¹Chirevo pamusoro perenje regungwa. Zvinobva kurenje, kunyika inotyisa, sezvamupupuri zvinopfuura kurutivi rweZasi.

¹The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

²Ndaratidzwa chiratidzo chinochemedza; munyengeri anoita nokunyengera, nomuparadzi anoparadza. Simuka iwe Erami, komba, iwe Medhia; ndagumisa kugomera kwavo kose.

²A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

³Saka zviuno zvangu zvizere nokurwadziwa; ndabatwa nokurwadziwa, sokurwadziwa komukadzi unosununguka; ndakotamiswa, saka handigoni kunzwa; ndavhunduswa, saka handigoni kuona,

³Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

⁴moyo wangu une dzungu, ndavhunduswa nezvinotyisa; rubvunzavaeni rwandaida rwashanduka chinhu chinondidederesa.

⁴My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

⁵Vanogadzira tafura, vanoisa varindi, vanodya, vanomwa. Simukai, imwi machinda, muzodze nhovo.

⁵Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

⁶nekuti hezvi zvandaudzwa naShe, Enda, undoisa murindi; ngaareve zvaanoona;

⁶For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

⁷zvino kana achiona boka, navatasvi vamabhiza vakaita vaviri-vaviri, neboka rembongoro, neboka ramakamera, ngaateerere zvakanaka-naka.

⁷And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

⁸Iye akadanidzira seshumba, achiti, Ishe, ndimire nguva dzose masikati pashongwe yokurinda, nousiku hwose ndimire panzvimbo yangu;

⁸And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

⁹zvino tarirai, kouya boka ravanhu, vatasvi vamabhiza vakaita vaviri-vaviri. Akapindura, akati, Bhabhironi rawa, rawa; mifananidzo yake yose yakavezwa yavamwari vavo yaputsikira pasi.

⁹And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

¹⁰Haiwa, vanhu vangu vakapurwa, zviyo zveburiro rangu, zvandakanzwa kuna Jehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, ndizvo zvandakakuzivisai.

¹⁰O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

¹¹Chireve pamusoro peDhuma. Mumwe anondidana, ari paSeiri, achiti, Nhai, murindi, inguva ipi yousiku?

¹¹The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

¹²Murindi ndokuti, Mambakwedza osvika, nousikuwo. Kana muchida kubvunza, bvunzai; dzokai, uyai.

¹²The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.

¹³Chirevo pamusoro peArabhia. Musango reArabhia ndimo mamuchavata, imwi mapoka avafambi veDhedhani.

¹³The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.

¹⁴Vigirai ane nyota mvura! Vagere panyika yeTema vakachingamidza vatizi nechingwa chavo.

¹⁴The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.

¹⁵nekuti vakanga vachitiza minondo, minondo yakavhomorwa, nouta hwakakungwa, nokumanikidzwa kokurwa.

¹⁵For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

¹⁶nekuti hezvi zvandakaudzwa naJehovha, Gore risati rapera, samakore omunhu anobatira mubayiro, mbiri yose yeKedhari ichapera.

¹⁶For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

¹⁷Vakasara veboka ravanofura nouta, ivo vanhu vane simba vavana veKedhari, vachava vashoma; nekuti Jehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, akazvitaura.

¹⁷And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.