¹Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a signal in Beth-haccerem; for evil appeareth out of the north, and a great destruction.

¹[Ny fahantomotry ny loza voalaza] Hianareo, zanak'i Benjamina, mandosira faingana hiala an'i Jerosalema, ary tsofy ao Tekoa ny anjomara, ka manaova tsangan'afo ao Beti-hakerema; Fa misy loza sy fandringanana be miposaka avy any avaratra.[Na: manangàna famantarana]

²The comely and delicate one do I cut off, the daughter of Zion.

²Ziona zanakavavy dia ampitoviko amin'ny fiandrasan-ondry misy ahitra milenodenoka.[Na: Aringako ilay tsara tarehy sy mihantahanta, dia Ziona zanakavavy]

³Shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch [their] tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

³Ao aminy no alehan'ny mpiandry sy ny ondry; Haoriny manodidina azy ny lainy, ka samy handany ny ao akaikiny avy izy.

⁴Prepare war against her. Arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day hath declined, for the shadows of the evening are lengthening.

⁴Mitaova ianareo hanao ady masina hamelezana azy; Mitsangàna, ka andeha isika hiakatra antoandro. Lozantsika! fa lasan-davitra ny andro, ka efa mandroso ny aloky ny hariva.

⁵Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

⁵Mitsangàna, ka andeha isika hanao latsak'alina, ary aoka horavantsika ny trano-beny.

⁶For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said: Hew ye down trees, and cast a mound against Jerusalem. She is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

⁶Fa izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro; Kapao ny hazo, ary manandrata tovon-tany hamelezana an'i Jerosalema; Io ilay tanàna hovaliana, feno fampahoriana ny ao anatiny.

⁷As a well poureth forth her waters, so she poureth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction are heard in her; before me continually are grief and wounds.

⁷Toy ny loharano mampiboiboika ny ranony no ampiboiboihany ny faharatsiany; An-keriny sy fandravana no re ao aminy; Eo anatrehako mandrakariva ny faharariana sy ny faharatrana.

⁸Be thou instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

⁸Minoa anatra ianao, ry Jerosalema, fandrao miombotra miala aminao ny fanahiko, ary fandrao hataoko tany lao ianao, dia tany tsy honenana.

⁹Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: They shall thoroughly glean like a vine the remnant of Israel: turn back thy hand, as a grape-gatherer unto the baskets.

⁹Izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro: Hotsimponina fatratra toy ny fitsimpona voaloboka izay sisa amin'ny Isiraely; Avereno ho amin'ny sakeliny ny tananao toy ny mpioty voaloboka.[Na: harona]

¹⁰To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

¹⁰Iza no hilazako sy hanariko mba handrenesany? Indro, ny sofiny dia tsy voafora, ka tsy mahahaino izy; He! tsatsoiny ny tenin'i Jehovah ka tsy ankamaminy.

¹¹And I am full of the fury of Jehovah, I am weary with holding in. Pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken; the aged with him [that is] full of days.

¹¹Fa ny fahatezeran'i Jehovah mahafeno ahy ka tsy zakako tsindriana intsony! Aidino amin'ny ankizy madinika eny an-dalambe sy amin'ny fiokoan'ny zatovo izany; Fa na lehilahy na vehivavy dia hosamborina avokoa, ary ny anti-panahy mbamin'ny ela niainana koa;

¹²And their houses shall be turned unto others, [their] fields and wives together; for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah.

¹²Ary ho lasan'ny sasany ny tranony mbamin'ny sahany sy ny vehivavy koa; Fa hahinjitro amin'ny mponina amin'ny tany ny tanako, hoy Jehovah,

¹³For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely.

¹³Satria izy rehetra, na ny kely na ny lehibe, dia samy fatra-pila harena avokoa; Na ny mpaminany na ny mpisorona dia samy mamitaka avokoa.

¹⁴And they have healed the breach of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace! when there is no peace.

¹⁴Fa nataotaony foana ny fanasitranany ny faharatran'ny oloko zanakavavy tamin'ny nanaovany hoe: Fiadanana, fiadanana; Kanjo tsy misy fiadanana tsinona!

¹⁵Are they ashamed that they have committed abomination? Nay, they are not at all ashamed, neither know they what it is to blush. Therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall stumble, saith Jehovah.

¹⁵Nomenarina izy noho ny nanaovany fahavetavetana, nefa tsy mba menatra akory izy ary tsy mba valahara; Koa ho lavo ao amin'izay lavo izy, amin'ny andro hamaliako azy dia ho tafintohina izy, hoy Jehovah.

