¹Shoko raJehovha rakasvikazve kwandiri, richiti,

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

²Zvino iwe Mwanakomana womunhu, tonga, chitonga guta reropa, urizivise zvinonyangadza zvaro zvose.

²`And thou, son of man, dost thou judge? dost thou judge the city of blood? then thou hast caused it to know all its abominations,

³Uti zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Iwe guta, rinoteura ropa mukati maro, kuti nguva yaro isvike, rinozviitira zvifananidzo, kuti risvibiswe nazvo!

³and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The city is shedding blood in its midst, For the coming in of its time, And it hath made idols on it for defilement.

⁴Wapara mhaka nokuda kweropa rako rawakateura, wasvibiswa nezvifananidzo zvawakaita; waswededza mazuva ako, wasvika pamakore ako; naizvozvo ndakakuita chinhu chinoshorwa pamberi pamamwe marudzi, nechinosekwa nenyika dzose.

⁴By thy blood that thou hast shed thou hast been guilty, And by thine idols that thou hast made thou hast been defiled, And thou causest thy days to draw near, And art come in unto thine years, Therefore I have given thee a reproach to nations, And a derision to all the lands.

⁵Vari pedo newe, navari kure, vachakuseka, iwe unezita rakasvibiswa, uzere nebope.

⁵The near and the far-off from thee scoff at thee, O defiled of name — abounding in trouble.

⁶Tarira, machinda aIsiraeri akapinda mukati mako, mumwe nomumwe nesimba rake, kuzoteura ropa.

⁶Lo, princes of Israel — each according to his arm Have been in thee to shed blood.

⁷Baba namai vakazvidzwa mukati mako, vatorwa vakamanikidzwa mukati mako, nherera nechirikadzi dzakaitirwa zvakaipa mukati mako.

⁷Father and mother made light of in thee, To a sojourner they dealt oppressively in thy midst, Fatherless and widow they oppressed in thee.

⁸Iwe wakashora zvinhu zvangu zvitsvene, wakamhura masabata angu.

⁸My holy things thou hast despised, And My sabbaths thou hast polluted.

⁹Vanhu vana makuhwa vakapinda mukati mako kuzoteura ropa, vakadya pamusoro pamakomo mukati mako, vakaita zvinonyadzisa mukati mako.

⁹Men of slander have been in thee to shed blood, And on the mountains they have eaten in thee, Wickedness they have done in thy midst.

¹⁰Vakafukura kunyadza kwamadzibaba avo mukati mako, vakaninipisa mukati mako mukadzi wakange asina kunaka nokuva kumwedzi kwake.

¹⁰The nakedness of a father hath one uncovered in thee, The defiled of impurity they humbled in thee.

¹¹Mumwe akaita zvinonyangadza nomukadzi womunin'ina wake, mumwe wakachinyira mukadzi womwana wake, mumwezve mukati mako wakaninipisa hanzvadzi yake, mukunda wababa vake.

¹¹And each with the wife of his neighbour hath done abomination, And each his daughter-in-law hath defiled through wickedness, And each his sister, his father`s daughter, hath humbled in thee.

¹²Vakagamuchira zvipo mukati mako kuzoteura ropa; iwe wakatora mhindu yemari neyemichero, wakazvifumisa uchimanikidza wokwako, ukandikangamwa, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

¹²A bribe they have taken in thee to shed blood, Usury and increase thou hast taken, And cuttest off thy neighbour by oppression, And Me thou hast forgotten, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!

¹³Naizvozvo, tarira, ndakarovanya maoko angu pamusoro pefuma yako yawakawana nokunyengera, napamusoro peropa rako rakanga riri mukati mako.

¹³And lo, I have smitten My hand, Because of thy dishonest gain that thou hast gained, And for thy blood that hath been in thy midst.

¹⁴Ko moyo wako ungatsunga, kana maoko ako angasimba here pamazuva andichakutonga? Ini Jehovha ndakazvitaura, ndichazviita.

¹⁴Doth thy heart stand — are thy hands strong, For the days that I am dealing with thee? I, Jehovah, have spoken and have done [it].

¹⁵Ndichakuparadzira pakati pamarudzi, nokukudzingira kunyika dzose; ndichapedza tsvina yako mukati mako.

¹⁵And I have scattered thee among nations, And have spread thee out among lands, And consumed thy uncleanness out of thee.

¹⁶Uchazvimhurisa pamberi pamamwe marudzi; zvino uchazoziva kuti ndini Jehovha.

