¹Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvikazve kwandiri, richiti,

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

²Mwanakomana womunhu, kwakanga kuna vakadzi vaviri, vanasikana vamai vamwe;

²Two women were daughters of one mother,

³ivo vakapata muEgipita, vakapata vachiri vaduku; mazamu avo akabatwa ipapo, minyato yohumhandara hwavo yakabatwa-batwapo.

³And they go a-whoring in Egypt, In their youth they have gone a-whoring, There they have bruised their breasts, And there they have dealt with the loves of their virginity.

⁴Mazita avo akanga ari Ohora, mukuru, naOhoribha munin'ina wake; ivo vakazova vangu, vakabereka vanakomana navanasikana. Zvino kana ari mazita avo, Samaria ndiOhora, Jerusaremu ndiOhoribha.

⁴And their names [are] Aholah the elder, And Aholibah her sister, And they are Mine, and bear sons and daughters. As to their names — Samaria [is] Aholah, And Jerusalem [is] Aholibah.

⁵Ohora wakapata, ari wangu, akadana navadikamwi vake, ivo vaAsiria vaigara pedo naye,

⁵And go a-whoring doth Aholah under Me, And she doteth on her lovers, On the neighbouring Assyrians,

⁶vaifuka micheka mitema, vaiva vabati namadzishe, ose ari majaya anodikamwa, vatasvi vaifamba namabhiza.

⁶Clothed with blue — governors and prefects, Desirable young men all of them, Horsemen, riding on horses,

⁷Iye akapata navo, ivo varume vakatsaurwa vose pakati pevana vaAsiria, zvino waizvisvibisa nezvifananidzo zvavose vaidikamwa naye.

⁷And she giveth her whoredoms on them, The choice of the sons of Asshur, All of them — even all on whom she doted, By all their idols she hath been defiled.

⁸Uye haana kuzorega kupata kwake kwaakabva nako Egipita; nekuti varume vakavata naye achiri muduku, vakabatabata minyato yohumhandara hwake, vakadurura hupombwe hwavo pamusoro pake.

⁸And her whoredoms out of Egypt she hath not forsaken, For with her they lay in her youth, And they dealt with the loves of her virginity, And they pour out their whoredoms on her.

⁹Naizvozvo ndakamuisa mumaoko avadikamwi vake, mumaoko avaAsiria, vaakadana navo.

⁹Therefore I have given her into the hand of her lovers, Into the hand of sons of Asshur on whom she doted.

¹⁰Ivo vakafukura kunyadza kwake, vakatora vanakomana navanasikana vake, vakamuuraya iye nomunondo, zita rake rikazosekwa pakati pavakadzi; nekuti vakamutonga.

¹⁰They have uncovered her nakedness, Her sons and her daughters they have taken, And her by sword they have slain, And she is a name for women, And judgments they have done with her.

¹¹Zvino munin'ina wake Ohoribha wakazviona hake, kunyange zvakadaro iye wakange akanyanya pakudana kwake navadikamwi, uye kupata kwake kwakapfuura kupata komukuru wake.

¹¹And see doth her sister Aholibah, And she maketh her doting love more corrupt than she, And her whoredoms than the whoredoms of her sister.

¹²Iye akadana navaAsiria, vaiva vabati namadzishe, vaigara pedo naye, vakafuka zvakaisvonaka kwazvo, vari vatasvi vanofamba namabhiza, ose ari majaya anodikamwa.

¹²On sons of Asshur she hath doted, Governors and prefects, Neighbouring ones — clothed in perfection, Horsemen, riding on horses, Desirable young men all of them.

¹³Zvino ndakaona kuti wasvibiswa; ivo vose vakafamba nenzira imwe.

¹³And I see that she hath been defiled, One way [is] to them both.

