¹They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? Would not that land be utterly polluted? But thou hast committed fornication with many lovers; yet return to me, saith Jehovah.

¹Fa hoy Izy: Raha misy lehilahy misao-bady, ary efa miala ravehivavy ka vadin'olon-kafa, moa mahazo miverina aminy indray va ralehilahy? Tsy haloto tokoa va izany tany izany? Fa ianao dia efa nijangajanga tamin-tsakaiza maro, ka moa hahazo miverina amiko va ianao? hoy Jehovah.[Na: hoy ny olona]

²Lift up thine eyes unto the heights and see, where hast thou not been lain with? In the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arab in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications and with thy wickedness.

²Andrandrao amin'ny tendrombohitra mangadihady ny masonao, ka jereo. Taiza no tsy nandrian'olona taminao? Teny an-dalambe no niandrasanao azy toy ny Arabo any an-efitra; Ary ny fijangajanganao sy ny faharatsianao no nandotoanao ny tany,

³And the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; but thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusest to be ashamed.

³Ka dia voasakana ny orana mivatravatra, sady tsy tonga ny fara-orana; Ary ny handrinao dia handrin'ny vehivavy janga ka tsy manan-kenatra.

⁴Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

⁴Moa tsy hitaraina amiko va ianao amin'izao sisa izao hoe: Ry Raiko ô, Hianao no nahazatra ahy, hatry ny fony aho mbola tanora?

⁵Will he keep [his anger] for ever? Will he preserve it perpetually? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and thou art [so] determined.

⁵Ho tezitra mandrakizay va Izy? Hitahiry fahatezerana hatamin'ny farany va Izy? Indro, efa niteny toy izany ianao, nefa nanao izany ratsy izany ihany ka nahatanteraka izany.

⁶And Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what backsliding Israel hath done? She hath gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath committed fornication.

⁶[Ny amin'ny nanariana ny Isiraely, sy ny mbola handraisana azy indray] Ary hoy Jehovah tamiko tamin'ny andro nanjakan'i Josia mpanjaka: Moa efa hitanao va izay nataon'Isiraely mpiodina? Niakatra ho eny amin'ny tendrombohitra avo rehetra sy ho eny ambanin'ny hazo maitso rehetra izy ka nijangajanga teny.

⁷And I said, After she hath done all these [things], she will return unto me; but she returned not. And her sister Judah, the treacherous, saw [it].

⁷Ary nataoko fa rehefa nanao izany rehetra izany izy, dia hiverina amiko. Kanjo tsy niverina izy. Ary Joda mpivadika rahavaviny dia nahita izany.

⁸And I saw that when for all the causes wherein backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce, yet the treacherous Judah, her sister, feared not, but went and committed fornication also.

⁸Ary hitako fa na dia efa nisaorako aza Isiraely mpiodina ka nomeko taratasy fisaorana noho ny fijangajangana, dia tsy nety natahotra Joda mpivadika rahavaviny na dia izany aza, fa nandeha nijangajanga koa izy.

⁹And it came to pass through the lightness of her fornication that she polluted the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

⁹Ary tamin'ny fihorakorahan'ny fijangajangany no nandotoany ny tany, ary nijangajanga tamin'ny vato sy ny hazo izy.[Na: Noho ny fijejojejoany sy ny fijangajangany]

¹⁰And even for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but with falsehood, saith Jehovah.

¹⁰Fa na dia izany rehetra izany aza dia tsy nety niverina tamiko tamin'ny fony rehetra Joda mpivadika rahavaviny, fa tamin'ny fihatsaram-belatsihy ihany, hoy Jehovah.

¹¹And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath shewn herself more just than treacherous Judah.

¹¹Ary hoy Jehovah tamiko: Isiraely mpiodina dia hita fa marimarina kokoa noho Joda mpivadika.

¹²Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah: I will not make my face dark upon you; for I am merciful, saith Jehovah; I will not keep [anger] for ever.

¹²Mandehana, ka torio manatrika ny avaratra izao teny izao hoe: Miverena ianao, ry Isiraely mpiodina, hoy Jehovah; Tsy hampanjombona ny tavako aminareo Aho; Fa mamindra fo Aho, hoy Jehovah, ka tsy hitahiry fahatezerana mandrakizay.

¹³Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast turned thy ways hither and thither to the strangers under every green tree; and ye have not hearkened to my voice, saith Jehovah.

¹³Kanefa kosa ekeo ny helokao, fa tamin'i Jehovah Andriamanitrao no niodinanao, ary nivezivezy nankany amin'ny hafa ianao. Teny ambanin'ny hazo maitso rehetra, fa tsy mba nihaino ny feoko ianareo, hoy Jehovah.

