¹They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.

¹Zvinonzi, Kana murume akaramba mukadzi wake, iye akabva kwaari, akandowanikwa nomumwe murume, ko murume ungadzokera kwaarizve here? Ko nyika yakadai haingasvibiswi kwazvo here? Asi iwe wakafeva navadikamwa vako vazhinji; zvino woda kudzokera kwandiri ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

²Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

²Ringira meso ako kuzvikomo zvisina miti, uone; pavasina kupombora newe ndapapi? Wakavagarira panzira somuArabhia parenje; wasvibisa nyika nokufeva kwako nezvakaipa zvako.

³Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

³Naizvozvo wakanyimwa mvura inopfunha, nemvura yokupedzisira yakanga isipo; kunyange zvakadaro wakange une huma yechifeve, ukaramba kunyadziswa.

⁴Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

⁴Ko haungatangi zvino uchidana kwandiri here, uchiti, baba vangu, ndimi muperekedzi wohuduku hwangu?

⁵Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.

⁵Ko uchagara akatsamwa nokusingaperi here? Uchagara nako kusvikira pakupedzisira here? Tarira, wakataura izvozvo ukaita zvinhu zvakaipa, ukazvipedzisa.

⁶The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

⁶Zvino Jehovha wakatizve kwandiri, namazuva amambo Josiya, Waona here zvakaitwa naIsiraeri pakudzokera kwavo shure? Vakakwira pagomo rimwe nerimwe rakakwirira nokupinda pasi pomuti mumwe nomumwe mutema, ndokundofevapo.

⁷And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

⁷Zvino vakati vapedza kuita izvozvo zvose, ini ndakati, vachadzokera kwandiri, asi havana kudzokera; kwandiri nomunin'ina wavo, Judha, wokusatendeka, vakazviona.

⁸And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

⁸Zvino ndakaona kuti panguva yandakaramba VaIsiraeri, vokudzokera shure, ndikavapa rugwaro rwokuvaramba nemhaka yokufeva kwavo, kunyange zvakadaro munin'ina wavo, ivo vaJudha, vokusatendeka, havana kutya; asi naivo vakandofevawo.

⁹And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

⁹Zvino nokusarangarira kwavo nyika yakasvibiswa nokufeva kwavo, vakafeva namabwe namatanda.

¹⁰And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.

¹⁰Kunyange zvinhu izvi zvakadaro zvose, munin'ina wavo, Judha, havana kudzokera kwandiri nomoyo wavo wose, asi nokunyengera ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹¹And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

¹¹Zvino Jehovha akati kwandiri, Isiraeri wokudzokera shure, vakaita zvakarurama kukunda Judha wokusatendeka.

¹²Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.

¹²Enda unoparidza mashoko awa kurutivi rwokumusoro, uti, Dzokai, imwi Isiraeri wokudzokera shure ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; handingakutaririyi ndakatsamwa, nekuti ndine nyasha, handingarambi ndakatsamwa nokusingaperi ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹³Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.

¹³Asi muzive zvakaipa zvenyu chete, kuti makadarikira Jehovha Mwari wenyu, mukafamba-famba muchitevera vatorwa pasi pemiti yose mitema, mukasateerera inzwi rangu ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹⁴Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

¹⁴Zvanzi naJehovha, Dzokai imwi vana vokudzokera shure, nekuti ndiri murume wenyu; ndichakutorai, mumwe paguta rimwe, vaviri parudzi rumwe, ndichikuisai Ziyoni.

¹⁵And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

¹⁵Ndichakupai vafudzi vanofadza moyo wangu, vachakufudzai nezivo nenjere.

¹⁶And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.

¹⁶Zvino kana mawanda nokuwedzerwa panyika pamazuva iwayo ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha havangazoti, Areka yesungano yaJehovha; havangaifungi, havangairangariri, havangaitsvaki, havangaiitizve.

¹⁷At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.

¹⁷Panguva iyo vachatumidza Jerusaremu chigaro choushe chaJehovha; marudzi ose achaunganidzirwapo, paJerusaremu, nokuda kwezita raJehovha; havachazofambi nohukukutu bwemoyo yavo yakashata.

¹⁸In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

¹⁸Namazuva iwayo imba yaJudha ichafamba pamwechete neimba yaIsiraeri, vachauya pamwechete vachibva kunyika yokumusoro kunyika yandakapa madzibaba enyu ive nhaka yavo.

¹⁹But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.

¹⁹Asi ndakati, Ndichakuisai sei pakati pavana vangu, ndikupei nyika inofadza, nhaka yakaisvonaka yamarudzi akawanda, ndikati, Imi muchanditumidza zita rokuti, Baba vangu, hamungazotsauki pakunditevera.

²⁰Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.

²⁰Zvanzi naJehovha, Zvirokwazvo, mukadzi sezvaanosiya murume wake achinyengera, saizvozvo imwi makandinyengera, imwi imba yaIsiraeri.

²¹A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.

²¹Inzwi rinonzwika kuzvikomo zvisina miti, kuchema nokunyengetera kwavana vaIsiraeri; nekuti vakaminamisa nzira dzavo, vakakangamwa Jehovha Mwari wavo.

²²Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

²²Dzokai, imwi vana vokudzokera shure, ndichapodza kudzokera kwenyu. Tarirai, tauya kwamuri, nekuti imwi muri Jehovha Mwari wedu.

²³Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

²³Zvirokwazvo, zvinobva kuzvikomo nemhere-mhere inobva kumakomo hazvina maturo; zvirokwazvo kuponeswa kwaIsiraeri kuri kuna Jehovha Mwari wedu.

²⁴For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

²⁴Asi chinhu chinonyangadza chakaparadza basa ramadzibaba edu kubva pahuduku bwedu, makwai avo nemombe dzavo, vanakomana vavo navanasikana vavo.

²⁵We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.

²⁵Ngativatei pasi nokunyadziswa kwedu, kunyara kwedu ngakutifukidze; nekuti takatadzira Jehovha Mwari wedu, isu namadzibaba edu, kubva pahuduku bwedu kusvikira pazuva ranhasi; hatina kuteerera inzwi raJehovha Mwari wedu.