¹⁴Akawedzera kupata kwake; nekuti wakaona zvifananidzo zvavarume vakavezwa pamadziro, zviri zvifananidzo zvaKaradhea, zvakavezwa nomuti mutsvuku,

¹⁴And she doth add unto her whoredoms, And she seeth graved men on the wall, Pictures of Chaldeans, graved with red lead,

¹⁵vakasunga zviuno zvavo nebhanhire, vane ngowani dzemicheka pamisoro yavo, vose vakaita samachinda kana vachionekwa, vakafanana navaBhabhironi paKaradhea, iyo nyika yokuberekwa kwavo.

¹⁵Girded with a girdle on their loins, Dyed attire spread out on their heads, The appearance of rulers — all of them, The likeness of sons of Babylon, Chaldea is the land of their birth.

¹⁶Zvino wakati achivaona, akavada kwazvo, akatuma nhume kwavari paKaradhea.

¹⁶And she doteth on them at the sight of her eyes, And sendeth messengers to them, to Chaldea.

¹⁷VaBhabhironi vakauya kwaari ari panhovo dzorudo, vakamusvibisa nohupombwe hwavo, iye akasvibiswa pamwechete navo, mweya wake ukazorambana navo.

¹⁷And come in unto her do sons of Babylon, To the bed of loves, And they defile her with their whoredoms, And she is defiled with them, And her soul is alienated from them.

¹⁸Zvino wakati afukura kupata kwake, nokufukura kunyadza kwake, mweya wangu ukarambana naye, mweya wangu sezvawakarambana nomukuru wake.

¹⁸And she revealeth her whoredoms, And she revealeth her nakedness, And alienated is My soul from off her, As alienated was My soul from off her sister.

¹⁹Kunyange zvakadaro akaramba achiwedzera kupata kwake, achirangarira mazuva ohuduku hwake, aakapata nawo panyika yeEgipita.

¹⁹And she multiplieth her whoredoms, To remember the days of her youth, When she went a-whoring in the land of Egypt.

²⁰Akadana zvikuru navadikamwi vake, vane nyama yakaita senyama yembongoro, zvinodhachwa navo zvakaita sezvinodhachwa namabhiza.

²⁰And she doteth on their paramours, Whose flesh [is] the flesh of asses, And the issue of horses — their issue.

²¹Zvino ukayeudzwa zvakashata zvohuduku hwako, panguva yawakabatwa-batwa minyato yako navaEgipita nokuda kwamazamu ohumhandara hwako.

²¹Thou lookest after the wickedness of thy youth, In dealing out of Egypt thy loves, For the sake of the breasts of thy youth.

²²Naizvozvo iwe Ohoribha, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha tarira, ndichakumutsira vadikamwi vako, vakazorambwa nomweya wako, ndichavauyisa kwauri kuzorwa newe kumativi ose;

²²Therefore, O Aholibah, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am stirring up thy lovers against thee, From whom thy soul hath been alienated, And have brought them in against thee from round about.

²³vanoti, vaBhabhironi, navaKaradhea vose, Pekodhi naShoa naKoa, navaAsiria pamwechete navo, iwo majaya anodikamwa, vose vari vabati namadzishe, machinda navarume vane mbiri, vose vakatasva mabhiza.

²³Sons of Babylon, and of all Chaldea, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, All the sons of Asshur with them, Desirable young men, governors and prefects, All of them — rulers and proclaimed ones, Riding on horses, all of them.

²⁴Vachauya kuzorwa newe nenhumbi dzokurwa, nengoro, nezvinofamba namakumbo engoro, neboka ravanhu vazhinji; vachazvirongedza kuzorwa newe nenhovo huru nenhovo duku nengowani kumativi ose; ini ndichavapa simba rokutonga, vakutonge nokutonga kwavo.

²⁴And they have come in against thee, With arms, rider, and wheel, And with an assembly of peoples; Target, and shield, and helmet, They do set against thee round about, And I have set before them judgment, They have judged thee in their Judgments.

²⁵Ndichamutsa godo rangu kuzorwa newe, ivo vakuitire hasha; vachabvisa mhino dzako nenzeve dzako, vakasara kwauri vachaurawa nomunondo, vachatora vanakomana vako navanasikana vako; vakasara kwauri vachapera nomoto.

