Jeremia 12

1 Vantan-dRehe, ry Iehovà, ndra te ino ty ho nifandierako, f’ie mbe te hisafiry ama’o: Ino ty mampiraorao ty lala’ o lo-tserekeo? Akore te hene mierañerañe o mikitro-draha ratio.

Righteous are you, O Lord, that I may make my defence to you, yes, I will speak to you [of] judgments. Why [is it] that the way of ungodly [men] prospers? [that] all that deal very treacherously are flourishing?

2 Tinongi’o iereo, eka, le nivahatse; mitombo, le hehe te mamoa; ie marine azo am-palie, fe lavits’azo an-troke.

You have planted them, and they have taken root; they have begotten children, and become fruitful; you are near to their mouth, and far from their reins.

3 Toe arofoana’o iraho ry Iehovà, mahavazohò ahy, naho mitsoke ty troko ke mb’ama’o; aveveo hoe añondry ho lentàñe iereo, avaho ho amy androm-panjamanañey.

But you, Lord, know me; you have proved my heart before you; purify them for the day of their slaughter.

4 Ampara’ te ombia i taney te handala, naho o hatae an-kivoke eio te hiheatse? Fonga nasintak’ añe o bibio naho o voroñeo ami’ty hatsivokara’ o mpimoneñeo, ie manao ty hoe: Tsy ho vazoho’e ty figadoña’ay.

How long shall the land mourn, and the grass of the field wither, for the wickedness of them, that dwell in it? the beasts and birds are utterly destroyed; because [the people] said, God shall not see our ways.

5 Ihe nitrao-pilay amo mpikovovokeo, le nahamokotse azo, aia ty hifandriadriaha’o amo soavalao? Aa ihe mikorovok’ an-tane manintsiñe, hanoe’o akore te añ’ala-matahetse e Iordane ao?

Your feet run, and they cause you to faint; how will you prepare [to ride] upon horses? and you have been confident in the land of your peace? how will you do in the roaring of Jordan?

6 Ndra o rolongo’oo, naho ty anjomban-droae’o, songa namañahy azo ka, sindre nikorak’ ama’o; ko iantofa’o ndra te anoe’e saontsy mora.

For even your brethren and the house of your father, even these have dealt treacherously with you; and they have cried out, they are gathered together in pursuit of you; trust not you in them, though they shall speak fair [words] to you.

7 Fa naforintseko ty akibako, fa nifarieko i lovakoy; fa natoloko am-pitan-drafelahi’e i kokoan’ aikoy.

I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given my beloved one into the hands of her enemies.

8 Fa nanjare liona añ’ala ao amako i lovakoy, kanao nañaoloa’e, hejeko.

My inheritance has become to me as a lion in a forest; she has uttered her voice against me; therefore have I hated her.

9 Hoe vorom-banda mpitsatsa amako i lovakoy. Miatreatre añariary aze o vorom-pamaokeo. Akia, fonga atontono o bibin-kivokeo, endeso mb’etoa hamotseke.

Is not my inheritance to me a hyaena's cave, or a cave round about her? Go you, gather together all the wild beasts of the field, and let them come to devour her.

10 Mpiarake maro ty nampianto i tanem-balobokoy, fa linialia’ iareo i tetekoy, nanoeñe ratraratra i tondako soay.

Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have defiled my portion, they have made my desirable portion a trackless wilderness;

11 Nampangoakoaheñe, Bangiñe! mitoreo aoloko eo; nampibabañoaheñe iaby i taney, amy te tsy haoñe’ ondaty an-troke.

it is made a complete ruin: for my sake the whole land has been utterly ruined, because there is none that lays [the matter] to heart.

12 Fa nivotraham-pampianto ze hene haboañe am-patram-bey añe; amy te mamotseke boak’añ’efe’ i taney añe pak’amy añey ka ty fibara’ Iehovà, fonga tsy aman-kanintsiñe ze atao nofotse.

The ravagers are come to every passage in the wilderness: for the sword of the Lord will devour from one end of the land to the other: no flesh has any peace.

13 Nandrarak’ ampemba iereo, fe nitatake fatike; nifanehake, f’ie tsy miraorao; aa le imeñaro ty havokara’ areo, ty amy haviñera’ Iehovà miforoforoy.

Sow wheat, and reap thorns; their portions shall not profit them: be ashamed of your boasting, because of reproach before the Lord.

14 Hoe t’Iehovà: Ty amo raty mañohok’ ahio, o mitsapa i lova nampandovaeko ondatiko Israeleio, toe ho voroteko an-tane’ iareo, hombotako am’iereo ty anjomba’ Iehodà.

For thus says the Lord, concerning all the evil neighbors that touch mine inheritance, which I have divided to my people Israel; Behold, I [will] draw them away from their land, and I will cast out Juda from the midst of them.

15 Aa ie añe ty nañombotako iareo, le ho tretrezeko indraike; vaho hampoliko, songa mb’an-dova’e, sindre mb’an-tane’e.

And it shall come to pass, after I have cast them out, [that] I will return, and have mercy upon them, and will cause them to dwell every one in his inheritance, and every one in his land.

16 Ie amy zao, naho toe ianara’ iareo ty sata’ ondatikoo, ty hifanta ami’ty añarako: Kanao veloñe t’Iehovà, hambañe amy nañanara’ iareo ondatiko ty hifanta amy Baale, le haoreñe aivo’ ondatikoo ka iereo.

And it shall be, if they will indeed learn the way of my people, to swear by my name, [saying], The Lord lives; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall [that nation] be built in the midst of my people.

17 F’ie naho tsy mañaoñe iereo, le ho voroteko i fifeheañe zay, hombotañe naho harotsake, hoe t’Iehovà.

But if they will not return, then will I cut off that nation with utter ruin and destruction.