¹Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

¹imwi Jehovha, makarurama kana ndichikakavara nemi; kunyange zvakadaro ndinoda kutaurirana nemwi pamusoro pokururamisa kwenyu, nzira yavakaipa inomufaro neiko? Vanoita nokunyengera vanogarireiko vose vane rugare?

²Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

²imwi makavasima, zvirokwazvo midzi yavo yakabata; vanokura, zvirokwazvo vanobereka zvibereko; imwi muri pedo nemiromo yavo, asi muri kure nemoyo yavo.

³But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

³Asi imwi Jehovha munondiziva; munondiona, munoidza moyo wangu kuti wakadini kwamuri; muvakweve samakwai anondobayiwa, muvagadzirire zuva rokubayiwa.

⁴How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

⁴Nyika ichachema, nemiriwo yenyika yose ichasvava kusvikira rinhiko? Mhuka neshiri zvinopedzwa nokuda kwezvakaipa zvavageremo, nekuti vakati, Haangaoni kuguma kwedu.

⁵If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

⁵Kana uchinge wakamhanya navanofamba namakumbo, ukaneta ungagona seiko kuvivana namabhiza? Kana uchinge wakagara zvakanaka panyika yorugare, ungaita seiko pamatenhere aJoridhani?

⁶For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.

⁶nekuti naidzo hama dzako naveimba yababa vako vakaita nokunyengera kwauri; naivo vakadanidzira kwauri, usavatenda, kunyange vachitaura mashoko akanaka newe.

⁷I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

⁷Ndasiya imba yangu, ndarasha nhaka yangu; ndaisa mudikamwa womoyo wangu mumaoko avavengi vake.

⁸Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

⁸Nhaka yangu yava kwandiri seshumba iri mudondo; yandiombera, saka ndakaivenga

⁹Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.

⁹Ko nhaka yangu yava kwandiri segondo rinamavara here? Makondo akaikomba kumativi ose here? Endai mundokokera zvikara zvose zvokusango, muuye nazvo zvidye.

¹⁰Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

¹⁰Vafudzi vazhinji vakaparadza munda wangu wemazambiringa, vakatsika mugove wangu namakumbo avo, vakaita mugove wangu unodikamwa rive renje risina chinhu.

¹¹They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

¹¹Vakauita dongo; unochema kwandiri, zvawakaitwa dongo; nyika yose yakaitwa dongo, nekuti hakuna munhu une hanya nayo.

¹²The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.

¹²Vaparadzi vakasvika pazvikomo zvose zvisina miti murenje; nekuti munondo waJehovha unopedza kubva kumugumo mumwe wenyika kusvikira kunomumwe mugumo wenyika; hakuna nyama ino rugare.

¹³They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

¹³Vakakusha gorosi, asi vakacheka mhinzwa; vakazvitambudza, asi havana kuwana chinhu; muchanyadziswa pamusoro pezvibereko zveminda yenyu, nokuda kokutsamwa kukuru kwaJehovha.

¹⁴Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

¹⁴Zvanzi naJehovha pamusoro povokwangu vose vakaipa vanopamba nhaka yandakagarisa vanhu vangu vaIsiraeri, Tarirai, ndichavadzura panyika yavo, ndichadzura veimba yaJudha pakati pavo.

¹⁵And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

¹⁵Zvino kana ndavadzura, ndichadzoka, ndikavanzwira tsitsi, ndichavadzosera mumwe nomumwe kunhaka yake, nomumwe nomumwe kunyika yake.

¹⁶And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.

¹⁶Zvino kana vachidzidza zvakanaka tsika dzavanhu vangu, kupika nezita rangu, vachiti, NaJehovha mupenyu, sezvavakadzidzisa vanhu vangu kupika naBhaari, ipapo vachavakiswa pakati pavanhu vangu.

¹⁷But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.

¹⁷Asi kana vasinganzwi, ndichadzura rudzi uro, ndicharudzura nokuruparadza ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.