1Hovaliana Samaria noho ny helony, Fa niodina tamin'Andriamaniny izy; Ho lavon-tsabatra izy, ny zanany madinika hotorotoroina, ary izay bevohoka eo aminy hotatahana.
1Turn back, O Israel, unto Jehovah thy God, For thou hast stumbled by thine iniquity.
2[Ny hamindran'i Jehovah fo amin'ny Isiraely, rehefa mibebaka] Ry Isiraely ô, miverena amin'i Jehovah Andriamanitrao, fa lavon-keloka ianao.
2Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah, Say ye unto Him: `Take away all iniquity, and give good, And we do render the fruit of our lips.
3Mitondrà teny ianareo, eny, miverena amin'i Jehovah, ka manaova aminy hoe: Mamelà ny heloka rehetra, ary raiso izay tsara, ka dia haterinay ho fanatitra ny molotray.[Heb. haloanay][Heb. vantotr'ombilahy]
3Asshur doth not save us, on a horse we ride not, Nor do we say any more, Our God, to the work of our hands, For in Thee find mercy doth the fatherless.`
4Asyria tsy hamonjy anay, tsy hitaingin-tsoavaly izahay sady tsy hiteny amin'ny asan'ny tananay intsony hoe: Ry Andriamanitray ô; Fa ao aminao no ahitan'ny kamboty famindram-po.
4I heal their backsliding, I love them freely, For turned back hath Mine anger from him.
5Hositraniko ny fiodinany, ho tia azy tsy vozonana Aho; Fa efa niala taminy ny fahatezerako.
5I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon.
6Ho tahaka ny ando Aho amin'ny Isiraely; Hamony tahaka ny lilia izy, ary hamaka tahaka an'i Libanona.
6Go on do his sucklings, And his beauty is as an olive, And he hath fragrance as Lebanon.
7Hisandrahaka ny rantsany, ho tahaka ny an'ny hazo oliva ny hatsaran-tarehiny, ary ho tahaka ny an'i Libanona ny hanitra avy aminy.
7Return do the dwellers under his shadow, They revive [as] corn, and flourish as a vine, His memorial [is] as wine of Lebanon.
8Izay mipetraka ao ambanin'ny alokalony dia hampahavokatra vary indray, ary haniry tahaka ny voaloboka izy; Ny lazany ho tahaka ny an'ny divay avy any Libanona.[Na: ho velombelominao indray toy ny vary izy]
8O Ephraim, what to Me any more with idols? I — I afflicted, and I cause him to sing: `I [am] as a green fir-tree,` From Me is thy fruit found.
9Ry Efraima ô, hataoko inona intsony izay sampy? Izaho dia efa nihaino ka nitsinjo anao; Tahaka ny hazo kypreso maitso Aho, avy amiko no hahazoana ny vokatrao.[Na: Efraima hanao hoe: Hataoko][Heb. azy]Iza no hendry mba hahafantatra izany zavatra izany? Na manan-tsaina mba hahalala izany? Fa mahitsy ny lalan'i Jehovah, ary ny marina no mizotra eny aminy; Fa ny mpanota kosa dia tafintohina eny aminy.
9Who [is] wise, and doth understand these? Prudent, and knoweth them? For upright are the ways of Jehovah, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!
10Iza no hendry mba hahafantatra izany zavatra izany? Na manan-tsaina mba hahalala izany? Fa mahitsy ny lalan'i Jehovah, ary ny marina no mizotra eny aminy; Fa ny mpanota kosa dia tafintohina eny aminy.