¹The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.

¹Shoko raJehovha rakauya kuna Jeremiya pamusoro pokusanaya kwemvura.

²Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

²VaJudha vanochema, namasuwo avo anoshaiwa simba, vagere pasi vakafuka nguvo nhema; kuchema kweJerusaremu kwakwira kumusoro.

³And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

³Vakuru vavo vanotuma varanda vavo kumvura; vanosvika kumadziva, ndokushaiwa mvura, vanodzoka nezvirongo zvisina; vakanyadziswa nokukanganiswa, vanofukidza misoro yavo.

⁴Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

⁴Varimi vanonyadziswa, vanofukidza misoro yavo, nokuda kwenyika yakaparuka, nekuti mvura haina kunaya payika,

⁵Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.

⁵Zvirokwazvo hadzi yenondo inoberekawo musango, ndokurasha mhuru yayo, nekuti hakuna bumudza.

⁶And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.

⁶Mbizi dzinomira pazvikomo zvisina miti, dzichifema mhepo samakava; meso adzo aneta, nekuti hakuna huswa.

⁷O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

⁷Kunyange zvakaipa zvedu zvichitipupurira, imwi Jehovha, batai nokuda kwezita renyu; nekuti kudzokera kwedu kuzhinji; takakutadzirai.

⁸O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

⁸imwi chitariro chaIsiraeri, Muponesi wavo nenguva yokutambudzika, munoitireiko somutorwa panyika, uye somufambi unotsauka kuzovata vusiku chete?

⁹Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

⁹Munoitireiko somunhu unotya, somunhu une simba usingagoni kuponesa? Kunyange zvakadaro imwi Jehovha muri pakati pedu, takatumidzwa nezita renyu; regai kutisiya.

¹⁰Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

¹⁰Zvanzi naJehovha kuvanhu ava, Saizvozvo vakafarira kudzungaira, havana kudzora tsoka dzavo; naizvozvo Jehovha haana kuvafarira; zvino ucharangarira zvakaipa zvavo, nokuvarova pamusoro pezvivi zvavo.

¹¹Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.

¹¹Jehovha akati kwandiri, Usanyengeterera vanhu ava uchivakumbirira zvakanaka.

¹²When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

¹²Kana vachitsanya, handinganzwi kuchema kwavo; kana vachiuya nezvipiriso zvinopiswa nezvipiriso zvoupfu, handingazvigamuchiri; asi ndichavapedza nomunondo, nenzara, uye nehosha.

¹³Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

¹³Ipapo ndakati, Haiwa, Jehovha Mwari, tarirai, vaporofita vanoti kwavari, Hamungaoni munondo, kana kunzwa nzara; asi ndichakupai rugare rwazvokwadi panzvimbo ino.

¹⁴Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

¹⁴Ipapo Jehovha akati kwandiri, Vaporofita vanoporofita nhema muzita rangu; ini handina kuvatuma, ini handina kuvaraira, kana kutaura navo; vanokuporofitirai zvinonzi zvakaonekwa asi dziri nhema, nezvakaukwa, nezvisina maturo, nokunyengera kwemoyo yavo.

¹⁵Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

¹⁵Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha pamusoro pavaporofita vanoporofita muzita rangu, ndisina kuvatuma hangu, vachiti, Munondo nenzara hazvingavi munyika ino; zvanzi, Vaporofita avo vachapedzwa nomunondo nenzara.

¹⁶And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

¹⁶Navanhu vavanoporofitira vacharashwa munzira dzomuJerusaremu nemhaka yenzara nomunondo; vachashaiwa unovaviga ivo, navakadzi vavo, navanakomana vavo, navanasikana vavo; nekuti ndichadurura zvakaipa zvavo pamusoro pavo.

¹⁷Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

¹⁷Zvino iwe chivaudza shoko iri uti, Meso angu ngaayerere misodzi vusiku namasikati, asarega; nekuti mhandara mukunda wavanhu vangu wakuvadzwa nokukuvadzwa kukuru, nevanga rakaipa kwazvo.

¹⁸If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

¹⁸Kana ndichifamba musango, tarirai, vakaurawa nomunondo! Kana ndichipinda muguta, tarirai, vanorwara nenzara! nekuti vaporofita navapristi vose vanopota nenyika, vasingazivi chinhu.

¹⁹Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

¹⁹Maramba Judha chose here? Mweya wenyu wasema Ziyoni here? Matirovereiko, tikashaiwa kuporeswa? Takatarira rugare, asi hakuna chakanaka chakauya, nenguva yokuporeswa, asi tarirai, kuvhunduswa chete!

²⁰We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

²⁰Haiwa Jehovha, tinoziva zvakaipa zvedu, nokutadza kwamadzibaba edu; nekuti takakutadzirai.

²¹Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

²¹Regai kutisema nokuda kwezita renyu; regai kushoora chigaro chokukudzwa kwenyu; rangarirai henyu, musaputsa sungano yenyu nesu.

²²Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

²²Varipo here pakati pavamwari vasina maturo vavahedheni vanganisa mvura? Denga ringanisa mvura here? Hamuzimi here, imwi Jehovha Mwari wedu? Naizvozvo tichakumirirai, nekuti ndimi makaita zvinhu izvi zvose.