¹Zvino muchafanira kuungana makaita mapoka, iwe mukunda wamapoka; muvengi wakatikomba, vacharova mutongi waIsiraeri netsvimbo padama rake.

¹Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

²Asi iwe Bheterehemu Efurata, muduku kwazvo pakati pezvuru zvamazana zvaJudha, kwauri kuchandibudira mumwe achava mubati pakati paIsiraeri; mabudiro ake ndaakare, pamazuva akare-kare.

²But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

³Naizvozvo uchavaisa kuvavengi vavo, kusvikira panguva yokuzvara kwaiye anosurumuka; ipapo hama dzake, dzakasara, dzichadzoka navana vaIsiraeri.

³Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

⁴Achamira, ndokufudza makwai ake nesimba raJehovha, noumambo bwezita raJehovha Mwari wake; zvino vachagara zvakanaka, nekuti zvino achava mukuru kusvikira kumigumo yenyika.

⁴And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

⁵Iye achava rugare rwedu. Kana muAsiria achipinda munyika yedu, kana achitsika mudzimba dzedu dzoushe, tichamutsa vafudzi vanomwe namachinda masere pakati pavanhu kuti varwe naye.

⁵And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

⁶Ivo vachaparadza nyika yeAsiria nomunondo, nenyika yaNimurodhi painopindwa napo; iye achatirwira kumuAsiria, kana achinge achipinda nyika yedu nokutsika mukati memiganho yedu.

⁶And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

⁷Ipapo vakasara vaJakove vachava pakati pamarudzi mazhinji avanhu sedova rinobva kuna Jehovha, semvura inonaya pauswa, zvisingamiriri munhu kana kugarira vanakomana vavanhu.

⁷And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

⁸Vakasara vaJakove vachava pakati pendudzi pakati pamarudzi mazhinji avanhu, seshumba pakati pemhuka dzomudondo, seshumba duku pakati pamapoka amakwai, inoti kana ichipfuurapo, inotsika nokubvamburanya, kusina anorwira.

⁸And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

⁹Ruoko rwenyu ngarusimudzirwe kumusoro kwavadzivisi venyu, vavengi venyu vose ngavaparadzwe.

⁹Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.

¹⁰Zvino nezuva iro ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha ndichaparadza mabhiza enyu pakati penyu, nokuputsa ngoro dzenyu;

¹⁰And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:

¹¹ndichaparadza maguta enyika yenyu, nokukoromora nhare dzenyu dzose.

¹¹And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:

¹²Ndichaparadza uroyi pamaoko enyu, hamungazovi navafemberi;

¹²And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:

¹³ndichaparadza mifananidzo yenyu yakavezwa neshongwe dzenyu pakati penyu; hamungazonamati mabasa amaoko enyu;

¹³Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.

¹⁴ndichadzura miti yenyu yakatsaurwa pakati penyu, ndichaparadza maguta enyu.

¹⁴And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.

¹⁵Ndichatsiva marudzi asina kuteerera ndichiita nokutsamwa nehasha.

¹⁵And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.