¹Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

¹Zarura mikova yako, iwe Rebhanoni, kuti moto upedze misidhari yako.

²Howl, cypress, for the cedar is fallen; because the noble ones are spoiled. Howl, ye oaks of Bashan; for the strong forest is come down.

²Ungudza iwe musipiresi, nekuti musidhari wawira pasi, nekuti miti yakanaka kwazvo yaparadzwa; ungudzai, imwi miouki yeBhashani, nekuti dondo risingabviri kupindwa ratemwa.

³A voice of howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.

³Inzwai izwi rokuungudza kwavafudzi ! nekuti kukudzwa kwavo kwaparadzwa; inzwai izwi rokuwomba kwavana veshumba! nekuti kuzvikudza kwaJoridhani kwaitwa dongo.

⁴Thus saith Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter,

⁴Zvanzi naJehovha Mwari wangu, Fudza makwai anozourawa;

⁵whose possessors slay them without being held guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah! for I am become rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.

⁵iwo anourawa navana vawo, vasingatorwi sevane mhosva; vanowatengesa vanoti, Jehovha ngaavongwe, nekuti ndakafuma; vafudzi vawo havana tsitsi nawo.

⁶For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah, and behold, I will deliver men, every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and I will not deliver out of their hand.

⁶nekuti handichazovi netsitsi navagere munyika ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; asi tarirai, ndichaisa vanhu avo, mumwe nomumwe muruoko rwookwake, nomuruoko rwamambo wake; vachaparadza nyika, ini ndisingavarwiri paruoko rwavo.

⁷So I fed the flock of slaughter, truly the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

⁷Saka ini ndakafudza makwai aizourawa, zvirokwazvo aiva makwai aizourawa, zvirokwazvo aiva makwai anonzwisa urombo. Ndikatora tsvimbo mbiri, imwe ndikaitumidza zita rinonzi, Kunaka, imwe ndikaitumidza zita rinonzi Zvisungo; ndikafudza makwai.

⁸And I destroyed three shepherds in one month; and my soul was vexed with them, and their soul also loathed me.

⁸Ndikaparadza vafudzi vatatu nomwedzi mumwe, nekuti mweya wangu wakange waneta navo, nemweya yavo yakandisemawo.

⁹And I said, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die; and that which perisheth let it perish; and let them which are left eat every one the flesh of another.

⁹Ipapo ndikati, Handichadi kukufudzai; chinoda kufa ngachife hacho, chinofanira kuparadzwa, ngachiparadzwe hacho; akasara ngaadye mumwe nomumwe nyama yomumwe.

¹⁰And I took my staff, Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.

¹⁰Ipapo ndakatora tsvimbo yangu yainzi, Kunaka, ndikaivhuna-vhuna, kuti ndiputse sungano yangu yandakanga ndaita nendudzi bose dzavanhu.

¹¹And it was broken in that day; and so the poor of the flock that gave heed to me knew that it was the word of Jehovah.

¹¹ikavhuniwa nezuva iro; naizvozvo varombo pakati pamakwai, vakanditeerera, vakaziva kuti ishoko raJehovha.

¹²And I said unto them, If ye think good, give [me] my hire; and if not, forbear. And they weighed for my hire thirty silver-pieces.

¹²Ndikati kwavari, Kana muchiti zvakanaka, chindipai mubayiro wangu; kana zvisakanaka, regai. Ipapo vakandiyerera mubayiro wangu, masirivha ana makumi matatu.

¹³And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty silver-pieces, and cast them to the potter in the house of Jehovah.

¹³Jehovha akati kwandiri, Chizvikandira kumuumbi wehari; ndiwo mutengo wakanaka wandakatengwa nawo navo. Ini ndikatora masirivha ana makumi matatu, ndikaakandira kumuumbi wehari mumba maJehovha.

¹⁴And I cut asunder mine other staff, Bands, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

¹⁴Ipapo ndikavhuna-vhuna imwe tsvimbo yangu, yainzi, Zvisungo, kuti ndiputse ukama hwaiva pakati paJudha nalsiraeri.

¹⁵And Jehovah said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

¹⁵Ipapo Jehovha akati kwandiri, Chitorazve nhumbi dzomufudzi chete.

¹⁶For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who shall not visit those that are about to perish, neither shall seek that which is strayed away, nor heal that which is wounded, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their hoofs in pieces.

¹⁶nekuti tarirai, ndichamutsa panyika ino mufudzi asingavi nehanya naakarashika, kana kutsvaka akapararira, kana kurapa akavhunika, kana kufudza anovata; asi achadya nyama yaakakora, nokubvamburanya mahwanda awo.

¹⁷Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! The sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye; his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye utterly darkened.

¹⁷Ane nhamo mufudzi asina maturo, anosiya makwai! Munondo uchatema ruoko rwake neziso rake rorudyi; ruoko rwake ruchaoma chose, uye ziso rake rorudyi richasvibirwa chose.