¹Zvino iwe, Mwanakomana womunhu, porofita pamusoro pamakomo aIsiraeri, uti, Imi makomo aIsiraeri, inzwai shoko raJehovha.

¹And thou, son of man, prophesy unto mountains of Israel, and thou hast said, O mountains of Israel, hear a word of Jehovah.

²Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Muvengi wako zvaakati pamusoro pako, Toko waro! Uye, nzvimbo dzakakwirira dzekare inhaka yedu;

²Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy said against you, Aha, and the high places of old for a possession have been to us,

³naizvozvo porofita, uti, zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Nemhaka iyi, zvavakakuitai dongo, nokukumedzai kumativi ose, kuti muve nhaka yamarudzi avanhu akasara, zvamakarehwa nemiromo yavanotaura, mukaitirwa makuhwa navanhu;

³therefore, prophesy, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because, even because, of desolating, And of swallowing you up from round about, For your being a possession to the remnant of the nations, And ye are taken up on the tip of the tongue, And [are] an evil report of the people.

⁴naizvozvo, imwi makomo aIsiraeri, inzwai shoko raIshe Jehovha, zvanzi naIshe Jehovha kumakomo nokuzvikomo nokuhova nokumipata nokunzvimbo dzakaparadzwa nokumaguta akasiiwa, ava chinhu chinopambwa nechinosekwa namarudzi akasara anowapoteredza;

⁴Therefore, O mountains of Israel, Hear a word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus said the Lord Jehovah, to mountains, and to hills, To streams, and to valleys, And to wastes that [are] desolate, And to cities that are forsaken, That have been for a prey, And for a scorn, to the remnant of the nations who [are] round about.

⁵naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Zvirokwazvo, ndakataura nomoto wegodo rangu pamusoro pavakasara vamarudzi napamusoro peEdhomu rose, ivo vakazvitorera nyika yangu vachiti ive nhaka yavo, vachingofara nomoyo wavo wose vachishora nemweya yavo, kuti vairasire kure ipambwe.

⁵Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Have I not, in the fire of My jealousy, Spoken against the remnant of the nations, And against Edom — all of it, Who gave My land to themselves for a possession, With the joy of the whole heart — with despite of soul, For the sake of casting it out for a prey?

⁶Naizvozvo porofita pamusoro penyika yaIsiraeri, uti kumakomo nokuzvikomo, nokuhova nokumipata, zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarirai ndakataura negodo rangu nokutsamwa kwangu, nekuti makashorwa namarudzi;

⁶Therefore, prophesy concerning the ground of Israel, And thou hast said to mountains, and to hills, To streams, and to valleys, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I, in My jealousy, and in My fury, I have spoken, Because the shame of nations ye have borne.

⁷naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Ndakapika ndichiti, zvirokwazvo marudzi anokupoteredza kose, ndiwo achashorwa.

⁷Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: I — I have lifted up My hand, Do not — the nations who [are] with you from round about — they their own shame bear?

⁸Asi imi, makomo aIsiraeri, muchabudisa matavi enyu, nokuberekera vanhu vangu vaIsiraeri michero nekuti kusvika kwavo kwaswedera.

⁸And ye, O mountains of Israel, Your branch ye give out, and your fruits ye bear for My people Israel, For they have drawn near to come.

⁹nekuti tarirai, ndinemwi, ndichatsaukira kwamuri, mucharimwa nokudzvarwa;

⁹For, lo, I [am] for you, and have turned to you, And ye have been tilled and sown.

¹⁰ndichawanza vanhu pamusoro pako, iyo imba yose yaIsiraeri, ivo vose; maguta achagarwa, namatongo achavakwa;

¹⁰And I have multiplied on you men, All the house of Israel — all of it, And the cities have been inhabited, And the wastes are built.

¹¹ndichawanza pamusoro penyu vanhu nezvipfuwo, vachawanda nokuberekana; ndichagarisa vanhu mukati menyu, sezvamakanga makaita kare, nokukuitirai zvakanaka zvinopfuura zvapakuvamba kwenyu; zvino muchaziva kuti ndini Jehovha.

¹¹And I have multiplied on you man and beast, And they have multiplied and been fruitful, And I have caused you to dwell according to your former states, And I have done better than at your beginnings, And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.

