¹Tamin'izany andro izany dia novakiana teo anatrehan'ny olona ny teny tao amin'ny bokin'i Mosesy, ka hita voasoratra ao fa ny Amonita sy ny Moabita dia tsy mahazo miditra amin'ny fiangonan'Andriamanitra ao fa ny Amonita sy ny Moabita dia tsy mahazo miditra amin'ny fiangonan'Andriamanitra mandrakizay,

¹On that day there was read in the book of Moses, in the ears of the people, and it hath been found written in it that an Ammonite and Moabite doth not come into the assembly of God — unto the age,

²satria tsy nitsena hanina sy rano ny Zanak'Isiraely izy, fa nanamby an'i Balama hanozona azy; kanjo nampodin'Andriamanitsika ho fitahiana kosa ny fanozonana.

²because they have not come before the sons of Israel with bread and with water, and hire against them Balaam to revile them, and our God turneth the reviling into a blessing.

³Ary rehefa ren'ny olona ny lalàna, dia navahany hiala tamin'ny Isiraely ny olona hafa firenena rehetra.

³And it cometh to pass, at their hearing the law, that they separate all the mixed people from Israel.

⁴Ary talohan'izany Eliasiba mpisorona, izay voatendry ho ao anatin'ny efi-trano ao an-tranon'Andriamanitsika sady havan'i Tobia akaikiny,

⁴And before this Eliashib the priest, appointed over chambers of the house of our God, [is] a relation of Tobiah,

⁵dia efa nanamboatra efi-trano lehibe ho azy, dia ilay nitehirizana ny fanatitra hohanina fahiny mbamin'ny ditin-kazo mani-pofona sy ny fanaka ary ny ampahafolon'ny vary sy ny ranom-boaloboka sy ny diloilo, izay anjara voadidy ho an'ny Levita sy ny mpihira ary ny mpiandry varavarana, ary ny fanatitra asandratra ho an'ny mpisorona.

⁵and he maketh for him a great chamber, and there they were formerly putting the present, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithe of the corn, the new wine, and the oil — the commanded thing of the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers — and the heave-offering of the priests.

⁶Fa tamin'izany rehetra izany dia tsy mba tany Jerosalema aho: fa tamin'ny taona faharoa amby telo-polo nanjakan'i Artaksersesy, mpanjakan'i Babylona, no nahatongavako tany amin'ny mpanjaka; fa nony taoriandriana kely dia niera tamin'ny mpanjaka aho;

⁶And during all this I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty and second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon did I come unto the king, and at the end of days I have asked of the king,

⁷ary nankany Jerosalema aho ka nahita ny ratsy nataon'i Eliasiba ho an'i Tobia tamin'ny nanamboarany efi-trano ho azy teo anatin'ny kianjan'ny tranon'Andriamanitra.

⁷and I come in to Jerusalem, and understand concerning the evil that Eliashib hath done for Tobiah, to make to him a chamber in the courts of the house of God,

⁸Dia nalahelo indrindra aho, ka navoakako ny fanaka rehetra izay an'i Tobia hiala tamin'ny efi-trano.

⁸and it is very displeasing to me, and I cast all the vessels of the house of Tobiah without, out of the chamber,

⁹Ary nasaiko nodiovin'ny olona ny efi-trano, dia naveriko tao indray ny fanaky ny tranon'Andriamanitra mbamin'ny fanatitra hohanina sy ny ditin-kazo mani-pofona.

⁹and I speak, and they cleanse the chambers, and I bring back thither the vessels of the house of God with the present and the frankincense.

¹⁰Ary hitako fa tsy voaloa ny fiveloman'ny Levita; ka dia samy efa nandositra ho any an-tsahany avy ny Levita sy ny mpihira izay nanao ny raharaha.

¹⁰And I know that the portions of the Levites have not been given, and they flee each to his field — the Levites and the singers, doing the work.

¹¹Dia nifandahatra tamin'ny mpanapaka aho ka nanao hoe: Nahoana no dia ilaozana ny tranon'Andriamanitra? Dia namory azy aho ka nametraka azy teo amin'ny toerany avy.

