Jeremia 3
1 Fa hoy Izy: Raha misy lehilahy misao-bady, ary efa miala ravehivavy ka vadin’ olon-kafa, moa mahazo miverina aminy indray va ralehilahy? Tsy haloto tokoa va izany tany izany? Fa ianao dia efa nijangajanga tamin-tsakaiza maro, ka moa hahazo miverina amiko va ianao? hoy Jehovah.
It is said, if a man put away his wife, And she go from him, and become another man's, Shall he return to her again? Shall not that land be polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; And shalt thou return to me, saith Jehovah?
2 Andrandrao amin’ ny tendrombohitra mangadihady ny masonao, ka jereo. Taiza no tsy nandrian’ olona taminao? Teny an-dalambe no niandrasanao azy toy ny Arabo any an-efitra; Ary ny fijangajanganao sy ny faharatsianao no nandotoanao ny tany,
Lift up thine eyes to the high places, and see! Where hast thou not been defiled? In the ways hast thou sat waiting, As the Arabian in the desert, And hast polluted the land by thy lewdness and thy wickedness.
3 Ka dia voasakana ny orana mivatravatra, sady tsy tonga ny fara-orana; Ary ny handrinao dia handrin’ ny vehivavy janga ka tsy manan-kenatra.
And although the showers have been withholden, And there hath been no latter rain, Yet thou hast had a harlot's forehead; Thou hast refused to be ashamed.
4 Moa tsy hitaraina amiko va ianao amin’ izao sisa izao hoe: Ry Raiko ô, Hianao no nahazatra ahy, hatry ny fony aho mbola tanora?
Wilt thou not from this time cry to me, Thou art my father, Yea, the friend of my youth art thou?
5 Ho tezitra mandrakizay va Izy? Hitahiry fahatezerana hatamin’ ny farany va Izy? Indro, efa niteny toy izany ianao, nefa nanao izany ratsy izany ihany ka nahatanteraka izany.
Will he retain his anger forever? Will he keep it forevermore? Behold, thus dost thou speak, But thou doest evil with all thy might.
6 Ary hoy Jehovah tamiko tamin’ ny andro nanjakan’ i Josia mpanjaka: Moa efa hitanao va izay nataon’ Isiraely mpiodina? Niakatra ho eny amin’ ny tendrombohitra avo rehetra sy ho eny ambanin’ ny hazo maitso rehetra izy ka nijangajanga teny.
Jehovah said to me, in the time of King Josiah, Hast thou heard what rebellious Israel hath done? She hath gone upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
7 Ary nataoko fa rehefa nanao izany rehetra izany izy, dia hiverina amiko. Kanjo tsy niverina izy. Ary Joda mpivadika rahavaviny dia nahita izany.
And I said, after she had done all these things, Return thou to me! But she returned not. And her faithless sister Judah saw it.
8 Ary hitako fa na dia efa nisaorako aza Isiraely mpiodina ka nomeko taratasy fisaorana noho ny fijangajangana, dia tsy nety natahotra Joda mpivadika rahavaviny na dia izany aza, fa nandeha nijangajanga koa izy.
And I saw, when, for all the adulteries which rebellious Israel had committed, I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce, that her faithless sister Judah was not afraid, but went and played the harlot also herself.
9 Ary tamin’ ny fihorakorahan’ ny fijangajangany no nandotoany ny tany, ary nijangajanga tamin’ ny vato sy ny hazo izy.
And when by the fame of her lewdness she had polluted the land, committing adultery with stone and wood,
10 Fa na dia izany rehetra izany aza dia tsy nety niverina tamiko tamin’ ny fony rehetra Joda mpivadika rahavaviny, fa tamin’ ny fihatsaram-belatsihy ihany, hoy Jehovah.
yet for all this did not her faithless sister Judah return to me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith Jehovah.
11 Ary hoy Jehovah tamiko: Isiraely mpiodina dia hita fa marimarina kokoa noho Joda mpivadika.
Then said Jehovah to me, Rebellious Israel is less guilty than faithless Judah.
12 Mandehana, ka torio manatrika ny avaratra izao teny izao hoe: Miverena ianao, ry Isiraely mpiodina, hoy Jehovah; Tsy hampanjombona ny tavako aminareo Aho; Fa mamindra fo Aho, hoy Jehovah, ka tsy hitahiry fahatezerana mandrakizay.
Go and proclaim these words toward the north: —Return, O rebellious Israel, saith Jehovah! I will not turn a frowning face upon you; For I am merciful, saith Jehovah, I retain not anger forever.
13 Kanefa kosa ekeo ny helokao, fa tamin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao no niodinanao, ary nivezivezy nankany amin’ ny hafa ianao. Teny ambanin’ ny hazo maitso rehetra, fa tsy mba nihaino ny feoko ianareo, hoy Jehovah.
