Jeremia 16

1 Ary tonga tamiko ny tenin’ i Jehovah hoe:

The word of the LORD came also to me, saying,

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

Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons nor 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 thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bore them, and concerning their fathers that begat 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 shall die by grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; [but] they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcasses shall be food for the fowls of heaven, and for 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 thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, [even] loving-kindness and mercies.

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 shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall [men] lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald 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;

Neither shall [men] tear [themselves] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall [men] give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

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

Also thou shalt not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to 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 thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice 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?

And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all these words, and they shall say to thee, Why hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what [is] our iniquity? or what [is] our 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 shalt thou say to them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshiped them, and have forsaken 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;

And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken 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.

Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, [neither] ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not show you 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;

Therefore behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought the children of Israel 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.

But, The LORD liveth, that brought the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave to their fathers.

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 fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and afterwards will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes 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] upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid 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 first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled my inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable things.

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, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and [things] in which [there is] no profit.

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

Shall a man make gods to himself, and they [are] no 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 this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name [is] JEHOVAH.