¹⁶Thus saith Jehovah: Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the ancient paths, which is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein].

¹⁶Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Mijanona eo an-dalana ianareo, ka izahao, ary anontanio izay lalana masaka hatry ny ela. Dia izay lalana mankany amin'ny tsara, ka iny no izory, dia hahita fitsaharana ho an'ny fanahinareo ianareo; Nefa hoy izy: Tsy hizotra izahay.

¹⁷Also I have set watchmen over you: -- Hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

¹⁷Ary nasiako mpitily ianareo hanao hoe: Henoy ny feon'ny anjomara! Nefa hoy ianareo: Tsy hihaino izahay.[Heb. izy]

¹⁸Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O assembly, what is among them.

¹⁸Koa henoinareo, ry jentilisa, ary aoka ho fantatrareo, ry fiangonana, ny hanjo azy.

¹⁹Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, the fruit of their thoughts; for they have not hearkened unto my words, and as to my law, they have rejected it.

¹⁹Henoy, ry tany! Indro, Izaho hahatonga loza amin'ity firenena ity, dia ny vokatry ny heviny ihany; Fa tsy nihaino ny teniko izy, ary nolaviny ny lalàko.

²⁰To what purpose should there come to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing unto me.

²⁰Nahoana no itondrana ditin-kazo mani-pofona avy any Sheba Aho sy veromanitra avy any amin'ny tany lavitra? Tsy sitrako ny fanatitra doranareo, ary tsy mamiko ny zavatra vonoinareo hatao fanatitra.

²¹Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall over them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.

²¹Koa izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Indro hasiako fahatafintohinana eo amin'ity firenena ity, ka dia samy ho tafintohina amin'izany ny ray mbamin'ny zanany; Ho faty ny olona mbamin'ny namany.

²²Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation is stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

²²Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Indro, misy firenena avy any amin'ny tany avaratra, dia firenena lehibe mitsangana avy any amin'ny faran'ny tany;

²³They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as a man for the battle, against thee, daughter of Zion.

²³Tsipika sy lefona no entiny, lozabe sady tsy mamindra fo izy; Ny feony dia mirohondrohona toy ny ranomasina, sady mitaingin-tsoavaly izy ary voaomana tahaka ny lehilahy ho amin'ny ady, hamelezana anao, ry Ziona zanakavavy.

²⁴We have heard the report thereof: our hands are grown feeble; anguish hath taken hold of us, pain as of a woman that travaileth.

²⁴Efa renay ny lazany, ka miraviravy tanana izahay; Fahoriana no mahazo anay, eny, fanaintainana tahaka ny vehivavy raha miteraka.

²⁵Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for [there is] the sword of the enemy, terror is on every side.

²⁵Aza mivoaka ho any an-tsaha, ary aza mandeha amin'ny lalambe; Fa manan-tsabatra ny fahavalo, misy fampangorohoroana manodidina.

²⁶Daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes: make mourning, [as] for an only son -- bitter lamentation; for the spoiler cometh suddenly upon us.

²⁶Ry oloko zanakavavy, misikìna lamba fisaonana ianao, ary mihosena lavenona, ka manaova fisaonana toy ny fisaonana zanakalahy tokana, dia fitomaniana fatratra; Fa ho avy tampoka amintsika ny mpandringana.

²⁷I have set thee among my people as an assayer, a fortress, that thou mayest know and try their way.

²⁷Ho mpizaha toetra ao amin'ny oloko no nanendreko anao, dia ho fiarovana mafy, mba ho fantatrao sy hizahanao toetra ny alehany.

²⁸They are all the most rebellious of rebels, going about with slander: they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters.

²⁸Tena maditra avokoa izy rehetra ka mandehandeha manaratsy, varahina sy vy izy; Samy mpanao ratsy avokoa izy rehetra.

²⁹The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; they have melted, and melted in vain; and the bad are not plucked away.

²⁹May ny tafoforana, levon'ny afo ny firaka, foana ny nandrendrehan'ny mpandrendrika, fa tsy voaisotra ny ratsy.Ataon'ny olona hoe, volafotsy tsy lany izy, satria tsy lanin'i Jehovah.

³⁰Reprobate silver shall they call them, for Jehovah hath rejected them.

³⁰Ataon'ny olona hoe, volafotsy tsy lany izy, satria tsy lanin'i Jehovah.