¹Zvino negore regumi, nomwedzi wegumi, nezuva regumi namaviri romwedzi, shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri, richiti,

¹In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

²Mwanakomana womunhu, rinzira chiso chako kuna Farao mambo weEgipita, uporofite pamusoro pake napamusoro peEgipita rose.

²Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:

³Taura uti, zvanzi nalshe Jehovha, Tarira, ndine mhaka newe, iwe Farao mambo iwe shato huru uvete pakati penzizi dzako, ukati, Rwizi rwangu ndorwangu, ndakazviitira irwo.

³Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

⁴Ndichaisa zvikokovonho mushaya dzako, ndichanamatidza hove dzenzizi dzako pamakwande ako, ndichakubvisa mukati menzizi dzako pamwechete nehove dzose dzenzizi dzako dzakanamatira pamakwande ako.

⁴But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

⁵Ndichakurashira kurenje, iwe nehove dzose dzenzizi dzako, uchawira pasi pabani pakachena, haungakokerwi kana kuunganidzwa; ndakakuisa kuzvikara zvapasi neshiri dzokudenga, uve zvokudya zvavo.

⁵And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.

⁶Vose vagere Egipita vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha, nekuti vakanga vakaita setsvimbo yorutsanga kuimba yaIsiraeri.

⁶And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

⁷Vakati vachibata ruoko rwako, iwe ukavhunika, ukatsemura mafudzi avo ose; vakati vachisendama pamusoro pako, iwe ukavhunika, ukamisa zviuno zvavo zviri zvoga.

⁷When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

⁸Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarira, ndinouyisa munondo pamusoro pako, ndichaparadza pakati pako vanhu nezvipfuwo.

⁸Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.

⁹Nyika yeEgipita ichava dongo renzvimbo yakaparadzwa zvino vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha. Zvayakati, Rwizi ndorwangu, ndini ndakaruita,

⁹And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.

¹⁰naizvozvo, tarira, ndine mhaka newe uye nenzizi dzako, ndichaita nyika yeEgipita nzvimbo yakaparadzwa chose nedongo, kubva pashongwe yeSevhene kusvikira pamuganhu weItiopia.

¹⁰Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.

¹¹Hakuna munhu achapfuura napo norutsoka rwake, norutsoka rwechipfuo harungapfuuri napo, haingagarwi navanhu makore makumi mana.

¹¹No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

¹²Nyika yeEgipita ndichaiita dongo pakati penyika dzakaitwa matongo, namaguta ayo achaitwa matongo makore makumi mana pakati pamaguta akaitwa matongo; ndichaparadzira vaEgipita pakati pamarudzi avanhu, nokuvadzingira kunyika dzose.

¹²And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

¹³nekuti zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Kana makore makumi mana apera, ndichaunganidza vaEgipita kumarudzi avanhu kwandakanga ndavaparadzira;

¹³Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:

¹⁴ndichadzosazve kutapwa kweEgipita, ndichavadzoserazve kunyika yePatirosi, kunyika kwavakaberekerwa; vachavapo hushe hwakazvidzwa.

¹⁴And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.

¹⁵Huchava ushe hunozvidzwa kupfuura ushe hwose, hahungazozvimisizve kukunda mamwe marudzi, ndichavatapudza, varege kuzotongazve mamwe marudzi paushe hwavo.

¹⁵It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.

¹⁶Imba yalsiraeri haingazovimbi nahwo, huchindiyeudzira zvakaipa zvavo, kana vachicheuka kuvatevera; zvino vachaziva kuti ndini Ishe Jehovha.

¹⁶And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

¹⁷Zvino negore ramakumi maviri namanomwe, nomwedzi wokutanga, nezuva rokutanga romwedzi, shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri, richiti,

¹⁷And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

¹⁸Mwanakomana womunhu, Nebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi, wakabatisa hondo yake basa guru rokurwa neTire; misoro yose yakasvotorwa namafudzi ose akasvuuka; kunyange zvakadaro iye nehondo yake havana kupiwa mubayiro neTire pamusoro pebasa raakabata achirwa navo.

¹⁸Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:

¹⁹Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarirai, nyika yeEgipita ndichaipa Nebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi; iye uchatapa vanhu vayo vazhinji, nokutora zvaachapamba, nokutora zvaachatapa; ndizvo zvichava mubayiro wehondo yake.

¹⁹Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

²⁰Ndakamupa iye nyika yeEgipita, uve muripo wake wezvaakabatira, nekuti vakandibatira ini, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

²⁰I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.

²¹Nezuva iro ndichamedzera imba yaIsiraeri runyanga, newe ndichakupa muromo wakashamiswa pakati pavo; zvino vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha.

²¹In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.