¹Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

¹Kumbirai kuna Jehovha mvura nenguva yemvura yokupedzisira, achavapa mvura inonaya kwazvo, mumwe nomumwe ave nezvinomera mumunda.

²For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.

²nekuti terafimi dzakataura zvisina maturo, vavuki vakaona nhema, vakaudza vanhu kurota kwenhema, vanovaraidza pasina; saka vanozviindira samakwai, vanotambudzika nokushaiwa mufudzi.

³Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

³Kutsamwa kwangu kwakamukira vafudzi, ndicharova mutungamiriri; nekuti Jehovha wehondo wakashanyira boka rake, iyo imba yaJudha, achavaita sebhiza rake rakanaka pakurwa.

⁴Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.

⁴Kwaari kuchabva ibwe rekona, kwaari mbambo, kwaari uta bwehondo, kwaari vabati vose pamwechete.

⁵And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

⁵Vachava semhare dzinotsika vavengi vadzo pasi pakurwa mumatope enzira dzomumusha; vacharwa nekuti Jehovha anavo; vatasvi vamabhiza vachanyadziswa.

⁶And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.

⁶Ndichasimbisa imba yaJudha, ndichaponesa imba yaJosefa, nokuvadzoserazve, nekuti ndichavanzwira nyasha; vachava savanhu vasina kurashwa neni; nekuti ndini Jehovha Mwari wavo, ndichavanzwa.

⁷And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.

⁷VaEfuremu vachava segamba rehondo, mwoyo yavo ichafara savanhu vakabatwa newaini; zvirokwazvo vana vavo vachazviona, vakafara; mwoyo yavo ichafara munaJehovha.

⁸I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.

⁸Ndichavaridzira muridzo, ndivaunganidze; nekuti ndakavadzikunura; vachawanda sezvavaiwanda kare.

⁹And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.

⁹Ndichavakusha pakati pendudzi dzavanhu; vachandirangarira kunyika dziri kure; vachararama pamwechete navana vavo, vakadzoka.

¹⁰I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.

¹⁰Uye ndichavadzosa panyika ndichavaunganidza ndichavabvisa paAsiria; ndichavasvitsa kunyika yeGiriyadhi neRebhanoni; vachashaiwa pokugara.

¹¹And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.

¹¹Vachafamba nomugungwa rokutambudzika, acharova mafungu mugungwa, pakadzika pose muNairi pachapwa; kuzvikudza kweAsira kuchaderedzwa, tsvimbo youshe yeEgipita ichabviswa.

¹²And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.

¹²Ndichavasimbisa muna Jehovha, vachafamba muzita rangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.