¹Zvino negore rechina raJehoiakimu mwanakomana waJosiya, mambo waJudha, shoko iri rakasvika kuna Jeremiya richibva kuna Jehovha, richiti,

¹And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

²Tora rugwaro rwakapetwa unyoremo mashoko ose andakakuudza pamusoro paIsiraeri, napamusoro paJudha, napamusoro pamarudzi ose, kubva pazuva randakataura newe, kubva pamazuva aJosiya kusvikira zuva ranhasi.

²Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.

³Zvimwe imba yaJudha vachanzwa zvakaipa zvose zvandinofunga kuvaitira, kuti vadzoke mumwe nomumwe panzira yake yakaipa, ndivakangamwire kuipa kwavo nezvivi zvavo.

³It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

⁴Ipapo Jeremiya wakadana Bharuki mwanakomana waNeria, Bharuki akanyora parugwaro rwakapetwa mashoko ose aJehovha akabva mumuromo waJeremiya, aakataura kwaari.

⁴Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

⁵Jeremiya akaraira Bharuki, achiti, Ini ndakadziviswa, handigoni kupinda mumba maJehovha.

⁵And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:

⁶Naizvozvo chienda iwe, undorava murugwaro rwakapetwa, mawanyora zvakabva pamuromo wangu, mashoko aJehovha zvinzwikwe nenzeve dzavanhu mumba maJehovha pazuva rokutsanya; uye uaravewo anzwikwe nenzeve dzavaJudha vose vanobuda mumaguta avo.

⁶Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD's house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.

⁷Zvimwe kunyengetera kwavo kuchasvika pamberi paJehovha, vakadzoka mumwe nomumwe panzira yake yakaipa; nekuti kutsamwa nehasha zvakarehwa naJehovha pamusoro pavanhu ava zvakakura kwazvo.

⁷It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.

⁸Bharuki mwanakomana waNeria akaita zvose sezvaakarairwa nomuporofita Jeremiya akarava mubhuku mashoko aJehovha mumba maJehovha.

⁸And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD's house.

⁹Zvino negore rechishanu raJehoiakimu mwanakomana waJosiya, mambo waJudha, nomwedzi wepfumbamwe, vanhu vose veJerusaremu, navanhu vose vakanga vabva kumaguta aJudha vachiuya Jerusaremu, vakatara zuva rokutsanya pamberi paJehovha.

⁹And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.

¹⁰Ipapo Bharuki akarava mubhuku mashoko aJeremiya mumba maJehovha, mukamuri yaGemaria mwanakomana womunyori Shafani, muruvazhe rwokumusoro, pavaipinda pasuwo idzva reimba yaJehovha, vanhu vose vachizvinzwa nenzeve dzavo.

¹⁰Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house, in the ears of all the people.

¹¹Zvino Mikaia mwanakomana waGemaria, mwanakomana waShafani, wakati anzwa mashoko ose aJehovha mubhuku,

¹¹When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,

¹²akaburukira kumba kwamambo, mukamuri yomunyori, wanei, machinda ose agerepo, vaiti, Erishama munyori, naDheraia mwanakomana waShemaia, naErinatani mwanakomana waAkibhori, naGemaria mwanakomana waShafani, naZedhekiya mwanakomana waHanania, namachinda ose.

¹²Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.

¹³Ipapo Mikaia akavaparidzira mashoko ose aakanzwa, Bharuki achirava mubhuku vanhu vachizvinzwa nenzeve dzavo.

¹³Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.

¹⁴Naizvozvo machinda ose akatuma Jehudhi mwanakomana waNetania, mwanakomana waSheremiya, mwanakomana waKushi, kuna Bharuki, achiti, Bata muruoko rwako rugwaro rwakapetwa mawakarava zvichanzwika nenzeve dzavanhu, uuye. Ipapo Bharuki mwanakomana waNeria wakabata rugwaro rwakapetwa muruoko rwake, akaenda kwavari.

¹⁴Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.

¹⁵Vakati kwaari, Zvino chigara pasi, uirave tinzwe nenzeve dzedu. Ipapo Bharuki wakavaravira vakanzwa nenzeve dzavo.

