fa hoy Izy: Tamin'ny taona fankasitrahana no nihainoako anao, Ary tamin'ny andro famonjena no namonjeko anao (Isa. 49. 8); indro, ankehitriny no andro fankasitrahana; indro, ankehitriny no andro famonjena;
(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
fa amin'ny zavatra rehetra dia mampiseho ny tenanay ho mpanompon'Andriamanitra izahay, dia amin'ny faharetana be, amin'ny fahoriana, amin'ny fahaterena, amin'ny fahantrana,
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
tahaka ny ampalahelovina, nefa faly mandrakariva; tahaka ny malahelo, nefa mampanan-karena ny maro; tahaka ny tsy manana na dia kely akory aza, nefa manana ny zavatra rehetra.
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Aza mety hasiana zioga tsy antonona anareo hikambanana amin'ny tsy mino. Fa inona no iraisan'ny fahamarinana sy ny fahotana? Ary inona no iombonana'ny mazava sy ny maizina?
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Ary inona no ikambanan'ny tempolin'Andriamanitra amin'ny sampy ? Fa isika no tempolin'Andriamanitra velona, araka ny nataon'Andriamanitra hoe: Honina eo aminy sy handeha eo aminy Aho, ary izy ho oloko (Lev. 26. 11, 12).
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.