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

¹In the tenth year, in the tenth [month], in the twelfth of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying,

²Mwanakomana womunhu, rinzira chiso chako kuna Farao mambo weEgipita, uporofite pamusoro pake napamusoro peEgipita rose.

²`Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy concerning him, and concerning Egypt — all of it.

³Taura uti, zvanzi nalshe Jehovha, Tarira, ndine mhaka newe, iwe Farao mambo iwe shato huru uvete pakati penzizi dzako, ukati, Rwizi rwangu ndorwangu, ndakazviitira irwo.

³Speak, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I [am] against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt! The great dragon that is crouching in the midst of his floods, Who hath said, My flood [is] my own, And I — I have made it [for] myself.

⁴Ndichaisa zvikokovonho mushaya dzako, ndichanamatidza hove dzenzizi dzako pamakwande ako, ndichakubvisa mukati menzizi dzako pamwechete nehove dzose dzenzizi dzako dzakanamatira pamakwande ako.

⁴And I have put hooks in thy jaws, And I have caused the fish of thy floods to cleave to thy scales, And I have caused thee to come up from the midst of thy floods, And every fish of thy floods to thy scales doth cleave.

⁵Ndichakurashira kurenje, iwe nehove dzose dzenzizi dzako, uchawira pasi pabani pakachena, haungakokerwi kana kuunganidzwa; ndakakuisa kuzvikara zvapasi neshiri dzokudenga, uve zvokudya zvavo.

⁵And I have left thee in the wilderness, Thou and every fish of thy floods, On the face of the field thou dost fall, Thou art not gathered nor assembled, To the beast of the earth and to the fowl of the heavens I have given thee for food.

⁶Vose vagere Egipita vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha, nekuti vakanga vakaita setsvimbo yorutsanga kuimba yaIsiraeri.

⁶And known have all inhabitants of Egypt That I [am] Jehovah, Because of their being a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

⁷Vakati vachibata ruoko rwako, iwe ukavhunika, ukatsemura mafudzi avo ose; vakati vachisendama pamusoro pako, iwe ukavhunika, ukamisa zviuno zvavo zviri zvoga.

⁷In their taking hold of thee by thy hand, — thou art crushed, And hast rent to them all the shoulder, And in their leaning on thee thou art broken, And hast caused all their thighs to stand.

⁸Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarira, ndinouyisa munondo pamusoro pako, ndichaparadza pakati pako vanhu nezvipfuwo.

⁸Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am bringing in against thee a sword, And have cut off from thee man and beast.

⁹Nyika yeEgipita ichava dongo renzvimbo yakaparadzwa zvino vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha. Zvayakati, Rwizi ndorwangu, ndini ndakaruita,

⁹And the land of Egypt hath been for a desolation and a waste, And they have known that I [am] Jehovah. Because he said: The flood [is] mine, and I made [it].

¹⁰naizvozvo, tarira, ndine mhaka newe uye nenzizi dzako, ndichaita nyika yeEgipita nzvimbo yakaparadzwa chose nedongo, kubva pashongwe yeSevhene kusvikira pamuganhu weItiopia.

¹⁰Therefore, lo, I [am] against thee, and against thy floods, And have given the land of Egypt for wastes, A waste, a desolation, from Migdol to Syene, And unto the border of Cush.

¹¹Hakuna munhu achapfuura napo norutsoka rwake, norutsoka rwechipfuo harungapfuuri napo, haingagarwi navanhu makore makumi mana.

¹¹Not pass over into it doth a foot of man, Yea, the foot of beast doth not pass into it, Nor is it inhabited forty years.

¹²Nyika yeEgipita ndichaiita dongo pakati penyika dzakaitwa matongo, namaguta ayo achaitwa matongo makore makumi mana pakati pamaguta akaitwa matongo; ndichaparadzira vaEgipita pakati pamarudzi avanhu, nokuvadzingira kunyika dzose.

¹²And I have made the land of Egypt a desolation, In the midst of desolate lands, And its cities, in the midst of waste cities, Are a desolation forty years, And I have scattered the Egyptians among nations, And I have dispersed them through lands.

¹³nekuti zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Kana makore makumi mana apera, ndichaunganidza vaEgipita kumarudzi avanhu kwandakanga ndavaparadzira;

¹³But thus said the Lord Jehovah: At the end of forty years I gather the Egyptians Out of the peoples whither they have been scattered,

¹⁴ndichadzosazve kutapwa kweEgipita, ndichavadzoserazve kunyika yePatirosi, kunyika kwavakaberekerwa; vachavapo hushe hwakazvidzwa.

¹⁴And I have turned back [to] the captivity of Egypt, And I have brought them back [To] the land of Pathros, to the land of their birth, And they have been there a low kingdom.

¹⁵Huchava ushe hunozvidzwa kupfuura ushe hwose, hahungazozvimisizve kukunda mamwe marudzi, ndichavatapudza, varege kuzotongazve mamwe marudzi paushe hwavo.

¹⁵Of the kingdoms it is lowest, And it lifteth not up itself any more above the nations, And I have made them few, So as not to rule among nations.

¹⁶Imba yalsiraeri haingazovimbi nahwo, huchindiyeudzira zvakaipa zvavo, kana vachicheuka kuvatevera; zvino vachaziva kuti ndini Ishe Jehovha.

¹⁶And it is no more to the house of Israel for a confidence, Bringing iniquity to remembrance, By their turning after them, And they have known that I [am] the Lord Jehovah.`

¹⁷Zvino negore ramakumi maviri namanomwe, nomwedzi wokutanga, nezuva rokutanga romwedzi, shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri, richiti,

¹⁷And it cometh to pass, in the twenty and seventh year, in the first [month], in the first of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying:

¹⁸Mwanakomana womunhu, Nebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi, wakabatisa hondo yake basa guru rokurwa neTire; misoro yose yakasvotorwa namafudzi ose akasvuuka; kunyange zvakadaro iye nehondo yake havana kupiwa mubayiro neTire pamusoro pebasa raakabata achirwa navo.

¹⁸`Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, Hath caused his force to serve a great service against Tyre, Every head [is] bald — every shoulder peeled, And reward he had none, nor his force, out of Tyre, For the service that he served against it.

¹⁹Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarirai, nyika yeEgipita ndichaipa Nebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi; iye uchatapa vanhu vayo vazhinji, nokutora zvaachapamba, nokutora zvaachatapa; ndizvo zvichava mubayiro wehondo yake.

¹⁹Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah, Lo, I am giving to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon the land of Egypt, And he hath taken away its store, And hath taken its spoil, and taken its prey, And it hath been a reward to his force.

²⁰Ndakamupa iye nyika yeEgipita, uve muripo wake wezvaakabatira, nekuti vakandibatira ini, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

²⁰His wage for which he laboured I have given to him, The land of Egypt — in that they wrought for Me, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

²¹Nezuva iro ndichamedzera imba yaIsiraeri runyanga, newe ndichakupa muromo wakashamiswa pakati pavo; zvino vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha.

²¹In that day I cause to shoot up a horn to the house of Israel, And to thee I give an opening of the mouth in their midst, And they have known that I [am] Jehovah!`