¹[Fananterana ny nanendrena an'i Ezekiela ho mpaminany] Ary tonga tamiko ny tenin'i Jehovah nanao hoe:

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

²Ry zanak'olona, mitenena amin'ny zanaky ny firenenao, ka lazao aminy hoe: Raha mahatonga sabatra amin'ny tany anankiray Aho, ary ny tompon-tany maka lehilahy anankiray ao aminy ka manendry azy ho mpitily,

²`Son of man, speak unto the sons of thy people, and thou hast said unto them: A land — when I bring in against it a sword, And the people of the land have taken one man out of their borders, And made him to them for a watchman.

³ary hitan-dralehilahy fa, indro, avy ny sabatra, ka mitsoka ny anjomara hampitaitra ny olona izy,[Heb. hananatra]

³And he hath seen the sword coming against the land, And hath blown with a trumpet, and hath warned the people,

⁴nefa tsy mety taitr izay mandre ny feon'ny anjomara, dia tonga ny sabatra ka mandripaka azy, dia ho eo an-dohany ihany ny ràny.

⁴And the hearer hath heard the voice of the trumpet, and he hath not taken warning, And come in doth the sword, and taketh him away, His blood is on his head.

⁵Nandre ny feon'ny anjomara ihany izy, nefa tsy nety taitra; ho ao aminy ihany ny ràny; fa raha nety taitra izy, dia ho nahavonjy ny ainy ihany.[Heb. tsy nino anatra]

⁵The voice of the trumpet he heard, And he hath not taken warning, his blood is on him, And he who took warning his soul hath delivered.

⁶Fa raha hitan'ilay mpitily kosa fa, indro, avy ny sabatra, nefa tsy nitsoka ny anjomara izy, ka tsy notairina ny olona, ary tonga ny sabatra ka mandringana olona ao aminy, dia matin'ny helony ihany iny; nefa ny ràny dia hadiniko amin'ny tànan'ilay mpitily.

⁶And the watchman, when he seeth the sword coming in, And he hath not blown with a trumpet, And the people hath not been warned, And come in doth a sword, And taketh away of them — a soul, He in his iniquity is taken away, And his blood from the hand of the watchman I require.

⁷Koa ianao, ry zanak'olona, dia efa notendreko ho mpitily ho an'ny taranak'Isiraely, ka raha mandre ny teny aloaky ny vavako ianao, dia izany no ho entinao mananatra azy.

⁷And thou, son of man, A watchman I gave thee to the house of Israel, And thou hast heard from My mouth a word, And thou hast warned them from Me.

⁸Raha hoy Izaho amin'ny ratsy fanahy: He! ry ilay ratsy fanahy, ho faty tokoa ianao! nefa tsy mety mananatra azy ianao hiala amin'ny alehany, dia ho fatin'ny helony ihany izany ratsy fanahy izany, fa ny ràny dia hadiniko amin'ny tananao.

⁸In My saying to the wicked, O wicked one — thou dost surely die, And thou hast not spoken to warn the wicked from his way, He — the wicked — in his iniquity doth die, And his blood from thy hand I require.

⁹Fa raha mananatra ny ratsy fanahy ihany kosa ianao hiala amin'ny lalany ratsy; fa izy no tsy mety miala amin'izany, dia ho fatin'ny helony ihany izy, nefa voavonjinao ny ainao.

⁹And thou, when thou hast warned the wicked of his way, to turn back from it, And he hath not turned back from his way, He in his iniquity doth die, And thou thy soul hast delivered.

¹⁰Ary ianao, ry zanak'olona, mitenena amin'ny taranak'Isiraely hoe: Izao no fiteninareo: Eto aminay ny fahadisoanay sy ny fahotanay, ka mihalevona amin'izany izahay, dia nahoana no mbola velona izahay?

¹⁰And thou, son of man, say unto the house of Israel: Rightly ye have spoken, saying: Surely our transgressions and our sins [are] on us, And in them we are wasting away, How, then, do we live?

¹¹Lazao aminy hoe: Raha velona koa Aho, hoy Jehovah Tompo, dia tsy sitrako ny hahafatesan'ny ratsy fanahy, fa ny hialan'ny ratsy fanahy amin'ny lalany, mba ho velona izy. Mialà, mialà amin'ny lalan-dratsinareo, fa nahoana moa no te-ho faty ianareo, ry taranak'Isiraely?

