Jeremia 20
1 Ary Pasora, zanak’ i Imera, mpisorona sady mpiandraikitra ny tranon’ i Jehovah, raha nandre an’ i Jeremia naminany izany zavatra izany,
But when Pashchur the son of Immer the priest, who was chief superintendent in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these words:
2 dia namely an’ i Jeremia mpaminany sady namatotra azy tamin’ ny boloky hazo izay teo am-bavahadin’ i Benjamina, dia ilay eo ambony, eo anilan’ ny tranon’ i Jehovah.
Then smote Pashchur Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of the Lord.
3 Ary nony ampitso, dia nesorin’ i Pasora tamin’ ny boloky hazo Jeremia. Dia hoy Jeremia taminy: Tsy nataon’ i Jehovah hoe Pasora ny anaranao, fa Magora-misabiba.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashchur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. And Jeremiah said unto him, Not Pashchur [Fulness of Freedom] hath the Lord called thy name, but Magor-missabib [[Terror all around]].
4 Fa izao no lazain’ i Jehovah: Indro, hataoko fampangorohoroana ho an’ ny tenanao sy ny sakaizanao rehetra ianao, ary ho lavon’ ny sabatry ny fahavalony ireo, dia ho hitan’ ny masonao izany; ary ny Joda rehetra hatolotro eo an-tànan’ ny mpanjakan’ i Babylona, dia ho entiny ho babo any Babylona izy ka hovonoiny amin’ ny sabatra.
For thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thy eyes shall see it; and all Judah will I give into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall lead them into exile to Babylon, and shall smite them with the sword.
5 Ary ny harena rehetra amin’ ity tanàna ity sy ny vokatry ny fisasarany rehetra sy ny zava-tsoany rehetra ary ny rakitry ny mpanjakan’ ny Joda rehetra dia samy hatolotro eo an-tànan’ ny fahavalony, ka dia hamabo sy haka azy ireny ary hitondra azy ho any Babylona.
And I will give up all the wealth of this city, and all its acquisitions, and all its precious things; and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, who shall plunder them, and take them and carry them away to Babylon.
6 Ary ianao, ry Pasora, sy izay rehetra mitoetra ao an-tranonao dia ho lasan-ko babo; ary ho tonga any Babylona ianao, ka any no hahafatesanao, ary any koa no handevenana anao mbamin’ ny sakaizanao rehetra izay efa naminanianao lainga.
And thou, Pashchur, and all the inhabitants of thy house, shall go into captivity; and to Babylon shalt thou come, and there thou shalt die, and there shalt thou be buried, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied with falsehood.
7 Jehovah ô, notaominao aho ka voataona; Nosamborinao aho ka resinao; Tonga fihomehezana mandritra ny andro aho; Izy rehetra dia maneso ahy.
Thou didst persuade me, O Lord, and I was persuaded; thou laidst thy [hand] strongly on me, and didst prevail: I am laughed at all the time, every one mocketh me.
8 Fa na oviana na oviana no itenenako, dia tsy maintsy mitaraina aho, eny, miantso aho hoe: Loza sy fandravana! Fa ny tenin’ i Jehovah dia atao fanakorana sy fihomehezana ahy isan’ andro.
For as often as I speak must I cry out, violence and wasting must I proclaim; because the word of the Lord is become unto me a disgrace, and a derision, all the time.
9 Dia hoy izaho: Tsy hanonona Azy aho na hiteny intsony amin’ ny anarany. Nefa izany dia tonga toy ny afo mirehitra ato am-poko, voahidy ato amin’ ny taolako; Ary sasatra ny niaritra aho ka tsy mahazaka.
And I thought, I will not make mention of him, and I will not speak any more in his name. But it became in my heart as a burning fire enclosed within my bones, and I was weary with enduring, and I could not overcome it.
10 Fa reko ny endrikendriky ny maro, misy fampangorohoroana manodidina. Torio, eny, hotorintsika koa izy; Izay rehetra tsara fihavanana amiko dia miandry izay hahalavoako ka manao hoe: Angamba ho voataona Izy, dia horesentsika sy hovaliantsika.
For I heard the defaming of many, angry assemblies on every side, “Tell, and we will tell of him.” All the men who ought to seek my welfare, watch for my fall; saying, “Peradventure he may he enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we will then take our revenge on him.”
11 Kanefa Jehovah momba ahy toy ny lehilahy mahery mahatahotra, ary noho izany dia ho tafintohina ny mpanenjika ahy ka tsy haharesy; Ho menatra indrindra izy, satria tsy hendry. Fahamenarana mandrakizay izay tsy hohadinoina izany!
But the Lord is with me as a mighty powerful one; therefore my persecutors will stumble, and they will not prevail: they will be greatly ashamed, for they will not prosper; [it is] an everlasting confusion which will never be forgotten.
12 Fa Hianao, Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro ô, Izay mamantatra ny marina ka mizaha toetra ny voa sy ny fo ho hitako ny famalianao azy, fa aminao no efa nanankinako ny adiko.
But, O Lord of hosts, that probest the righteous, seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I laid open my cause.
13 Mihirà ho an’ i Jehovah, miderà an’ i Jehovah; Fa Izy namonjy ny fanahin’ ny malahelo tamin’ ny tanan’ ny mpanao ratsy.
Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord; for he hath delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evil-doers.
14 Ho voaozona anie ny andro izay nahaterahako! Aoka tsy hotahina anie ny andro izay niterahan’ ineny ahy!
Cursed be the day whereon I was born: the day on which my mother bore me shall not be blessed.
15 Ho voaozona anie ny olona izay nitondra teny mahafaly tamin’ ikaky nanao hoe: Tera-dahy ianao! Ka nahafaly azy indrindra.
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee. How very glad did he make him!
16 Aoka Izany lehilahy izany ho toy ny tanàna izay noravan’ i Jehovah ka tsy nanenenany; Ary aoka izy handre fitarainana nony maraina sy akoralava nony mitataovovonana,
And may that same man become like the cities which the Lord overthrew, and bethought himself not; and may he hear a cry of anguish in the morning, and a tumultuous noise at noontide;
17 Satria tsy nahafaty ahy tany an-kibo izy, hahatonga an’ Ineny ho fasako, ka hivesatra ahy mandrakariva ny kibony.
Because I was not slain [as I escaped] from the womb; or that my mother might have become unto me my grave, and her womb have been affected with a perpetual pregnancy.
18 Nahoana re aho no nivoaka avy tany an-kibo mba hahita fahoriana sy alahelo, ka ho lany aman-kenatra ny androko!
Wherefore was this that I came forth out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow, that my days should pass away in shame?
