¹[Filazana ny amin'ny loza hanjo, sy fampanantenana ny famindram-po] Ary nisy fanahy nanainga ahy koa, dia nitondra ahy ho eo amin'ny vavahady atsinanana amin'ny tranon'i Jehovah, dia ilay manatrika ny atsinanana; ary, indreo, nisy olona dimy amby roa-polo lahy teo anoloan'ny vavahady; dia hitako teo amin'ireo Jazania, zanak'i Azora, sy Pelatia, zanak'i Benaia, lehiben'ny vahoaka.[Na: rivotra]

¹And lift me up doth a spirit, and it bringeth me in unto the east gate of the house of Jehovah, that is facing the east, and lo, at the opening of the gate twenty and five men, and I see in their midst Jaazaniah son of Azzur, and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, heads of the people.

²Dia hoy Izy tamiko: Ry zanak'olona, ireo no lehilahy izay mamoron-tsain-dratsy sady manolo-tsain-dratsy eto amin'ity tanàna ity,

²And He saith unto me, `Son of man, these [are] the men who are devising iniquity, and who are giving evil counsel in this city;

³dia izay manao hoe: Mbola lavitra ny hanaovana trano; ity tanàna ity no vilany, ary isika no hena;

³who are saying, It [is] not near — to build houses, it [is] the pot, and we the flesh.

⁴ka dia maminania hamely azy, eny, maminania, ry zanak'olona.

⁴Therefore prophesy concerning them, prophesy, son of man.`

⁵Ary tonga tao amiko ny Fanahin'i Jehovah, ka hoy Izy tamiko: Lazao hoe: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Izany no fiteninareo, ry taranak'Isiraely, ary fantatro izay rehetra ao an-tsainareo.

⁵And fall upon me doth the Spirit of Jehovah, and He saith unto me, `Say: Thus said Jehovah: Rightly ye have said, O house of Israel, And the steps of your spirit I have known.

⁶Hianareo efa nahamaro ny voavononareo teto amin'ity tanàna ity, ary ny lalambeny efa nofenoinareo faty.

⁶Ye multiplied your wounded in this city, And filled its out-places with the wounded.

⁷Koa izao no lazain'i Jehovah Tompo: Ny voavononareo, izay nataonareo tao aminy, no hena, ary ity tanàna ity no vilany; nefa havoaka avy ao aminy ianareo.

⁷Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Your wounded whom ye placed in its midst, They [are] the flesh, and it [is] the pot, And you he hath brought out from its midst.

⁸Natahotra ny sabatra ianareo; nefa hataoko mahatratra anareo ihany ny sabatra, hoy Jehovah Tompo.

⁸A sword ye have feared, And a sword I bring in against you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

⁹Ary havoakako avy ato aminy ianareo ka hatolotro ho eny an-tànan'ny hafa firenena, ary hanao fitsarana aminareo Aho.

⁹And I have brought you out of its midst, And given you into the hand of strangers, And I have done among you judgments.

¹⁰Ho lavon'ny sabatra ianareo; any amin'ny sisin-tanin'ny Isiraely no hitsarako anareo, ka dia ho fantatrareo fa Izaho no Jehovah.

¹⁰By the sword ye do fall, On the border of Israel I do judge you, And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.

¹¹Ity tanàna ity tsy ho vilaninareo, ary ianareo tsy ho hena ato anatiny; fa any amin'ny sisin-tanin'ny Isiraely no hitsarako anareo

¹¹It is not to you for a pot, Nor are ye in its midst for flesh, At the border of Israel I do judge you.

¹²ka dia ho fantatrareo fa Izaho no Jehovah, satria tsy nandeha araka ny lalàko ianareo na nanaraka ny fitsipiko, fa araka ny fitsipiky ny jentilisa izay manodidina anareo ihany no nataonareo.

¹²And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah, For in My statutes ye have not walked, And My Judgments ye have not done, And according to the judgments of the nations Who are round about you — ye have done!`

¹³Ary raha mbola naminany aho, dia maty Pelatia, zanak'i Benaia. Dia niankohoka aho ka nitaraina tamin'ny feo mahery nanao hoe: Indrisy! Jehovah Tompo ô, holevoninao va ny hany sisa amin'ny Isiraely?

