¹Keep silence before me, islands; and let the peoples renew [their] strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us draw near together to judgment.

¹[Ny fahalehibiazan'i Jehovah, izay miseho amin'ny fitondrany ny firenena sy ny fiarovany ny Isiraely, ary ny fanambarany rahateo ny zavatra mbola ho avy] Mangina hihaino ahy ianareo, ry nosy, ary aoka handroso hery ny firenena; Aoka hanatona izy, ka dia hiteny; Andeha isika hifanatona eo amin'ny fitsarana.

²Who raised up from the east him whom righteousness calleth to its foot? He gave the nations before him, and caused him to have dominion over kings; he gave them as dust to his sword, as driven stubble to his bow.

²Iza no nanaitra avy any atsinanana ilay nomban'ny fahamarinana tamin'ny diany rehetra, ary nanolotra ny firenena ho eo anatrehany, ka nampanapahiny ireo mpanjaka izy? Iza no nanao ny sabany ho tahaka ny vovoka, ary ny tsipìkany ho tahaka ny vodivary voapaoka? [Na: nantsoin'ny fahamarinana hanaraka azy]

³He pursued them, he passed on in safety, by a way he had never come with his feet.

³Mipaoka ireo izy ka mandroso soa aman-tsara any amin'izay lalana tsy mbola nodiavin'ny tongony.

⁴Who hath wrought and done [it], calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first; and with the last, I [am] HE.

⁴Iza moa no nanao sy nahavita izany, sady miantso ny taranaka maro hatramin'ny taloha? Izaho Jehovah no voalohany, ary hatramin'ny farany dia mbola Izaho ihany no Izy.

⁵The isles saw [it], and feared; the ends of the earth trembled: they drew near, and came.

⁵Ny nosy nahita ka raiki-tahotra; Toran-kovitra ny vazan-tany dia nanatona izy ka tonga.

⁶They helped every one his neighbour, and [each] said to his brother, Take courage.

⁶Samy nanampy ny namany avy izy rehetra, ary samy nilaza tamin'ny rahalahiny avy hoe: Matokia.

⁷And the artizan encouraged the founder, he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smiteth on the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it be not moved.

⁷Koa ny mpandrafitra dia nampahery ny mpanefy volamena, ary izay nandama tamin'ny tantanana nampahery izay nively teo amin'ny riandriana, ka hoy izy, miantso ny solohoto: Tsara ity, dia nohomboany mafy tamin'ny hombo izy mba tsy hihozongozona.

⁸But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, my friend

⁸Fa ianao kosa, ry Isiraely mpanompoko, sy Jakoba, izay nofidiko, Taranak'i Abrahama sakaizako,

⁹-- thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called from the extremities thereof, and to whom I said, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not rejected thee,

⁹Hianao izay efa notantanako avy tany amin'ny faran'ny tany ary nantsoiko avy tany an-tsisiny ka nilazako hoe: Mpanompoko ianao, Efa nofidiko ka tsy mba nariako:

¹⁰-- Fear not, for I [am] with thee; be not dismayed, for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

¹⁰Aza matahotra ianao, fa momba anao Aho; Ary aza miherikerika foana, fa Izaho no Andriamanitrao; Mampahery anao Aho sady mamonjy anao; Eny, mitantana anao amin'ny tanana ankavanan'ny fahamarinako Aho.

¹¹Lo, all that are incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded; they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.

¹¹Indro, ho menatra sy hangaihay izay rehetra tezitra aminao, ho tsinontsinona izy; Eny, ho levona izay miady aminao.

¹²Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them -- them that contend with thee; they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

¹²Hotadiavinao izay mifanditra aminao, fa tsy ho hitanao, ary ho tahaka ny tsinontsinona sy ny zava-poana izay miady aminao.

¹³For I, Jehovah, thy God, hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

¹³Fa Izaho Jehovah Andriamanitrao no mitantana ny tananao ankavanana, dia ilay manao aminao hoe: Aza matahotra, Izaho no hamonjy anao.

¹⁴Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁴Aza matahotra ianao, ry Jakoba kankana, dia ianareo, ry Isiraely olom-bitsy, Izaho no hamonjy anao, hoy Jehovah, Ary ny Iray Masin'ny Isiraely no Mpanavotra anao.

¹⁵Behold, I have made of thee a new sharp threshing instrument having double teeth: thou shalt thresh and beat small the mountains, and shalt make the hills as chaff;

¹⁵Indro, ataoko kodia vy vaovao misy nify maranitra ianao; Hively ny tendrombohitra ianao ka hanorotoro azy ho vovoka ary hanao ny havoana ho tahaka ny akofa.

