¹I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

¹Zvino ndakarinzira meso angu, ndikatarira, ndikaona murume akabata rwonzi rwokuyera muruoko rwake.

²Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

²Ipapo ndikati, Unoendepiko? Iye akati kwandiri, Kundoyera Jerusaremu, ndione kufara kwaro nokureba kwaro.

³And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

³Zvino tarira, mutumwa akanga achitaurirana neni, akabuda, mumwe mutumwa akandomuchingamidza,

⁴And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:

⁴akati kwaari, Mhanya, undotaura nejaya iri, uti, Jerusaremu richagara semisha isina masvingo, nokuda kokuwanda kwavanhu nezvipfuwo zvirimo.

⁵For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

⁵nekuti zvanzi naJehovha, ndichava kwariri sorusvingo rwomoto rwakapoteredza, ini ndichava kubwinya kwaro mukati maro.

⁶Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.

⁶Nhai, imwi tizai panyika yokumusoro ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; nekuti ndakakuparadzirai semhepo ina dzokudenga, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

⁷Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

⁷Nhai, Ziyoni, pukunyuka, iwe ugere nomukunda weBhabhironi.

⁸For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

⁸nekuti zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Wakanditumira kundudzi dzakakupambai imi, kuti ndiwane kukudzwa; nekuti unokugunzvai imi, unogunzva mboni yeziso rake.

⁹For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.

⁹nekuti tarirai, ndichazunungusa ruoko rwangu pamusoro pavo, vachava chinhu chakapambwa kuna ivo vaivabatira; ipapo muchaziva kuti Jehovha wehondo ndiye akandituma.

¹⁰Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.

¹⁰Imba, ufare, iwe mukunda weZiyoni; nekuti tarira, ndinouya, ndichagara mukati mako, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹¹And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

¹¹Ndudzi zhinji dzichanamatira Jehovha nezuva iro, vakava vanhu vangu; ndichagara mukati mako, ipapo iwe uchaziva kuti ndiye Jehovha wehondo wakandituma kwauri.

¹²And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

¹²Judha vachagarwa nhaka naJehovha, uchava mugove wake munyika tsvene, uchazvisanangurirazve Jerusaremu.

¹³Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

¹³Nyararai imwi nyama yose pamberi paJehovha; nekuti wamuka paugaro hwake hutsvene.