¹Thus saith Jehovah: 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 Jehovah, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people who enter in through these gates.

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

³Thus saith Jehovah: Execute 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, or the widow, and shed not 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 through the gates of this house kings sitting in the place of David upon his throne, 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 have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a waste.

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

⁶For thus saith Jehovah concerning the house of the king of Judah: Thou art a Gilead unto me, the summit of Lebanon: verily I will make thee a wilderness, cities 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 the choice of thy 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 Jehovah done thus unto this great city?

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

⁹And they shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

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

¹⁰Weep 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 Jehovah concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, who 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;

¹²for 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 upper chambers by injustice; that taketh his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not his earning;

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 spacious upper chambers; and he cutteth out for himself windows; and it is wainscoted 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 viest with the cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice? 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. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

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

¹⁷But thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortion, and on the blood of the innocent, to shed it, and on oppression and on 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 Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah: They shall not lament for him, Ah, my brother! or, Ah, sister! They shall not lament for him, 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, dragged along and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

¹⁹Uchavigwa sokuvigwa kwembongoro, uchakweverwa nokurashwa kunze kwamasuwo eJerusaremu.

²⁰Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and give forth thy voice in Bashan, and cry from [the heights of] Abarim: for all thy lovers are destroyed.

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

²¹I spoke unto thee in thy prosperity; [but] thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy way from thy youth, that thou hearkenedst not unto 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 feed on all thy shepherds, 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.

²³Thou inhabitress of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how pitiful shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, 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!

²⁴[As] I live, saith Jehovah, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were a signet upon my right hand, yet will 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 before whom thou art afraid, 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.

²⁷And into the land whereunto they lift up their souls to return, thither shall they not return.

²⁷Asi kunyika kunopanga moyo yavo kudzokera, havangadzokeriko.

²⁸Is this man Coniah a despised broken vase? a vessel wherein is no delight? Wherefore are they thrown 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 Jehovah!

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

³⁰Thus saith Jehovah: Write 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,