Jeremiah 5
1 Go to and fro in streets of Jerusalem, And see, I pray you, and know, And seek in her broad places, if ye find a man, If there be one doing judgment, seeking stedfastness — Then am I propitious to 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 if they say, 'Jehovah liveth,' Surely to a falsehood they swear.
Ary na dia misy aza manao hoe: Raha velona koa Jehovah, dia entiny mianian-tsy tò izany.
3 Jehovah, Thine eyes, are they not on stedfastness? Thou hast smitten them, and they have not grieved, Thou hast consumed them, They have refused to receive instruction, They made their faces harder than a rock, They have refused to turn back.
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 — I said, 'Surely these [are] poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment 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 get me to the great, and I speak with them, For they have known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.' Surely they together have broken the yoke, They have drawn away 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 Therefore smitten them hath a lion out of the forest, A wolf of the deserts doth spoil them, A leopard is watching over their cities, Every one who is going out of them is torn, For many have been their transgressions, Mighty have been their backslidings.
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 For this I am not propitious to thee, Thy sons have forsaken Me, And are satisfied by that which is not god, I satisfy them, and they commit adultery, And at the house of a harlot They gather themselves together.
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 Fed horses — they have been early risers, Each to the wife of his neighbour they neigh.
Tahaka ny soavaly tsara fahana izy ka nikarenjy tamin’ izay tiany, samy naneno tamin’ ny vadin’ ny namany avy.
9 For these do I not lay a charge? An affirmation of Jehovah, And on a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?
Tsy hovaliako va izy amin’ izany? hoy Jehovah; Ary tsy hialako fo va ny firenena toy izany?
10 Go ye up on her walls, and destroy, And a completion make not, Turn aside her branches, for they [are] not Jehovah'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 dealt treacherously against Me have the house of Israel, And the house of Judah, an affirmation of Jehovah.
Fa efa nivadika tamiko mihitsy ny taranak’ Isiraely sy ny taranak’ i Joda, hoy Jehovah.
12 They have lied against Jehovah, And they say, '[It is] not He, Nor come in against us doth evil, Yea, sword and famine we do not see.
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 become wind, And the word is not in them,' — thus it is done by them.
Ny mpaminany dia hanjary rivotra, ary tsy ao am-pony Ilay miteny; Eny, izany no hanjo azy.
14 Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, Because of your speaking this word, Lo, I am making My words in thy mouth become fire, And this people wood, and it hath devoured 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 am bringing against you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah, A nation — strong it [is], a nation — from of old it [is], A nation — thou knowest not its tongue, Nor understandest what it speaketh.
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 Its quiver [is] as an open sepulchre, All of them — mighty ones.
Ny tranon-jana-tsipìkany dia tahaka ny fasana misokatra; Izy rehetra dia samy lehilahy mahery avokoa.
17 And it hath consumed thy harvest and thy bread, They consume thy sons, and thy daughters, It consumeth thy flock, and thy herd, It consumeth thy vine, and thy fig-tree, It maketh poor thy fenced cities, In which thou art trusting — by 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 And even in those days, an affirmation of Jehovah, I do not make you a completion.
Nefa na dia amin’ izany andro izany aza, hoy Jehovah, tsy dia holevoniko avokoa ianareo.
19 And it hath come to pass, when ye say, 'For what hath Jehovah our God done to us all these?' That thou hast said unto them, 'As ye have forsaken Me, And serve the gods of a foreigner in your land, So do ye serve strangers in a land 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 sound ye it in Judah, saying,
Ambarao ao amin’ ny taranak’ i Jakoba, ary torio ao amin’ ny Joda hoe:
21 Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.
Henoy izao, ry firenena adala sady tsy manan-tsaina, izay mana-maso, fa tsy mahita, ary manan-tsofina, fa tsy mandre:
22 Me do ye not fear, an affirmation of Jehovah? From My presence are ye not pained? Who hath made sand the border of the sea, A limit age-during, and it passeth not over it, They shake themselves, and they are not able, Yea, sounded have its billows, and they pass not over.
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 And this people hath an apostate and rebellious heart, They have turned aside, and they go on.
Fa ity firenena ity dia manana fo maditra sy miodina; Mihodìna izy ka lasa,
24 And they have not said in their heart, 'Let us fear, we pray you, Jehovah our God, who is giving rain, The sprinkling and the gathered, in its season, The appointed weeks of harvest He keepeth for us.'
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 these away, And your sins have kept the good from you.
Ny helokareo no nampiala izany, ary ny fahotanareo no misakana ny soa tsy ho azonareo.
26 For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap — men they capture.
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 full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.
Toy ny tranom-borona feno vorona no mahafeno fitaka ny tranony; Ary noho izany dia tonga lehibe sy mpanankarena izy.
28 They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless — and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.
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 For these do not I inspect, an affirmation of Jehovah, On a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?
Tsy hovaliako amin’ izany va izy? hoy Jehovah; Tsy hialako fo va ny firenena toy izany?
30 An astonishing and horrible thing hath been in the land.
Zava-mahagaga sy mahatsiravina no atao eo amin’ ny tany;
31 The prophets have prophesied falsely, And the priests bear rule by their means, And My people have loved [it] so, And what do they at its latter end?
Ny mpaminany maminany lainga, ny mpisorona: manapaka araka izay atoron’ ireny, ary ny oloko mankasitraka izany; Koa hanao ahoana re ianareo any am-parany?
