1,Chirevo chaMwari pamusoro peBhabhironi, chakaonekwa naIsaya, mwanakomana waAmozi.
1The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
2Simudzai mureza pagomo risina miti; danidzirai kwavari, ninirai noruoko, kuti vapinde pamasuwo avakuru.
2Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
3Ndakaraira vatsvene vangu, ndakadana mhare dzangu nokuda kokutsamwa kwangu, ivo varume vangu vanofara vachizvikudza.
3I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
4Inzwai kutinhira pamakomo, kwakaita sokwavanhu vazhinji Kutinhira kweungano dzoushe kwamarudzi akaungana pamwechete! Jehovha wehondo wogadzira hondo kundorwa.
4The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
5Vanobva kunyika iri kure, kumugumo wedenga, iye Jehovha nenhumbi dzake dzokurwa dzeshungu dzake, kuti aparadze nyika yose.
5They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
6Chemai, nekuti zuva raJehovha riri pedo; rinosvika sokuparadza kunobva kuna waMasimbaose.
6Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7Saka maoko ose achashayiwa simba, nomoyo mumwe nomumwe wavanhu uchanyauka;
7Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:
8vachavhunduka; vachabatwa nokurwadziwa namatambudziko; vacharwadziwa somukadzi anosununguka; vachatarisana vachashamiswa; zviso zvavo zvichafanana nezviso zvomoto.
8And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9Tarirai, zuva raJehovha rinouya, rinotyisa, rine hasha nokutsamwa kukuru, kuti ashandure nyika iite dongo, nokuparadza vatadzi vayo vabvemo.
9Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10nekuti nyeredzi dzokudenga, namapoka adzo, hadzingaratidzi chiedza chadzo; zuva richasvibiswa pakubuda kwaro, uye mwedzi haungavhenekeri nechiedza chawo.
10For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11Ndicharova nyika nokuda kokushata kwayo, navakaipa nokuda kwezvakaipa zvavo; ndichagumisa manyawi avanozvikudza, nokuwisira pasi kudada kwavanotyisa.
11And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12Vanhu ndichavaita vashoma kupfuura ndarama yakaisvonaka, iye munhu kupfuura ndarama tsvene yeOfiri.
12I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13Saka ndichadederesa denga, nyika ichazununguswa ibve panzvimbo yayo, nehasha dzaJehovha wehondo, napazuva rokutsamwa kwake kukuru.
13Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
14Zvino semhara inovhimwa, uye sezvipfuwo zvisina unozviunganidza, saizvozvo munhu mumwe nomumwe achadzokera kurudzi rwake, mumwe nomumwe achatizira kunyika yake.
14And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
15Mumwe nomumwe anowanikwa, achabayiwa; mumwe nomumwe anobatwa, achaurawa nomunondo.
15Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
16Vacheche vavo vacharoverwa pasi pamberi pavo, dzimba dzavo dzichapambwa, vakadzi vavo vachachinyiwa. ,
16Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
17Tarirai, ndichavamutsira vaMedhia, vasingarangariri sirivha, kunyange ndarama havaifariri.
17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
18Uta hwavo huchawisira pasi majaya avo, havangavi netsitsi nezvibereko zvechizvaro; ziso ravo haringadariki vana.
18Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children.
19Zvino Bhabhironi, rine mbiri paushe hwose, raizvikudza vaKaradhea pamusoro pokunaka kwaro, richaita sapanguva yakaparadza Mwari Sodhoma neGomora.
19And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
20Haringatongogarwi navanhu, hakuna vangatongogaramo kusvikira kumarudzi namarudzi; kunyange nomuArabhia haangadziki tende rakemo, navafudzi havangavatisi mapoka avopo.
20It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
21Asi zvikara zvomusango zvichavatamo; dzimba dzavo dzichazara nezvinorira; mhou dzichagaramo, nemweya yakaipa ichatambapo.
21But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
22Mapere acharira munhare dzavo, namakava mudzimba dzamadzimambo dzaifadza; nguva yaro yaswedera pedo, mazuva aro haangawedzerwi.
22And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.