¹[Fanoharana ny amin'ny ala may sy ny sabatra voatsoaka] Dia tonga tamiko ny tenin'i Jehovah nanao hoe:

¹And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

²Ry zanak'olona, manatreha ny atsimo, ary mitenena manandrify ny atsimo, ka maminania ny amin'ny hamelezana ny ala amin'ny tany atsimo.

²`Son of man, set thy face unto Jerusalem, and prophesy unto the holy places, and prophesy unto the ground of Israel;

³Ary lazao amin'ny ala amin'ny tany atsimo hoe: Henoy ny tenin'i Jehovah: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah Tompo: Indro, hampirehitra afo ao aminao Aho, izay handevona ny hazo maitso sy ny hazo maina rehetra ao aminao; tsy hovonoina ny lelafo midedadeda, fa ho main'ny afo ny tava rehetra hatrany atsimo ka hatrany avaratra;

³and thou hast said unto the ground of Israel: Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I [am] against thee, And have brought out My sword from its scabbard, And have cut off from thee righteous and wicked.

⁴Ka dia ho hitan'ny nofo rehetra fa Izaho Jehovah no nampirehitra io, ka tsy hovonoina.

⁴Because that I have cut off from thee righteous and wicked, Therefore go out doth My sword from its scabbard, Unto all flesh, from south to north.

⁵Dia hoy izaho: Indrisy, Jehovah Tompo ô! Hoy ny fitenin'ny olona ahy: Tsy fanoharana va no ataony?

⁵And known have all flesh that I, Jehovah, Have brought out My sword from its scabbard, It doth not turn back any more.

⁶Dia tonga tamiko ny tenin'i Jehovah nanao hoe:

⁶And thou, son of man, sigh with breaking of loins, yea, with bitterness thou dost sigh before their eyes,

⁷Ry zanak'olona, manandrifia an'i Jerosalema, ary mitenena manandrify ny fitoerana masina, ka maminania ny amin'ny hamelezana ny tanin'ny Isiraely.

⁷and it hath come to pass, when they say unto thee, For what art thou sighing? that thou hast said: Because of the report, for it is coming, And melted hath every heart, And feeble hath been all hands, And weak is every spirit, And all knees go — waters, Lo, it is coming, yea, it hath been, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.`

⁸Ary ataovy amin'ny tanin'ny Isiraely hoe: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Indro, Izaho no mamely anao, ary hotsoahako amin'ny tranony ny sabatro, ka haringako ny marina sy ny meloka eo aminao.

⁸And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

⁹Ary noho ny handringanako ny marina sy ny meloka eo aminao, dia izany no hitsoahan'ny sabatro amin'ny tranony hamely ny nofo rehetra hatrany atsimo ka hatrany avaratra,

⁹`Son of man, prophesy, and thou hast said, Thus said Jehovah, say: A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also polished.

¹⁰Ka dia ho fantatry ny nofo rehetra fa Izaho Jehovah no nanatsoaka ny sabatro tamin'ny tranony; Tsy hiditra intsony izy.

¹⁰So as to slaughter a slaughter it is sharpened. So as to have brightness it is polished, Desire hath rejoiced the sceptre of my son, It is despising every tree.

¹¹Ary ianao, ry zanak'olona, midridridridria toy ny tapa-balahana, eny, midridridridria amin'ny fangidiana eo imasony.

¹¹And he giveth it for polishing, For laying hold of by the hand. It is sharpened — the sword — and polished, To give it into the hand of a slayer.

¹²Ary raha izy manao aminao hoe: Nahoana ianao no midridridridry? Dia valio hoe: Noho ny teny efa re, fa ho avy izany, ho kivy ny fo rehetra, hiraviravy ny tanana rehetra, ary hivarahontsana ny fanahy rehetra, sady hanjary ho toy ny rano ny lohalika rehetra. Eny, ho avy izany ka ho tanteraka, hoy Jehovah Tompo;

¹²Cry and howl, son of man, For it hath been among My people, It [is] among all the princes of Israel, Cast unto the sword have been My people. Therefore strike on thy thigh,

¹³Dia tonga tamiko ay tenin'i Jehovah nanao hoe:

¹³Because [it is] a trier, And what if even the sceptre it is despising? It shall not be, an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

¹⁴Ry zanak'olona, maminania, ka ataovy hoe: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Injao! sabatra! sabatra re! Voaranitra sady voafotsy koa.

