¹Ary ianao, ry zanak'olona, dia makà sabatra maranitra ho toy ny harezan'ny mpanala volombava, ka anarato ny lohanao sy ny somotrao, dia makà mizana, ka zarao ny volo.

¹`And thou, son of man, take to thee a sharp weapon, the barber`s razor thou dost take to thee, and thou hast caused [it] to pass over thy head, and over thy beard, and thou hast taken to thee weighing scales, and apportioned them.

²Ny ampahatelony dia dory amin'ny afo ao an-tanàna, rehefa tapitra ny andron'ny fahirano; ary alao koa ny ampahatelony, ka asio ny sabatra manodidina; ary ny ampahatelony dia aelezo ho amin'ny rivotra; ary hanatsoaka sabatra ho enti-manenjika azy Aho.

²A third part with fire thou dost burn in the midst of the city, at the fulness of the days of the siege; and thou hast taken the third part, thou dost smite with a weapon round about it; and the third part thou dost scatter to the wind, and a weapon I draw out after them.

³Ary analao vitsivitsy ireo, ka fonosy ao amin'ny sisin-dambanao.

³And thou hast taken thence a few in number — and hast bound them in thy skirts;

⁴Ary ireny indray dia mbola analao koa, dia atsipazo eo anaty afo izany, ka dory eo fa hisy afo hivoaka avy aminy ho amin'ny taranak'Isiraely rehetra.

⁴and of them thou dost take again, and hast cast them unto the midst of the fire, and hast burned them in the fire — out of it cometh forth a fire unto all the house of Israel.

⁵Izao no lazain'i Jehovah Tompo: Ity Jerosalema ity dia nataoko eo afovoan'ny jentilisa, ka voahodidin'ireny tany ireny izy.

⁵Thus said the Lord Jehovah: this [is] Jerusalem, In the midst of the nations I have set her, And round about her [are] the lands.

⁶Ary nanao ditra tsy nanaraka ny fitsipiko sy ny didiko izy, fa nanao ratsy mihoatra noho ny jentilisa sy ny tany manodidina azy; eny, nanao ditra tsy nanaraka ny fitsipiko sy ny didiko izy ka tsy nandeha araka izany.

⁶And she changeth My judgments into wickedness more than the nations, And My statutes more than the lands that [are] round about her, For against My judgments they have kicked, And My statutes — they have not walked in them.

⁷Koa izao no lazain'i Jehovah Tompo: Satria ianareo nitabataba mihoatra noho ny firenena manodidina anareo ka tsy nandeha araka ny didiko na nanaraka ny fitsipiko sady tsy nanaraka ny fitsipiky ny firenena izay manodidina anareo aza,

⁷Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of your multiplying above the nations that [are] around you, In My statutes ye have not walked, And My judgments ye have not done, According to the judgments of the nations That [are] round about you ye have not done.

⁸dia izao no lazain'i Jehovah Tompo: Indro, Izaho dia Izaho no mamely anao ka hanao fitsarana eo aminao eo imason'ny firenena.

⁸Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I [am] against thee, even I, And I have done in thy midst judgments, Before the eyes of the nations.

⁹Ary noho ny fahavetavetanao rehetra dia hataoko aminao izay tsy mbola nataoko, sady tsy hataoko tahaka izany intsony.

⁹And I have done in thee that which I have not done, And that which I do not its like again, Because of all thine abominations.

¹⁰Koa ny ray dia hihinana ny zanany eo aminao, ary ny zanaka kosa hihinana ny rainy; ary hanao fitsarana eo aminao Aho, ary izay sisa rehetra aminao dia haeliko ho amin'ny rivotra rehetra;

¹⁰Therefore fathers do eat sons in thy midst, And sons eat their fathers, And I have done in thee judgments, And have scattered all thy remnant to every wind.

¹¹eny, raha velona koa Aho, hoy Jehovah Tompo, noho ny nandotoanao ny fitoerako masina tamin'ny zava-dratsinao rehetra sy tamin'ny fahavetavetanao rehetra, Izaho kosa dia hampiala ny masoko, fa tsy hiantra; eny, Izaho dia tsy hamindra fo.

¹¹Therefore, I live — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah: Because My sanctuary thou hast defiled, With all thy detestable things, And with all thine abominations, Mine eye pitieth not, and I also spare not. Do not even I also diminish?

¹²Ny ampahatelony eo aminao dia ho fatin'ny areti-mandringana na ho ringan'ny mosary eo aminao; ary ny ampahatelony dia ho lavon'ny sabatra manodidina anao; ary ny ampahatelony dia haeliko ho amin'ny rivotra rehetra, ary hanatsoaka sabatra ho entiko manenjika azy Aho.

¹²Thy third part — by pestilence they die, And by famine are consumed in thy midst, And the third part, by sword they fall round about thee, And the third part, to every wind I scatter, And a sword I draw out after them.

¹³Ary ho tanteraka amin'izany ny fahatezerako, sady hampariko aminy ny fahatezerako, ka hialako fo izy; dia ho fantany fa Izaho Jehovah no niteny izany tamin'ny fahasaro-piaroko, rehefa notanterahiko taminy ny fahatezerako.

¹³And completed hath been Mine anger, And I have caused My fury to rest on them, And I have been comforted, And they have known that I, Jehovah, have spoken in My zeal, In My completing My fury on them.

¹⁴Ary hataoko lao sy fandatsa eny amin'ny firenena izay manodidina anao ianao eo imason'izay rehetra mandalo.

¹⁴And I give thee for a waste, And for a reproach among nations that [are] round about thee, Before the eyes of every passer by.

¹⁵Ka dia hisy latsa sy fitenenan-dratsy sy famaizana sy figagana avy amin'ny jentilisa manodidina anao, rehefa manao fitsarana aminao Aho amin'ny fahatezerana sy ny fahavinirana ary amin'ny fananarana mafy Izaho Jehovah no niteny izany

¹⁵And it hath been a reproach and a reviling, An instruction and an astonishment, To nations that [are] round about thee, In My doing in thee judgments, In anger and fury, and in furious reproofs, I, Jehovah, have spoken.

¹⁶raha alefako ho fandringanana azy ny mosary dia ny zana-tsipìka ratsy izay halefako handringana anareo, sady hampitomboiko ny mosary eo aminareo, ka hotapahiko ny mofonareo, izay tohan'aina.Dia haterako mosary sy biby masiaka eo aminareo, izay hahalany fara anareo; ary handroso eo aminao ny areti-mandringana sy ny fandatsahan-drà, ary hataoko mihatra aminao ny sabatra. Izaho Jehovah no niteny izany

¹⁶In My sending the evil arrows of famine among them, That have been for destruction, That I send to destroy you, And famine I am adding upon you, And I have broken to you the staff of bread.

¹⁷Dia haterako mosary sy biby masiaka eo aminareo, izay hahalany fara anareo; ary handroso eo aminao ny areti-mandringana sy ny fandatsahan-drà, ary hataoko mihatra aminao ny sabatra. Izaho Jehovah no niteny izany

¹⁷And I have sent on you famine and evil beasts, And they have bereaved thee, And pestilence and blood pass over on thee, And a sword I do bring in against thee, I, Jehovah, have spoken!`