Jeremia 16

1 Ary tonga tamiko ny tenin’ i Jehovah hoe:

Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

2 Aza manam-bady ianao, ary aoka tsy hanan-janakalahy na zanakavavy amin’ ity tany ity.

“Do not take a wife for yourself, and do not have sons or daughters for yourself 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 Yahweh says this to the sons and daughters who are born in this place, to the mothers who bear them, and to the fathers who caused them to be born 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 diseased deaths. They will not be mourned or buried. They will be like dung on the ground. For they will come to an end by sword and famine, and their corpses will be food for the birds of the skies and the 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.

For the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 'Do not enter a house where there is mourning. Do not go to mourn or to show sympathy for them, for I have taken away my peace from this people—this is Yahweh's declaration—and my steadfast love and mercy.

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 the great and the small will die in this land. They will not be buried, and no one will mourn for them or cut themselves or shave their heads 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 one must share any food in mourning to comfort them because of the deaths, and none must give a comforting cup to his father or his mother in order to comfort them.

8 Ary aza miditra ao amin’ ny trano misy fanasana koa ianao, hiara-mitoetra aminy hihinana sy hisotro.

You must not go to a banquet house to sit with them in order to eat or 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 Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, 'See, before your eyes, in your days and in this place, I am about to put an end to the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the sound of the groom and the sound of the bride.'

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?

Then it will happen that you will report all these words to this people, and they will say to you, 'Why has Yahweh decreed all this great disaster against us? What is our iniquity and sin that we sinned against Yahweh 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.

So say to them, 'Because your ancestors abandoned me—this is Yahweh's declaration—and they went after other gods and worshiped and bowed down to them. They abandoned me and have not kept my law.

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;

But you yourselves have brought about more wickedness than your ancestors, for see, each person is walking by the stubbornness of his wicked heart; there is no one who listens to 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 throw you from this land to a land that you have not known, neither you nor your ancestors, and you will worship other gods there by day and night, for I will not give any favor to you.'

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;

Therefore, behold, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when it will no longer be said, 'As Yahweh lives, the one who brought up the people of Israel from 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.

but, 'As Yahweh lives, the one who brought up the people of Israel from the land of the north and from the lands where he had scattered them.' For I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their ancestors.

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.

Behold! I will send for many fishermen—this is Yahweh's declaration—so they will fish the people out. After this I will send for many hunters so they will hunt for them among all the mountains and hills, and in rock crevices.

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 eye is on all their ways; they cannot be hidden from before me. Their iniquity cannot be concealed from before 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.

I will first pay back double for their iniquity and sin for their polluting of my land with their disgusting idol figures, and for their filling my inheritance with their disgusting idols.”

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.

Yahweh, you are my stronghold and my refuge, my place of safety in the day of distress. The nations will go to you from the ends of the earth and say, “Surely our ancestors inherited deceit. They are empty; there is no profit in them.

20 Moa mahay manao andriamanitra ho azy va ny olona? Tsy Andriamanitra ireny.

Do people make gods for themselves? But they 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 see! I will cause them to know in this time, I will cause them to know my hand and my power, so they will know that Yahweh is my name.