¹Inzwai shoko iri, imwi mhou dzeBhashani, dziri mugomo reSamaria, imwi munomanikidza varombo, munopwanya vanoshaiwa, munoti kumadzishe enyu, Uyai nezvokumwa timwe.

¹Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, Who [are] in the mountain of Samaria, Who are oppressing the poor, Who are bruising the needy, Who are saying to their lords: `Bring in, and we do drink.`

²Ishe Jehovha akapika noutsvene hwake, achiti, Tarirai, mazuva achauya pamusoro penyu, avachakukwevai nezvikokovonho, uye vakasara venyu nezviredzo zvehove.

²Sworn hath the Lord Jehovah by His holiness, That lo, days are coming upon you, And he hath taken you away with hooks, And your posterity with fish-hooks.

³Muchabuda napakakoromoka, mumwe nomumwe paakatarisana napo; mucharashirwa Harimoni, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

³And [by] breaches ye go forth, A woman [at that] over-against her, And ye have cast down the high place, An affirmation of Jehovah.

⁴Uyai Bhetieri, mudarike; uyai Girigari, muwedzere kudarika; uyai nezvibayiro zvenyu mangwanani ose, uye zvegumi zvenyu pazuva rimwe nerimwe retatu;

⁴Enter ye Beth-El, and transgress, At Gilgal multiply transgression, And bring in every morning your sacrifices, Every third year your tithes.

⁵uyai nechibayiro chokuvonga chezvakaviriswa, muraire zvipiriso zvomwoyo, muzviparidze; nekuti ndizvo zvinokufadzai, imwi vana vaIsiraeri, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

⁵And perfume with leaven a thank-offering, And proclaim willing gifts, sound ye! For so ye have loved, O sons of Israel, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

⁶Ndakakupaiwo meno akachena pamaguta enyu ose, nokushaiwa zvokudya panzvimbo dzenyu dzose; kunyange zvakadaro hamuna kudzokera kwandiri, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

⁶And I also — I have given to you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, And lack of bread in all your places, And ye have not turned back unto Me, an affirmation of Jehovah.

⁷Ndakakunyimawo mvura, kukohwa kuchigere mwedzi mitatu; pane rimwe guta; imwe nzvimbo ikanaisirwa mvura, nzvimbo isina kunaisirwa mvura ikaoma.

⁷And I also — I have withheld from you the rain. While yet three months to harvest, And I have sent rain on one city, And on another city I do not send rain, One portion is rained on, And the portion on which it raineth not withereth.

⁸Naizvozvo vanhu vamaguta maviri kana matatu vakadzungairira kune rimwe guta kundomwa mvura, vakasagungwa; kunyange zvakadaro hamuna kudzokera kwandiri, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

⁸And wandered have two or three cities, Unto the same city to drink water, And they are not satisfied, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

⁹Ndakakurovai nenyunje nokuvhuvha; muteteni wakapedza minda yenyu mizhinji, neminda yenyu yemizambiringa, nemionde yenyu, nemiorivhi yenyu; kunyange zvakadaro hamuna kudzokera kwandiri, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

⁹I have smitten you with blasting and with mildew, The abundance of your gardens and of your vineyards, And of your figs, and of your olives, Eat doth the palmer-worm, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

¹⁰Ndakatuma pakati penyu hosha yakaipa sezvakaitwa Egipita; majaya enyu ndakaauraya nomunondo, ndikatapa mabhiza enyu; ndakasvitsa kunhuwa kwemisasa yenyu imo mumhino dzenyu; kunyange zvakadaro hamuna kudzokera kwandiri, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹⁰I have sent among you pestilence by the way of Egypt, I have slain by sword your choice ones, With your captive horses, And I cause the stink of your camps to come up — even into your nostrils, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

¹¹Ndakaparadza maguta pakati penyu, Mwari sezvaakaparadza Sodhoma neGomora, imwi mukaita sechitsiga chakabvutwa pamoto; kunyange zvakadaro hamuna kudzokera kwandiri, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹¹I have overturned among you, Like the overturn by God of Sodom and Gomorrah, And ye are as a brand delivered from a burning, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

¹²Saka ndichakuitirai izvi, imwi Isiraeri; zvino zvandichakuitirai izvi, zvigadzirei kusongana naMwari wenyu, imwi Isiraeri.

¹²Therefore, thus I do to thee, O Israel, at last, Because this I do to thee, Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

¹³nekuti tarirai, iye, anoumba makomo, anosika mhepo, anozivisa munhu zviri mumurangariro wake, anoshandura mangwanani rikava rima, anotsika panzvimbo dzenyika dzakakwirira, Jehovha Mwari wehondo, ndiro zita rake.

¹³For, lo, the former of mountains, and creator of wind, And the declarer to man what [is] His thought, He is making dawn obscurity, And is treading on high places of earth, Jehovah, God of Hosts, [is] His name!