¹For behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, will take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

¹Fa, indro, Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro, Manaisotra amin'i Jerosalema sy Joda izay andry sy tohana rehetra: Dia ny mofo sy ny rano rehetra, izay tohan'aina,

²the mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, and the diviner and the elder,

²Ny lehilahy mahery sy ny mpiady, Ny mpitsara sy ny mpaminany, Ny mpanao fankatovana sy ny loholona,

³the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the clever among artificers, and the one versed in enchantments.

³Ny mpifehy ny dimam-polo sy ny manan-kaja, Ny mpanolo-tsaina sy ny mahay zavatra Ary ny mahay ny fiboeriboeriky ny mpanao ody.

⁴And I will appoint youths as their princes, and children shall rule over them.

⁴Ary hanendry ankizilahy madinika ho lehibeny Aho, Ary ny haitraitran-jaza no hanapaka azy.

⁵And the people shall be oppressed one by the other, and each by his neighbour; the child will be insolent against the elder, and the base against the honourable.

⁵Ary hifanipaka izy samy iray firenena, Dia samy ny namany avy sy ny akaiky azy avy; Ny tovolahy hirehareha amin'ny anti-panahy, Ary ny tsy manan-daza amin'ny manan-daza.

⁶When a man shall take hold of his brother, in his father's house, [and shall say:] Thou hast clothing; be our chief, and let this ruin be under thy hand;

⁶Raha misy olona angatahin'ny rahalahiny ao an-tranon-drainy ka ataony hoe: Hianao no manana lamba, koa aoka ho mpanapaka anay, Ary aoka ity faharavana ity ho raharahanao,[Heb. hazon']

⁷he will lift up [his hand] in that day, saying, I cannot be a healer, and in my house there is neither bread nor clothing; ye shall not make me a chief of the people.

⁷Dia namaly izy amin'izany andro izany hoe: Tsy mety ho dokotera aho, Fa ao an-tranoko tsy misy hanina na lamba; Koa tsy azonareo hatao mpanapaka ny olona aho.

⁸For Jerusalem stumbleth and Judah falleth, because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

⁸Fa tafintohina Jerosalema, Ary potraka Joda, satria ny lelany sy ny asany dia samy manohitra an'i Jehovah Mba hihaika ny mason'ny voninahiny.

⁹The look of their face doth witness against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom: they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have brought evil upon themselves.

⁹Ny fisehon'ny tarehiny miampanga azy; Ary mampiharihary ny fahotany tahaka an'i Sodoma izy ka tsy manafina azy. Lozan'ny fanahiny! Fa mampidi-doza amin'ny tenany izy.

¹⁰Say ye of the righteous that it shall be well [with him], for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

¹⁰Lazaonareo ny amin'ny marina fa hahita soa izy, Fa ny vokatry ny asany no hohaniny.

¹¹Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill [with him], because the desert of his hands shall be rendered unto him.

¹¹Lozan'ny ratsy fanahy! hiharan'ny ratsy izy, Satria ny valin'ny nataon'ny tànany ihany no hanody azy.

¹²[As for] my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people! they that guide thee mislead [thee], and destroy the way of thy paths.

¹²Ny amin'ny oloko, dia zaza no mampahory azy, Ary ireo vehivavy no manapaka azy. Ry oloko ô, ny mpitarika anao no mampivily anao Sady mandrava ny lalana alehanao.

¹³Jehovah setteth himself to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples.

¹³Jehovah mitsangana handahatra Ka miatrika hitsara ny firenena.

¹⁴Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their princes, [saying:] It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard: the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

¹⁴Jehovah miampanga ny loholona sy ny lehiben'ny olony amin'ny fitsarana hoe: Hianareo no efa nandevona ny tanim-boaloboka; Ary ao an-tranonareo ny fananan'ny malahelo izay efa nalaina an-keriny.

¹⁵What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

¹⁵Ahoana no hevitrareo no dia hosihosenareo ny oloko, Ary torotoroinareo ny tavan'ny malahelo ? Hoy Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro.

¹⁶And Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-out neck and wanton eyes, and go along mincing, and making a tinkling with their feet;

¹⁶Ary hoy koa Jehovah: Satria miavona ireo zanakavavin'i Ziona ka mandeha mianjonanjona sy manao maso meloka Sady kasikasy fandeha Ary mampikorintsandrintsana ny fehin-tongony,

¹⁷therefore the Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.

¹⁷Noho izany dia hataon'ny Tompo feno tako-pery ny tampon-dohan'ny zanakavavin'i Ziona, Ary Jehovah hampiseho ny fitanjahany.

¹⁸In that day the Lord will take away the ornament of anklets, and the little suns and crescents,

¹⁸Amin'izany andro izany dia hesorin'i Jehovah ny firavaka rehetra, na ny fehin-tongotra, Na ny fehi-loha, na ny sarim-bolan-tsinana, [Na: voavola]

¹⁹the pearl-drops, and the bracelets, and the veils,

¹⁹Na ny kavina voavola, na ny rojo, na ny fisalobonana makarakara,[Na: haba]

²⁰the head-dresses, and the stepping chains, and the girdles, and the scent-boxes, and the amulets;

²⁰Na ny satroka, na ny rojo parapaingo, na ny fehin-kibo misy haingony, Na ny fitoeran-dranomanitra, na ny ody fanaony ravaka,[Heb. diadema]

²¹the finger-rings, and the nose-rings;

²¹Na ny peratra, na ny kavin'orona,

²²the festival-robes, and the tunics, and the mantles, and the wallets;

²²Na ny akanjo fihaingoana, na ny kapôty, Na ny saly, na ny poketra,

²³the mirrors, and the fine linen bodices, and the turbans, and the flowing veils.

²³Na ny fitaratra fizahana, na ny akanjo somizy anatiny, Na ny satroka fihaingoana, na ny lamba fisaronana;[He. hamama]

²⁴And it shall come to pass, instead of perfume there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe of display, a girding of sackcloth; brand instead of beauty.

²⁴Ary ny manitra hosoloana ny maimbo; Ary ny fehin-kibo tsara hosoloana ny mahazaka; Ary ny volo voavoatra tsara hosoloana ny boriana; Ary ny akanjo miebanebana hosoloana ny lamba fisaonana; Ary ny hatsaran-tarehy hosoloana ny tomboka amin'ny vy mahamay.[Heb. lamba malailay]

²⁵Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the fight;

²⁵Ny lehilahy ao aminao ho lavon-tsabatra, Ary ny mahery ao aminao ho faty an'ady;Ka dia hitomany sy hisaona ny vavahadiny; Ary ho lao ny tanàna ka hanjokaiky,

²⁶and her gates shall lament and mourn; and, stripped, she shall sit upon the ground.

²⁶Ka dia hitomany sy hisaona ny vavahadiny; Ary ho lao ny tanàna ka hanjokaiky,