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.

You are righteous, LORD, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously?

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, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit: you are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.

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 see me, and try my heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of 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 be parched, and the grass of every field wither? For the wickedness of those who dwell in it, the animals are consumed, and the birds; because they said, "He shall not see our latter end."

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?

"If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? And though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the 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 brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; even they have cried aloud after you: do not believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.

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

I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

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

My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest: she has uttered her voice against me; therefore I have 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 my heritage to me as a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey against her all around? Go, assemble all the animals of the field, bring them to devour.

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 trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

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

They have made it a desolation; it mourns to me, being desolate; the whole land is made desolate, because no man lays it 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.

Destroyers have come on all the bare heights in the wilderness; for the sword of the LORD devours from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh has peace.

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

They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing: and you shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of 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.

Thus says the LORD against all my evil neighbors, who touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: 'look, I will pluck them up from off their land, and will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.

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

It shall happen, after that I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them; and I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to 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.

It shall happen, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, "As the LORD lives;" even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up 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 hear, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it,'" says the LORD.