¹⁴Return, backsliding children, saith Jehovah; for I am a husband unto you, and I will take you, one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion.

¹⁴Miverena, ry zaza mpiodina, hoy Jehovah, fa Izaho ihany no vadinareo; Ary hangalako iray isan-tanàna ianareo Sy roa isam-pokony, ka ho entiko ho any Ziona ianareo;

¹⁵And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

¹⁵Dia homeko mpitondra araka ny sitrapoko ianareo. Izay hitondra anareo amin'ny fahalalana sy ny fahendrena.[Heb. mpiandry ondry][Heb. hiandry]

¹⁶And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied in the land and become fruitful, in those days, saith Jehovah, they shall say no more, Ark of the covenant of Jehovah! neither shall it come to mind, nor shall they remember it, nor shall they visit [it]; neither shall it be done any more.

¹⁶Koa rehefa mitombo sy mihamaro amin'ny tany ianareo, dia amin'izany andro izany, hoy Jehovah, no tsy hanaovany intsony hoe: Ny fiaran'ny faneken'i Jehovah; Ary tsy hosaintsaininy akory izany, sady tsy hahatsiaro na ho manina izany izy, na hanao fiara intsony.

¹⁷At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem; and they shall no more walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

¹⁷Amin'izany andro izany no hanononana an'i Jerosalema hoe Seza fiandrianan'i Jehovah; Ary hivory any ny jentilisa rehetra noho ny anaran'i Jehovah any Jerosalema, ary izy tsy handeha intsony araka ny ditry ny fo ratsiny.

¹⁸In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel; and they shall come together out of the land of the north, to the land which I caused your fathers to inherit.

¹⁸Amin'izany andro izany ny taranak'i Joda sy ny taranak'Isiraely dia hiara-mandeha, ka hiara-tonga avy any amin'ny tany avaratra izy ho any amin'ny tany nomeko ny razanareo ho lovany.

¹⁹And as for me, I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee the pleasant land, the goodly inheritance of the hosts of the nations? And I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from following me.

¹⁹Ary Izaho efa nanao hoe: He! fa hataoko isan-janako ianao ka homeko tany mahafinaritra, dia lova izay tena endriky ny firenena. Eny, hoy Izaho: Hianao hanao Ahy hoe Raiko, ka tsy hiala amin'ny fanarahana Ahy.

²⁰Surely [as] a woman treacherously departeth from her companion, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah.

²⁰Kanefa toy ny vehivavy misintaka miala amin'ny lahy, dia toy izany tokoa no nisintahanareo niala tamiko, ry taranak'Isiraely, hoy Jehovah.[Heb. sakaizany]

²¹A voice is heard upon the heights, the weeping supplications of the children of Israel; for they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Jehovah their God.

²¹Injay! feo re any an-tendrombohitra mangadihady, dia fitomaniana amam-pitarainan'ny Zanak'Isiraely; Fa nivilivily tamin'ny nalehany izy ary nanadino an'i Jehovah Andriamaniny.

²²-- Return, backsliding children; I will heal your backslidings. ... Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.

²²Miverena ianao, ry zaza mpiodina, fa hositraniko ny fiodinanareo. Indreto, manatona Anao izahay, fa Hianao Jehovah no Andriamanitray.

²³Truly in vain [is salvation looked for] from the hills, [and] the multitude of mountains; truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.

²³Foana tokoa ny horakoraka any amin'ny tendrombohitra sy ny havoana; Marina fa ao amin'i Jehovah Andriamanitray ny famonjena ny Isiraely.[Na: Foana tokoa ny fihorakorahana any amin'ny havoana]

²⁴But shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

²⁴Fa lanin'ilay mampahamenatra hatramin'ny fahazazanay ny zavatra efa nisasaran'ny razanay, dia ny ondry aman'osiny sy ny ombiny, ny zananilahy sy ny zananivavy.Aoka handry ao amin'ny henatray izahay. Ary aoka hanarona anay ny fahafaham-boninahitray, satria tamin'i Jehovah Andriamanitray no efa nanotanay dia izahay sy ny razanay, hatramin'ny fahazazanay ka ambaraka androany sady tsy nihaino ny feon'i Jehovah Andriamanitray izahay.

²⁵We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah our God.

²⁵Aoka handry ao amin'ny henatray izahay. Ary aoka hanarona anay ny fahafaham-boninahitray, satria tamin'i Jehovah Andriamanitray no efa nanotanay dia izahay sy ny razanay, hatramin'ny fahazazanay ka ambaraka androany sady tsy nihaino ny feon'i Jehovah Andriamanitray izahay.