¹Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. The prey doesn’t depart.

¹Lozan'ny tanàna mpandatsa-drà! Feno lainga sy fandozana izy; Tsy ialan-dremby ao aminy.

²The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots,

²Injany! ny fifiopioky ny karavasy! Ny fikorodondrodon'ny kodia! Ny fikatrokatroky ny soavaly! Ary ny fitraitraiky ny kalesy!

³the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies. They stumble on their bodies,

³He! ny fampiriotry ny mpitaingin-tsoavaly! Akory ny fanelatselatry ny sabatra Sy ny famirapiratry ny lefona! Indrisy ny habetsahan'ny voatrabaka sy ny hamaroan'ny voavono! Tsy hita isa ny faty, Eny, voafingampingan'ny faty ny olona,

⁴because of the multitude of the prostitution of the alluring prostitute, the mistress of witchcraft, who sells nations through her prostitution, and families through her witchcraft.

⁴Noho ny habiazan'ny fijangajangan'ikala janga tsara tarehy, Tompovavin'ny fankatovana, Izay mivarotra firenena amin'ny fijangajangany Sy fokom-pirenena amin'ny fankatovany.

⁵“Behold, I am against you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame.

⁵Indro, hamely anao Aho, hoy Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro; Ary haingaiko ho amin'ny tavanao ny moron-tongotr'akanjonao, Ka hasehoko amin'ny firenena ny fitanjahanao Sy amin'ny fanjakana ny fahamenaranao.

⁶I will throw abominable filth on you, and make you vile, and will set you a spectacle.

⁶Dia hotsipazako loto ianao Ka hataoko tsinontsinona, Eny, hataoko fitalanjonana ianao.

⁷It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, ‘Nineveh is laid waste! Who will mourn for her?’ Where will I seek comforters for you?”

⁷Arv izay rehetra mijery anao dia handositra anao Ka hanao hoe: Rava Ninive! Iza no hitomany azy? Aiza no hitadiavako izay hampionona anao ?

⁸Are you better than No-Amon, or, Thebes who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

⁸Tsara noho No-amona va ianao? Ilay nitoetra teo anelanelan'ny ony Ka nohodidinin'ny rano; Ny rano be no rovany, Ary ny rano be koa no mandany;[Heb. ranomasina]

⁹Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers.

⁹Ny Etiopiana sy ny Egyptiana no heriny, Sady tsy hita lany ireny; Ny Lydiana sy ny Libyana no mpanampy azy.[Heb. anao]

¹⁰Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

¹⁰Nefa na izy aza dia lasa, eny, lasan-ko babo; Ny zanany madinika koa notorotoroina teny an-joron-dalambe rehetra eny; Ny olo-malazany nanaovany filokana, Ary ny lehibeny rehetra nogadrana.

¹¹You also will be drunken. You will be hidden. You also will seek a stronghold because of the enemy.

¹¹Hianao koa ho mamo ka hiafina, Hianao koa hitady fiarovana mafy hierenao ny fahavalonao.

¹²All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

¹²Ny manda mafinao rehetra ho tahaka ny aviavy misy voa mialin-taona: Raha hohozongozonina izy, dia hihintsana ao am-bavan'izay hihinana aza.

¹³Behold, your troops in your midst are women. The gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies. The fire has devoured your bars.

¹³Indro, vehivavy no olonao ao aminao; Hidiran'ny fahavalonao no hidananan'ny vavahadin'ny taninao; Levon'ny afo ny hidinao.

¹⁴Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong.

¹⁴Manangona rano ho anao ho an'ny fahirano; Hamafio ny mandanao; Mirotsaha amin'ny fotaka, ka hosihoseo ho feta, Amboary ny lafaoro fandoroam-biriky.

¹⁵There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the grasshopper. Multiply like grasshoppers. Multiply like the locust.

¹⁵Any no handevonan'ny afo anao Sy handripahan'ny sabatra anao; Hohaniny toy ny fihinan'ny valalavao ianao; Mihamaroa toy ny valalavao, Mihabetsaha toy ny valala.

¹⁶You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips, and flees away.

¹⁶Nataonao betsaka noho ny kintana eny amin'ny lanitra ny mpandrantonao; Mipariaka ny valalavao ka lasa manidina.[Na: mandevona]

¹⁷Your guards are like the locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold day, but when the sun appears, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

¹⁷Ny andriananao dia toy ny valala, Ary ny mpifehinao dia toy ny valalavao, Izay mitoby eny amin'ny fefy, raha mangatsiaka ny andro; Fa raha miposaka ny masoandro, dia lasa manidina izy, Ka tsy fantatra izay nalehany.[Na: mpanoratrao]

¹⁸Your shepherds slumber, king of Assyria. Your nobles lie down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.

¹⁸Rendrehana ny mpiandrinao, ry mpanjakan'i Asyria; Miampatrampatra ny lehilahy maherinao; Aely eny an-tendrombohitra ny olonao. Ka tsy misy mamory azy.Tsy mety mihena ny fangirifirianao, Tsy azo sitranina ny ferinao; Izay rehetra ilazana ny nanjo anao dia hiteha-tanana anao; Fa iza no tsy efa tratry ny fandozanao mandrakariva?

¹⁹There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you; for who hasn’t felt your endless cruelty?

¹⁹Tsy mety mihena ny fangirifirianao, Tsy azo sitranina ny ferinao; Izay rehetra ilazana ny nanjo anao dia hiteha-tanana anao; Fa iza no tsy efa tratry ny fandozanao mandrakariva?