¹¹Say unto them, I live — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I delight not in the death of the wicked, But — in the turning of the wicked from his way, And he hath lived, Turn back, turn back, from your evil ways, Yea, why do ye die, O house of Israel?

¹²Ary ianao, ry zanak'olona'lazao amin'ny zanaky ny firenenao hoe: Ny fahamarinan'ny marina tsy hahavonjy azy, raha mby amin'ny andro ahadisoany; ary ny faharatsian'ny ratsy fanahy tsy hahavoa azy, raha mby amin'ny andro ialany amin'ny faharatsiany; ary ny marina tsy ho velona noho ny fahamarinany, raha mby amin'ny andro anotany.

¹²And thou, son of man, say unto the sons of thy people: The righteousness of the righteous doth not deliver him in the day of his transgression, And the wickedness of the wicked, He doth not stumble for it in the day of his turning from his wickedness, And the righteous is not able to live in it in the day of his sinning.

¹³Raha lazaiko amin'ny marina hoe: Ho velona tokoa ianao, nefa izy mitoky amin'ny fahamarinany ka manao meloka, dia tsy hotsarovana ny fahamarinana rehetra izay nataony, fa ny heloka nataony no hahafaty azy.[Heb. izy]

¹³In My saying of the righteous: He surely liveth, And — he hath trusted on his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, All his righteous acts are not remembered, And for his perversity that he hath done, For it he doth die.

¹⁴Ary koa, raha hoy Izaho kosa amin'ny ratsy fanahy: Ho faty tokoa ianao, nefa miala amin'ny fahotany izy sady manao izay marina sy mahitsy.[Heb. izy]

¹⁴And in My saying to the wicked: Thou surely diest, And — he hath turned back from his sin, And hath done judgment and righteousness,

¹⁵ka mamerina ny natao tsatòka sady mampody izay nangalariny ary mandeha araka ny didy mahavelona ka tsy manao meloka, dia ho velona tokoa izy, fa tsy ho faty.

¹⁵(The pledge the wicked restoreth, plunder he repayeth,) In the statutes of life he hath walked, So as not to do perversity, He surely liveth — he doth not die.

¹⁶Ny fahotana rehetra izay nataony dia tsy hotsarovana aminy intsony; manao izay marina sy mahitsy izy, ka dia ho velona tokoa.

¹⁶None of his sin that he hath sinned is remembered to him, Judgment and righteousness he hath done, He doth surely live.

¹⁷Kanefa, hoy ny zanaky ny firenenao: Tsy marina ny fitondran'ny Tompo; nefa ny fitondran'ny tenany no tsy marina.[Heb. lalan']

¹⁷And the sons of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, As to them — their way is not pondered.

¹⁸Raha ny marina miala amin'ny fahamarinany ka manao meloka, dia ho faty amin'izany izy.

¹⁸In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity — he dieth for it.

¹⁹Ary raha ny ratsy fanahy miala amin'ny faharatsiany ka manao izay marina sy mahitsy, dia ho velona amin'izany izy.

¹⁹And in the turning back of the wicked from his wickedness, And he hath done judgment and righteousness, by them he liveth.

²⁰Kanefa, hoy ianareo: Tsy marina ny fitondran'ny Tompo. He! ry taranak'Isiraely, samy hotsaraiko araka ny alehany avy ianareo.[Heb. lalan']

²⁰And ye have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, Each according to his ways do I judge you, O house of Israel.`

²¹[Ny nisokafan'ny vavan'i Ezekiela taorian'ny nandravana an'i Jerosalema haminany izay mbola hanjo ny Isiraely noho ny tsi-fibebahany] Ary nony tamin'ny andro fahadimy tamin'ny volana fahafolo tamin'ny taona faharoa ambin'ny folo taorian'ny namaboana antsika, dia nisy olona efa nandositra avy tany Jerosalema tonga tao amiko ka nanao hoe: Afaka ny tanàna.

²¹And it cometh to pass, in the twelfth year — in the tenth [month], in the fifth of the month — of our removal, come in unto me doth one who is escaped from Jerusalem, saying, `The city hath been smitten.`

²²Dia efa tonga tamiko ny tànan'i Jehovah tamin'ny omaly harivan'ny andro nahatongavan'ilay nandositra izay tonga tao amiko, ka nosokafany ny vavako mandra-pahatongan'ilay nandositra, izay tonga tao amiko nony maraina; dia efa nisokatra ny vavako, ka tsy moana intsony aho.

