¹Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

¹Tumirai mubati wenyika makwayana, abve Sera aende kurenje, kugomo romukunda weZiyoni.

²For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

²nekuti seshiri dzinodzungaira, sedendere rakaparadzirwa, ndizvo zvichaita vakunda vaMoabhi pamazambuko aArinoni.

³Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.

³Itai mano, ruramisira; mumvuri wako uuite sousiku pakati pamasikati makuru; vanza vadzingwa, usapandukira anotiza.

⁴Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

⁴Vanhu vangu vakadzingwa ngavagare newe; kana ari Moabhi, uve kwaari paangavanda pamberi pomuparadzi; nekuti mutambudzi haachipo, kuparadza kwapera, vamanikidzi vabva panyika.

⁵And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.

⁵Chigaro choushe chichamiswa netsitsi; mumwe uchagara pamusoro pacho nechokwadi, mutende raDhavhidhi, achitonga, achitsvaka kururamisira vanhu, achikurumidza kuita zvakarurama.

⁶We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.

⁶Takanzwa zvokuzvikudza kwaMoabhi, kuti unozvikudza kwazvo; zvamanyawi ake, nokuzvikudza kwake, nehasha dzake; asi kuzvirumbidza kwake hakuna maturo.

⁷Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.

⁷Saka Moabhi achachema Moabhi, mumwe nomumwe achachema; muchachemera mapundu amazambiringa eKirihareseti, mamanikidzwa kwazvo.

⁸For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

⁸nekuti minda yeHeshibhoni yaoma, nomuzambiringa weSibhima; madzishe amarudzi avhuna matavi awo akanaka, akanga achisvikira Jazeri, akanga atandira kurenje; matavi awo akanga atandavara, ayambukira gungwa.

⁹Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

⁹Saka ndichachema nokuchema kwaJazeri ndichichemera muzambiringa weSibhima; ndichakudiridza iwe Heshibhoni neEreare nemisodzi yangu; nekuti mhere yokurwa yawira pamusoro pezvibereko zvako zvezhizha napamusoro pokukohwa kwako.

¹⁰And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.

¹⁰Mufaro wabviswa, nokufara pamunda waibereka zvakanaka; paminda yemizambiringa hapachazovi nokuimba kana inzwi romufaro; hapachazovi musviniri anosvinira mazambiringa pazvisviniro, ndagumisa kupururudza.

¹¹Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.

¹¹Naizvozvo moyo wangu unorira sembira pamusoro paMoabhi, nedumbu rangu pamusoro peKiriheresi.

¹²And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.

¹²Zvino kana Moabhi achizviratidza pamberi paJehovha, kana achizvinetsa padunhu rakakwirira, nokupinda panzvimbo yake tsvene kuzonyengetera, haangatongobatsirwi chinhu.

¹³This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.

¹³Ndirori shoko rakataurwa naJehovha pamusoro paMoabhi panguva yakare.

¹⁴But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

¹⁴Asi zvino Jehovha akataura achiti, Makore matatu asati apfuura, samakore omunhu anobatira mubayiro, kukudzwa kwaMoabhi kuchazvidzwa, pamwechete navanhu vake vazhinji; vakasara vachava vashoma kwazvo, vasina simba.