny.

⁵And it shall be as when the reaper gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; yea, it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

⁵Ary ho tahaka ny fanangon'ny olona ny vary an-tahony amin'ny fararano izany, ka tangosan'ny sandriny ny salohim-bary; Eny, ho tahaka ny fanangon'ny olona salohim-bary eny amin'ny lohosahan'ny Refaita;

⁶And a gleaning shall be left in it, as at the shaking of an olive-tree: two, three berries above, in the tree-top; four, five in its fruitful boughs, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel.

⁶Kanefa hisy sisa hotsimponina ihany izy tahaka ny amin'ny fikapohana ny hazo oliva: Hisy voany roa na telo ao an-tendrony ambony indrindra, efatra na dimy ao amin'ny rantsan'ny hazo mahavokatra, hoy Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely.

⁷In that day shall man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have regard to the Holy One of Israel.

⁷Amin'izany andro izany dia hanandrandra ny Mpanao azy ny olona, ary ny masony hijery ny Iray Masin'ny Isiraely,

⁸And he will not look to the altars, the work of his hands, nor have regard to what his fingers have made, neither the Asherahs nor the sun-images.

⁸Fa tsy hanandrandra ny alitara, asan'ny tànany, intsony izy. Ary ny nataon'ny rantsan-tànany tsy hahoany, na ny Aseraha, na ny tsangankazo ho an'ny masoandro.[Anaran'andriamani-tsi-izy, na ny sariny][Na: tsangam-bato]

⁹In that day shall his strong cities be as the forsaken tract in the woodland, and the mountain-top which they forsook before the children of Israel; and there shall be desolation.

⁹Amin'izany andro izany ny tanànany mafy, dia ho tahaka ny tany lao any an'ala na any an-tampon-tendrombohitra Izay nilaozan'ny olona teo anoloan'ny Zanak'Isiraely, ka dia ho foana ny tany.

¹⁰For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength; therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plantations, and shalt set them with foreign slips:

¹⁰Fa nanadino an'Andriamanitry ny famonjena anao ianao ary tsy nahatsiaro ny vatolampy fiarovana mafy ho anao, ka dia nanao voly mahafinaritra ianao ary zana-boaloboka avy amin'ny firenena hafa no nambolenao teo;

¹¹in the day of thy planting wilt thou make [them] to grow, and on the morrow wilt thou make thy seed to flourish; [but] the harvest will flee in the day of taking possession, and the sorrow will be incurable.

¹¹Tamin'ny andro nambolenao azy dia nofefenao izy, ary nony maraina dia nampitsimohinao ilay nambolenao; nefa ho vokatra miavosa izany ho amin'ny andro fangirifiriana sy fanaintainana tsy azo sitranina. [Na: Nefa ho levona ny vokatra amin'ny andro hahazoana azy]

¹²Ha! a tumult of many peoples! they make a noise as the noise of the seas; -- and the rushing of nations! they rush as the rushing of mighty waters.

¹²[Ny handringanana ny Asyriana] Indrisy ny fihahohahon'ny firenena maro! Izay mihahohaho tahaka ny feon'ny ranomasina! Indrisy ny firohondrohon'ny olona maro be! Tahaka ny firohondrohon'ny rano manonja ny firohondrohony!

¹³The nations rush as the rushing of many waters; but he will rebuke them, and they shall flee far away, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a whirling [of dust] before the whirlwind:

¹³Eny, mirohondrohona tahaka ny firohondrohon'ny rano be ny firenena; kanefa hotezerana mafy izy, ka dia handositra lavitra ary ho lasa tahaka ny akofa eny an-tendrombohitra, raha paohin'ny rivotra, sy tahaka ny fakom-bary mitambolimbolina entin'ny tadio.Raha hariva ny andro, dia, injao, fampahatahorana; ary raha tsy mbola maraina akory aza, dia tsy ao intsony ireny. Izany no anjaran'izay mamabo antsika sy tambin'izay mandroba antsika.

¹⁴behold, at eventide, trouble; before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

¹⁴Raha hariva ny andro, dia, injao, fampahatahorana; ary raha tsy mbola maraina akory aza, dia tsy ao intsony ireny. Izany no anjaran'izay mamabo antsika sy tambin'izay mandroba antsika.