¹Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri richiti,

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

²Mwanakomana womunhu, taura navana vavanhu vako, uti kwavari, Kana ndichiisa munondo panyika, vanhu venyika iyoyo vakazvitsaurira munhu pakati pavo, vakamuita nharirire yavo;

²Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

³zvino kana iye akaona munondo uchisvika panyika, akaridza hwamanda, akanyevera vanhu;

³If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

⁴ipapo ani naani anonzwa kurira kwehwamanda, akasatenda kunyeverwa, kana munondo ukasvika, ukamubvisa, ropa rake richava pamusoro wake, iye amene.

⁴Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

⁵Akanzwa kurira kwehwamanda, akasatenda kunyeverwa, ropa rake richava pamusoro pake; dai akatenda kunyeverwa, angadai akaponesa mweya wake.

⁵He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

⁶Asi kana nharirire ikaona munondo uchiuya, akasaridza hwamanda, vanhu vakasanyeverwa, munondo ukasvika, ukabvisa mumwe pakati pavo, wabviswa hake nokuda kwezvakaipa zvake, asi ropa rake ndicharibvunza paruoko rwenharirire.

⁶But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

⁷Saizvozvowo iwe Mwanakomana womunhu, ndakakuita nharirire paimba yaIsiraeri; naizvozvo chinzwa shoko rinobuda mumuromo mangu, uvanyevere panzvimbo yangu.

⁷So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

⁸Kana ini ndikati kune wakaipa, Iwe munhu wakaipa, uchafa zvirokwazvo, iwe ukasataura kuti unyevere munhu wakaipa panzira yake, munhu uyo wakaipa achafa nokuda kwezvakaipa zvake, asi ropa rake ndicharibvunza paruoko rwako.

⁸When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

⁹Asi kana ukanyevera wakaipa pamusoro penzira yake, uchiti atendeuke pairi, akasatendeuka panzira yake, iye achafa nokuda kwezvakaipa zvake, asi iwe warwira hako mweya wako.

⁹Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

¹⁰Zvino iwe, Mwanakomana womunhu, uti kuimba yaIsiraeri, Imi munotaura, muchiti, Zvirokwazvo, kudarika kwedu nezvivi zvedu zviri pamusoro pedu, tinopera nokuda kwazvo; zvino tichararama seiko?

¹⁰Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?

¹¹Uti kwavari, Noupenyu hwangu ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha handifariri rufu rwowakaipa, asi kuti wakaipa atendeuke panzira yake; tendeukai, tendeukai panzira dzenyu dzakaipa, nekuti muchafireiko, imwi imba yaIsiraeri?

¹¹Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

¹²Zvino iwe, Mwanakomana womunhu, uti kuvana vavanhu vako, Kururama kowakarurama hakungamurwiri nezuva rokudarika kwake; uye kana kuri kuipa kowakaipa haangaparadzwi nako nezuva raanotendeuka pakuipa kwake; nowakarurama haangararami nako nezuva raanotadza.

¹²Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

¹³Kana ndichiti kunowakarurama, kuti zvirokwazvo achararama, kana akavimba nokururama kwake, akaita zvakaipa, hakuna basa rimwe rake rakarurama richarangarirwa; asi nokuda kwezvakaipa zvake zvaakaita, achafa nokuda kwazvo.

¹³When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.

¹⁴Uyezve, kana ndikati kune wakaipa, Zvirokwazvo uchafa; kana akatendeuka pazvivi zvake, akazoita zvakarairwa nezvakarurama;

¹⁴Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

¹⁵kana akaipa akadzosazve rubatso, akadzoserazve zvaakanga apamba, akafamba nemitemo youpenyu, asingaiti zvakaipa, zvirokwazvo achararama, haangafi.

¹⁵If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

¹⁶Hakuna chivi chimwe chake chaakaita chicharangarirwa pamusoro pake; akaita zvakarayirwa nezvakarurama, zvirokwazvo achararama.

