Jeremia 12
1 Raha mifandahatra aminao aho, Jehovah ô dia Hianao no marina; Nefa kosa aoka ihany mba handahatra aminao aho: Nahoana ary no ambinina ny lalan’ ny ratsy fanahy? Nahoana no miadana ny mpiodina rehetra?
Righteous, art thou O Yahweh, when I present my pleading unto thee, —Yet, concerning the things that are right, let me speak with thee, —Wherefore hath, the way of the lawless, prospered? [Wherefore] have all, utter traitors, been at ease?
2 Nambolenao izy, ka dia miorim-paka; Mitombo izy, ka dia mamoa; Manakaiky Anao amin’ ny vavany izy, nefa manalavitra Anao amin’ ny fony.
Thou didst plant them, yea they took root, They have gone on yea they have borne fruit, —Near, art thou, in their mouth, But far off from their affections,
3 Fa Hianao, Jehovah ô, mahalala ahy; Mahita ahy Hianao sady mizaha toetra ny foko ny aminao; Sariho toy ny ondry hovonoina ireny, ary atokàny ho amin’ ny andro hamonoana.
But thou O Yahweh, knowest me, Wilt thou observe me and try my heart towards thee? Drag them away, as sheep for slaughter, And hallow them for the day when they are to be slain.
4 Mandra-pahoviana no hisaonan’ ny tany sy hahalazoan’ ny ahitra any amin’ ny saha rehetra? Noho ny faharatsian’ ny mponina any dia lany ringana ny biby sy ny vorona; Fa hoy ireo: Tsy mba hahita izay hiafarantsika izy.
How long, shall the land mourn, And, the herbage of the whole field, wither? For the wickedness of them that dwell therein, beast and bird, have perished, For say they, He will not see our latter end!
5 Raha niara-nihazakazaka tamin’ ny mandeha an-tongotra ianao ka voany, dia hataonao ahoana no fihaika ny soavaly? Ary raha eny amin’ ny tany miadana no anananao toky, hanao ahoana kosa ianao, raha mby any amin’ ny kirihitrala eny amoron’ i Jordana?
If, with the footmen, thou hast run and they have wearied thee, How then wilt thou hotly contend with horses? Though in a safe land thou art confident, Yet how wilt thou deal with the proud banks of the Jordan?
6 Fa na dia ny rahalahinao sy ny mpianakavin’ ny rainao aza dia samy namitaka anao; Eny, niantso mafy teo aorianao ireo; Aza mino azy, na dia tsara fiteny aminao aza izy.
For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, Even they! have betrayed thee, Even they, have cried after thee with full voice, —Do not trust in them, though they speak unto thee fair words.
7 Nilaozako ny tranoko, nafoiko ny lovako; Ny sombin’ aiko dia natolotro ho eo an-tànan’ ny fahavalony.
I have forsaken mine own house, I have given up mine inheritance, —I have delivered the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies:
8 Raha amiko, ny lovako dia efa toy ny liona any an’ ala; Mierona amiko izy, ka dia halako.
Mine inheritance, hath become to me as a lion in a jungle, —She hath given forth against me her voice, For this cause, have I hated her.
9 Moa tahaka ny vorona mpihaza hafahafa volo amiko va ny lovako, no mivory manodidina azy ny vorona mpihaza? Avia, ka angòny ny bibi-dia rehetra, ampanatony ireny hihinana.
Is it, a variegated bird of prey, that mine inheritance is to me? The birds of prey, are round about against her! Go ye, assemble all the beasts of the field bring them to devour.
10 Mpitondra maro no nanimba ny tanim-boaloboko, nohitsakitsahiny ny anjarako; Nataony tany efitra lao ny anjarako mahafinaritra;
Many shepherds, have laid waste my vineyard, They have trampled down my portion, —They have turned my coveted portion into a desert of desolation:
11 Nataony lao izany, eny, lao izy ka mitomany amiko; Nataony lao avokoa ny tany rehetra, satria tsy nisy nandatsaka am-po.
It hath been made a desolation, It hath mourned unto me as desolate, —All the land hath become a desolation, For, no man, layeth it to heart.
12 Ny mpandrava dia tonga any amin’ ny tendrombohitra mangadihady rehetra any an-efitra; Fa misy sabatr’ i Jehovah mandringana amin’ ny faran’ ny tany ka hatramin’ ny farany koa, ka dia tsy misy fiadanana ho an’ ny nofo rehetra.
On all the bare heights in the wilderness, have come despoilers, For the sword of Yahweh hath devoured from one end of the land unto the other, —There is peace for no flesh!
13 Vary no nafafiny, fa tsilo no nojinjany; Nanasatra ny tenany izy, kanjo herim-po very foana izany; Dia hangaihay ny amin’ ny zavatra azonareo ianareo noho ny firehetan’ ny fahatezeran’ i Jehovah.
They sowed, wheat, but thorns, have they reaped, They have put themselves to pain they shall not be profited, —Yea turn ye pale at your produce, Because of the glow of the anger of Yahweh.
14 Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah ny amin’ ireo ratsy fanahy rehetra mifanakaiky fonenena amiko ireo, dia izay mikasikasika ny tany nomeko ho lovan’ ny Isiraely oloko: Indro, hongotako tsy ho amin’ ny taniny ireo, ary ny taranak’ i Joda koa dia hongotako tsy ho eo aminy.
Thus, saith Yahweh, Concerning all my wicked neighbours, who have been touching the inheritance which I gave as an inheritance unto my people Israel, —Behold me! uprooting them from off their own soil, Whereas the house of Judah, will I uproot out of their midst.
15 Nefa nony efa voaongotra izy, dia hamindra fo aminy indray Aho, ka samy ho entiko mody any amin’ ny lovany sy ny taniny avy indray izy.
And it shall come to pass after I bare uprooted them, I will again have compassion upon them, —and will bring them back—Every man—to his own inheritance and Every man—to his own land.
16 Koa raha mba hianatra ny fanaon’ ny oloko tokoa ireo ka hianiana amin’ ny anarako hoe: Raha velona koa Jehovah, tahaka ny nampianaran’ ireo ny oloko hianiana amin’ i Bala, dia haorina ao amin’ ny oloko izy;
And it shall come to pass—If they will, diligently learn, the ways of my people—To swear by my Name saying, By the life of Yahweh, As they taught my people to swear by Baal, Then shall they be built in the midst of my people.
17 Fa raha tsy hankatò kosa izy, dia hongotako izany firenena izany, eny, hongotako sy haringako izy, hoy Jehovah.
But if they will not hearken, Then will I Uproot that nation, Uproot, that I may destroy, —Declareth Yahweh.