²²And the hand of Jehovah hath been unto me in the evening, before the coming in of the escaped one, and He openeth my mouth till the coming in unto me in the morning, and opened is my mouth, and I have not been silent again.

²³Dia tonga tamiko ny tenin'i Jehovah nanao hoe:

²³And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

²⁴Ry zanak'olona, ny monina amin'ireny rava amin'ny tanin'ny Isiraely ireny dia manao hoe: Ireny ihany Abrahama, nefa nandova ny tany izy, fa isika kosa dia maro, ary omena antsika ny tany ho lovantsika

²⁴`Son of man, the inhabitants of these wastes on the ground of Israel are speaking, saying: Alone hath been Abraham — and he possesseth the land, and we [are] many — to us hath the land been given for a possession.

²⁵Koa lazao aminy hoe: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah Tompo: Homan-javatra misy rà sady miandrandra ny sampinareo ianareo ary mandatsa-drà, moa hahazo handova ny tany va ianareo?

²⁵Therefore say unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: With the blood ye do eat, And your eyes ye lift up unto your idols, And blood ye shed, and the land ye inherit!

²⁶Mitoky amin'ny sabatrareo ianareo sady manao fahavetavetana, ka samy mandoto ny vadin'ny namany avy; koa hahazo handova ny tany va ianareo?

²⁶Ye have stood on your sword, Ye have done abomination, Each the wife of his neighbour ye have defiled, And the land ye possess!

²⁷Izao no holazainao aminy: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah Tompo: Raha velona koa Aho, dia tsy maintsy ho lavon'ny sabatra izay ao amin'ny tanàna rava, ary izay any an-tsaha dia homeko ho rembin'ny bibi-dia, ary izay ao amin'ny harambato sy amin'ny lava-tany dia ho fatin'ny areti-mandringana.[Heb. fiarovana]

²⁷Thus dost thou say unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I live — do not they who [are] in the wastes by the sword fall? And they who [are] on the face of the field, To the beast I have given for food, And they who are in strongholds and in caves by pestilence die.

²⁸Fa hataoko rava sy lao ny tany, ary hitsahatra ny fiavonavonan'ny heriny; ho lao ny tendrombohitry ny Isiraely, ka tsy hisy mpandia azy.

²⁸And I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, And ceased hath the excellency of its strength, And desolated have been mountains of Israel, Without any one passing through.

²⁹Dia ho fantany fa Izaho no Jehovah, raha hataoko rava sy lao ny tany noho ny fahavetavetana nataony.

²⁹And they have known that I [am] Jehovah, In My making the land a desolation and an astonishment, For all their abominations that they have done.

³⁰Ary ianao, ry zanak'olona, ny zanaky ny firenenao dia miresaka anao eny am-bodirindrina sy eo am-baravaran'ny tranony, ka samy manao amin'ny rahalahiny hoe: Andeha isika, ary aoka handre izay teny avy amin'i Jehovah.

³⁰And thou, son of man, the sons of thy people who are speaking about thee, By the walls, and in openings of the houses, Have spoken one with another, each with his brother, Saying: Come in, I pray you, And hear what [is] the word that cometh out from Jehovah.

³¹Dia mankao aminao tahaka ny fihavin'ny olona izy ka mipetraka eo anatrehanao toa oloko ary mahare ny teninao, nefa tsy mety mankatò azy; fa, indro, teny mamy no lazain'ny vavany, nefa ny fony dia lasa manaraka ny filan-karena.[Na: izay mamy am-bavany no lazainy; na: kalokalo no ataon'ny vavany]

³¹And they come in unto thee as the coming in of a people, And they sit before thee — My people, And have heard thy words, and they do them not, For doting loves with their mouth they are making, After their dishonest gain their heart is going.

³²Koa, indro, ianao dia ataony ho tahaka ny mpanao hira mahafinaritra, izay tsara feo sady mahay mitendry; fa mandre ny teninao izy, nefa tsy mety mankatò azy.[Na: kalokalo]Ary nony tanteraka izany (indro, efa ho tanteraka ihany), dia ho fantany fa efa nisy mpaminany tokoa tao aminy.

³²And lo, thou [art] to them as a singer of doting loves, A pleasant voice, and playing well on an instrument, And they have heard thy words, and they are not doing them.

³³Ary nony tanteraka izany (indro, efa ho tanteraka ihany), dia ho fantany fa efa nisy mpaminany tokoa tao aminy.

³³And in its coming in — lo, it hath come, And they have known that a prophet hath been in their midst!`