¹Zvanzi naJehovha, Nemhaka yokuti Moabhi vakadarika katatu, zvimwe kana, handingadzori kurohwa kwavo; nekuti vakapisa mafupa amambo waEdhomu kusvikira aita madota.

¹Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of his burning the bones of the king of Edom to lime,

²Asi ndichatuma moto kuvaMoabhi, uchapedza dzimba dzoushe dzeKerioti; Moabhi vachafa nebope nokudanidzira uye nokurira kwehwamanda;

²And I have sent a fire against Moab, And it hath consumed the palaces of Kerioth, And dying with noise is Moab, With shouting, with voice of a trumpet.

³ndichaparadza vatongi pakati pavo; nokuuraya machinda avo ose pamwechete navo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

³And I have cut off a judge from her midst, And all its heads I slay with him, said Jehovah.

⁴Zvanzi naJehovha, Nemhaka yokuti Judha vakadarika katatu, zvimwe kana, handingadzori kurohwa kwavo; nekuti vakaramba murayiro waJehovha, vakasachengeta mitemo yake, vakarashiswa nenhema dzavo dzakateverwa namadzibaba avo.

⁴Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, And for four, I do not reserve it, Because of their loathing the law of Jehovah, And His statutes they have not kept, And their lies do cause them to err, After which their fathers did walk,

⁵Asi ndichatuma moto kuna Judha, uchapedza dzimba dzoushe dzeJerusaremu.

⁵And I have sent a fire against Judah, And it hath consumed palaces of Jerusalem.

⁶Zvanzi naJehovha, Nemhaka yokuti Isiraeri vakadarika katatu, zvimwe kana, handingadzori kurohwa kwavo; nekuti vakatengesa vakarurama nesirivha, uye anoshaiwa, vachipiwa shangu mbiri;

⁶Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their selling for silver the righteous, And the needy for a pair of sandals.

⁷ndivo vanoshuva kuona guruva rapasi pamusoro womurombo, vachitsausa nzira yomunhu munyoro; munhu nababa vake vachienda vose kumusikana mumwe, kuti vamhure zita rangu dzvene;

⁷Who are panting for the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And the way of the humble they turn aside, And a man and his father go unto the damsel, So as to pollute My holy name.

⁸vanovata pasi pamaaritari ose panguvo dzakatorwa dzichiitwa rubatso, vanomwa waini yavakaripiswa mumba maMwari wavo.

⁸And on pledged garments they stretch themselves near every altar, And the wine of fined ones they drink [in] the house of their gods.

⁹Kunyange zvakadaro ndakaparadza vaAmori pamberi pavo, ivo vakanga vakareba semisidhari, vane simba semioki; kunyange zvakadaro ndakaparadza zvibereko zvavo kumusoro nemidzi yavo pasi.

⁹And I — I have destroyed the Amorite from before them, Whose height [is] as the height of cedars, And strong he [is] as the oaks, And I destroy his fruit from above, And his roots from beneath.

¹⁰Ndakakubudisaiwo munyika yeEgipita, ndikakufambisai murenje makore makumi mana, kuti mundopiwa nyika yavaAmori.

¹⁰And I — I have brought you up from the land of Egypt, And cause you to go in a wilderness forty years, To possess the land of the Amorite.

¹¹Ndakamutsawo vaporofita pakati pavanakomana venyu, navaNaziri pakati pavanakomana venyu, navaNaziri pakati pamajaya enyu. Handizvo here, imwi vana vaIsiraeri?

¹¹And I raise of your sons for prophets, And of your choice ones for Nazarites, Is not this true, O sons of Israel? An affirmation of Jehovah.

¹²Asi makapa vaNaziri waini vamwe, nokuraira vaporofita, muchiti, Regai kuporofita.

¹²And ye cause the Nazarites to drink wine, And on the prophets ye have laid a charge, Saying, `Do not prophecy!`

¹³Tarirai, ndichakutsikirirai pasi, sezvinotsikirira ngoro izere nemwanda.

¹³Lo, I am pressing you under, As the full cart doth press for itself a sheaf.

¹⁴Anomhanyisa achakoniwa kutiza, anesimba haangasimbisi simba rake, kunyange nemhare haingazvirwiri.

¹⁴And perished hath refuge from the swift, And the strong strengtheneth not his power, And the mighty delivereth not his soul.

¹⁵Kunyange anobata uta haangamiri, anetsoka dzinomhanyisa haangazvirwiri; kunyange akatasva bhiza haangarwiri hupenyu hwake;

¹⁵And the handler of the bow standeth not, And the swift with his feet delivereth not [himself], And the rider of the horse delivereth not his soul.

¹⁶ane mwoyo mukuru pakati pemhare achatiza akashama nezuva iro, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹⁶And the courageous of heart among the mighty, Naked doth flee in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah!