¹Zvino vakuru vose vehondo, naJohwanani mwanakomana waKarea naJezania mwanakomana waHoshaia, navanhu vose kubva kuvaduku kusvikira kuvakuru, vakaswedera,

¹Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,

²vakati kumuporofita Jeremiya, Tinokumbira kuti munyengetero wedu usvitswe pamberi penyu, mutinyengeterere kuna Jehovha Mwari wenyu, munyengeterere ava vose vakasara (nokuti takasara tiri vashoma kuna vaiva vazhinji, sezvamunotiona nameso enyu),

²And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)

³kuti Jehovha Mwari wenyu atiratidze nzira yatinofanira kufamba nayo nechinhu chatinofanira kuita.

³That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.

⁴Ipapo muporofita Jeremiya akati kwavari, Ndakunzwai; tarirai, ndichanyengetera kuna Jehovha Mwari wenyu sezvamakareva namashoko enyu; zvino chinhu chipi nechipi chamunopindurwa naJehovha, ndichakuzivisai icho, handingatongokuvanziriyi chinhu.

⁴Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.

⁵Ipapo vakati kuna Jeremiya, Jehovha ngaave chapupu chazvokwadi chakatendeka pakati pedu, kana tikarega kuita mashoko ose amunozotumwa nawo kwatiri naJehovha Mwari wenyu.

⁵Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.

⁶Kana richinge rakanaka, kana richinge rakaipa, tichateerera inzwi raJehovha Mwari wedu, watinokutumirai kwaari; kuti tive nomufaro, kana tichiteerera inzwi raJehovha Mwari wedu.

⁶Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.

⁷Zvino mazuva ane gumi akati apera, shoko raJehovha rikasvika kuna Jeremiya.

⁷And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.

⁸Ipapo akadana Johwanani mwanakomana waKarea navakuru vose vehondo vaiva naye navanhu vose, kubva kuvaduku kusvikira kuvakuru,

⁸Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,

⁹akati kwavari, Zvanzi naJehovha Mwari waIsiraeri, wamakanditumira kwaari kuti ndisvitse munyengetero wenyu pamberi pake.

⁹And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;

¹⁰Kana muchinge muchada kugara munyika ino, ini ndichakuvakai, handingakukoromoriyi, ndichakusimai, handingakudzuriyi; nekuti ndinozvidemba pamusoro pezvakaipa zvandakakuitirai.

¹⁰If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.

¹¹Musatya henyu mambo weBhabhironi, iye wamunotya; musatya henyu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; nekuti ndinemwi, kuti ndikuponesei nokukurwirai paruoko rwake.

¹¹Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

¹²Ndichakunzwirai nyasha, kuti iye ave nenyasha nemi, akudzosei kunyika yenyu.

¹²And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.

¹³Asi kana mukati, Hatidi kugara munyika ino, saizvozvo musingateereri inzwi raJehovha Mwari wenyu,

¹³But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,

¹⁴muchiti, Kwete, tichaenda kunyika yeEgipita, kwatisingazooni kurwa, kana kunzwa inzwi rehwamanda, kana kunzwa nzara yezvokudya, tichandogarako;

¹⁴Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:

¹⁵naizvozvo zvino chinzwai shoko raJehovha, imwi vakasara vaJudha, Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, kana muchiramba makarinzira zviso zvenyu kuti muende Egipita, kundogarako muri vatorwa;

¹⁵And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

¹⁶ipapo munondo wamunotya uchakubataipo panyika yeEgipita; nenzara yamunotya ichakutevererai kwazvo paEgipita, ndipapo pamuchandofira.

¹⁶Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.

¹⁷Ndizvo zvichaitirwa varume vose vanorinzira zviso zvavo kuti vaende Egipita, kundogarako vari vatorwa; vachafa nomunondo, nenzara, uye nehosha; hakuna mumwe wavo uchasara kana kupukunyuka pazvakaipa zvandichauyisa pamusoro pavo.

¹⁷So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.

¹⁸nekuti zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Kutsamwa kwangu nehasha dzangu sezvazvakadururwa pamusoro pavagere Jerusaremu, saizvozvo hasha dzangu dzichadururwa pamusoro penyu, kana muchipinda Egipita; muchava chinhu chinotukwa, nechishamiso, nechinomhurwa, nechinoshoorwa; nenzvimbo ino hamungazoionizve.

¹⁸For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.

¹⁹Jehovha wakataura pamusoro penyu, imwi vakasara vaJudha, achiti, Regai kuenda Egipita; zivai kwazvo kuti ndakakupupurirai nhasi.

¹⁹The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.

²⁰nekuti makanyengera mweya yenyu; nekuti makanditumira kuna Jehovha Mwari wenyu, muchiti, Tinyengetererei kuna Jehovha Mwari wedu, zvose zvicharehwa naJehovha Mwari wedu, mutizivise izvozvo, tichazviita.

²⁰For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.

²¹Zvino nhasi ndakuzivisai izvozvo, asi hamuna kuteerera inzwi raJehovha Mwari wenyu pachinhu chimwe chaakanditumira nacho kwamuri.

²¹And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you.

²²Naizvozvo zvino zivai kwazvo kuti muchafa nomunondo, nenzara, uye nehosha yakaipa panzvimbo iyo yamunoda kuenda kwairi kundogarako muri vatorwa.

²²Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.