¹Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;

¹Zvanzi naJehovha, Enda undotenga chirongo chakaumbwa nomuumbi wehari, unavamwe vakuru vavanhu navamwe vakuru vavapristi;

²And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,

²ipapo uende kumupata womwanakomana waHinomi, uripo pavanopinda pasuwo rezvaenga zvehari uparidzirepo mashoko andichakuudza;

³And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.

³uti, Inzwai shoko raJehovha, imwi madzimambo aJudha navagere Jerusaremu, zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Tarirai, ndichauyisa zvakaipa pamusoro penzvimbo ino, nzeve dzomumwe nomumwe unozvinzwa dzichawunga.

⁴Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;

⁴nekuti vakandisiya, vakashandura nzvimbo ino, vakapisirapo zvinonhuhwira kuna vamwe vamwari vavakanga vasingazivi, ivo namadzibaba avo namadzimambo aJudha, vakazadza nzvimbo ino neropa ravasina mhosva,

⁵They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:

⁵vakavaka nzvimbo dzakakwirira dzaBhaari, kuti vapisire Bhaari vanakomana vavo pamoto zvive zvipiriso zvinomupisirwa; izvo, zvandisina kuvaraira, kana kuzvitaura, zvandisina kufunga mumoyo mangu.

⁶Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.

⁶Naizvozvo tarirai, mazuva anouya ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha nzvimbo ino haichazonzi Tofeti, kana Mupata womwanakomana waHinomi, asi Mupata woKuurawa.

⁷And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

⁷Ndichakonesa mano aJudha naveJerusaremu panzvimbo ino; ndichavawisa nomunondo pamberi pavavengi vavo, uye namaoko avanotsvaka kuvauraya; zvitunha zvavo ndichazvipa shiri dzokudenga nezvikara zvenyika, zvive zvokudya zvazvo.

⁸And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.

⁸Guta rino ndichariita chishamiso nechinhu chinoridzirwa muridzo; mumwe nomumwe unopfuura napo uchashamiswa achiridza muridzo nokuda kwamatambudziko aro ose.

⁹And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.

⁹Ndichavadyisa nyama yavanakomana vavo nenyama yavanasikana vavo; mumwe nomumwe uchadya nyama yeshamwari yake pakukombwa kwaro napakumanikidzwa kwavachamanikidzwa nako navavengi vavo navanotsvaka kuvauraya.

¹⁰Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

¹⁰Zvino unofanira kuputsa chirongo pamberi pavarume vakaenda newe,

¹¹And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.

¹¹ugoti kwavari, Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Saizvozvo ndichaputsa vanhu ava neguta rino, sezvinoputswa mudziyo womuumbi wehari, usingabviri kuzogadzirwazve; zvino vachaviga vakafa paTofeti nokuti kuchashaikwa imwe nzvimbo.

¹²Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:

¹²Ndizvo zvandichaitira nzvimbo ino navagerepo, ndiite guta rino seTofeti ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹³And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.

¹³Dzimba dzeJerusaremu, nedzimba dzamadzimambo aJudha, dzakasvibiswa, dzichaita senzvimbo yeTofeti, idzo dzimba dzose dzavakapisira pamatenga adzo zvinonhuhwira kuhondo dzokudenga,nokudururira vamwe vamwari zvipiriso zvinodururwa.

¹⁴Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD's house; and said to all the people,

¹⁴Ipapo Jeremiya wakabva Tofeti, kwaakanga atumwa naJehovha kundoporofita, akandomira muruvazhe rweimba yaJehovha, akati kuvanhu vose,

¹⁵Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.

¹⁵Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Tarirai, ndichauyisa pamusoro peguta rino napamusoro pemisha yaro yose, zvakaipa zvose zvandakataura pamusoro paro; nekuti vakaomesa mitsipa yavo, kuti varege kunzwa mashoko angu.