¹Zvino negore repfumbamwe, nomwedzi wegumi, nezuva regumi romwedzi, shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri, richiti,

¹And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth of the month, saying,

²Mwanakomana womunhu, nyora zita nezuva, rezuva iro rino. Mambo weBhabhironi akaswedera Jerusaremu nezuva irero.

²`Son of man, write for thee the name of the day — this self-same day leaned hath the king of Babylon toward Jerusalem in this self-same day —

³Ureve mufananidzo kuimba inondimukira, uti kwavari zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Gadza gate, rigadze, udirewo mvura mariri;

³and use unto the rebellious house a simile, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: To set on the pot, to set [it] on, and also to pour into it water,

⁴unganidziramo nhindi dzaro, ndindi dzose dzakanaka, chidya nebandauko, rizadze namafupa akasanangurwa.

⁴To gather its pieces unto it, every good piece, Thigh and shoulder, the choice of the bones to fill in.

⁵Tora rakasanangurwa pakati pamakwai, nesvinga rehuni pasi pamafupa, rivirise kwazvo, mafupa aro abikwe mukati maro.

⁵The choice of the flock to take, And also to pile of the bones under it, Boil it thoroughly, yea, cook its bones in its midst.

⁶Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Guta reropa rine nhamo, negate rine furo mukati maro, risina kubvisirwa furo raro! Budisamo nhindi imwe neimwe; rigere kutongerwa.

⁶Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo [to] the city of blood, A pot whose scum [is] in it, And its scum hath not come out of it, By piece of it, by piece of it bring it out, Not fallen on it hath a lot.

⁷nekuti ropa raro riri mukati maro, rakariisa paruware rusine chinhu, harina kuridururira pasi, kuti ririfukidze neguruva.

⁷For her blood in her midst hath been, On a clear place of a rock she hath set it, She hath not poured it on the earth, To cover it over with dust.

⁸Ndakaisa ropa raro paruware rusine chinhu, rirege kufukidzwa, kuti hasha dzangu dzimutswe kuzotsiva.

⁸To cause fury to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on a clear place of a rock — not to be covered.

⁹Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Guta rine ropa, rine nhamo! Ndichakurisawo svinga rehuni.

⁹Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo [to] the city of blood, yea, I — I make great the pile.

¹⁰Tutirai huni, pfutidzai moto, bikai nyama zvakanaka, kodzai muto, mafupa atsve.

¹⁰Make abundant the wood, Kindle the fire, consume the flesh, And make the compound, And let the bones be burnt.

¹¹Zvino urigadze pamazimbe awo risina chiro, ripise, ndarira yaro itsvuke, matsvina aro anyauke mukati maro, kuti ngura yaro ipere.

¹¹And cause it to stand on its coals empty, So that its brass is hot and burning, Melted hath been in its midst its uncleanness, Consumed is its scum.

¹²Rakandinetsa nokubata zvikuru; kunyange zvakadaro ngura yaro haibvi mukati maro; ngura yaro ngaiiswe mumoto!

¹²[With] sorrows she hath wearied herself, And the abundance of her scum goeth not out of her, In the fire [is] her scum.

¹³Tsvina yako ine zvakashata; zvandakakunatsa, ukasanatswa, haungazonatswi patsvina yako, kusvikira ndanyaradza hasha dzangu pamusoro pako.

¹³In thine uncleanness [is] wickedness, Because I have cleansed thee, And thou hast not been cleansed, From thine uncleanness thou art not cleansed again, Till I have caused My fury to rest on thee.

¹⁴Ini Jehovha ndakazvitaura, zvichaitika, ini ndichazviita, handingadzoki, handingapembedzi, kana kuzvidemba; vachakutonga sezvakafanira nzira dzako, sezvakafanira zvawakaita, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

¹⁴I, Jehovah, hath spoken, It hath come, and I have done [it], I do not free, nor do I spare, nor do I repent, According to thy ways, and according to thine acts, they have judged thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.`

¹⁵Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvikawo kwandiri richiti,

¹⁵And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

¹⁶Mwanakomana womunhu, tarira, ndinokutorera pakarepo norufu unodikamwa nameso ako, asi haufaniri kuchema kana kuungudza, nemisodzi yako haifaniri kuyerera.