¹⁴And thou, son of man, prophesy, And smite hand on hand, And bent is the sword a third time, The sword of the wounded! It [is] the sword of the wounded — the great one, That is entering the inner chamber to them.

¹⁵Voaranitra hahafaty be izy; Voafotsy hanelatselatra izy (Sa isika hifaly hoe: Ny tsorakazon'ny zanako mamingavinga ny hazo rehetra?)

¹⁵To melt the heart, and to multiply the ruins, By all their gates I have set the point of a sword. Ah, it is made for brightness, Wrapt up for slaughter.

¹⁶Ary nomena hofotsiana izy Mba horaisin-tanana; Voaranitra io sabatra io sady voafotsy, Mba hatolotra eo an-tanan'ny mpamono.

¹⁶Take possession of the right, place thyself at the left, Whither thy face is appointed.

¹⁷Mitomania sy midradradradrà, ry zanak'olona! Fa mihatra amin'ny oloko izany, dia amin'ny lehibe rehetra amin'ny Isiraely; Lavon'ny sabatra miaraka amin'ny oloko izy, koa misafoa sirana ianao;

¹⁷And I also, I smite My hand on my hand, And have caused My fury to rest; I, Jehovah, have spoken.`

¹⁸Fa vita ny fizahan-toetra, Ka manao ahoana, raha ilay tehim-panjakana namingavinga iny aza no ho tonga tsinontsinona ? hoy Jehovah Tompo.

¹⁸And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

¹⁹Ary ianao, ry zanak'olona, dia maminania, ka mitehafa tanana, ary aoka hihaloza roa heny, na telo heny aza, ny sabatra, dia ny sabatra izay efa nahatrabaka olona; Eny, ny sabatra izay efa nahatrabaka ny andriana no manemitra azy.[Heb. lehibe]

¹⁹`And thou, son of man, appoint for thee two ways, for the coming in of the sword of the king of Babylon; from one land they come forth, both of them, and a station prepare thou, at the top of the way of the city prepare [it].

²⁰Nahebihebiko teny amin'ny vavahadiny rehetra ny sabatra, mba hahakivy ny fo sy hahatonga fahatafintohinana maro. Indrisy! nataoko nanelatselatra izy sady voaranitra hamono.[Na: voatsoaka]

²⁰A way appoint for the coming of the sword, Unto Rabbath of the sons of Ammon, And to Judah, in Jerusalem — the fenced.

²¹Miomana, ka mandrosoa eo ankavanana ianao, mijoroa, ka mandrosoa eo an-kavia, amin'izay voatendry hamelezanao na aiza na aiza.

²¹For stood hath the king of Babylon at the head of the way, At the top of the two ways, to use divination, He hath moved lightly with the arrows, He hath asked at the teraphim, He hath looked on the liver.

²²Hiteha-tanana koa Aho ary hiala fo; Izaho Jehovah no nilaza izany.

²²At his right hath been the divination — Jerusalem, To place battering-rams, To open the mouth with slaughter, To lift up a voice with shouting, To place battering-rams against the gates, To pour out a mount, to build a fortification.

²³Ary tonga tamiko ny tenin'i Jehovah hoe:

²³And it hath been to them as a false divination in their eyes, Who have sworn oaths to them, And he is causing iniquity to be remembered to be caught.

²⁴Hianao, ry zanak'olona, manaova lalana roa ho anao hihavian'ny sabatry ny mpanjakan'i Babylona; avy amin'ny tany iray no hihavian'izy roa; ka manaova sarin'ny famantaran-dalana, eo an-tsampanan-dalana mankany amin'ny tanàna no anaovinao azy.[Heb: voatsoaka]

²⁴Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of your causing your iniquity to be remembered, In your transgressions being revealed, For your sins being seen, in all your doings, Because of your being remembered, By the hand ye are caught.

²⁵Manaova lalana hihavian'ny sabatra ho any Raban'ny taranak'i Amona sy ho any ny Joda ao Jerosalema mimanda.

²⁵And thou, wounded, wicked one, Prince of Israel, whose day hath come, In the time of the iniquity of the end!