¹¹And I strive with the prefects, and say, `Wherefore hath the house of God been forsaken?` and I gather them, and set them on their station;

¹²Dia nentin'ny Joda rehetra ho ao amin'ny trano firaketana ny ampahafolon'ny vary sy ny ranom-boaloboka ary ny diloilo.

¹²and all Judah have brought in the tithe of the corn, and of the new wine, and of the oil, to the treasuries.

¹³Ary nanendry mpitandrina ny trano firaketana aho, dia Selemia mpisorona sy Zadoka mpanoratra ary Pedaia avy tamin'ny Levita; ary manarakaraka azy telo lahy dia Hanana, zanak'i Zakora, zanak'i Matania; fa natao ho mahatoky ireo; ary ny adidin'ireo dia ny hizara ho an'ny rahalahiny.

¹³And I appoint treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites; and by their hand [is] Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah, for stedfast they have been reckoned, and on them [it is] to give a portion to their brethren.

¹⁴Tsarovy aho noho izany, ry Andriamanitro ô, ka aza kosehina ny soa nataoko tao amin'ny tranon'Andriamanitro sy ny amin'ny raharaha tokony hatao ao.

¹⁴Be mindful of me, O my God, for this, and do not blot out my kind acts that I have done, for the house of my God, and for its charges.

¹⁵Ary tamin'izany andro izany dia nahita ny sasany tany Joda aho fa nanosihosy famiazam-boaloboka tamin'ny Sabata sy nampiditra amboara ary nampitondra entana ny boriky sady nitondra divay koa sy voaloboka sy aviavy ary entana samy hafa rehetra, izay nentiny ho any Jerosalema tamin'ny andro Sabata; dia nananatra azy mafy aho tamin'ny andro nivarotany hanina.

¹⁵In those days I have seen in Judah those treading wine-vats on sabbath, and bringing in the sheaves, and lading on the asses, and also, wine, grapes, and figs, and every burden, yea, they are bringing in to Jerusalem on the sabbath-day, and I testify in the day of their selling provision.

¹⁶Ary nisy olona avy any Tyro nitoetra tao, izay nitondra hazandrano sy varotra samy hafa ka nivarotra tamin'ny taranak'i Joda sy tany Jerosalema tamin'ny Sabata;

¹⁶And the Tyrians have dwelt in it, bringing in fish, and every ware, and selling on sabbath to the sons of Judah and in Jerusalem.

¹⁷Dia nifandahatra tamin'ireo manan-kaja amin'ny Joda aho ka nanao taminy hoe: Inona izao zava-dratsy ataonareo izao, no dia mandoto ny andro Sabata ianareo?

¹⁷And I strive with the freemen of Judah, and say to them, `What [is] this evil thing that ye are doing, and polluting the sabbath-day?

¹⁸Tsy nanao toy izao va ny razanareo, ka dia nahatran'Andriamanitsika amintsika sy amin'ity tanàna ity izao loza rehetra izao? fa ianareo izao dia efa mampitombo ny fahatezerana mirehitra izay mihatra amin'ny Isiraely amin'ny andotoanareo ny Sabata.

¹⁸Thus did not your fathers do? and our God bringeth in on us all this evil, and on this city, and ye are adding fierceness on Israel, to pollute the sabbath.`

¹⁹Ary raha vao malomaloka ny vavahadin'i Jerosalema talohan'ny Sabata, dia nasaiko nohidiana ny vavahady, ka tsy navelako hovohana mandra-pahatapitry ny Sabata ary notendreko ny zatovoko sasany hiambina teo am-bavahady mba tsy hampidirana entana amin'ny andro Sabata.

¹⁹And it cometh to pass, when the gates of Jerusalem have been dark before the sabbath, that I speak, and the doors are shut, and I say, that they do not open them till after the sabbath; and of my servants I have stationed at the gates; there doth not come in a burden on the sabbath-day.

²⁰Ka dia nandry teo ivelan'i Jerosalema indray mandeha na indroa ny mpandranto sy ny mpivarotra zavatra samy hafa;

²⁰And they lodge — the merchants and sellers of all ware — at the outside of Jerusalem, once or twice,

²¹dia nananatra azy mafy aho ka nanao taminy hoe: Nahoana ianareo no mandry eto anilan'ny manda Raha mbola manao izany indray ianareo, dia hosamboriko. Koa hatramin'izany andro izany dia tsy tonga tamin'ny Sabata intsony izy.

