¹Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri, richiti,

¹And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

²Mwanakomana womunhu, porofitira vaporofita vaIsiraeri vanoporofita, uti kuna ivo vanoporofita zvinobva mumoyo mavo, inzwai imwi shoko raJehovha,

²`Son of man, prophesy concerning the prophets of Israel who are prophesying, and thou hast said to those prophesying from their own heart: Hear ye a word of Jehovah:

³Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Vane nhamo vaporofita mapenzi, vanotevera mweya yavo, vasina chavakaona.

³Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo unto the prophets who are foolish, Who are going after their own spirit, And they have seen nothing.

⁴Aiwa Isiraeri, vaporofita venyu vakafanana namakava pamatongo.

⁴As foxes in the wastes, Thy prophets, O Israel, have been.

⁵Hamuna kukwira muchipinda pakakoromorwa, kana kugadzira rusvingo rweimba yaIsiraeri, kuti mumire pakurwa pazuva raJehovha.

⁵Ye have not gone up into breaches, Nor do ye make a fence for the house of Israel, To stand in battle in a day of Jehovah.

⁶Vakaona zvinonyengera nokuporofita kwenhema, ivo vanoti, Jehovha anoti! Asi Jehovha haana kuvatuma, zvino vakati shoko ravo richasimbiswa.

⁶They have seen vanity, and lying divination, Who are saying: An affirmation of Jehovah, And Jehovah hath not sent them, And they have hoped to establish a word.

⁷Hamuna kuona zvinonyengera here, hamuna kutaura kuvuka kwenhema here, zvamakati, Jehovha anoti; kunyange zvakadaro handina kutaura?

⁷A vain vision have ye not seen, And a lying divination spoken, When ye say: An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have not spoken?

⁸Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Zvamakatura zvinonyengera, nokuona nhema, naizvozvo, tarirai, ndine mhaka nemi, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

⁸Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen a lie, Therefore, lo, I [am] against you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

⁹Ruoko rwangu rucharwa navaporofita vanoona zvinonyengera navanoporofita nhema; havangarangani navanhu vangu, havanganyorwi mazita avo parugwaro rweimba yaIsiraeri, havangapindi munyika yaIsiraeri; zvino muchaziva kuti ndini Ishe Jehovha.

⁹And My hand hath been on the prophets, Who are seeing vanity, and who are divining a lie, In the assembly of My people they are not, And in the writing of the house of Israel they are not written, And unto the ground of Israel they come not, And ye have known that I [am] the Lord Jehovah.

¹⁰nekuti zvirokwazvo, nekuti vakanyengera vanhu vangu, vachiti, Rugare! Izvo hakuna rugare; kana vovaka rusvingo, tarira, vovuwa nesuko.

¹⁰Because, even because, they did cause My people to err, Saying, Peace! and there is no peace, And that one is building a wall, And lo, they are daubing it with chalk.

¹¹Chiudza avo vanoruvuwa nesuko, kuti ruchakoromoka; mvura ichauya ichinaya kwazvo, ine, mabwe makuru echimvuramabwe, muchawa, nedutu remhepo urutsemure.

¹¹Say to those daubing with chalk — It falleth, There hath been an overflowing shower, And ye, O hailstones, do fall, And a tempestuous wind doth rend,

¹²Zvino tarirai, kana rusvingo rwakoromoka havangati kwamuri here, Ko suko ramakuvuwa naro riripiko?

¹²And lo, fallen hath the wall! Doth not one say unto you, Where [is] the daubing that ye daubed?

¹³Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Ndicharutsemusa zvirokwazvo nedutu remhepo nehasha dzangu; mvura ichanaya kwazvo nokutsamwa kwangu, namabwe makuru echimvuramabwe nehasha dzangu, kurupedza chose.

¹³Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have rent with a tempestuous wind in My fury, And an overflowing shower is in Mine anger, And hailstones in My fury — to consume.

