¹Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,

¹Zvanzi naJehovha, Burukira kumba kwamambo waJudha, undotaurapo shoko iri,

²And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:

²uti, Inzwa shoko raJehovha, iwe mambo waJudha, ugere pachigaro choushe chaDhavhidhi,iwe navaranda vako, navanhu vako vanopinda napamasuwo awa.

³Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

³Zvanzi naJehovha, Tongai zvakarurama nezvakatendeka, murwire wakabirwa muruoko rwounomumanikidza;mutorwa, nenherera, nechirikadzi, regai kuvaitira zvisakarurama, regai kuvaitira nesimba; uye musateura ropa risina mhosva panzvimbo ino.

⁴For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.

⁴nekuti kana muchiita chinhu ichi nomoyo wose, pamasuwo eimba iyi pachapinda madzimambo, achagara pachigaro choushe chaDhavhidhi, achifamba nengoro nokutasva mabhiza, iye navaranda vake navanhu vake.

⁵But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

⁵Asi kana mukaramba kunzwa mashoko awa, ndinopika neni ndimene, kuti imba ino ichava dongo ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

⁶For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.

⁶nekuti zvanzi naJehovha, Uri Giriyadhi kwandiri, nomusoro weRebhanoni; asi zvirokwazvo ndichakuita renje, namaguta asingagarwi navanhu.

⁷And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.

⁷Ndichakugadzirira vaparadzi, mumwe nomumwe ane nhumbi dzake dzokurwa; vachatema misidhari yenyu inodikamwa, vachiikandira mumoto.

⁸And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?

⁸Marudzi mazhinji avanhu achapfuura napaguta rino, mumwe nomumwe uchati kunowokwake, Jehovha wakaitireiko guta rino guru zvakadaro?

⁹Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

⁹Ipapo vachapindura, vachiti, nekuti vakasiya sungano yaJehovha, Mwari wavo, vakanamata vamwe vamwari, vachivashumira.

¹⁰Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

¹⁰Musachema wakafa, kana kumuwungudzira; asi mucheme kwazvo iye unoenda, nekuti haangadzokizve, kana kuonazve nyika yake yaakaberekerwa.

¹¹For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:

¹¹nekuti zvanzi naJehovha pamusoro paSharumi, mwanakomana waJosiya, mambo waJudha, wakabata ushe panzvimbo ino, Iye haangadzokeripozve;

¹²But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.

¹²asi kwaakatapirwa, ndiko kwaachandofirako; haangazoonizve nyika ino.

¹³Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

¹³Une nhamo iye unovaka imba yake nokusarurama, namakamuri ake okumusoro achiita zvisakarurama; unobatisa wokwake asingamupi chinhu, asingamupi mubayiro wokubata kwake;

¹⁴That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

¹⁴iye, unoti, Ndichazvivakira imba huru namakamuri okumusoro akafara, achizviitira mahwindo; zvino yoitirwa denga romusidhari, ichizodzwa muti mutsvuku.

¹⁵Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?

¹⁵Ko ungabata ushe, zvaunotsvaka kupfuura vamwe nemisidhari here? Ko baba vako havana kudya nokumwa, vachiita , zvakarurama nezvakatendeka here? Ipapo vakagara nomufaro.

¹⁶He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

¹⁶Vaitamba mhaka dzavarombo navanoshaiwa; ipapo vaiva nomufaro. Ko izvozvi hakuzi kundiziva here? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹⁷But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

¹⁷Asi meso ako nomoyo wako hazvirangariri zvimwe, asi kuchiva kwako nokuteura ropa risina mhosva, nokumanikidza, nokuita nesimba; kuti uzviite.

¹⁸Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

¹⁸Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha pamusoro paJehoiakimu mwanakomana waJosiya, mambo waJudha, Havangamuchemi, vachiti, Haiwa, munin'ina wangu! Kana, Haiwa, hanzvadzi! Havangachemi, vachiti, Haiwa, ishe! Kana, Haiwa, hukuru hwake!

¹⁹He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

¹⁹Uchavigwa sokuvigwa kwembongoro, uchakweverwa nokurashwa kunze kwamasuwo eJerusaremu.

²⁰Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.

²⁰Kwirai Rebhanoni, mudanidzire; danidzirai nenzwi renyu paBhashani; danidzirai muri paAbharimi; nekuti vadikani venyu vose vakaparadzwa.

²¹I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.

²¹Ndakataura newe pakufara kwako; asi iwe wakati, Handidi kunzwa. Ndiwo wakange uri mutowo wako kubvira pahuduku hwako, kuti hauna kuteerera inzwi rangu.

²²The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.

²²Mhepo ichaparadza vafudzi vako vose, navadikani vako vachatapwa, zvirokwazvo nenguva iyo uchanyadziswa nokukanganiswa nokuda kwezvakaipa zvako zvose.

²³O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

²³Haiwa, iwe, ugere Rebhanoni, unovaka dendere rako mumisidhari, uchanzwisisa hurombo kwazvo sei kana uchizowirwa nokurwadziwa, sokurwadziwa komukadzi unosurumuka!

²⁴As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;

²⁴Nohupenyu hwangu ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha kunyange Konia, mwanakomana waJehoiakimu, mambo waJudha, aiva chindori chokutsikisa nacho paruoko rwangu rworudyi, kunyange zvakadaro ndaikubvisa ipapo.

²⁵And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.

²⁵Ndichakuisa muruoko rwavanotsvaka kukuuraya, nomuruoko rwaivo vaunotya, muruoko rwaNebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi, nomumaoko avaKaradhea.

²⁶And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.

²⁶Iwe namai vako vakakubereka ndichakudzingirai kuneimwe nyika kwamusina kuberekerwa; ipapo muchandofirapo.

²⁷But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.

²⁷Asi kunyika kunopanga moyo yavo kudzokera, havangadzokeriko.

²⁸Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

²⁸Ko munhu uyu Konia mudziyo wakaputsika unozvidzwa here? Iye mudziyo usingafadzi munhu here? Vakadzingirweiko, iye navana vake, vakadzingirwa kunyika yavasingazivi?

²⁹O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.

²⁹Iwe nyika, nyika, nyika, inzwa inzwi raJehovha.

³⁰Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.

³⁰Zvanzi naJehovha, Nyora kuti munhu uyu haana vana, munhu usingazofari pamazuva ake; nekuti hakuchina murume pakati pavana vake uchava nomufaro,uchagara pachigaro choushe chaDhavhidhi, achibata ushe hwaJudha,