¹Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

¹Inzwai shoko rinotaura Jehovha kwamuri, imwi imba yaIsiraeri,

²Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

²zvanzi naJehovha, Regai kudzidza tsika dzamarudzi avanhu, musavhunduswa nezviratidzo zvokudenga; nekuti marudzi avanhu anovhunduswa nazvo.

³For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

³nekuti tsika dzavanhu hadzina maturo; nekuti mumwe unotema muti mudondo, riri basa ramaoko omunhu unoveza nedemo.

⁴They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

⁴Vanoushongedza nesirivha nendarama, vanourovera nembambo nenyundo, kuti urege kuzununguka.

⁵They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

⁵Zvakafanana nemuti wemurara wakapfurwa, zvisingatauri; zvinofanira kutakurwa, nekuti hazvigoni kufamba. Musazvitya, nekuti hazvigoni kuita zvakaipa, kunyange kuita zvakanaka, hazvigoni.

⁶Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

⁶Hakuna wakafanana nemwi Jehovha; imwi muri mukuru, zita renyu iguru nesimba raro.

⁷Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

⁷Ndianiko ungarega kukutyai, imwi Mambo wamarudzi avanhu? nekuti makafanira izvozvi; nekuti pakati pavakachenjera vose vamarudzi avanhu, napaushe hwavo hwose, hakuna wakafanana nemi.

⁸But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

⁸Asi vose pamwechete havane njere, mapenzi; dzidzo yezvifananidzo idanda zvaro.

⁹Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.

⁹Isirivha yakapfurwa ikaita bape, yakatorwa Tarishishi, nendarama inobva Ufazi, riri basa remhizha neramaoko omupfuri wendarama; zvakafukidzwa nguvo dzemicheka mitema nemitsvuku; zvose ibasa ravanhu venjere.

¹⁰But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

¹⁰Asi Jehovha ndiye Mwari wazvokwadi; ndiye Mwari mupenyu, naMambo wokusingaperi; kana iye atsamwa nyika inodedera, marudzi avanhu haagoni kumira pahasha dzake.

¹¹Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

¹¹ltiyi kwavari, Vamwari vasina kuita denga nenyika, ndivo vachapera panyika napasi pedenga rose.

¹²He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

¹²Ndiye wakaita nyika nesimba rake, wakateya nyika nohuchenjeri hwake, wakatatamura denga rose nenjere dzake.

¹³When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

¹³Kana achibudisa inzwi rake, kunomubvumo wemvura zhinji kudenga; unokwidza makore pamigumo yenyika, unoita mheni kuuyisa mvura, unobudisa mhepo panovigwa fuma yake.

¹⁴Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

¹⁴Munhu mumwe nomumwe wava usina njere, haane zivo; mupfuri mumwe nomumwe wendarama unonyadziswa nechifananidzo chake chaakaveza, nekuti chifananidzo chake chaakaumba, ndechenhema, hakuna mweya mazviri.

¹⁵They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

¹⁵Hazvina maturo, ibasa rinonyengera; panguva yokurohwa kwazvo zvichapera.

¹⁶The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.

¹⁶Mugove waJakove haufanani naizvozvo, nekuti ndiye muumbi wazvose; Isiraeri ndirwo rudzi rwenhaka yake; Jehovha wehondo ndiro zita rake.

¹⁷Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.

¹⁷Unganidza nhumbi dzako, ubve panyika, iwe unogara wakakombwa.

¹⁸For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.

¹⁸nekuti zvanzi naJehovha, Tarirai, nguva ino ndichaposhera kure vanhu vagere munyika ino, ndichavamanikidza, kuti vawanikwe.

¹⁹Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.

¹⁹Ndine nhamo nokuda kokurwadziwa kwangu! Vanga rangu rakaipa kwazvo; asi ndakati, Zvirokwazvo ndihwo hurwere hwangu, ndinofanira kuhutakura hangu.

²⁰My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

²⁰Tende rangu rakaputswa, mabote angu ose akadamburwa; vana vangu vabva kwandiri, havachiripo; hakuchina ungatatamura tende rangu, kana kumisazve micheka yetende rangu.

²¹For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

²¹nekuti vafudzi vava vasina njere, havana kubvunza Jehovha; naizvozvo havana kuzofara, namapoka avo ose akapararira.

²²Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.

²²Inzwai, mukurumbira! Tarirai, bope guru rinouya richibva kunyika yokumusoro, kushandura maguta aJudha ave matongo, panogara makava.

²³O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

²³Haiwa, Jehovha, ndinoziva kuti nzira yomunhu haizi yake amene; munhu, unofamba, haagoni kururamisa nhano dzake.

²⁴O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

²⁴Haiwa, Jehovha, ndirangei henyu asi muite nokururama; musazviita nokutsamwa kwenyu, kuti murege kundipedza chose.

²⁵Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

²⁵Dururirai kutsamwa kwenyu pamusoro pamarudzi avanhu vasingakuziviyi, napamusoro pamarudzi asingadani zita renyu; nekuti vakadya Jakove, zvirokwazvo, vakamudya nokumupedza, vakaparadza hugaro hwake