¹⁶None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

¹⁷Kunyange zvakadaro vana vavanhu vako vanoti, Nzira yaIshe haina kururama; asi kana vari ivo, nzira yavo ndiyo isina kururama.

¹⁷Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

¹⁸Kana akarurama akatsauka pakururama kwake, akaita zvakaipa, achafa nokuda kwazvo.

¹⁸When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

¹⁹Uye kana akaipa akatendeuka pakuipa kwake, akaita zvakarayirwa nezvakarurama, achararama nazvo.

¹⁹But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

²⁰Kunyange zvakadaro munoti, Nzira yaIshe haina kururama. Aiwa, imba yaIsiraeri, ndichakutongai mumwe nomumwe wenyu zvakafanira nzira dzake.

²⁰Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

²¹Zvino negore regumi namaviri rokutapwa kwedu, nomwedzi wegumi, nezuva reshanu romwedzi, mumwe akanga apukunyuka muJerusaremu akasvika kwandiri, achiti, Guta rakundwa.

²¹And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

²²Zvino ruoko rwaJehovha rwakanga ruri pamusoro pangu madekwana, iye akapukunyuka asati asvika; akanga ashamisa muromo wangu, kusvikira iye achisvika kwandiri mangwanani; muromo wangu ukashamiswa, ndikasazova mbeveve.

²²Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

²³Shoko raJehovha rikasvika kwandiri, richiti,

²³Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

²⁴Mwanakomana womunhu, vanhu vagere panzvimbo idzo dzakaparadzwa munyika yaIsiraeri, vanotaura vachiti, Abhurahamu akanga ari mumwechete, akagara nhaka yenyika; asi isu tiri vazhinji, nyika yapiwesu ive nhaka yedu.

²⁴Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.

²⁵Naizvozvo chiti kwavari, zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Munodya nyama pamwechete neropa, muchitarira zvifananidzo zvenyu nameso enyu nokuteura ropa; zvino mungapiwa nyika sei?

²⁵Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?

²⁶Munovimba nomunondo wenyu, munoita zvinonyangadza, munochinya mumwe nomumwe wenyu mukadzi wowokwake; zvino mungapiwa nyika sei?

²⁶Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?

²⁷Chiti kwavari, zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Noupenyu hwangu, zvirokwazvo vari panzvimbo dzakaparadzwa vachaparadzwa nomunondo, ari kubani ndichamuisa kuzvikara kuti adyiwe nazvo; vari munhare nomumapako vachafa nehosha yakaipa.

²⁷Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

²⁸Nyika ndichaiita dongo nechishamiso, kuzvikudza kwayo pamusoro pesimba rayo kuchapera, namakomo avaIsiraeri achaitwa matongo, kuti kurege kuzova nomunhu unopfuura napo.

²⁸For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.

²⁹Zvino vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha, kana ndaita nyika dongo nechishamiso, nokuda kwezvinonyangadza zvavo zvose zvavakaita.

²⁹Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

³⁰Asi kana uriwe, Mwanakomana womunhu, vana vavanhu vako vanokureva vari pamasvingo avo nomumikova yedzimba dzavo, vanotaurirana mumwe nomumwe achiti kuhama yake, Douya hako, unzwe shoko rinobva kuna Jehovha.

³⁰Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.

³¹Vanouya kwauri sezvinoita vanhu, vanogara pamberi pako sezvinoita vanhu vangu, vanonzwa mashoko ako, asi havaaiti; nekuti vanotaura zvorudo nemiromo yavo, asi moyo yavo inotevera fuma yavo.

³¹And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

³²Zvino tarira, iwe wakaita kwavari somunhu anovaimbira sorwiyo rworudo runoimbwa nounenzwi rinofadza, unogona kuridza mbira kwazvo, nekuti vanonzwa mashoko ako, asi havaaiti.

³²And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.

³³Zvino kana izvi zvichiitwa nekuti zvirokwazvo hazvimboregi kuitika, nenguva iyo vachaziva kuti muporofita akanga ari pakati pavo.

³³And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.