¹Chinzwai zvino zvinorehwa naJehovha. Simuka, ita nharo pamberi pamakomo, zvikomo ngazvinzwe izwi rako.

¹Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

²Chinzwai, imwi makomo, rukave rwaJehovha, nemwi nheyo dzenyika dzinogara dziripo; nekuti Jehovha anorukave navanhu vake, achaita nharo naIsiraeri.

²Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

³Nhai, imwi vanhu vangu, ndakakuiteiko? Ndakakunetsai neiko? Pupura uchindipikisa.

³O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

⁴nekuti ndakakubudisai panyika ndikakudzikunurai paimba youranda, ndikatuma pamberi penyu Mozisi naAroni naMiriami.

⁴For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

⁵Aiwa, vanhu vangu, rangarirai zvino zvakarangamwa naBharaki mambo waMoabhi, uye zvaakapindurwa naBharami mwanakomana waBheori; rangarirai zvakaitwa kubva paShitimi kusvikira Girigari, kuti muzive zvakarurama zvamakaitirwa naJehovha.

⁵O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.

⁶Ndichauya nei pamberi paJehovha, ndichikotamira pamberi paMwari wokumusoro? Ndichauya pamberi pake nezvibayiro zvinopiswa, nemhuru dzakaita gore rimwe hete?

⁶Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

⁷Ko Jehovha ungafadzwa namakondobwe ane chiuru chezana, kana nenzizi dzamafuta dzine zviuru zvine gumi here? Ndingamuvigira dangwe rangu pamusoro pokudarika kwangu, icho chibereko chomuviri wangu pamusoro pezvivi zvomweya wangu here?

⁷Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

⁸Iye wakakuzivisa, iwe munhu, kuti zvakanaka ndezvipi; chinotsvakwa naJehovha kwauri chinyiko, asi kuti uite zvakarurama, ude unyoro, uye ufambe uchizvininipisa pamberi paMwari wako?

⁸He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

⁹Izwi raJehovha rinodana kuguta, akachenjera achatya zita renyu; teererai shamhu, nowakairaira.

⁹The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

¹⁰Ko fuma yezvakashata ichipo muimba yowakashata here, uye chiyero chakatapudzwa chinonyangadza here?

¹⁰Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

¹¹Ko ndingava wakachena kana ndine zviyero zvakashata, nehomo yezviyereso zvinonyengera here?

¹¹Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

¹²nekuti vafumi veguta vazere nokuita nehasha, vageremo vakareva nhema, rurimi rwavo mumuromo wavo runonyengera.

¹²For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

¹³Saka neniwo ndakakurovai vanga rakaipa kwazvo; ndakakuitai dongo nokuda kwezvivi zvenyu.

¹³Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.

¹⁴Muchadya, asi hamungaguti, kushoorwa kwenyu kuchava pakati penyu; muchabvisa nhumbi dzenyu, asi hamungadzichengeti, idzo dzamunochengeta, ndichadziparadzisa nomunondo.

¹⁴Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.

¹⁵Muchakusha, asi hamungacheki, muchasvina maorivhi, asi hamungazori mafuta, muchasvina mazambiringa, asi hamungamwi waini.

¹⁵Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

¹⁶nekuti zvakatemwa naOmiri zvinochengetwa, namabasa ose eimba yaAhabhi, imwi munofamba nokurangarira kwavo, kuti ndikuitei dongo imi, navageremo chinhu chinoridzirwa muridzo; imwi muchava nemhosva yokushoorwa kwavanhu vangu.

¹⁶For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.