Jeremiah 5
1 “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
Mikariokarioha amo lala’ Ierosalaimeo, mijilojilova vaho mahaoniña! Tsikaraho o kiririsa’eo ke hahaisake ondaty manao ty hahiti’e, mipay ty hatò— le hiheveako.
2 Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
Ndra te manao ty hoe, Amy te veloñe t’Iehovà; manao fanta vilañe re.
3 O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
Ry Iehovà, tsy mitsoeke ty hatò hao o fihaino’oo? Linafa’o iereo f’ie tsy nalorè; nimongore’o fe tsy mete avohotse; nanoe’ iareo gañe ta ty vato o tarehe’ iareoo; mifoneñe tsy hisoloho.
4 Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
Le hoe raho, rarake avao iereo, gege; tsy fohi’ iareo ty lala’ Iehovà, o lilin’ Andrianañahare’ iareoo.
5 I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.
Homb’amo roandriañeo arè raho, tsy mete tsy rendre’ iereo o sata’ Iehovào, o lilin’ Andrianañahare’ iareoo. F’ie songa nampipozake i jokay, nandrafarafake o talirandrañeo.
6 Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.
Toly ndra hampibaibay iareo o liona boak’ añ’alao, hanjaman’ iareo ty maràmbolo boak’ an-dratraratra ao. Mijilojilo o rova’eo ty farasi-lahi’e; ie mandrimidrimitse ze miakatse —amy ty hamaro’ o fiolà’ iareoo, fa losotse ty fidisa-voli’ iareo.
7 “Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.
Aa vaho akore ty hiheveako azo? Fa nieng’ahy o ana’oo naho nifanta amo ndrahare tsie’eo; ie nampianjañeko, le nifandrañaotse, vaho nikovovoke mb’añ’ akiban-tsimiriram-beo.
8 They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.
Soavala lahi’e mpilelalela iereo, songa mitreñe amy tañanjomban-drañe’ey.
9 Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
Tsy ho lafaeko hao? Hoe t’Iehovà; tsy hondroheko hao ty fifeheañe manahake zao?
10 Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
Soroho o tondam-bahe’eo le fongoro, fe anisao; holiro o tsampa’eo amy te tsy a’ Iehovà.
11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,”
Toe songa nitsambolitiok’ ahy ty anjomba’ Israele naho ty anjomba’ Iehodà, hoe t’Iehovà;
12 They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.
nanoe’e entam-bande t’Iehovà, ami’ty hoe: Tsy Ie; tsy hiambotraha’ ty raty tika, vaho tsy hizò fibara ndra kerè.
13 The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”
Kafoake avao o mpitokio, tsy am’ iareo i tsaray; aa le zay ty hanoañe iareo.
14 Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
Hoe t’Iehovà Andrianañahare’ i màroy: Kanao sinao’ areo i entañe zay, le hanoeko afo am-palie’o ao o volakoo, naho hatae ondaty retoañe, hamorototoeko iareo.
15 Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
Hampiambotraheko ama’o ty fifeheañe boake tsietoitane añe, ry anjomba’ Israele, hoe t’Iehovà. Fifeheañe lava havelo, fifelehañe haehae, tane aman-tsaontsy tsy fohi’o, vaho tsy hapota’o ze taroñe’e.
16 Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.
Hoe kibory misokake ty trañon-ana-pale’ iareo, songa fanalolahy.
17 They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”
Habotse’ iareo ty nivokare’o naho ty mahakama’o; hagedra’ iareo o ana-dahi’oo naho o anak’ampela’oo; ho kamae’ iareo o lia-rai’oo naho o mpirai-tro’oo: ho genohe’ iareo o vahe’oo naho o sakoa’oo; ho demohe’ iareo am-pibara o rova fatratse iatoa’oo.
18 “Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.
Fa ndra amy andro rezay, hoe t’Iehovà, tsy ho fonga mongoreko.
19 And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”
Aa ie manao ty hoe iereo: Ino ty nanoe’Iehovà Andrianañahare-tika amantika i hene raha zay? le hoe ty havale’o: Hambañ’amy namorintseña’ areo Ahiy, naho nitoroñe ‘ndrahare ila’e an-tane’ areo ao, t’ie hitoroñe ambahiny an-tane tsy anahareo.
20 Declare this in the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah:
Koiho añ’anjomba’ Iakobe naho tseizo e Iehodà ao ty hoe:
21 “Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
Janjiño zao ry ondaty gege, tsy mahilalao; amam-pihaino fe tsy mahaoniñe, aman-dravembia f’ie tsy mahajanjiñe.
22 Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
Tsy mañeveñe amako hao nahareo? hoe t’Iehovà; Tsy mihondrahondra añatrefako etoa hao nahareo? Napoko ho fañefetse amy riakey i faseñey, ho sebañe nainai’e tsy hisorohañe; aa ndra te mitoabotse o onja’eo tsy hahafitroatse, ndra te mitroñe tsy haha-fitsaka aze.
23 But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away.
F’ie manjehatse naho miola ty arofo’ondaty retoa, miveve vaho mienga.
24 They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’
Tsy anoe’ iereo añ’arofo ao ty hoe: Antao hañeveñe am’ Iehovà Andrianañaharentika, ie mampahavy orañe an-tsa’e, i orañ’asotriy naho i oram-panjakay vaho tana’e ho antika o hereñandro namantañeñe ho fitatahañeo.
25 Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.
Fa nampihake irezay o hakeo’oo, le nampisitake ty hasoa ama’o o tahi’oo.
26 For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
Toe zoeñe am’ondatikoo o lo-tserekeo, mijilo hoe mpitsepa-boroñe le mikopete; mampibitsoke fandri-bo; mamandrike ondaty.
27 Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
Manahake ty kipa pea voroñe, o kivoho’ iareo lipo-kiniao; aa le nitoabotse ty enge naho ty vara’ iareo.
28 They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
Vondrake naho sometsetse, mitombo am-pikitrohan-draty, tsy zakae’ iereo ami’ty hatò ty enta’ i bodey hampiraorao aze, vaho tsy arova’ iareo ty zo’ o rarakeo.
29 Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
Tsy ho liloveko hao iereo? hoe t’Iehovà, tsy ho valeko fate hao ty fifeheañe manahake itone?
30 A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land.
Raha mahavereñe naho haloloañe ty nifetsake amy taney:
31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
mitoky vilañe o mpitokio, vaho mañorike o mpitokio ty fifehea’ o mpisoroñeo; zay ty tea’ ondatikoo, fa ino ty hanoe’areo am-pigadoña’e?