¹⁴Saizvozvo ndichakoromora rusvingo rwamakavuwa nesuko, nokuruwisira pasi, kusvikira nheyo dzarwo dzafukurwa; ruchakoromoka, nemwi muchaparadzwa mukati marwo; zvino muchaziva kuti ndini Jehovha.

¹⁴And I have broken down the wall that ye daubed with chalk, And have caused it to come unto the earth, And revealed hath been its foundation, And it hath fallen, And ye have been consumed in its midst, And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.

¹⁵Saizvozvo ndichapedza hasha dzangu parusvingo, napamusoro pavakaruvuwa nesuko; ndichati kwamuri, Rusvingo haruchipo, navakaruvuwa havachipo;

¹⁵And I have completed My wrath on the wall, And on those daubing it with chalk, And I say to you: The wall is not, And those daubing it are not;

¹⁶ivo vaporofita valsiraeri vanoporofita pamusoro peJerusaremu, vachirionera zviratidzo zvorugare, izvo hakuna rugare; ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

¹⁶The prophets of Israel who are prophesying concerning Jerusalem, And who are seeing for her a vision of peace, And there is no peace, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

¹⁷Asi iwe, Mwanakomana womunhu, rinzira chiso chako kuvakunda vavanhu vako, ivo vanoporofita zvinobva mumoyo yavo, uporofite pamusoro pavo,

¹⁷And thou, son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, who are prophesying out of their own heart, and prophesy concerning them,

¹⁸uti, Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Vane nhamo vakadzi vanosonera maziso emaoko, vanoita micheka yokufukidza misoro yavanhu vapi navapi, kuti vavhime mweya. Munoda kuvhima mweya yavanhu vangu, muchida kuzviponesera mweya iyeyo!

¹⁸And thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo to those sowing pillows for all joints of the arm, And to those making the kerchiefs For the head of every stature — to hunt souls, The souls do ye hunt of My people? And the souls ye have do ye keep alive?

¹⁹Makandimhura pakati pavanhu vangu nokuda kwetsama dzebhari nezvimedu zvezvingwa, kuti muuraye mweya isingafaniri kufa, nokuponesa mweya isingafaniri kurarama, muchirevera vanhu vangu nhema, ivo vanoteerera nhema dzenyu.

¹⁹Yea, ye pierce Me concerning My people, For handfuls of barley, And for pieces of bread, to put to death Souls that should not die, And to keep alive souls that should not live, By your lying to My people — hearkening to lies.

²⁰Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarirai, ndine mhaka nezvifukidzo zvenyu zvamunovhima nazvo mweya yavanhu seshiri, ndichazvibvarura pamaoko enyu; ndicharegedza mweya, iyo mweya yamunovhima seshiri.

²⁰Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I [am] against your pillows, With which ye are hunting there the souls of the flourishing, And I have rent them from off your arms, And have sent away the souls that ye are hunting, The souls of the flourishing.

²¹Nemicheka yenyu ndichaibvarurawo, ndirwire vanhu vangu pamaoko enyu, varege kuzova mumaoko enyu kuti muvavhime; zvino muchaziva kuti ndini Jehovha.

²¹And I have torn your kerchiefs, And delivered My people out of your hand, And they are no more in your hand for a prey, And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.

²²nekuti nenhema dzenyu makarwadza moyo wowakarurama, wandisina kuchemedza, mukasimbisa maoko owakaipa, kuti arege kudzoka panzira yake yakaipa, aponeswe;

²²Because of paining the heart of the righteous with falsehood, And I have not pained it, And strengthening the hands of the wicked, So as not to turn back from his evil way, To keep him alive,

²³naizvozvo hamuchazoonizve zviratidzo zvinonyengera kana kuuka zvinoukwa; ini ndicharwira vanhu vangu pamaoko enyu; zvino muchaziva kuti ndini Jehovha.

²³Therefore, vanity ye do not see, And divination ye do not divine again, And I have delivered My people out of your hand, And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah!`