¹²Zvirokwazvo, ndichafambisa vanhu pamusoro penyu, ivo vanhu vangu vaIsiraeri; vachakuita wavo, uchava nhaka yavo, kubva zvino haungazovatoreri vana vavo.

¹²And I have caused man to walk over you, — My people Israel, And they possess thee, and thou hast been to them for an inheritance, And thou dost add no more to bereave them.

¹³Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Zvavanoti kwauri, iwe uri mupedzi wavanhu, wakatorera rudzi rwako vana;

¹³Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because they are saying to you: A devourer of men [art] thou, And a bereaver of thy nations thou hast been,

¹⁴naizvozvo hauchazopedzi vanhu, kana kuva muvurayiri worudzi rwako vana, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha;

¹⁴Therefore, man thou devourest no more, And thy nations thou causest not to stumble any more, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

¹⁵handichazokunzwisi kunyadziswa kwamarudzi, haungazoshorwi navanhu, haungazogumbusi rudzi rwako, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

¹⁵And I proclaim not unto thee any more the shame of the nations, And the reproach of peoples thou bearest no more, And thy nations stumble not any more, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.`

¹⁶Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvikazve kwandiri, richiti,

¹⁶And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

¹⁷Mwanakomana womunhu, nguva yavakagara panyika yavo, imba yaIsiraeri yakaisvibisa nomufambiro wavo nezvavaiita; mufambiro wavo pamberi pangu wakange wakaita setsvina yomukadzi ari kumwedzi kwake.

¹⁷`Son of man, The house of Israel are dwelling on their land, And they defile it by their way and by their doings, As the uncleanness of a separated one hath their way been before Me.

¹⁸Naizvozvo ndakateurira hasha dzangu pamusoro pavo nemhaka yeropa ravakateurira pamusoro penyika, zvavakaisvibisa nezvifananidzo zvavo;

¹⁸And I do pour out My fury upon them For the blood that they shed on the land, And with their idols they have defiled it.

¹⁹ndikavaparadzira pakati pamarudzi, vakadzingirwa kunyika dzose; ndakavatonga zvakafanira mufambiro wavo nezvavakaita.

¹⁹And I scatter them among nations, And they are spread through lands, According to their way, and according to their doings, I have judged them.

²⁰Zvino vakati vachisvika kumarudzi, kwavakaenda, vakamhura zita rangu dzvene, nekuti vanhu vakati pamusoro pavo, Ava ndivo vanhu vaJehovha, vakabuda panyika yake.

²⁰And one goeth in unto the nations whither they have gone, And they pollute My holy name by saying to them, The people of Jehovah [are] these, And from His land they have gone forth.

²¹Asi ndakanga ndinehanya nezita rangu dzvene, rakanga ramhurwa neimba yaIsiraeri pakati pamarudzi kwavakaenda.

²¹And I have pity on My holy name, That the house of Israel have polluted among nations whither they have gone in.

²²Naizvozvo chiti kuimba yaIsiraeri, zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Handiiti chinhu ichi nokuda kwako, iwe imba yaIsiraeri, asi nokuda kwezita rangu dzvene ramakamhura pakati pamarudzi kwamakaenda.

²²Therefore, say to the house of Israel, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Not for your sake am I working, O house of Israel, But — for My holy name, That ye have polluted among nations whither ye have gone in.

²³Zita rangu guru ndichariita dzvene, iro rakamhurwa pakati pamarudzi, ramakamhura imwi pakati pavo; zvino marudzi achaziva kuti ndini Jehovha, nenguva yandichaitwa mutsvene mamuri pamberi pavo, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

²³And I have sanctified My great name, That is profaned among nations, That ye have polluted in your midst, And known have the nations that I [am] Jehovah, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, In My being sanctified in you before your eyes.

²⁴nekuti ndichakubvisai pakati pamarudzi, nokukuunganidzai kunyika dzose, ndikuisei kunyika yenyu.

²⁴And I have taken you out of the nations, And have gathered you out of all the lands, And I have brought you in unto your land,

²⁵Ndichasasa mvura yakachena pamusoro penyu, muve vakachena; ndichakunatsai matsvina enyu ose nezvifananidzo zvenyu zvose.

