¹The burden of the word of Jehovah, in the land of Hadrach, and [on] Damascus shall it rest; (for Jehovah hath an eye upon men, and upon all the tribes of Israel;)

¹Mutoro weshoko raJehovha pamusoro penyika yeHadhiraki, uye paDhamasiko apo ziso revanhu nerendudzi dzose dzaIsiraeri richava kuna Jehovha;

²and also [on] Hamath [which] bordereth thereon; on Tyre and Zidon, though she be very wise.

²uye Hamatiwo, rakabatana navo; uye Tire neSidhoni, nekuti vakachenjera kwazvo.

³And Tyre hath built herself a stronghold, and hath heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

³Tire rakazvivakira nhare, rikazviunganidzira sirivha seguruva, nendarama yakaisvonaka samatope ari munzira dzomumusha.

⁴Behold, the Lord will take possession of her, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

⁴Tarirai, Jehovha acharikunda, achawisira simba raro mugungwa; richapedzwa nomoto.

⁵Ashkelon shall see [it], and fear; Gazah also, and she shall be greatly pained; Ekron also, for her expectation shall be put to shame: and the king shall perish from Gazah, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

⁵Ashikeroni richazviona, ndokutya; uye Gazawo, rikarwadziwa zvikuru; uye Ekironi, nekuti richanyadziswa pane zvarakatarira; mambo achaparara paEkironi, Ashikeroni haringagarwi navanhu.

⁶And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines;

⁶Mwanakomana woupombwe achagara paAshidhodhi, uye ndichaparadza kuzvikudza kwavaFirisitia.

⁷and I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; but he that remaineth, he also shall belong to our God, and shall be as a leader in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

⁷Ndichabvisa ropa mumuromo make, nezvinonyangadza zvake zviri pakati pameno ake; iyewo achasarira Mwari wedu; achava somuchinda paJudha, uye Ekironi somuJebhusi.

⁸And I will encamp about my house because of the army, because of those that pass by and that return; and the exactor shall not pass through them any more: for now have I seen [it] with mine eyes.

⁸Ndichakomberedza imba yangu nemisasa ndidzivirire hondo, kurege kuva nomunhu anopfuura napo kana kudzoka napo; hakungazovi nomumanikidzi anofamba napo; nekuti zvino ndazviona nameso angu.

⁹Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion; shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, thy King cometh to thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly and rIding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.

⁹Fara kwazvo, iwe mukunda weZioni; pururudza iwe mukunda weJerusaremu, tarira, mambo wako anouya kwauri; ndiye akarurama, ndiye anokunda; anozvininipisa, akatasva mbongoro, iyo mhuru mwana wembongoro.

¹⁰And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle-bow shall be cut off. And he shall speak peace unto the nations; and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.

¹⁰Ndichaparadza ngoro pakati paEfuremu, namabhiza paJerusaremu; uta hwokurwa huchaparadzwa; uchataurira ndudzi dzavanhu rugare; ushe hwake huchabva pagungwa kusvikira kumigumo yenyika.

¹¹As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant, I will send forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

¹¹Kana uriwewo, nokuda kweropa resungano yako, ndakasunungura vasungwa vako mugomba risine mvura.

¹²Turn again to the stronghold, prisoners of hope! even to-day do I declare I will render double unto thee.

¹²Dzokerai kunhare imwi vasungwa vanetariro; ikonhasi ndinokuudzai kuti ndichakupai migove miviri.

¹³For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will raise up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and make thee like the sword of a mighty man.

¹³nekuti ndakazvikungira Judha seuta, ndikaisamo Efuremu semiseve; ndichamutsa vanakomana vako, iwe Ziyoni, varwe navanakomana vako, iwe Girisi; ndichakuita somunondo wemhare.

¹⁴And Jehovah shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord Jehovah will blow the trumpet, and will march with whirlwinds of the south.

¹⁴Jehovha achaonekwa pamusoro pavo, museve wake uchabuda semheni; Ishe Jehovha acharidza hwamanda, achafamba nezvamupupuri zvinobva zasi.

¹⁵Jehovah of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, [and] make a noise as from wine; and they shall be filled like a bowl, like the corners of the altar.

¹⁵Jehovha wehondo achavadzitira; vachaparadza, vachatsika pasi mabwe echipfuramabwe; vachamwa, vachiita ruzha savanhu vakabatwa newaini; vachazadzwa sembiya, samakona earitari.

¹⁶And Jehovah their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people; for [they shall be as] the stones of a crown, lifted up upon his land.

¹⁶Jehovha Mwari wavo achavaponesa nezuva iro seboka ravanhu vake;nokuti vachafanana namabwe ekorona, anovaima kumusoro kwenyika yake.

¹⁷For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maidens.

¹⁷nekuti kufara kwavo kuchava kukuru sei, nokunaka kwavo kuchava kukuru sei! Zviyo zvichamutsa majaya, waini itsva ichakurisa mhandara.