¹Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvikazve kwandiri, richiti,

¹And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

²Mwanakomana womunhu, rinzira chiso chako kurutivi rweJerusaremu, udonhedze shoko rako kurutivi rwenzvimbo tsvene, uporofite pamusoro penyika yaIsiraeri,

²Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

³uti kunyika yaIsiraeri, zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarira, ndine mhaka newe, ndichavhomora munondo wangu mumuhara wawo, ndichaparadza pakati penyu vakarurama navakaipa.

³And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

⁴Zvino zvandichaparadza pakati penyu vakarurama navakaipa, munondo wangu uchabuda mumuhara wawo kundorwa nevanhu vose kubva kurutivi rwezasi kusvikira kurutivi rwokumusoro;

⁴Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

⁵vanhu vose vachaziva kuti ini Jehovha ndakavhomora munondo wangu mumuhara wawo; hauchazodzokeripozve.

⁵That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

⁶Naizvozvo, gomera, iwe Mwanakomana womunhu, gomera pamberi pavo, chiuno chako chivhunike nokuchema kukuru kuvepo.

⁶Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

⁷Zvino kana vachiti kwauri, Unogomera neiko? Uti kwavari, Nemhaka yamashoko, nekuti anouya; moyo mumwe nomumwe uchanyauka, maoko ose achashayiwa simba, mweya mumwe nomumwe uchati rukutu, mabvi ose achashayiwa simba semvura; tarirai, anouya, achaitika, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

⁷And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.

⁸Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri, richiti,

⁸Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

⁹Mwanakomana womunhu, porofita, uti, zvanzi naJehovha, iti Munondo, munondo! Warodzwa, wabwinyiswa;

⁹Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:

¹⁰warodzwa, kuti uuraye, wabwinyiswa, kuti uve semheni; zvino isu tingagofara here? Itsvimbo yohushe yomwanakomana wangu, inozvidza miti yose.

¹⁰It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.

¹¹Wakapiwa kuti ubwinyiswe, kuti ubatwe nawo; munondo warodzwa, zvirokwazvo wabwinyiswa, kuti uiswe muruoko rwomuurayi.

¹¹And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

¹²Chema, uungudze, iwe Mwanakomana womunhu, nekuti iwe uri pamusoro pavanhu vangu, uri pamusoro pamachinda ose aIsiraeri, akaiswa kumunondo pamwechete navanhu vangu; naizvozvo uzvirove pahudyu.

¹²Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.

¹³nekuti kuidzwa kwavapo; zvino todiniko kana iwo munondo, unozvidza, waperawo? Ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

¹³Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.

¹⁴Zvino Mwanakomana womunhu, porofita, rovanya maoko ako; munondo ngauwedzerwe kusvikira katatu, iwo munondo wavakakuvadzwa zvikuru; ndiwo munondo womukuru, wakakuvadzwa zvikuru, unovamanikidza.

¹⁴Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together. and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.

¹⁵Ndakaisa munondo wakavhomorwa pamisuwo yavo yose, kuti moyo yavo inyauswe, nokugumburwa kwavo kuwande; aiwa! Wakaitwa semheni, wakatesvererwa kuuraya.

¹⁵I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.

¹⁶Zvirongedze, iwe munondo, enda kurudyi, zvigadzire uende kuruboshwe, kose kunotarira mativi ako akarodzwa.

¹⁶Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.

¹⁷Neniwo ndicharovanya maoko angu, ndichanyaradza hasha dzangu; ini Jehovha, ndakazvitaura.

¹⁷I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.

¹⁸Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvikazve kwandiri, richiti,

¹⁸The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,

¹⁹Zvino iwe, Mwanakomana womunhu, chizvitarira nzira mbiri, dzingauya nadzo munondo wamambo weBhabhironi idzedzo mbiri dzinofanira kubva kunyika imwe; zvino uveze ruoko, uruvezere pakuvamba kwenzira inoenda kuguta.

¹⁹Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.

²⁰Utare nzira, ingauya nawo munondo, kusvikira Rabha ravana vaAmoni, naJudha mukati meJerusaremu rakakombwa norusvingo.

²⁰Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.

²¹nekuti mambo weBhabhironi akanga amire pamharadzano dzenzira, pakuvamba kwenzira mbiri, kuti abvunze nokuuka, akachukucha miseve, akabvunza terafimi, ndokucherekedza chiropa.

²¹For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.

²²Muruoko rwake rworudyi makanga mune zvakaukwa pamusoro peJerusaremu, kuti vaise zvokugumura, vashamise muromo unodanira kuuraya, vadanidzire kwazvo namanzwi, vaise zvokugumura pamasuwo, vatutire mirwi yokurwa, vavakire nhare dzokurwa.

²²At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.

²³Asi zvichava kwavari sokuuka kwenhema pamberi pavo, ivo vakavapikira mhiko; asi iye acharangarira kusarurama kwavo, kuti vabatwe.

²³And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.

²⁴Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Zvamakandiyeudzira zvakaipa zvenyu, kudarika kwenyu zvakwakafukurwa, zvivi zvenyu zvichionekwa pane zvose zvamunoita, zvamakarangarirwa, muchabatwa noruoko.

²⁴Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.

²⁵Zvino iwe, iwe wakaipa, wakakuvadzwa zvikuru, muchinda waIsiraeri, wakasvikirwa nezuva rako panguva yezvakaipa zvokupedzisira,

²⁵And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,

²⁶zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Ngowani yohupristi inofanira kubva, korona inofanira kubva, hazvingarambi zviripo; kwiridzai zviri pasi, muderedze zviri kumusoro.

²⁶Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.

²⁷Matongo, matongo, ndichazviita matongo, nezvizvi hazvingarambi zviripo, kusvikira iye mwene wazvo achisvika; ndichamupa iye izvo.

²⁷I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.

²⁸Zvino iwe Mwanakomana womunhu, chiporofita, uti zvanzi naIshe Jehovha pamusoro pavana vaAmoni, pamusoro pokushorwa kwavo; iwe uti, Munondo, munondo wavhomorwa, wabwinyisirwa kuuraya, kuti upedze, uve semheni,

²⁸And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:

²⁹vachikuonera zvakaratidzwa zvenhema, vachikuvukira nhema, kuti uiswe pamitsipa yavakaipa vakakuvadzwa zvikuru, vasvikirwa nezuva ravo panguva yezvakaipa zvokupedzisira.

²⁹Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.

³⁰Ngaudzoserwe mumuhara wawo. Apo pawakasikwa iwe, panyika yawakaberekerwa, ndipo pandichakutonga.

³⁰Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.

³¹Ndichadurura kutsamwa kwangu pamusoro pako, ndichafuridzira pamusoro pako nomoto wehasha dzangu, ndichakuisa mumaoko avanhu vanopenga, vanoziva kwazvo kuparadza.

³¹And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.

³²Iwe uchava huni dzomoto; ropa rako richava pakati penyika; hauchazorangarirwi, nekuti ini Jehovha ndakazvitaura.

³²Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.