²⁵And I have sprinkled over you clean water, And ye have been clean; From all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, I do cleanse you.

²⁶Ndichakupaiwo moyo mutsva, nokuisa mukati menyu mweya mutsva; ndichabvisa moyo webwe panyama yenyu, ndikupei moyo wenyama.

²⁶And I have given to you a new heart, And a new spirit I give in your midst, And I have turned aside the heart of stone out of your flesh, And I have given to you a heart of flesh.

²⁷Uye ndichaisa Mweya wangu mukati menyu, nokukufambisai nemitemo yangu; muchachengeta zvandakarayira nokuzviita.

²⁷And My Spirit I give in your midst, And I have done this, so that in My statutes ye walk, And My judgments ye keep, and have done them.

²⁸Muchagara munyika yandakapa madzibaba enyu; muchava vanhu vangu, neni ndichava Mwari wenyu.

²⁸And ye have dwelt in the land that I have given to your fathers, And ye have been to Me for a people, And I — I am to you for God.

²⁹Ndichakuponesai patsvina yenyu yose; ndichadana zviyo, nokuzviwanza, handingakuremedziyi nenzara.

²⁹And I have saved you from all your uncleannesses, And I have called unto the corn, and multiplied it, And I have put no famine upon you.

³⁰Ndichawanza michero yemiti, nezvinomera muminda, kuti murege kuzoshorwa namarudzi avanhu zvichinzi mune nzara.

³⁰And I have multiplied the fruit of the tree, And the increase of the field, So that ye receive not any more a reproach of famine among nations.

³¹Ipapo mucharangarira mufambiro wenyu wakaipa, nezvamakaita zvisina kunaka; muchazvisema mumene pamusoro pezvakaipa zvenyu nezvinonyangadza zvenyu.

³¹And ye have remembered your ways that [are] evil, And your doings that [are] not good, And have been loathsome in your own faces, For your iniquities, and for your abominations.

³²Handiiti izvozvi nokuda kwenyu, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha muzive izvozvo; nyarai muve nenyadzi pamusoro pomufambiro wenyu, imwi imba yaIsiraeri.

³²Not for your sake am I working, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Be it known to you, Be ashamed and confounded, because of your ways, O house of Israel.

³³Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Nezuva randichakunatsai pazvakaipa zvenyu zvose, ndichagarisa vanhu mumaguta, namatongo achavakwa.

³³Thus said the Lord Jehovah: In the day of My cleansing you from all your iniquities, I have caused the cities to be inhabited, And the wastes have been built,

³⁴Nyika yakanga iri dongo icharimwa, iyo yakanga iri dongo pamberi pavose vaipfuura napo.

³⁴And the desolate land is tilled, Instead of which it was a desolation before the eyes of every passer by,

³⁵Ipapo vachati, Nyika iyi yaiva dongo, yafanana nomunda weEdheni; maguta akanga akaparadzwa akasiiwa aiva matongo, iwo avakirwa ogarwa.

³⁵And they have said: This land, that was desolated, Hath been as the garden of Eden, And the cities — the wasted, And the desolated, and the broken down, Fenced places have remained.

³⁶Ipapo marudzi akasara kumativi enyu ose achaziva kuti ini Jehovha, ndini ndakavaka nzvimbo idzo dzaiva matongo, ndikasimazve pakanga pakaparadzwa; ini Jehovha ndakazvitaura, ndichazviita.

³⁶And known have the nations who are left round about you, That I Jehovah have built the thrown down, I have planted the desolated: I Jehovah have spoken, and I have done [it].

³⁷Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Asi ndinoda kukumbirwa chinhu ichi neimba yaIsiraeri, kuti ndivaitire izvozvo; ndichavawanzira vanhu, vave seboka ramakwai.

³⁷Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Yet this I am required, By the house of Israel to do to them, I multiply them as a flock of men,

³⁸Sezvakaita boka ramakwai anobayirwa Jehovha, sezvakaita boka ramakwai muJerusaremu pamitambo yakatarwa, saizvozvo maguta aiva matongo achazadzwa namapoka avanhu; zvino vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha.

³⁸As a flock of holy ones, as a flock of Jerusalem, In her appointed seasons, So are the waste cities full of flocks of men, And they have known that I [am] Jehovah!`