¹⁵And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

¹⁶Zvino vakati vanzwa mashoko ose, vakatarirana vachitya, vakati kuna Bharuki, Zvirokwazvo tichaudza mambo mashoko awa ose.

¹⁶Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.

¹⁷Vakabvunza Bharuki, vachiti, Zvino chitiudza kuti wakanyora mashoko awa ose sei, achibva mumuromo make.

¹⁷And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?

¹⁸Ipapo Bharuki akavapindura, akati, Wakandiparidzira mashoko awa ose nomuromo wake, ndikaanyora neingi mubhuku.

¹⁸Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

¹⁹Ipapo machinda akati kuna Bharuki, Endai mundovanda, iwe naJeremiya, kurege kuva nomunhu unoziva kwamuri.

¹⁹Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.

²⁰Ivo ndokupinda kuna mambo muruvazhe, asi vakanga vaviga rugwaro rwakapetwa mukamuri yomunyori Erishama; vakaudza mambo mashoko ose achizvinzwa nenzeve dzake.

²⁰And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.

²¹Ipapo mambo akatuma Jehudhi kundotora rugwaro rwakapetwa, iye akandorutora mukamuri yomunyori Erishama. Jehudhi akaravira mambo achizvinzwa nenzeve dzake, namachinda ose akanga amire namambo ivo vachinzwa nenzeve dzavo.

²¹So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.

²²Zvino mambo wakange agere muimba yakavakirwa nguva yechando nomwedzi wepfumbamwe, moto uchipfuta pamberi pake pachaenga.

²²Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.

²³Zvino Jehudhi wakati apedza kurava zvikamu zvitatu kana zvina, mambo ndokuzvicheka nebanga ndokuzvikandira mumoto wakange uri muchaenga, kusvikira rugwaro rwakapetwa rwose rwapedzwa nomoto wakange uri muchaenga.

²³And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.

²⁴Asi havana kutya, kana kubvarura nguvo dzavo, kunyange mambo kunyange nomumwe wavaranda vake vakanzwa mashoko awa ose.

²⁴Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

²⁵Erinatani naDheraia naGemaria vakanga vanyengetera havo mambo kuti arege kupisa rugwaro rwakapetwa, asi haana kuvateerera.

²⁵Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.

²⁶Mambo akaraira Jerameeri mwanakomana waAzirieri, naSheremiya mwanakomana waAbhidheeri, kuti vabate munyori Bharuki nomuporofita Jeremiya; asi Jehovha wakavavanza.

²⁶But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.

²⁷Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvika kuna Jeremiya, mambo apisa rugwaro rwakapetwa, namashoko akanga anyorwa naBharuki achibva mumuromo waJeremiya, richiti,

²⁷Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,

²⁸Chitorazve rumwe rugwaro rwakapetwa unyoremozve mashoko ose okutanga, akanga ari murugwaro rwakapetwa rwokutanga, rwakapiswa naJehoiakimu mambo waJudha.

²⁸Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.

²⁹Uye pamusoro paJehoiakimu mambo wavaJudha, uti, Zvanzi naJehovha, wapisa rugwaro urwu rwakapetwa, uchiti, Wanyorereimo uchiti, Zvirokwazvo mambo weBhabhironi uchauya kuparadza nyika ino, nokubvisapo vanhu nezvipfuwo?

²⁹And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?

³⁰Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha pamusoro paJehoiakimu mambo waJudha, Haangavi nomumwe uchagara pachigaro choushe chaDhavhidhi; chitunha chake chichakandirwa kunze masikati kana kuchipisa, novusiku kana kune chando.

³⁰Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.

³¹Ndichamurova iye navana vake navaranda vake nokuda kwezvakaipa zvavo; ndichauyisa pamusoro pavo, napamusoro pavagere Jerusaremu, napamusoro pavarume vaJudha, zvakaipa zvose zvandakareva pamusoro pavo, asi havana kuteerera.

³¹And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.

³²Ipapo Jeremiya wakatora rumwe rugwaro rwakapetwa, akarupa munyori Bharuki, mwanakomana waNeria, iye akanyoramo mashoko ose akabva mumuromo waJeremiya, aiva mubhuku yakapiswa nomoto naJehoiakimu mambo waJudha, mamwe mashoko mazhinji akafanana nawo akawedzerwawo.

³²Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.