²⁵And I have set My jealousy against thee, And they have dealt with thee in fury, Thy nose and thine ears they turn aside, And thy posterity by sword falleth, They, thy sons and thy daughters do take away, And thy posterity is devoured by fire.

²⁶Vachakubvisirawo nguvo dzako, nokukutorera hukomba hwako hwakanaka.

²⁶And they have stripped thee of thy garments, And have taken thy beauteous jewels.

²⁷Saizvozvo ndichakugumisira zvakashata zvako nokupata kwako kwawakabva nako kunyika yeEgipita, kuti urege kuzozvitarirazve nameso ako, kana kuzorangarira Egipita.

²⁷And I have caused thy wickedness to cease from thee, And thy whoredoms out of the land of Egypt, And thou liftest not up thine eyes unto them, And Egypt thou dost not remember again.

²⁸nekuti zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, ndichakuisa mumaoko avaunovenga, mumaoko aivo vakarambwa nomweya wako;

²⁸For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am giving thee into a hand that thou hast hated, Into a hand from which thou wast alienated.

²⁹ivo vachakuitira ruvengo, vachakutorera zvose zvawakabatira, vakakurega usina chawakafuka wakashama; kunyadza kokupata kwako kuchafukurwa, zvakaipa zvako pamwechete nokupata kwako.

²⁹And they have dealt with thee in hatred, And they have taken all thy labour, And they have left thee naked and bare, And revealed hath been the nakedness of thy whoredoms, And the wickedness of thy whoredoms.

³⁰Uchaitirwa zvinhu izvi nemhaka yokuti wakapata namarudzi avanhu, uye nemhaka yokuti wakasvibiswa nezvifananidzo zvavo.

³⁰To do these things to thee, In thy going a-whoring after nations, Because thou hast been defiled with their idols,

³¹Iwe wakafamba nenzira yomukuru wako; saka ndichaisa mukombe wake muruoko rwako.

³¹In the way of thy sister thou hast walked, And I have given her cup into thy hand.

³²Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Uchamwira pamukombe womukuru wako, wakadzika mukuru; uchasekwa nokudadirwa, nekuti iwe une zvizhinji zvirimo.

³²Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The cup of thy sister thou dost drink, The deep and the wide one, (Thou art for laughter and for scorn,) Abundant to contain.

³³Uchazara nokubatwa nokuchema; mukombe womukuru wako Samaria mukombe wokushamiswa nokuparadzwa.

³³With drunkenness and sorrow thou art filled, A cup of astonishment and desolation, The cup of thy sister Samaria.

³⁴Uchaumwa nokuupedza chose, uchatsenga zvaenga zvawo, nokudzura mazamu ako; nekuti ndini ndakataura izvozvo, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

³⁴And thou hast drunk it, and hast drained [it], And its earthen ware thou dost gnaw, And thine own breasts thou pluckest off, For I have spoken, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah,

³⁵Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Zvawakandikangamwa, ukandirasira shure kwako, naizvozvo chiva nemhosva yezvakashata zvako, neyokupata kwako.

³⁵Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast forgotten Me, And thou dost cast Me behind thy back, Even thou also bear thy wickedness and thy whoredoms.`

³⁶Jehovha akatiwo kwandiri, Mwanakomana womunhu, chitonga Ohora naOhoribha, uvazivise zvinonyangadza zvavo.

³⁶And Jehovah saith unto me, `Son of man, Dost thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? Declare then to them their abominations.

³⁷nekuti wakafeva, ropa riri pamaoko avo; wakafeva nezvifananidzo zvavo; vakapinzawo vanakomana vavo vavakandiberekera mumoto, kuti zvidyiwe nazvo.

³⁷For they have committed adultery, And blood [is] in their hands, With their idols they committed adultery, And also their sons whom they bore to Me, They caused to pass over to them for food.

