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.
“They say, ‘If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man’s, should he return to her again?’ Wouldn’t that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me,” says the LORD.
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 your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat waiting for them by the road, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your 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.
Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead and you 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?
Will you not from this time cry to me, ‘My Father, you are the guide of my youth!’?
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 to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.”
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.
Moreover, the LORD said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and has played the prostitute there.
7 Ary nataoko fa rehefa nanao izany rehetra izany izy, dia hiverina amiko. Kanjo tsy niverina izy. Ary Joda mpivadika rahavaviny dia nahita izany.
I said after she had done all these things, ‘She will return to me;’ but she didn’t return, and her treacherous 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.
I saw when, for this very cause, that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, had no fear, but she also went and played the prostitute.
9 Ary tamin’ ny fihorakorahan’ ny fijangajangany no nandotoany ny tany, ary nijangajanga tamin’ ny vato sy ny hazo izy.
Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with 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 her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretence,” says the LORD.
11 Ary hoy Jehovah tamiko: Isiraely mpiodina dia hita fa marimarina kokoa noho Joda mpivadika.
The LORD said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous 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 towards the north, and say, ‘Return, you backsliding Israel,’ says the LORD; ‘I will not look in anger on you, for I am merciful,’ says the LORD. ‘I will not keep 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 your iniquity, that you have transgressed against the LORD your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice,’” says the LORD.
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, backsliding children,” says the LORD, “for I am a husband to you. I will take one of you from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
15 Dia homeko mpitondra araka ny sitrapoko ianareo. Izay hitondra anareo amin’ ny fahalalana sy ny fahendrena.
I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
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.
It will come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days,” says the LORD, “they will no longer say, ‘the ark of the LORD’s covenant!’ It will not come to mind. They won’t remember it. They won’t miss it, nor will another be made.
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.
At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘The LORD’s Throne;’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to the LORD’s name, to Jerusalem. They will no longer walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
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 the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.
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.
“But I said, ‘How I desire to put you amongst the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father”, and shall not turn away 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.
“Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,” says the LORD.
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 on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten the LORD their God.
22 Miverena ianao, ry zaza mpiodina, fa hositraniko ny fiodinanareo. Indreto, manatona Anao izahay, fa Hianao Jehovah no Andriamanitray.
Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are the LORD 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 help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.
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.
But the shameful thing has devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, 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.
Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed the LORD our God’s voice.”
