Jeremiah 5
1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.
Miveziveze eny an-dalamben’ i Jerosalema ianareo, ka izahao sy fantaro ary tadiavo ao an-kalalahana, fa raha mba misy olona hitanareo, izay manao ny marina sy mitady ny hitsiny, dia havelako ny helok’ i Jerosalema.
2 And though they say: 'As the LORD liveth', surely they swear falsely.
Ary na dia misy aza manao hoe: Raha velona koa Jehovah, dia entiny mianian-tsy tò izany.
3 O LORD, are not Thine eyes upon truth? Thou hast stricken them, but they were not affected; Thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction; they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Jehovah ô, tsy mijery ny toe-panahy mahatoky va ny masonao? Namely azy Hianao, nefa tsy nahatsiaro naharary izy; Nandany azy Hianao, nefa tsy nety nino anatra izy; Nohamafisiny mihoatra noho ny harambato ny tarehiny, tsy nety niverina izy.
4 And I said: 'Surely these are poor, they are foolish, for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the ordinance of their God;
Ka dia hoy izaho: Olona ambany ireto; Adala izy fa tsy mahalala ny lalan’ i Jehovah, na ny fitsipik’ Andriamaniny;
5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of the LORD, and the ordinance of their God.' But these had altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bands.
Handeha ho any amin’ ny lehibe aho lahy ka hiteny aminy, fa ireny dia mahalala ny lalan’ i Jehovah sy ny fitsipik’ Andriamaniny; Kanjo ireny koa aza dia samy efa nanapaka zioga sy nanito fatorana.
6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest doth slay them, a wolf of the deserts doth spoil them, a leopard watcheth over their cities, every one that goeth out thence is torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, their backslidings are increased.
Koa noho izany dia mamely azy ny liona avy any an’ ala, ary mandringana azy ny amboadia avy any an-efitra, ny leoparda miandry hamely ny tanànany, ka izay rehetra mivoaka avy ao dia viraviraina; Fa efa maro ny fahadisoany, ary fatratra ny fiodinany.
7 Wherefore should I pardon thee? The children have forsaken Me, and sworn by no-gods; and when I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots' houses.
Koa nahoana Aho no hamela ny helokao? Efa nahafoy Ahy ny zanakao ka efa nianiana tamin’ izay tsy Andriamanitra; Efa nampianianiko izy, nefa nijangajanga ihany ka nirohitra niditra tao an-tranon’ ny vehivavy janga.
8 They are become as well-fed horses, lusty stallions; every one neigheth after his neighbour's wife.
Tahaka ny soavaly tsara fahana izy ka nikarenjy tamin’ izay tiany, samy naneno tamin’ ny vadin’ ny namany avy.
9 Shall I not punish for these things? saith the LORD; and shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Tsy hovaliako va izy amin’ izany? hoy Jehovah; Ary tsy hialako fo va ny firenena toy izany?
10 Go ye up into her rows, and destroy, but make not a full end; take away her shoots; for they are not the LORD'S.
Miakara eo amin’ ny mandany ianareo, ka mameleza, nefa aza dia levonina avokoa izy; Esory ny sakeliny, satria tsy an’ i Jehovah izy.
11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against Me, saith the LORD.
Fa efa nivadika tamiko mihitsy ny taranak’ Isiraely sy ny taranak’ i Joda, hoy Jehovah.
12 They have belied the LORD, and said: 'It is not He, neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine;
Nahafoy an’ i Jehovah izy ka nanao hoe: Tsy Izy no izy; Tsy hisy loza hanjo antsika, ary tsy hahita sabatra na mosary isika;
13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them; thus be it done unto them.'
Ny mpaminany dia hanjary rivotra, ary tsy ao am-pony Ilay miteny; Eny, izany no hanjo azy.
14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts: Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make My words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
Koa izao no lazain’ i Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny maro. Noho ny nanaovanareo izany teny izany, indro, hataoko afo ny teniko izay eo am-bavanao, ary ity firenena ity ho kitay hazo ka holevoniny.
15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD; it is an enduring nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
Indro, efa hitondra firenena avy lavitra Aho hamely anareo, ry taranak’ Isiraely, hoy Jehovah, dia firenena mateza hery, Firenena hatry ny ela, Firenena izay tsy fantatrao ny fiteniny, ka tsy ho azonao izay lazainy.
