1VaIsiraeri muzambiringa unotanda zvakanaka, unobereka zvibereko zvawo; zvibereko zvavo zvakati zvichiwanda, vakawanzawo maaritari avo; nyika yavo yakati ichifara, ivo vakazviitirawo shongwe dzakanaka.
1Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
2Mwoyo yavo inonyengera, zvino vachapiwa mhaka; acharova maaritari avo, achaparadza shongwe dzavo.
2Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
3Zvirokwazvo, zvino vachati, Hatina mambo, nekuti hatityi Jehovha; kana ari mambo angatiitireiko?
3For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
4Vanotaura mashoko asina maturo, vanopika nhema pakuita kwavo sungano; naizvozvo kutongwa kwavo kunomera somuti unouraya mumihoronga yomunda.
4They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
5Vagere Samaria vachatya mhuru dzeBhetiavheni; nekuti vanhu varo vachaichema, navapristi varo vaiifarira, nokuda kokukudzwa kwayo, nekuti kwabva kwairi.
5The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
6Ichaiswawo Asiria, chive chipo chamambo Jarebhi; Efuremu vachanyadziswa, Isiraeri vachanyadziswa namano avo.
6It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
7Kana riri Samaria, mambo waro waparadzwa sechipande pamusoro pemvura.
7As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.
8Nzvimbo dzakakwirira dzeAvheniwo, izvo zvivi zvaIsiraeri, dzichaparadzwa; munzwa norukato zvichamera pamaaritari avo; zvino vachati kumakomo, Tifukidzei, nokuzvikomo, Wirai pamusoro pedu.
8The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
9Aiwa, Isiraeri, makatadza kubva pamazuva eGibhiya; ndipo pavakamira; ko vachakundwa nehondo inorwa navana vezvakaipa paGibhiya here?
9O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
10Nguva yandinoda ndichavaranga; marudzi avanhu achavaunganira kana vakasungirwa pazvisakarurama zvavo zviviri.
10It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.
11Efuremu itsiru rakapingudzwa, rinofarira kupura zviyo; asi ini ndimene ndasvika pamutsipa waro wakanaka, ndaisa mutasvi pamusoro paEfuremu; Judha vacharima, Jakove achaputsa mavhinga ake.
11And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
12Zvidzvarirei mukururama, mugocheka zvorudo; undai makombo enyu, nekuti inguva yokutsvaka Jehovha, kusvikira achiuya achikunisirai zvakarurama.
12Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
13Makarima zvakashata, makacheka zvakaipa, makadya zvibereko zvenhema, nekuti makanga muchivimba nenzira yenyu, uye nokuwanda kwemhare dzenyu.
13Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
14Naizvozvo bope richamuka pakati pavanhu venyu, nhare dzenyu dzose dzichaparadzwa, Sharimani sezvaakaparadza Bhetiaribheri nezuva rokurwa, mai vakaputsanyiwa pamwechete navana vavo.
14Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
15Ndizvo zvamuchaitirwa neBhetieri nemhaka yokushata kwenyu kukuru; mambo waIsiraeri achaparadzwa chose mambakwedza.
15So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.