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, That thou hast rebelled against Jehovah thy God, And hast roved about to strangers Under every green tree, And hast not obeyed my voice, saith Jehovah.
14 Miverena, ry zaza mpiodina, hoy Jehovah, fa Izaho ihany no vadinareo; Ary hangalako iray isan-tanàna ianareo Sy roa isam-pokony, ka ho entiko ho any Ziona ianareo;
Return, ye rebellious children! saith Jehovah; Though I have rejected you, Yet will I receive you again, One from a city, and two from a nation, And I will bring you to Zion.
15 Dia homeko mpitondra araka ny sitrapoko ianareo. Izay hitondra anareo amin’ ny fahalalana sy ny fahendrena.
And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, Who shall feed you with wisdom and discretion.
16 Koa rehefa mitombo sy mihamaro amin’ ny tany ianareo, dia amin’ izany andro izany, hoy Jehovah, no tsy hanaovany intsony hoe: Ny fiaran’ ny faneken’ i Jehovah; Ary tsy hosaintsaininy akory izany, sady tsy hahatsiaro na ho manina izany izy, na hanao fiara intsony.
And when ye shall have multiplied and increased in the land, saith Jehovah, Then shall ye no more speak of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, Nor shall it come into your mind. None shall remember it; None shall care for it; It shall not be made any more.
17 Amin’ izany andro izany no hanononana an’ i Jerosalema hoe Seza fiandrianan’ i Jehovah; Ary hivory any ny jentilisa rehetra noho ny anaran’ i Jehovah any Jerosalema, ary izy tsy handeha intsony araka ny ditry ny fo ratsiny.
For then shall Jerusalem be called the throne of Jehovah, And all the nations shall resort to it; They shall resort to Jehovah, to Jerusalem, And shall no more walk after the perverseness of their evil hearts.
18 Amin’ izany andro izany ny taranak’ i Joda sy ny taranak’ Isiraely dia hiara-mandeha, ka hiara-tonga avy any amin’ ny tany avaratra izy ho any amin’ ny tany nomeko ny razanareo ho lovany.
In those days shall the house of Judah unite themselves with the house of Israel, And they shall come together from the north country, To the land which I caused your fathers to inherit.
19 Ary Izaho efa nanao hoe: He! fa hataoko isan-janako ianao ka homeko tany mahafinaritra, dia lova izay tena endriky ny firenena. Eny, hoy Izaho: Hianao hanao Ahy hoe Raiko, ka tsy hiala amin’ ny fanarahana Ahy.
Then I said, how will I place thee among my children, And give thee a pleasant land, A goodly inheritance among the hosts of nations! And I said, Thou wilt call me thy father; Thou wilt not turn aside from following me.
20 Kanefa toy ny vehivavy misintaka miala amin’ ny lahy, dia toy izany tokoa no nisintahanareo niala tamiko, ry taranak’ Isiraely, hoy Jehovah.
Yet as a woman is faithless to her husband, So have ye been faithless to me, O house of Israel! saith Jehovah.
21 Injay! feo re any an-tendrombohitra mangadihady, dia fitomaniana amam-pitarainan’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely; Fa nivilivily tamin’ ny nalehany izy ary nanadino an’ i Jehovah Andriamaniny.
A voice is heard upon the hills, The weeping and supplications of the children of Israel! For they have perverted their way; They have forgotten Jehovah their God.
22 Miverena ianao, ry zaza mpiodina, fa hositraniko ny fiodinanareo. Indreto, manatona Anao izahay, fa Hianao Jehovah no Andriamanitray.
Return, O revolted children! I will heal your rebellion. Behold, we come to thee, For thou art Jehovah our God!
23 Foana tokoa ny horakoraka any amin’ ny tendrombohitra sy ny havoana; Marina fa ao amin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitray ny famonjena ny Isiraely.
Truly in vain from the hills, In vain from the mountains do we seek abundance; Only from Jehovah our God cometh salvation for Israel.
24 Fa lanin’ ilay mampahamenatra hatramin’ ny fahazazanay ny zavatra efa nisasaran’ ny razanay, dia ny ondry aman’ osiny sy ny ombiny, ny zananilahy sy ny zananivavy.
For the things of shame have devoured the substance of our fathers from our youth, Their sheep and their oxen, Their sons and their daughters.
25 Aoka handry ao amin’ ny henatray izahay. Ary aoka hanarona anay ny fahafaham-boninahitray, satria tamin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitray no efa nanotanay dia izahay sy ny razanay, hatramin’ ny fahazazanay ka ambaraka androany sady tsy nihaino ny feon’ i Jehovah Andriamanitray izahay.
We lie down in our shame, And our ignominy covereth us; For we have sinned against Jehovah our God, We and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, And have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God.