16 Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
Ny tranon-jana-tsipìkany dia tahaka ny fasana misokatra; Izy rehetra dia samy lehilahy mahery avokoa.
17 And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, they shall eat up thy sons and thy daughters, they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds, they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall batter thy fortified cities, wherein thou trusteth, with the sword.
Ary hohaniny ny vokatrao sy ny haninao, hohaniny ny zanakao-lahy sy ny zanakao-vavy, hohaniny ny ondry aman’ osinao sy ny ombinao, hohaniny ny voalobokao sy ny aviavinao, sady horavany amin’ ny sabatra ny tanàna mimanda izay itokianao.
18 But even in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
Nefa na dia amin’ izany andro izany aza, hoy Jehovah, tsy dia holevoniko avokoa ianareo.
19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say: 'Wherefore hath the LORD our God done all these things unto us?' then shalt Thou say unto them: 'Like as ye have forsaken Me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.'
Ary raha hoy izy: Nahoana Jehovah Andriamanitsika no dia nanao izany rehetra izany tamintsika? Dia hovalianao hoe: Toy ny nahafoizanareo Ahy sy ny nanompoanareo andriamani-kafa teo amin’ ny taninareo no hanompoanareo ny firenen-kafa any amin’ ny tany izay tsy anareo.
20 Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, and announce it in Judah, saying:
Ambarao ao amin’ ny taranak’ i Jakoba, ary torio ao amin’ ny Joda hoe:
21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding, that have eyes, and see not, that have ears, and hear not:
Henoy izao, ry firenena adala sady tsy manan-tsaina, izay mana-maso, fa tsy mahita, ary manan-tsofina, fa tsy mandre:
22 Fear ye not Me? saith the LORD; Will ye not tremble at My presence? Who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it cannot pass; and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.
Izaho va tsy atahoranareo? hoy Jehovah; Tsy mangovitra va ianareo eo anatrehako, izay nanao ny fasika ho fefin’ ny ranomasina, dia fetra mandrakizay tsy azony hihoarana? Ka na dia mitopatopa aza ny onjany, dia tsy mahavaky azy, ary na dia mirohondrohona aza, dia tsy mahahoatra azy.
23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted, and gone.
Fa ity firenena ity dia manana fo maditra sy miodina; Mihodìna izy ka lasa,
24 Neither say they in their heart: 'Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth the former rain, and the latter in due season; that keepeth for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.'
Ary tsy manao anakampo akory hoe: Aoka isika hatahotra an’ i Jehovah Andriamanitsika, izay mandatsaka ranonorana, dia ny loha-orana sy ny fara-orana amin’ ny fotoany avy; Ary ireo herinandro voatendry ho amin’ ny fararano dia tandremany ho antsika.
25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good from you.
Ny helokareo no nampiala izany, ary ny fahotanareo no misakana ny soa tsy ho azonareo.
26 For among My people are found wicked men; they pry, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
Fa misy hita fa ratsy fanahy ny oloko; Mamitsaka sy mijoko toy ny mpamandri-borona izy, mamela-pandrika izy, ka olona no azony.
27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit; therefore they are become great, and waxen rich;
Toy ny tranom-borona feno vorona no mahafeno fitaka ny tranony; Ary noho izany dia tonga lehibe sy mpanankarena izy.
28 They are waxen fat, they are become sleek; yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they might make it to prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Efa mihatavy izy ka mandimandina, dia mihoa-pampana amin’ ny fanaovan-dratsy; Tsy mety mitsara ady mba hahazoan’ ny kamboty ny rariny izy, ary ny adin’ ny malahelo tsy mba tsarainy.
29 Shall I not punish for these things? saith the LORD; Shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Tsy hovaliako amin’ izany va izy? hoy Jehovah; Tsy hialako fo va ny firenena toy izany?
30 An appalling and horrible thing is come to pass in the land:
Zava-mahagaga sy mahatsiravina no atao eo amin’ ny tany;
31 The prophets prophesy in the service of falsehood, and the priests bear rule at their beck; and My people love to have it so; What then will ye do in the end thereof?
Ny mpaminany maminany lainga, ny mpisorona: manapaka araka izay atoron’ ireny, ary ny oloko mankasitraka izany; Koa hanao ahoana re ianareo any am-parany?
