Jeremia 16
1 Ary tonga tamiko ny tenin’ i Jehovah hoe:
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 Aza manam-bady ianao, ary aoka tsy hanan-janakalahy na zanakavavy amin’ ity tany ity.
“You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place.”
3 Fa izao no lazain’ i Jehovah ny amin’ ny zanakalahy sy ny zanakavavy izay teraka amin’ ity tany ity sy ny amin’ ny reniny izay niteraka azy ary ny amin’ ny rainy izay niteraka azy amin’ ity tany ity koa:
For this is what the LORD says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and the mothers who bore them, and the fathers who fathered them in this land:
4 Ho fatin’ ny loza samy hafa izy, nefa tsy hisaonana na halevina, fa ho zezika eny ambonin’ ny tany; ary ho lanin-tsabatra sy mosary izy, ka ho fihinan’ ny voro-manidina sy ny bibi-dia ny fatiny.
“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”
5 Fa izao no lazain’ i Jehovah: Aza miditra amin’ ny trano misy fisaonana, ary aza misaona na mitsapa alahelo azy; Fa efa hesoriko tsy ho amin’ ity firenena ity ny fiadanako, hoy Jehovah, dia ny famindram-po sy ny fiantrana.
Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal. Do not go to mourn or show sympathy, for I have removed from this people My peace, My loving devotion, and My compassion,” declares the LORD.
6 Ho faty na ny lehibe na ny kely amin’ ity tany ity; Samy tsy halevina na hisaonana izy, na hitetehan’ ny sasany tena, na hiboriany;
“Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.
7 Ary tsy hisy hamahan-kanina azy amin’ ny fisaonany, mba hampionona azy ny amin’ ny maty; Ary tsy hisy hampisotro azy amin’ ny kapoaka fampiononana, raha maty ny rainy na ny reniny;
No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.
8 Ary aza miditra ao amin’ ny trano misy fanasana koa ianao, hiara-mitoetra aminy hihinana sy hisotro.
You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink.
9 Fa izao no lazain’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely: Indro, hatsahatro amin’ ity tany ity eo imasonareo sy amin’ ny andronareo ny feo mifaly sy ny feo miravoravo, dia ny feon’ ny mpampakatra sy ny feon’ ny ampakarina.
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.
10 Ary raha ambaranao amin’ ity firenena ity izany teny rehetra izany, ka hoy izy aminao: Nahoana Jehovah no nilaza izany loza mafy rehetra izany hamelezana anay? Fa inona no helokay, ary inona no fahotanay, izay nanotanay tamin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitray?
When you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? What is our guilt? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?’
11 dia lazao aminy hoe: Noho ny nahafoizan’ ny razanareo Ahy, hoy Jehovah, sy ny nanarahany andriamani-kafa sy ny nanompoany azy sy ny niankohofany teo anatrehany ary ny nahafoizany Ahy sy ny tsy nitandremany ny lalàko.
Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction.
12 Ary ny tenanareo koa nanao ratsy mihoatra noho ny razanareo; Fa he! ianareo samy mandeha araka ny ditry ny fo ratsinareo avokoa ka tsy mihaino Ahy;
And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.
13 Ka dia horoahiko hiala amin’ ity tany ity ianareo ho any amin’ ny tany tsy fantatrareo na ny razanareo; Any no hanompoanareo andriamani-kafa andro aman’ alina, satria tsy hamindra fo aminareo Aho.
So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’
14 Koa, indro, avy any andro, hoy Jehovah, izay tsy hanaovana intsony hoe: Raha velona koa Jehovah, Izay nitondra ny Zanak’ Isiraely niakatra avy tany amin’ ny tany Egypta;
Yet behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’
15 Fa izao kosa: Raha velona koa Jehovah, Izay nitondra ny Zanak’ Isiraely niakatra avy tany amin’ ny tany avaratra sy avy tany amin’ ny tany rehetra izay nandroahany azy; Fa hampodiko ho amin’ ny tany izay nomeko ny razany izy.
Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ For I will return them to their land that I gave to their forefathers.
16 Indro, Izaho haniraka mpamono maro, hoy Jehovah, Izay hamono azy; Ary rehefa afaka izany, dia haniraka mpihaza maro Aho, Izay hihaza azy any amin’ ny tendrombohitra sy ny havoana rehetra ary any an-tsefatsefaky ny harambato.
But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.
17 Fa ny masoko dia mijery ny alehany rehetra, ka tsy miafina amin’ ny tavako izany, ary tsy takona amin’ ny masoko ny helony.
For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.
18 Alohan’ izany anefa dia hovaliako avy sasaka ny helony sy ny fahotany noho ny nandotoany ny taniko, dia ny namenoany ny lovako tamin’ ireo fatin’ ny sampiny sy fahavetavetany ireo.
And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”
19 Jehovah ô, ry heriko sy fiarovana mafy ho ahy ary fandosirako amin’ ny andro fahoriana ô! Ho tonga aminao ny jentilisa avy any amin’ ny faran’ ny tany dia hanao hoe: Eny, tokoa lainga no nolovan’ ny razanay, dia zava-poana sady tsy misy mahasoa.
O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
20 Moa mahay manao andriamanitra ho azy va ny olona? Tsy Andriamanitra ireny.
Can man make gods for himself? Such are not gods!”
21 Koa, indro, hampahafantariko azy amin’ izao indray mandeha izao, eny, hampahafantariko azy ny tanako sy ny heriko, ka dia ho fantany fa Jehovah no anarako.
“Therefore behold, I will inform them, and this time I will make them know My power and My might; then they will know that My name is the LORD.