³⁸Vakandiitirawo chinhu ichi, vakasvibisawo nzvimbo yangu tsvene nezuva iro, vakamhura masabata angu.

³⁸Again, this they have done to Me, They defiled My sanctuary in that day, And My sabbaths they have polluted.

³⁹nekuti vakati vabayira zvifananidzo zvavo vana vavo, vakapinda nezuva iro munzvimbo yangu tsvene kuti vaimhure; tarirai, ndizvo zvavakaita mukati meimba yangu.

³⁹And in their slaughtering their sons to their idols They also come in unto My sanctuary in that day to pollute it, And lo, thus they have done in the midst of My house,

⁴⁰Makatumawo nhume kundodana varume vanobva kure nhume yakatumwako kwavari ivo vakauya, iwe ukazvishamba nokuda kwavo, ukazodza meso ako nomuti, nokuzvishongedza nezvishongo,

⁴⁰And also that they send to men coming from afar, Unto whom a messenger is sent, And lo, they have come in for whom thou hast washed, Painted thine eyes, and put on adornment.

⁴¹ukagara panhovo dzakaisvonaka, dzakanga dzakagadzirirwa tafura pamberi padzo, pawakagadzika zvinonhuhwira zvangu namafuta angu.

⁴¹And thou hast sat on a couch of honour, And a table arrayed before it, And My perfume and My oil placed on it.

⁴²Inzwi ravazhinji vakanga vachifara rakanga rinaye; zvino pamwechete navarume vakabva kuvazhinji, vakauya nevakariri vedoro, vaibva kurenje, vakaisa zvishongo pamaoko avo, nekorona dzakanaka pamisoro yavo.

⁴²And the voice of a multitude at ease [is] with her, And unto men of the common people are brought in Sabeans from the wilderness, And they put bracelets on their hands, And a beauteous crown on their heads.

⁴³Zvino ndakati kuna iye akanga apera nokufeva kwake, Zvino vachaita hupombwe naye, naiye navo.

⁴³And I say of the worn-out one in adulteries, Now they commit her whoredoms — she also!

⁴⁴Ipapo vakapinda kwaari, sezvavanopinda kuchifeve; saizvozvo vakapinda kuna Ohora naOhoribha, ivo vakadzi vakashata.

⁴⁴And they come in unto her, As the coming in unto a whorish woman, So they have come in unto Aholah, And unto Aholibah — the wicked women.

⁴⁵Naizvozvo varume vakarurama vachavatonga sezvinotongwa zvifeve, sezvinotongwa vakadzi vakateura ropa, nekuti zvifeve, ropa riri pamaoko avo.

⁴⁵As to righteous men, they judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, And the judgment of women shedding blood, For they [are] adulteresses, And blood [is] in their hands.

⁴⁶nekuti zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Ndichauyisa boka ravarwi kuzorwa navo, ndichavaregera kuti vadzungaidzwe kose-kose vapambwe.

⁴⁶For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Bring up against them an assembly, And give them to trembling and to spoiling.

⁴⁷Boka iro richavataka namabwe, nokuvabaya neminondo yavo; vachauraya vanakomana vavo navanasikana vavo, nokupisa dzimba dzavo nomoto.

⁴⁷And they have cast at them the stone of the assembly, And cut them with their swords, Their sons and their daughters they do slay, And their houses with fire they burn.

⁴⁸Saizvozvo ndichagumisa zvakashata panyika, kuti vakadzi vose vadzidziswe kuti varege kutevera zvakashata zvenyu.

⁴⁸And I have caused wickedness to cease from the land, And instructed have been all the women, And they do not according to your wickedness.

⁴⁹Vachakutsivirai zvakashata zvenyu, imwi muchava nezvivi zvezvifananidzo zvenyu, zvino muchaziva kuti ndini Ishe Jehovha.

⁴⁹And they have put your wickedness on you, And the sins of your idols ye bear, And ye have known that I [am] the Lord Jehovah!