¹Indro, fa araka ny fahamarinana no hanjakan'ny mpanjaka, ary ny lehibe hanaraka araka ny rariny.

¹Lo, for righteousness doth a king reign, As to princes, for judgment they rule.

²Ary hisy lehilahy ho fierena amin'ny rivotra sy ho fialofana amin'ny ranonoram-baratra; Ho ranovelona ao amin'ny tany karankaina izy, ho alo-batolampy lehibe amin'ny tany mahana. [Na: Ary samy]

²And each hath been as a hiding-place [from] wind, And as a secret hiding-place [from] inundation, As rivulets of waters in a dry place, As a shadow of a heavy rock in a weary land.

³Ary tsy hikimpy ny mason'izay mahita, ary ny sofin'izay mandre dia hihaino.

³And not dazzled are the eyes of beholders, And the ears of hearers do attend.

⁴Ny fon'izay maimaika hahazo fahalalana, ary ny lelan'izay mikodedidedy hahay miteny mahitsy.

⁴And the heart of those hastened Understandeth to know, And the tongue of stammerers hasteth to speak clearly.

⁵Ny adala tsy holazaina intsony hoe mitoetr'andriana, ary ny mpifetsy tsy holazaina hoe mahafoy be. [Heb. mpanankarena]

⁵A fool is no more called `noble,` And to a miser it is not said, `rich;`

⁶Fa ny adala mbola miteny fahadalana ihany, ary ny fony mamoron-keloka, mba hanaovany fihatsaram-belatsihy sy hitenenany hevi-diso ny amin'i Jehovah ary hanaovany izay tsy hahazoan'ny noana hanina sy izay tsy hahazoan'ny mangetaheta rano hosotroina. [Na: ratsy]

⁶For a fool speaketh folly, And his heart doth iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak concerning Jehovah error, To empty the soul of the hungry, Yea, drink of the thirsty he causeth to lack.

⁷Ary ratsy ny hafetsen'ny mpifetsy; Mamoron-tsain-dratsy izy hanimbany ny ory amin'ny teny lainga, na dia miteny manan-drariny aza ny malahelo; [Heb. fiasan']

⁷And the miser — his instruments [are] evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaketh justly.

⁸Fa ny mitoetr'andriana kosa dia mamoron-tsaina araka izay mahamendrika andriana, ary izay mahamendrika andriana no ifikirany.

⁸And the noble counselled noble things, And he for noble things riseth up.

⁹[Anatra mafy tamin'ny vehivavy tao Jerosalema] Mitsangàna, ry vehivavy miadana, ka mandrenesa ny feoko; Ry zazavavy matokitoky foana, mihainoa ny teniko.

⁹Women, easy ones, rise, hear my voice, Daughters, confident ones, give ear [to] my saying,

¹⁰Raha afaka herintaona mahery dia ho raiki-tahotra ianareo, ry vehivavy matokitoky foana; Fa hanjahitra ny taom-piotazam-boaloboka, ary tsy hisy ny fanangonam-boankazo

¹⁰Days and a year ye are troubled, O confident ones, For consumed hath been harvest, The gathering cometh not.

¹¹Mangovita, ry vehivavy miadana, mangorohoroa, ry vehivavy matokitoky foana; Endaho ny akanjonao, ka mitanjaha, ary misikìna lamba fisaonana.

¹¹Tremble ye women, ye easy ones, Be troubled, ye confident ones, Strip and make bare, with a girdle on the loins,

¹²Miteha-tratra izy, fa malahelo ny saha nahafinaritra sy ny voaloboka vokatra.

¹²For breasts they are lamenting, For fields of desire, for the fruitful vine.

¹³Ho rakotry ny tsilo sy ny hery ny tanin'ny oloko, eny, na dia ny ao amin'ny trano mahafaly rehetra ao an-tanàna ravoravo aza;

¹³Over the ground of my people thorn — brier goeth up, Surely over all houses of joy of the exulting city,

¹⁴Fa ho foana ny lapan'ny mpanjaka; Hitsahatra ny fihorikoriky ny tanàna; Ofela sy ny tilikambo fitazanana ho tonga naman'ny zohy ho mandrakizay, dia fikarenjen'ny boriki-dia sy fiandrasana ny andian'ny ondry aman'osy, [Na: Ny havoana]

¹⁴Surely the palace hath been left, The multitude of the city forsaken, Fort and watch-tower hath been for dens unto the age, A joy of wild asses — a pasture of herds;

¹⁵Mandra-pandatsaka ny fanahy avy amin'ny avo ho amintsika, ka ny efitra ho tonga saha mahavokatra, ary ny saha mahavokatra hoheverina ho ala.

¹⁵Till emptied out on us is the Spirit from on high, And a wilderness hath become a fruitful field, And the fruitful field for a forest is reckoned.

¹⁶Ary hitoetra any an-efitra ny rariny, Ary ny fahamarinana honina ao amin'ny saha mahavokatra.

¹⁶And dwelt in the wilderness hath judgment, And righteousness in the fruitful field remaineth.

¹⁷Ny asan'ny fahamarinana ho fiadanana; Ary ny vokatry ny fahamarinana dia ho fiadanana sy fahatokiana mandrakizay;

¹⁷And a work of the righteousness hath been peace, And a service of the righteousness — Keeping quiet and confidence unto the age.

¹⁸Ary ny oloko hitoetra ao amin'ny fonenana mandry fahizay sy ao amin'ny fitoerana mahatoky ary ao amin'ny fialan-tsasatra feno fiadanam-po;

¹⁸And dwelt hath My people in a peaceful habitation, And in stedfast tabernacles, And in quiet resting-places.

¹⁹Nefa hilatsaka ny havandra, rehefa aripaka ny ala, ary halamaka dia halamaka ny tanàna.Sambatra izay mamafy eny amoron'ny rano rehetra sady mampiriaria ny omby sy ny boriky.

¹⁹And it hath hailed in the going down of the forest, And in the valley is the city low.

²⁰Sambatra izay mamafy eny amoron'ny rano rehetra sady mampiriaria ny omby sy ny boriky.

²⁰Happy [are] ye sowing by all waters, Sending forth the foot of the ox and the ass!