¹⁶`Son of man, lo, I am taking from thee the desire of thine eyes by a stroke, and thou dost not mourn, nor weep, nor let thy tear come.

¹⁷Gomera, asi ngazvirege kunzwika, usachema wakafa; sungira zvishongo mumusoro wako, upfeke shangu dzako patsoka dzako; usapfumbira muromo wako, kana kudya zvokudya zvavanhu.

¹⁷Cease to groan, [for] the dead thou dost make no mourning, thy bonnet bind on thee, and thy shoes thou dost put on thy feet, and thou dost not cover over the upper lip, and bread of men thou dost not eat.`

¹⁸Ipapo ndakataura navanhu mangwanani, madekwana mukadzi wangu akafa, ndikaita mangwanani sezvandakarayirwa.

¹⁸And I speak unto the people in the morning, and my wife dieth in the evening, and I do in the morning as I have been commanded.

¹⁹Zvino vanhu vakati kwandiri, Ko haungatiudziwo kuti zvinhu izvi zvinoti kudini kwatiri, zvaunoita zvakadaro here?

¹⁹And the people say unto me, `Dost thou not declare to us what these [are] to us, that thou art doing?`

²⁰Zvino ndikati kwavari, Shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri, richiti,

²⁰And I say unto them, `A word of Jehovah hath been unto me, saying:

²¹Taura neimba yaIsiraeri, uti zvanzi naIshe Jehovha Tarirai, ndichamhura imba yangu tsvene, yamunozvikudza nayo muchiti isimba renyu, inodikamwa nameso enyu, inonzwirwa tsitsi nemweya yenyu; vanakomana venyu navanasikana venyu vamakasiya, vachaurawa nomunondo.

²¹Say to the house of Israel: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am polluting My sanctuary, The excellency of your strength, The desire of your eyes, and the pitied of your soul, And your sons and your daughters whom ye have left, by sword they do fall.

²²Ipapo muchaita sezvandakaita ini, hamungapfumbiri miromo yenyu, kana kudya zvokudya zvavanhu.

²²And ye have done as I have done, On the upper lip ye are not covered, And bread of men ye do not eat.

²³Zvishongo zvenyu zvichava pamisoro yenyu, neshangu dzenyu patsoka dzenyu; hamungachemi kana kuungudza, asi muchapera muzvakaipa zvenyu, muchigomerana.

²³And your bonnets [are] on your heads, And your shoes [are] on your feet, Ye do not mourn nor do ye weep, And ye have wasted away for your iniquities, And ye have howled one unto another.

²⁴Saizvozvo Ezekieri achava chiratidzo kwamuri; zvose zvaakaita iye, nemwi muchazviitawo; kana zvichisvika, muchaziva kuti ndini Ishe Jehovha.

²⁴And Ezekiel hath been to you for a type, According to all that he hath done ye do; In its coming in — ye have known that I [am] the Lord Jehovah.

²⁵Zvino kana uriwe, mwanakomana womunhu, nomusi wandichavatorera simba ravo, ivo mufaro wechakanaka chavo, chinodikamwa nameso avo, icho chinodikamwa nemweya yavo, vanakomana vavo navanasikana vavo,

²⁵And thou, son of man, Is it not in the day of My taking from them their strength, The joy of their beauty, the desire of their eyes, And the song of their soul, Their sons and their daughters?

²⁶ko nomusi uyo unopukunyuka haangauyi kwauri kuti akuudze izvozvo munzeve dzako here?

²⁶In that day come doth the escaped one to thee. To cause the ears to hear.

²⁷Nomusi uyo muromo wako uchashamisirwa wakapukunyuka, uchataura, haungazovi mbeveve; saizvozvo uchava chiratidzo kwavari; zvino vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha.

²⁷In that day opened is thy mouth with the escaped, And thou speakest, and art not silent any more, And thou hast been to them for a type. And they have known that I [am] Jehovah.`