Jeremia 2
1 Ary tonga tamiko ny tenin’ i Jehovah hoe:
The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
2 Mandehana, ka miantsoa eo anatrehan’ i Jerosalema hoe: Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah: Tsaroako ny niraiketan’ ny fonao tamiko, fony ianao mbola tanora, sy ny fitiavanao, fony ianao vao nampakarina, dia ilay nanarahanao Ahy tany an-efitra, teny amin’ ny tany tsy mbola nifafy zavatra;
“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘The LORD says, “I remember for you the kindness of your youth, your love as a bride, how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
3 Masìna ho an’ i Jehovah ny Isiraely sady santatra amin’ ny vokany; Izay rehetra nihinana azy dia nohelohina, ny loza no nanjo ireny, hoy Jehovah.
Israel was holiness to the LORD, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him will be held guilty. Evil will come on them,”’ says the LORD.”
4 Mihainoa ny tenin’ i Jehovah, ry taranak’ i Jakoba, sy ianareo, ry fokony rehetra amin’ ny taranak’ Isiraely!
Hear the LORD’s word, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!
5 Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah: Inona moa no tsy marina hitan’ ny razanareo tamiko, no dia nanalavitra Ahy izy sady nanaraka ny zava-poana, ka dia tonga zava-poana koa izy?
The LORD says, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after worthless vanity, and have become worthless?
6 Ary izy tsy nanao hoe: Aiza Jehovah Izay nitondra antsika niakatra avy tany amin’ ny tany Egypta sady nitarika antsika tany an-efitra, dia ilay tany foana sady be lavaka, tany karankaina sady aloky ny fahafatesana, tany izay tsy mba nalehan’ olona akory na nonenan’ olona?
They didn’t say, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that no one passed through, and where no man lived?’
7 Ary nitondra anareo niditra ho any amin’ ny tany mahavokatra Aho, mba hihinananareo ny vokatra sy ny zavatra tsara eo aminy; Kanjo nony tafiditra ianareo, dia nolotoinareo ny taniko, sady novetavetainareo ny lovako.
I brought you into a plentiful land to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
8 Ny mpisorona tsy nanao hoe: Aiza Jehovah? Ary ny mpiadidy ny lalàna tsy nahalala Ahy; Ny mpitondra koa nanota tamiko, ary ny mpaminany naminany tamin’ ny anaran’ i Bala ka nanaraka ireny tsy mahasoa.
The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is the LORD?’ and those who handle the law didn’t know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and followed things that do not profit.
9 Koa mbola hifandahatra aminareo Aho, hoy Jehovah, sy hiady amin’ ny zafinareo koa.
“Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says the LORD, “and I will contend with your children’s children.
10 Fa mità ho any amin’ ny moron-dranomasin’ i Kitima, ka izahao, ary maniraha ho any Kedara, ka diniho tsara, dia aoka ho hitanareo na mba efa nisy toy izao, na tsia:
For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see. Send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing.
11 Moa nisy firenena efa nanova ny andriamaniny va? Nefa ireny dia tsy Andriamanitra akory. Fa ny oloko kosa efa nanakalo ny voninahiny tamin’ ireny tsy mahasoa ireny.
Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which doesn’t profit.
12 Talanjona amin’ izany ry lanitra! Ary matahora, ka mangorohoroa indrindra, ianareo! hoy Jehovah;
“Be astonished, you heavens, at this and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate,” says the LORD.
13 Fa zava-dratsy roa loha no nataon’ ny oloko: Efa nahafoy Ahy, loharanon’ aina, izy ka nihady lavaka famorian-drano ho an’ ny tenany, nefa lavaka mitriatriatra tsy mahatan-drano.
“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.
14 Moa mpanompo va Isiraely? Ompikely va izy? Koa nahoana no voababo izy?
Is Israel a slave? Is he born into slavery? Why has he become a captive?
15 Hamely azy no ampieronan’ ny liona tanora sy amoahany feo ka mahatonga ny taniny ho lao nodorana ny tanànany, ka tsy nisy mponina.
The young lions have roared at him and raised their voices. They have made his land waste. His cities are burnt up, without inhabitant.
16 Ny mponina tao Memfisa sy Tapanesa aza efa nampangadihady ny tampon-dohanao.
The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.
17 Moa tsy ny nahafoizanao an’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao tamin’ ny andro nitondrany anao teny an-dalana va no nahatonga izany taminao?
“Haven’t you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way?
18 Koa inona no anton’ ny ankanesanao amin’ ny lalana mankany Egypta Hisotro ny ranon’ i Sihora? Ary inona no anton’ ny ankanesanao amin’ ny lalana mankany Asyria hisotro ny rano amin’ ny Ony?
Now what do you gain by going to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or why do you go on the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
19 Ny haratsianao no anafaizana anao, ary ny fihodinanao no ananarana anao; Koa fantaro sy hevero fa ratsy sady mangidy ny nahafoizanao an’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao sy ny tsy nisian’ ny tahotrao Ahy, hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro.
“Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backsliding will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing, that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, GOD of Armies.