¹³And it cometh to pass, at my prophesying, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah is dying, and I fall on my face, and cry — a loud voice — and say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, an end Thou art making of the remnant of Israel.`

¹⁴Ary tonga tamiko ny tenin'i Jehovah nanao hoe:

¹⁴And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

¹⁵Ry zanak'olona, ny rahalahinao, eny, ny rahalahinao no andraikitrao, dia ny taranak'Isiraely rehetra, izay nitenenan'ny mponina any Jerosalema hoe: Manalavira an'i Jehovah; izahay no nomena ity tany ity ho lova.[Na: iray firazanana aminao]

¹⁵`Son of man, thy brethren, thy brethren, men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel — all of it, [are] they to whom inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Keep far off from Jehovah;

¹⁶Koa lazao hoe: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah Tompo: Na dia nampandehaniko lavitra any amin'ny jentilisa aza izy ka naeliko tany amin'ny tany maro, dia ho fitoerana masina ho azy vetivety Aho any amin'ny tany izay alehany.[Na: kely ho azy]

¹⁶it [is] ours, the land hath been given for an inheritance; therefore say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because I put them afar off among nations, And because I scattered them through lands, I also am to them for a little sanctuary, In lands whither they have gone in.

¹⁷Koa lazao hoe: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah Tompo: Hovoriko avy any amin'ny firenena ianareo, ary hangoniko avy any amin'ny tany izay nampielezana anareo, ka homeko ny tanin'ny Isiraely ianareo.

¹⁷Therefore say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And I have assembled you from the peoples, And I have gathered you from the lands, Into which ye have been scattered, And I have given to you the ground of Israel.

¹⁸Ary ho tonga ao izy ka hanaisotra ny zava-dratsiny rehetra sy ny fahavetavetany rehetra.

¹⁸And they have gone in thither. And turned aside all its detestable things, And all its abominations — out of it.

¹⁹Dia homeko fo iray izy, ary hasiako fanahy vaovao ao anatinareo; ary hesoriko amin'ny nofony ny fo vato, ka homeko fo nofo izy,

¹⁹And I have given to them one heart, And a new spirit I do give in your midst, And I have turned the heart of stone out of their flesh, And I have given to them a heart of flesh.

²⁰mba handehanany araka ny didiko sy hitandremany ny fitsipiko ka hanarahany izany, ary izy dia ho oloko, ary Izaho ho Andriamaniny.

²⁰So that in My statutes they walk, And My judgments they keep, and have done them, And they have been to me for a people, And I am to them for God.

²¹Fa ny amin'izay manana fo manina ny zava-dratsiny sy ny fahavetavetany, dia hatsingeriko ho eo an-dohany ihany ny nataony, hoy Jehovah Tompo.[Heb. manaraka ny fon'ny zava-dratsiny][Heb. lalana]

²¹As to those whose heart is going unto the heart Of their detestable and their abominable things, Their way on their head I have put, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.`

²²Dia nasandratry ny kerobima ny elany sy ny kodia teo anilany; ary ny voninahitr'Andriamanitry ny Isiraely no teo amboniny.

²²And the cherubs lift up their wings, and the wheels [are] over-against them, and the honour of the God of Israel [is] over them above.

²³Ary ny voninahitr'i Jehovah niakatra niala tao amin'ny tanàna ka nijanona teo an-tampon'ny tendrombohitra atsinanan'ny tanàna.

²³And the honour of Jehovah goeth up from off the midst of the city, and standeth on the mountain, that [is] on the east of the city.

²⁴Dia nisy fanahy nanainga ahy tamin'ny fahitana, dia tamin'ny Fanahin'Andriamanitra, ka nitondra ahy ho any Kaldea ho any amin'ny babo. Dia niakatra niala tamiko ny fahitana izay efa hitako.[Na: rivotra]Ary nolazaiko tamin'ny babo ny teny rehetra izay nasehon'i Jehovah ahy.

²⁴And a spirit hath lifted me up, and bringeth me in to Chaldea, unto the Removed, in a vision, by the Spirit of God, and go up from off me doth the vision that I have seen;

²⁵Ary nolazaiko tamin'ny babo ny teny rehetra izay nasehon'i Jehovah ahy.

²⁵and I speak unto the Removed all the matters of Jehovah that He hath shewed me.