²¹and I testify against them, and say unto them, `Wherefore are ye lodging over-against the wall? if ye repeat [it], a hand I put forth upon you;` from that time they have not come in on the sabbath.

²²Ary ny Levita dia nasaiko nanadio ny tenany ka ho avy hiambina eo am-bavahady, mba hanamasinany ny andro Sabata. Tsarovy aho noho izany koa, ry Andriamanitro ô, ary iantrao aho araka ny haben'ny famindram-ponao.

²²And I say to the Levites, that they be cleansed, and, coming in, keeping the gates, to sanctify the sabbath-day. Also, this, remember for me, O my God, and have pity on me, according to the abundance of Thy kindness.

²³Ary tamin'izany andro izany dia hitako ny Jiosy izay efa nanambady vehivavy avy any Asdoda sy Amona sy Moaba;

²³Also, in those days, I have seen the Jews [who] have settled women of Ashdod, of Ammon, of Moab.

²⁴ary ny antsasaky ny zanany dia nanao tenin'ny Asdodita, fa tsy nahay teny Jiosy, fa nanaraka ny fiteniny avy isam-pirenena izy.

²⁴And of their sons, half are speaking Ashdoditish — and are not knowing to speak Jewish — and according to the language of people and people.

²⁵Dia nifandahatra taminy aho ka nanozona azy ary namely ny sasany sy nandrompotra ny volony, dia nampianiana azy tamin'Andriamanitra hoe: Aza manome ny zanakareo-vavy ho vadin'ny zananilahy, ary aza maka ny zananivavy ho vadin'ny zanakareo-lahy, na ho vadinareo.

²⁵And I strive with them, and declare them vile, and smite certain of them, and pluck off their hair, and cause them to swear by God, `Ye do not give your daughters to their sons, nor do ye take of their daughters to your sons, and to yourselves.

²⁶Tsy izany va no nanotan'i Solomona, Mpanjakan'i Isiraely? kanefa tsy nisy mpanjaka tahaka azy tany amin'ny firenena maro, fa tian'Andriamaniny izy ka nataon'Andriamanitra ho mpanjaka tamin'ny Isiraely rehetra; kanefa na dia izy aza dia, nampanotain'ny vehivavy hafa firenena.

²⁶`By these did not Solomon king of Israel sin? and among the many nations there was no king like him, and beloved by his God he was, and God maketh him king over all Israel — even him did the strange women cause to sin.

²⁷Koa mety va raha ianareo no re fa manao izao ratsy lehibe rehetra izao ka manota amin'Andriamanitsika amin'ny akanareo vehivavy hafa firenena ho vadinareo?

²⁷And to you do we hearken to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God, to settle strange women?`

²⁸Ary vinanton'i Sanbala Horonita ny anankiray amin'ny zanak'i Joiada, zanak'i Eliasiba, mpisoronabe, ka dia noroahiko niala teo amiko izy.

²⁸And [one] of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest, [is] son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, and I cause him to flee from off me.

²⁹Tsarovy ireo, ry Andriamanitro ô, noho ny nandotoany fisoronana, eny, ny faneken'ny fisoronana sy ny Levita.

²⁹Be mindful of them, O my God, for the redeemed of the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

³⁰Toy izany no nanadiovako azy ho afaka amin'ny tamin'ny olona hafa firenena rehetra, sy nanendreko ny anjara-raharahan'ny mpisorona sy ny Levita samy ho amin'ny raharahany avy,ary ny amin'ny fanaterana ny kitay hazo tamin'izay fotoan'androny sy ny voaloham-bokatra. Tsarovy aho ka hasoavy, ry Andriamanitro ô.

³⁰And I have cleansed them from every stranger, and appoint charges to priests and to Levites, each in his work,

³¹ary ny amin'ny fanaterana ny kitay hazo tamin'izay fotoan'androny sy ny voaloham-bokatra. Tsarovy aho ka hasoavy, ry Andriamanitro ô.

³¹and for the wood-offering at appointed times, and for first-fruits. Be mindful of me, O my God, for good.