²⁶Fa ny mpanjakan'i Babylona mijanona eo amin'ny sampanan-dalana, dia eo an-dohan'ny lalana roa, mba hanao sikidy; dia manetsiketsika ny zana-tsipìka izy ary manontany amin'ny sampy sy mizaha amin'ny atin-kena.[Heb. terafima]

²⁶Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Turn aside the mitre, and bear away the crown, This — not this — the low make high, And the high make low.

²⁷Mby eo an-tànany ankavanana ny sikidy, dia ny ho an'i Jerosalema, mba hametraka lohondry vy fandravana, hisoka-bava hiantsoantso, hanandra-peo amin'ny akoran'ady, hametraka lohondry vy fandravana eo akaikin'ny vavahady, hanandratra tovon-tany sy tilikambo.

²⁷An overturn, overturn, overturn, I make it, Also this hath not been till the coming of Him, Whose [is] the judgment, and I have given it.

²⁸Nefa tahaka ny sikidy lainga izany eo imason'ireny izay efa nianiana mafy, nefa Jehovah no mampahatsiaro ny helony mba hisamborana azy.[Na: izay efa nianianana mafy][Heb. Izy]

²⁸And thou, son of man, prophesy, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah concerning the sons of Ammon, and concerning their reproach: and thou hast said: A sword, a sword, open for slaughter, Polished to the utmost for brightness!

²⁹Koa izao no lazain'i Jehovah Tompo: Noho ny nampahatsiarovanareo ny helokareo tamin'ny nampiharihariana ny fahadisoanareo mba hampisehoana ny fahotanareo tamin'izay rehetra nataonareo, noho ny nahatsiarovana anareo dia hosamborin-tanana ianareo.

²⁹In the seeing for thee of a vain thing, In the divining for thee of a lie, To put thee on the necks of the wounded of the wicked, whose day hath come, In the time of the iniquity of the end.

³⁰Ary ianao, ry ilay ratsy fanahy voatrabaka, dia ilay mpanjakan'ny Isiraely, izay tapitra andro amin'ny fotoan'ny heloka mahafaty,

³⁰Turn [it] back unto its scabbard, In the place where thou wast produced, In the land of thy birth I do judge thee.

³¹izao no lazain'i Jehovah Tompo Hesorina ny hamama, ary halàna ny satro-boninahitra, tsy ho ao intsony ireo; hasandratra ny iva, ary haetry ny avo.

³¹And I have poured on thee Mine indignation, With fire of My wrath I blow against thee, And have given thee into the hand of brutish men — artificers of destruction.

³²Havadiko, havadiko, havadiko izany; fa izany koa aza dia tsy mba haharitra mandra-pahatongan'izay tena tompony tokoa, ka homeko azy izany.

³²To the fire thou art for fuel, Thy blood is in the midst of the land, Thou art not remembered, For I, Jehovah, have spoken!`

³³Ary ianao, ry zanak'olona, dia maminania, ka ataovy hoe: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah Tompo: Ny amin'ny taranak'i Amona sy ny latsa ataony, dia ataovy hoe: Indro sabatra! Dia sabatra voatsoaka hamono! Voafotsy handringana sy hanelatselatra izy

³⁴(Raha mahita zava-poana ho anao izy sy maminany lainga aminao) Handavoany anao ao amin'ny vozon'ny ratsy fanahy voatrabaka, Izay tapitra andro amin'ny fotoan'ny heloka mahafaty.[Heb. Hametrahana]

³⁵Ampidiro amin'ny tranony izy. Any amin'ny tany namoronana anao, dia any amin'ny tany nahaterahanao, no hitsarako anao.

³⁶Ary haidiko aminao ny fahavinirako, ny afon'ny fahatezerako no hotsofiko aminao, ka hatolotro eo an-tànan'ny olona ketrina. Sy izay mpamorona fandringanana ianao,Dia ho kitain'ny afo ianao; Ho eny amin'ny tany ny rànao; Tsy hotsaroana ianao; Fa Izaho Jehovah no niteny izany.

³⁷Dia ho kitain'ny afo ianao; Ho eny amin'ny tany ny rànao; Tsy hotsaroana ianao; Fa Izaho Jehovah no niteny izany.