¹Righteous art thou, Jehovah, when I plead with thee; yet will I speak with thee of [thy] judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?

¹[Ny fitarainana nataon'i Jeremia noho ny nanambinana ny ratsy fanahy, sy ny navalin'i Jehovah azy] Raha mifandahatra aminao aho, Jehovah ô dia Hianao no marina; Nefa kosa aoka ihany mba handahatra aminao aho: Nahoana ary no ambinina ny lalan'ny ratsy fanahy? Nahoana no miadana ny mpiodina rehetra?

²Thou hast planted them, they also have taken root: they advance, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, but far from their reins.

²Nambolenao izy, ka dia miorim-paka; Mitombo izy, ka dia mamoa; Manakaiky Anao amin'ny vavany izy, nefa manalavitra Anao amin'ny fony.[Heb. voany]

³But thou, Jehovah, knowest me; thou hast seen me, and proved my heart toward thee. Drag them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter.

³Fa Hianao, Jehovah ô, mahalala ahy; Mahita ahy Hianao sady mizaha toetra ny foko ny aminao; Sariho toy ny ondry hovonoina ireny, ary atokàny ho amin'ny andro hamonoana.[Heb. hamasino]

⁴How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of all the fields wither? Because of the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts and the birds perish; for they say, He will not see our end.

⁴Mandra-pahoviana no hisaonan'ny tany sy hahalazoan'ny ahitra any amin'ny saha rehetra? Noho ny faharatsian'ny mponina any dia lany ringana ny biby sy ny vorona; Fa hoy ireo: Tsy mba hahita izay hiafarantsika izy.

⁵If thou hast run with footmen, and they have wearied thee, how wilt thou then contend with horses? And if in a land of peace thou thinkest thyself in security, how wilt thou then do in the swelling of the Jordan?

⁵Raha niara-nihazakazaka tamin'ny mandeha an-tongotra ianao ka voany, dia hataonao ahoana no fihaika ny soavaly? Ary raha eny amin'ny tany miadana no anananao toky, hanao ahoana kosa ianao, raha mby any amin'ny kirihitrala eny amoron'i Jordana?[Heb. ny reharehany]

⁶For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee, even they have cried aloud after thee. Believe them not, though they speak good [words] unto thee.

⁶Fa na dia ny rahalahinao sy ny mpianakavin'ny rainao aza dia samy namitaka anao; Eny, niantso mafy teo aorianao ireo; Aza mino azy, na dia tsara fiteny aminao aza izy.

⁷I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage, I have given the beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

⁷Nilaozako ny tranoko, nafoiko ny lovako; Ny sombin'aiko dia natolotro ho eo an-tànan'ny fahavalony.

⁸My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest; it hath raised its voice against me: therefore have I hated it.

⁸Raha amiko, ny lovako dia efa toy ny liona any an'ala; Mierona amiko izy, ka dia halako.

⁹My heritage is unto me [as] a speckled bird of prey; the birds of prey round about are against her. Go, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.

⁹Moa tahaka ny vorona mpihaza hafahafa volo amiko va ny lovako, no mivory manodidina azy ny vorona mpihaza? Avia, ka angòny ny bibi-dia rehetra, ampanatony ireny hihinana.

¹⁰Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness:

¹⁰Mpitondra maro no nanimba ny tanim-boaloboko, nohitsakitsahiny ny anjarako; Nataony tany efitra lao ny anjarako mahafinaritra;

¹¹they have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourneth unto me: the whole land is made desolate, for no man layeth it to heart.

¹¹Nataony lao izany, eny, lao izy ka mitomany amiko; Nataony lao avokoa ny tany rehetra, satria tsy nisy nandatsaka am-po.

¹²Spoilers are come upon all heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Jehovah devoureth from one end of the land even to the [other] end of the land: no flesh hath peace.

¹²Ny mpandrava dia tonga any amin'ny tendrombohitra mangadihady rehetra any an-efitra; Fa misy sabatr'i Jehovah mandringana amin'ny faran'ny tany ka hatramin'ny farany koa, ka dia tsy misy fiadanana ho an'ny nofo rehetra.

¹³They have sown wheat, and they reap thorns; they have put themselves to pain, [and] do not profit. Be ye therefore ashamed of your revenues, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.

¹³Vary no nafafiny, fa tsilo no nojinjany; Nanasatra ny tenany izy, kanjo herim-po very foana izany; Dia hangaihay ny amin'ny zavatra azonareo ianareo noho ny firehetan'ny fahatezeran'i Jehovah.

¹⁴Thus saith Jehovah against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: Behold, I will pluck them up out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

¹⁴Izao no lazain'i Jehovah ny amin'ireo ratsy fanahy rehetra mifanakaiky fonenena amiko ireo, dia izay mikasikasika ny tany nomeko ho lovan'ny Isiraely oloko: Indro, hongotako tsy ho amin'ny taniny ireo, ary ny taranak'i Joda koa dia hongotako tsy ho eo aminy.

¹⁵And it shall come to pass, after I have plucked them up, I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them back, each one to his inheritance, and each one to his land.

¹⁵Nefa nony efa voaongotra izy, dia hamindra fo aminy indray Aho, ka samy ho entiko mody any amin'ny lovany sy ny taniny avy indray izy.

¹⁶And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, [As] Jehovah liveth -- even as they taught my people to swear by Baal -- they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

¹⁶Koa raha mba hianatra ny fanaon'ny oloko tokoa ireo ka hianiana amin'ny anarako hoe: Raha velona koa Jehovah, tahaka ny nampianaran'ireo ny oloko hianiana amin'i Bala, dia haorina ao amin'ny oloko izy;Fa raha tsy hankatò kosa izy, dia hongotako izany firenena izany, eny, hongotako sy haringako izy, hoy Jehovah.

¹⁷And if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith Jehovah.

¹⁷Fa raha tsy hankatò kosa izy, dia hongotako izany firenena izany, eny, hongotako sy haringako izy, hoy Jehovah.