¹⁶thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁶Hikororoka azy ianao, ka hopaohin'ny rivotra izy, ary ny tafio-drivotra hanely azy; Fa ianao kosa dia hiravoravo amin'i Jehovah, ary ny Iray Masin'ny Isiraely no ho reharehanao.

¹⁷The afflicted and the needy seek water, and there is none; their tongue faileth for thirst: I, Jehovah, will answer them, [I], the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

¹⁷Ny ory sy ny malahelo mitady rano, fa tsy mahita, ary ny lelany mainan'ny hetaheta; Izaho Jehovah no hihaino azy, Izaho, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, tsy hahafoy azy;

¹⁸I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs.

¹⁸Hampiboika renirano ao amin'ny tendrombohitra mangadihady Aho ary loharano ao amin'ny lohasaha; Hanao ny efitra ho farihy Aho ary ny tany karankaina no loharano miboiboika.

¹⁹I will give in the wilderness the cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oleaster; I will set in the desert the cypress, pine, and box-tree together;

¹⁹Hampaniry hazo sedera sy akasia sy rotra ary oliva any an-efitra Aho ary kypreso sy pina sy bokso eny an-tani-hay, [myrta][Heb. oliva maniry ho azy]

²⁰that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

²⁰Mba ho hitany sy ho fantany sy hoheveriny ary ho azony an-tsaina fa ny tànan'i Jehovah no nanao izany, ary ny Iray Masin'ny Isiraely no nahary izany.

²¹Produce your cause, saith Jehovah; bring forward your arguments, saith the King of Jacob.

²¹Alaharo eto ny teninareo, hoy Jehovah; Asehoy izay mahamarina ny anareo, hoy ny Mpanjakan'i Jakoba.[Heb. fiarovana mafy]

²²Let them bring them forward, and declare to us what shall happen: shew the former things, what they are, that we may give attention to them, and know the end of them; -- or let us hear things to come:

²²Aoka hampanatoniny ka hasehony amintsika izay zavatra mbola ho avy; Ambarao izay zavatra taloha, mba hoheverinay ka ho fantatray izay hiafarany, na ilazao izay zavatra ho avy izahay. [Heb. zavatra voalohany]

²³declare the things that are to happen hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods; yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be astonished, and behold it together.

²³Ambarao anay izay zavatra ho avy rahatrizay, mba ho fantatray fa andriamanitra ianareo; Eny, manaova soa, na manaova ratsy, mba hitaha isika, ka samy hahita.

²⁴Behold, ye are less than nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you. ...

²⁴Indro, ianareo dia naman'ny tsinontsinona, ary ny asanareo dia naman'ny zava-poana; vetaveta izay mifidy anareo.

²⁵I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come, -- from the rising of the sun, he who will call upon my name; and he shall come upon princes as on mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.

²⁵Nanaitra ny anankiray avy tany avaratra Aho, ka tonga izy. Dia ny anankiray avy any amin'ny fiposahan'ny masoandro, izay hiantso ny anarako, ary hanosihosy ny mpanapaka tahaka ny fanosihosy feta izy, ary tahaka ny mpanefy vilany mihosy tanimanga.

²⁶Who hath declared [it] from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, [It is] right? Indeed, there is none that declareth; no, none that sheweth; no, none that heareth your words.

²⁶Iza no nitory izany hatramin'ny voalohany, mba ho fantatray? Ary hatry ny fony taloha, mba hataonay hoe: Marina? Tsy nisy nanambara, eny, tsy nisy nitory; Ary tsy nisy nandre ny teninareo.

²⁷The first, [I said] to Zion, Behold, behold them! and to Jerusalem, I will give one that bringeth glad tidings.

²⁷Izaho no voalohany Izay milaza amin'i Ziona hoe: Indreo, indreo izy, sady manome mpitondra teny soa mahafaly ho an'i Jerosalema.

²⁸And I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, -- and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

²⁸Dia nijery Aho, kanjo tsy nisy olona, eny, nojereko ireny kanjo tsy nisy mpanolo-tsaina hamaly Ahy, raha manontany azy Aho.Indro, zava-poana avokoa izy rehetra; Tsinontsinona ny asany; Rivotra sy zava-poana ny sampiny anidina.

²⁹Behold, they are all vanity, their works are nought, their molten images are wind and emptiness.

²⁹Indro, zava-poana avokoa izy rehetra; Tsinontsinona ny asany; Rivotra sy zava-poana ny sampiny anidina.