¹Shoko, rakauya kuna Jeremiya richibva kuna Jehovha, richiti,

¹The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

²Zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, Nyora mashoko ose andakakuudza mu bhuku.

²Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

³Nokuti, tarirai, mazuva anouya, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, andichadzosa vanhu vangu vaIsiraeri naJudha pakutapwa kwavo ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; ndichavadzosera kunyika yandakapa madzibaba avo, ive yavo.

³For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

⁴Awa ndiwo mashoko akataura Jehovha pamusoro paIsiraeri napamusoro paJudha.

⁴And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

⁵nekuti zvanzi naJehovha, Takanzwa inzwi rinodederesa, rinotyisa, risati riri rorugare.

⁵For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

⁶Bvunzai zvino muwone kana murume ungagona kusurumuka; ndinowonereiko murume mumwe nomumwe akaisa maoko ake pachiuno chake somukadzi unosurumuka, nezviso zvose zvakacheneruka?

⁶Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

⁷Maiwe! nekuti zuva iro iguru, hakuna rakafanana naro; inguva yokutambudzika kwaJakove; asi uchasunungurwa pazviri.

⁷Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.

⁸Zvino nezuva iro ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo ndichavhuna joko rake pamutsipa wako, ndichadambura zvisungo zvako; vatorwa havangazomuiti muranda wavo;

⁸For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:

⁹asi vachashumira Jehovha Mwari wavo, naDhavhidhi mambo wavo, wandichavamutsira.

⁹But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

¹⁰Naizvozvo usatya hako, iwe Jakove muranda wangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; usavhunduka hako, iwe Isiraeri; nekuti tarira, ndichakuponesa uri kure, navana vako kunyika kwavakatapirwa; Jakove uchadzoka, uchagara akagadzikana anorugare, hakuna ungamutyisa.

¹⁰Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.

¹¹nekuti ndinewe, kuti ndikuponese, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; nekuti ndichagumisa chose marudzi ose kwandakakuparadzira, asi iwe handingakugumisi chose; asi ndichakuranga nokururama, handingatongokuregi usina kurohwa.

¹¹For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.

¹²nekuti zvanzi naJehovha, Kukuvadzwa kwako hakubviri kuporeswa, vanga rako rakaipa kwazvo.

¹²For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.

¹³Hakuna unoreverera mhaka yako, kuti urapwe; hauna mishonga inoporesa.

¹³There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.

¹⁴Vose vaikuda vakukangamwa, havakuvingi, nekuti ndakakukuvadza nevanga romuvengi, uye nokurova koune hasha, nokuda kohukuru bwezvakaipa zvako, nekuti zvivi zvako zvakanga zvawanda.

¹⁴All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.

¹⁵Unochemeiko pamusoro pokukuvadzwa kwako? Kurwadziwa kwako hakubviri kuporeswa. Ndakakuitira zvinhu izvi, nokuda kohukuru bwezvakaipa zvako, nekuti zvivi zvako zvakanga zvawanda.

¹⁵Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

¹⁶Naizvozvo vose vanokudya vachadyiwawo; vadzivisi vako vose, mumwe nomumwe wavo, vachatapwa; vanokupamba vachapambwa, vose vanokuparadza, ndichavaisa kukuparadzwa.

¹⁶Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

¹⁷nekuti ndichakudzosera mufaro pamuviri, ndichakuporesa mavanga ako, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, zvavakakutumidza zita rinonzi Murashwa, vachiti, NdiZiyoni zvaro, hakuna munhu une hanya naro.

¹⁷For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

¹⁸Zvanzi naJehovha, Ndichadzosazve kutapwa kwamatende aJakove, nokunzwira hugaro hwake tsitsi; guta richavakwa pamusoro pegomo raro, imba yamambo ichagarwa sezvakafanira.

¹⁸Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.

¹⁹Kuwonga nenzwi ravanofara richabudapo; ndichavawanza, havangavi vashoma, ndichavakudza varege kuva vaduku.

¹⁹And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

²⁰Vana vavo vachava sakare, neungano yavo ichamiswa pamberi pangu, ndicharova vose vanovamanikidza.

²⁰Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.

²¹Muchinda wavo uchava mumwe wavo, mubati wavo uchabuda pakati pavo; ndichamuswededza, aswedere kwandiri; nekuti ndianiko wakatsunga kuswedera kwandiri? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

²¹And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.

²²imwi muchava vanhu vangu, neni ndichava Mwari wenyu.

²²And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

²³Tarirai, dutu guru remhepo yaJehovha, idzo hasha dzake, rabuda, riri dutu guru rine simba; richaputsikira pamisoro yavakaipa.

²³Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.

²⁴Kutsamwa kukuru kwaJehovha hakungadzoki, kusvikira apedza, kusvikira aita zvose zvaakafunga mumoyo make; muchazvinzwisisa pamazuva okupedzisira.

²⁴The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hath done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.