Ezra 9
1 Ary rehefa vita izany rehetra izany, dia nanatona ahy ny mpanapaka ka nanao hoe: Ny Isiraely sy ny mpisorona ary ny Levita dia tsy mbola miavaka amin’ ny olona tompon-tany, fa manao araka ny fahavetavetan’ ny Kananita sy ny Hetita sy ny Perizita sy ny Jebosita sy ny Amonita sy ny Moabita sy ny Egyptiana ary ny Amorita ihany izy.
Now after these things were done, the captains came to me and said, The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not kept themselves separate from the people of the lands, but have taken part in the disgusting ways of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
2 Fa efa naka tamin’ ny zanakavavin’ ireo ho vadiny sy ho vadin’ ny zananilahy izy, ka efa miharoharo amin’ ny olona tompon-tany ny taranaka masìna; eny, ny lehibe sy ny mpanapaka aza no nitari-dalana tamin’ izany fahadisoana izany.
For they have taken their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the peoples of the lands; and in fact the captains and rulers have been the first to do this evil.
3 Ary nony nandre izany zavatra izany aho, dia nandriatra ny lambako sy ny akanjoko sady nandrompotra ny volon-dohako sy ny somotro, dia nipetraka tahaka ilay torana iny aho.
And hearing this, with signs of grief and pulling out the hair of my head and my chin, I took my seat on the earth deeply troubled.
4 Dia nivory teo amiko izay rehetra nangovitra noho ny tenin’ Andriamanitry ny Isiraely ny amin’ ny fahadisoan’ ny olona izay efa niverina avy tamin’ ny fahababoana; ary izaho mbola nipetraka tahaka ilay torana iny ihany hatramin’ ny fotoan’ ny fanatitra hariva.
Then everyone who went in fear of the words of the God of Israel, because of the sin of those who had come back, came together to me; and I kept where I was, overcome with grief, till the evening offering.
5 Ary nony tamin’ ny fotoan’ ny fanatitra hariva dia nody ny aiko, ka nitsangana aho, sady nandriatra ny lambako sy ny akanjoko indray, dia nandohalika nanandratra ny tanako ho amin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitro aho
And at the evening offering, having made myself low before God, I got up, and with signs of grief, falling down on my knees, with my hands stretched out to the Lord my God,
6 ka nanao hoe: Andriamanitro ô, menatra sy mangaihay aho, raha miandrandra aminao, ry Andriamanitro ô; fa efa nihamaro mihoatra ny lohanay ny helokay, ary ny fahotanay dia lehibe manakatra ny lanitra;
I said, O my God, shame keeps me from lifting up my face to you, my God: for our sins are increased higher than our heads and our evil-doing has come up to heaven.
7 fa hatramin’ ny andron’ ny razanay ka mandraka androany dia lehibe ny helokay; ary ny helokay no nanolorana anay sy ny mpanjakanay ary ny mpisoronay ho eo an-tànan’ ny mpanjakan’ ny tany hafa, hovonoin-tsabatra sy ho babo sy ho voaroba ary hangaihay tahaka ny amin’ izao anio izao.
From the days of our fathers till this day we have been great sinners; and for our sins, we and our kings and our priests have been given up into the hands of the kings of the lands, to the sword and to prison and to loss of goods and to shame of face, as it is this day.
8 Koa ankehitriny vao niseho vetivety ny fahasoavana avy tamin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitray tamin’ ny namelany anay ho nisy sisa afaka sy tamin’ ny nanomezany anay fihantonana eo amin’ ny fitoerany masìna, mba hohazavain’ Andriamanitray ny masonay ka homena famelombelomana kely amin’ ny fahandevozanay izahay.
And now for a little time grace has come to us from the Lord our God, to let a small band of us get free and to give us a nail in his holy place, so that our God may give light to our eyes and a measure of new life in our prison chains.
9 Fa andevo izahay, nefa tsy nafoin’ Andriamanitray, na dia tamin’ ny fahandevozanay aza, fa nataony nahazo famindram-po eto imason’ ireo mpanjakan’ i Persia ihany hanomezany anay famelombelomana, hanangananay ny tranon’ Andriamanitray sy hanamboaranay ny rava eo, ary hanomezany anay manda any Joda sy Jerosalema.
For we are servants; but our God has not been turned away from us in our prison, but has had mercy on us before the eyes of the kings of Persia, to give us new strength to put up again the house of our God and to make fair its waste places, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
10 Koa ankehitriny, ry Andriamanitray ô, ahoana no holazainay amin’ izany? Fa efa nahafoy ny didinao izahay,
And now, O our God, what are we to say after this? for we have not kept your laws,
11 dia ilay nampilazainao ny mpaminany mpanomponao hoe: Ny tany izay efa hidiranareo holovana dia tany maloto noho ny fahalotoan’ ny tompon-tany sy ny fahavetavetany, izay efa nataony manenika azy noho ny fahalotoany;
Which you gave to your servants the prophets, saying, The land into which you are going, to take it for a heritage, is an unclean land, because of the evil lives of the peoples of the land and their disgusting ways, which have made the land unclean from end to end.
12 koa aza manome ny zanakareo-vavy ho vadin’ ny zananilahy, na maka ny zananivavy ho vadin’ ny zanakareo-lahy; aza mitady izay hiadanany na izay hahasoa azy mandrakizay, mba hahery ianareo ka hihinana ny soa avy amin’ ny tany, dia hamela izany ho lovan’ ny taranakareo mandrakizay.
So now do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or do anything for their peace or well-being for ever; so that you may be strong, living on the good of the land, and handing it on to your children for a heritage for ever.
13 Ary na dia efa nanjo anay aza izany rehetra izany noho ny asa ratsinay sy ny fahadisoanay betsaka, dia tsy nampijaly anay araka ny helokay Hianao Andriamanitray, fa efa namela anay ho nisy sisa afaka toy izao ihany,
And after everything which has come on us because of our evil-doing and our great sin, and seeing that the punishment which you, O God, have given us, is less than the measure of our sins, and that you have kept from death those of us who are here;
14 fa raha handika ny didinao indray izahay ka hifanambady amin’ ireny olom-betaveta ireny, moa tsy ho tezitra aminay mandra-pahalany ritranay va Hianao, ka tsy hisy sisa afaka akory?
Are we again to go against your orders, taking wives from among the people who do these disgusting things? would you not be angry with us till our destruction was complete, till there was not one who got away safe?
15 Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely ô, marina Hianao, fa izahay no hany sisa afaka tahaka ny amin’ izao anio izao; indreto izahay eto anatrehanao amin’ ny fahadisoanay, fa noho izany dia tsy mahajanona eto anatrehanao izahay.
O Lord God of Israel, righteousness is yours; we are only a small band which has been kept from death, as at this day: see, we are before you in our sin; for no one may keep his place before you because of this.
