¹Chirevo pamusoro pomupata wezvakaonekwa. Unonzweiko, zvawakwira navanhu vako vose pamatenga edzimba?

¹The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

²Haiwa, iwe, uzere nokupururudza, guta rine bope, musha unomufaro; vakaurawa vako havana kuurawa nomunondo, havana kufira pakurwa.

²Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

³vabati vako vose vakatiza pamwechete, vakasungwa vasina uta; vose vako, vakawanikwa, vakasungwa pamwechete; vakatizira kure.

³All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.

⁴Naizvozvo ndakati, Regai kunditarira, ndinoda kuchema kwazvo; musaramba muchiedza kundinyaradza pamusoro pokuparadzwa komukunda wavanhu vangu.

⁴Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

⁵nekuti izuva rokuvhundusa, nerokutsikira pasi, nerokukanganisa, zvinobva kuna She, Jehovha wehondo, pamupata wokuratidzwa; rokukoromorwa kwamasvingo, nerokudanidzira kumakomo.

⁵For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.

⁶Erami akabata goba, pamwechete namapoka avanhu navatasvi vamabhiza, Kiri akafudugura nhovo.

⁶And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

⁷Ipapo mipata yenyu yakaisvonaka yakazara nengoro, navatasvi vamabhiza vakazvigadzirira kurwa pasuwo.

⁷And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

⁸Vakabvisa chifukidziro chaJudha; nezuva iro mukatarira nhumbi dzokurwa muimba yomudondo.

⁸And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.

⁹Mukaona pakakoromoka paguta raDhavhidhi, kuti pakanga pari pazhinji, mukachingidzira mvura yedziva rezasi;

⁹Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

¹⁰mukaverenga dzimba dzeJerusaremu, mukakoromora dzimba kuti musimbise rusvingo;

¹⁰And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.

¹¹mukaitawo gungwa pakati pamasvingo maviri rokuchingidzira mvura yedziva rakare. Asi hamuna kutarira iye akazviita, makanga musine hanya naiye akazvifunga kare.

¹¹Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.

¹²Zvino nezuva iro Ishe, Jehovha wehondo, akakudanirai kumisodzi, nokukuchema, nokukuveurwa mhanza, nokukufuka makudza;

¹²And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

¹³asi tarirai, makava nomufaro nokupembera, nokubayiwa kwemombe, nokushinjiwa kwamakwai, nokudyiwa kwenyama nokumwiwa kwewaini, muchiti, Ngatidye, ngatimwe, nekuti mangwana tinofa.

¹³And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

¹⁴Asi Jehovha wehondo wakazvizivisa munzeve dzangu, akati, Zvirokwazvo, hamungakangamwirwi zvakaipa izvi, kusvikira pakufa kwenyu, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe, Jehovha wehondo.

¹⁴And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

¹⁵Zvanzi naShe, Jehovha wehondo, Enda kumuchengeti uyu wefuma, kuna Shebhina, unotarira imba yamambo, uti,

¹⁵Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,

¹⁶Unobateiko pano? Unaniko pano, zvawazvivezera guva pano? Semunhu anozvivezera guva pakakwirira, anozvicherera ugaro hwake padombo!

¹⁶What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?

¹⁷Tarira, Jehovha, achakurasira kure nesimba somurume; zvirokwazvo, achakupeta-peta.

¹⁷Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.

¹⁸Zvirokwazvo achakupomba-pomba, ndokukukandira sehurungudo munyika yakapamhamha; ndipo pauchafira, ndipo pachava nengoro dzembiri yako, iwe munyadzi weimba yatenzi wako.

¹⁸He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house.

¹⁹Ndichakudzinga pabasa rako, iye uchakukwevera pasi ubve panzvimbo yako.

¹⁹And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.

²⁰Zvino nezuva iro ndichadana muranda wangu Eriakimi, mwanakomana waHirikia;

²⁰And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:

²¹ndichamufukidza nguvo yako, nokumusimbisa nebhanhire rako, ndigoisa ushe hwako muruoko rwake; iye achava baba kuna vagere Jerusaremu, nokuimba yaJudha.

²¹And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

²²Ndichaisa kiyi yeimba yaDhavhidhi pafudzi rake; iye achazarura, hapana angazarira, iye achazarira, hapana angazarura.

²²And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

²³Ndichamurovera pakasimba sembambo; achava chigaro chinokudzwa paimba yababa vake.

²³And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.

²⁴Vachaturika paari kukudzwa kose kweimba yababa vake, matavi namabukira, nemidziyo yose miduku, kubvira pamikombe kusvikira pamakate.

²⁴And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.

²⁵Nezuva iro, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo, mbambo yakanga yaroverwa pakasimba, ichabva; ichatemwa, ndokuwira pasi; nomutoro wakange wakaturikwa pairi, uchatemwa; nekuti Jehovha akataura izvozvo.

²⁵In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.