20 Fa hatramin’ ny ela no efa nanapahanao ny zioga taminao sy efa nanitosanao ny fatoranao, ka hoy ianao: Tsy hety hanompo aho; Nefa teny amin’ ny havoana andrandraina sy teny ambanin’ ny hazo maitso rehetra no nandrianao nijangajanganao.
“For long ago I broke off your yoke, and burst your bonds. You said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.
21 Fa Izaho namboly anao ho karazam-boaloboka tsara indrindra, dia rantsana tsara avokoa; Ka ahoana no nanjary sampany ratsy ianao ho voaloboka hafa?
Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a pure and faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?
22 Fa na dia misasa sirahazo aza ianao ka maka lavenona betsaka hanadiovana anao, ny helokao dia mbola voasoratra eo anatrehako ihany, hoy Jehovah Tompo.
For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me,” says the Lord GOD.
23 Ahoana no anaovanao hoe: Tsy nanao izay nahaloto ahy aho, tsy nanaraka ireo Bala aho? Hevero ny nalehanao tany amin’ ilay lohasaha, fantaro izay nataonao, ry ramevavavy haingam-pandeha mivezivezy amin’ ny alehany,
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways,
24 Sy ry borikivavi-dia tamàna any an-efitra, izay manimbolo ny rivotra noho ny faniriany; Ary ny fahamaimaizany iza no mahasakana azy? Izay rehetra mitady azy dia tsy ho sasa-poana; Fa amin’ ny volany no hahitany azy.
a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs the wind in her craving. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.
25 Aza esorina ny kapa amin’ ny tongotrao; Ary aoka tsy ho maina ny tendanao; Nefa hoy ianao: Tsy misy fanantenana; Tsia! fa ny hafa no tiako, ka dia hanaraka azy aho.
“Keep your feet from being bare, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.’
26 Toy ny fangaihain’ ny mpangalatra, raha azo, dia toy izany ny fangaihain’ ny taranak’ Isiraely, eny, izy sy ny mpanjakany sy ny lehibeny sy ny mpisorony ary ny mpaminaniny,
As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so the house of Israel is ashamed— they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets,
27 Dia izay manao amin’ ny tapa-kazo hoe: Raiko ianao, ary amin’ ny vato hoe: Hianao no niteraka ahy; Fa efa niamboho Ahy izy ka tsy nanatrika Ahy; Nefa amin’ ny andro fahoriany kosa dia vao hanao hoe izy: Mitsangàna, ka vonjeo izahay.
who tell wood, ‘You are my father,’ and a stone, ‘You have given birth to me,’ for they have turned their back to me, and not their face, but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise, and save us!’
28 Fa aiza ireny andriamanitrao izay nataonao ho anao? Aoka hitsangana ireny, raha mahavonjy anao amin’ ny andro fahorianao fa araka ny isan’ ny tanànanao, ry Joda, no isan’ ny andriamanitrao.
“But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble, for you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah.
29 Nahoana no mifandahatra amiko ianareo? Fa samy efa niodina tamiko ianareo rehetra, hoy Jehovah.
“Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says the LORD.
30 Foana ny namelezako ny zanakareo, fa tsy zaka nanarina izy; Ny sabatrareo nandringana ny mpaminaninareo, toy ny liona mamiravira.
“I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
31 Ry taranaka, dinihonareo ny tenin’ i Jehovah! Moa efa nanjary tany efitra ho an’ ny Isiraely va Aho, na tany maizim-pito? Nahoana ny oloko no manao hoe: Afaka mikarenjy izahay ka tsy hankany aminao intsony?
Generation, consider the LORD’s word. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will come to you no more’?
32 Hanadino ny firàvany va ny virijina, na hanadino ny fehin-kibony misy haingony va ny ampakarina? Nefa tsy hita isa ny andro nanadinoan’ ny oloko Ahy.
“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.
33 Kanto izany fandehanao hitady fitia izany, ka zarinao ho amin’ ny ratsy ny dianao!
How well you prepare your way to seek love! Therefore you have even taught the wicked women your ways.
34 Ary koa eo an-tsisin-dambanao no ahitana ny ran’ ny olona malahelo izay tsy manan-tsiny, tsy tamin’ ny tami-trano no nahazoanao azy, fa tamin’ izany rehetra izany.
Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You didn’t find them breaking in, but it is because of all these things.
35 Nefa hoy ianao: Tsy manan-tsiny aho, efa afaka amiko tokoa ny fahatezerany. Indro, hifandahatra aminao Aho noho ny anaovanao hoe: Tsy nanota aho.
“Yet you said, ‘I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.’ “Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
36 Nahoana ianao no maika hanova ny alehanao? Fa ho menatra noho ny amin’ i Egypta koa ianao, toy ny nahamenaranao noho ny amin’ i Asyria.
Why do you go about so much to change your ways? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.
37 Izany koa dia hialanao, ka hiloloha tanana ianao; Fa nolavin’ i Jehovah ny tokinao, ka tsy hambinina amin’ ireo ianao.
You will also leave that place with your hands on your head; for the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you won’t prosper with them.
