1Inzwai shoko iri, imwi vapristi, teererai imwi imba yaIsiraeri, rerekerai nzeve dzenyu, imwi imba yamambo; nekuti ndimi munotongwa; nekuti makanga muri musungo paMizipa, nomumbure wakadzikwa paRabhori.
1Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
2Vakandimukira vakapinda kwazvo pakuora, asi ndichavatuka vose.
2And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.
3Ndinoziva Efuremu, Isiraeri havana kuvanzika pamberi pangu; nekuti zvino iwe Efuremu, wakapata, Isiraeri vakasvibiswa.
3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
4Zvavakaita hazvivatenderi kudzokera kuna Mwari wavo; nekuti mweya wokufeva uri mukati mavo, havazivi Jehovha.
4They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
5Kuzvikudza kwaIsiraeri kunovapupurira pachena; saka Isiraeri naEfuremu vachagumburwa pazvakaipa zvavo, Judha vachagumburwawo pamwechete navo.
5And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them.
6Vachaenda namakwai avo nemombe dzavo kundotsvaka Jehovha, asi havangamuwani; akaenda kure navo.
6They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
7Vakanyengera Jehovha, nekuti vakabereka vana vasati vari vavo; zvino mutambo wokugara komwedzi uchavapedza pamwechete neminda yavo.
7They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
8Ridzai mumanzi paGibhiyoni, nehwamanda paRama; ridzai mhere paBhetiavheni; vari shure kwako, iwe Bhenjamini!
8Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
9Nyika yaEfuremu ichaitwa matongo nezuva rokutukwa; ndakazivisa pakati paIsiraeri zvichazovapo zvirokwazvo.
9Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
10Machinda aJudha akafanana navanobvisa chiratidzo chemiganho; ndichadurura kutsamwa kwangu pamusoro pawo semvura.
10The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
11Efuremu wakamanikidzwa wakapwanyiwa nokutongwa, nekuti akanga achitenda kutevera murayiro wavanhu.
11Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
12Naizvozvo ndichava kuna Efuremu sechipfunho, uye sokuora kuimba yaJudha.
12Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
13Efuremu akati achiona kurwara kwake, naJudha vanga rake, Efuremu akaenda Asiria, akatuma nhume kuna mambo Jarebhi; asi iye haagoni kukuporesai, kana kuporesa vanga renyu.
13When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
14nekuti ndichava seshumba kuna Efuremu, uye seshumba duku kuimba yaJudha; ini, iyeni, ndichabvambura ndokuenda; ndichavatapa, hakuna angavarwira.
14For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
15Ndichaenda ndichidzokera kunzvimbo yangu, kusvikira vatenda kutadza kwavo, vakatsvaka chiso changu; pakutambudzika kwavo vachanditsvaka nomwoyo wose.
15I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.