¹⁶And thou hast been polluted in thyself Before the eyes of nations, And thou hast known that I [am] Jehovah.`

¹⁷Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri, richiti,

¹⁷And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man,

¹⁸Mwanakomana womunhu, imba yaIsiraeri yaita samarara kwandiri; vose vakaita sendarira netini nedare nomutobvu mukati mevira; vakaita samarara esirivha

¹⁸The house of Israel hath been to Me for dross, All of them [are] brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, In the midst of a furnace — dross hath silver been,

¹⁹Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Mose zvamava marara, naizvozvo, tarirai, ndichakuunganidzirai mukati meJerusaremu.

¹⁹Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of your all becoming dross, Therefore, lo, I am gathering you unto the midst of Jerusalem,

²⁰Sezvavanounganidzira sirivha nendarira nedare nomutobvu netini mukati mevira, kuti vapfutidzire moto pamusoro pazvo, vazvinyause, saizvozvo ndichakuunganidzai nokutsamwa kwangu nehasha dzangu, ndikuiseimo, ndikunyausei.

²⁰A gathering of silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, Unto the midst of a furnace — to blow on it fire, to melt it, So do I gather in Mine anger and in My fury, And I have let rest, and have melted you.

²¹Zvirokwazvo, ndichakuunganidzai, nokupfutidza moto wehasha dzangu pamusoro penyu; muchanyauswa mukati maro.

²¹And I have heaped you up, And blown on you in the fire of My wrath, And ye have been melted in its midst.

²²Sirivha sezvainonyauswa mukati mevira, saizvozvo imwi muchanyauswa mukati maro; zvino muchaziva kuti ini Jehovha ndakadurura hasha dzangu pamusoro penyu.

²²As the melting of silver in the midst of a furnace, So are ye melted in its midst, And ye have known that I, Jehovah, I have poured out My fury upon you.`

²³Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri, richiti,

²³And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

²⁴Mwanakomana womunhu uti kwairi, Iwe uri nyika isina kunatswa, isina kunisirwa mvura nezuva reshungu dzangu.

²⁴`Son of man, say to it, Thou [art] a land, It [is] not cleansed nor rained on in a day of indignation.

²⁵Vaporofita vayo vakaita rangano mukati mayo; seshumba inoomba ichibvambura chayabata, saizvozvo vakapedza mweya yavanhu; vakatora fuma nezvinokosha, vakawanza chirikadzi mukati mayo.

²⁵A conspiracy of its prophets [is] in its midst, as a roaring lion tearing prey; The soul they have devoured, Wealth and glory they have taken, Its widows have multiplied in its midst.

²⁶Vapristi vayo vakaparadza murayiro wangu, vakamhura zvinhu zvangu zvitsvene; havana kutsaura pakati pezvitsvene nezvisati zviri zvitsvene, kana kuzivisa vanhu kusiyana kwezvisina kunaka nezvakanaka, vakatsinzina meso avo varege kuona masabata angu; ini ndamhurwa pakati pavo.

²⁶Its priests have wronged My law, And they pollute My holy things, Between holy and common they have not made separation, And between the unclean and the clean they have not made known, And from my sabbaths they have hidden their eyes, And I am pierced in their midst.

²⁷Machinda ayo mukati mayo vakafanana namapere anobvanzura zvaabata, vachiteura ropa nokuparadza mweya, kuti vawane fuma vachinyengera.

²⁷Its princes in its midst [are] as wolves, Tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, For the sake of gaining dishonest gain.

²⁸Vaporofita vayo vakavayuwira nesuko, vachiona zvinonyengera nokuvaukira zvenhema vachiti, Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, izvo Jehovha haana kutaura.

²⁸And its prophets have daubed for them with chalk, Seeing a vain thing, and divining for them a lie, Saying, `Thus said the Lord Jehovah:` And Jehovah hath not spoken.

²⁹Vanhu venyika vakamanikidza nokupamba; zvirokwazvo vakatambudza varombo navanoshayiwa, vakamanikidza mutorwa asina mhaka hake.

²⁹The people of the land have used oppression, And have taken plunder violently away, And humble and needy have oppressed, And the sojourner oppressed — without judgment.

³⁰Zvino ndakatsvaka pakati pavo munhu angagadzira rusvingo, angamira pakakoromoka pamberi pangu achirwira nyika, kuti ndirege kuiparadza; asi handina kuwana nomumwe.

³⁰And I seek of them a man making a fence, And standing in the breach before Me, In behalf of the land — not to destroy it, And I have not found.

³¹Naizvozvo ndakadurura shungu dzangu pamusoro pavo; ndakavapedza nomoto wehasha dzangu; ndakauyisa zvavakaita pamisoro yavo, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

³¹And I pour out on them mine indignation, By fire of My wrath I have consumed them, Their way on their own head I have put, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!`