¹Ruoko rwaJehovha rwakanga ruri pamusoro pangu, akandibudisa noMweya waJehovha, akandondiisa pakati pomupata; iwo wakange uzere namafupa;

¹There hath been upon me a hand of Jehovah, and He taketh me forth in the Spirit of Jehovah, and doth place me in the midst of the valley, and it is full of bones,

²akandipfuudza napakati pawo kumativi ose; tarirai, aivapo akawanda kwazvo pakachena pamupata; uye tarirai, akanga akaoma kwazvo.

²and He causeth me to pass over by them, all round about, and lo, very many [are] on the face of the valley, and lo, very dry.

³Akati kwandiri, Mwanakomana, mafupa awa angararama here? Ndikapindura, ndikati, Imi Ishe Jehovha munozviziva.

³And He saith unto me, `Son of man, do these bones live?` And I say, `O Lord Jehovah, Thou — Thou hast known.`

⁴Zvino akatizve kwandiri, Porofita pamusoro pamafupa awa, uti kwaari, Imi mafupa akaoma, inzwai shoko raJehovha.

⁴And He saith unto me, `Prophesy concerning these bones, and thou hast said unto them: O dry bones, hear a word of Jehovah:

⁵Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha kumafupa awa, Tarirai, ndichapinza mweya mukati menyu, muchararamazve.

⁵Thus said the Lord Jehovah to these bones: Lo, I am bringing into you a spirit, and ye have lived,

⁶Ndichaisa marunda pamusoro penyu, nokuuyisa nyama pamusoro penyu, nokukufukidzai neganda, nokuisa mweya mukati menyu, murarame; zvino muchaziva kuti ndini Jehovha.

⁶and I have given on you sinews, and cause flesh to come up upon you, and covered you over with skin, and given in you a spirit, and ye have lived, and ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.`

⁷Ipapo ndakaporofita sezvandakarayirwa; zvino ndakati ndichiporofita, mubvumo ukavapo, uye, tarira, kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakavapowo; mafupa akaswederana, pfupa rimwe kune rimwe pfupa raro.

⁷And I have prophesied as I have been commanded, and there is a noise, as I am prophesying, and lo, a rushing, and draw near do the bones, bone unto its bone.

⁸Ndikatarira, wane marunda avapo pamusoro pawo, nyama ikauya, ganda rikaafukidza pamusoro payo; asi makanga musina mweya mukati mawo.

⁸And I beheld, and lo, on them [are] sinews, and flesh hath come up, and cover them doth skin over above — and spirit there is none in them.

⁹Ipapo akati kwandiri, porofitira kumhepo, porofita, Mwanakomana womunhu, uti kumhepo, zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Uya uchibva kumativi mana anobva mhepo, iwe mweya, ufuridzire pamusoro pavava vakaurawa, kuti vararame.

⁹And He saith unto me: `Prophesy unto the Spirit, prophesy, son of man, and thou hast said unto the Spirit: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: From the four winds come in, O Spirit, and breathe on these slain, and they do live.`

¹⁰Ipapo ndakaporofita sezvaakandirayira, mweya ukapinda mukati mavo, vakararama, vakamira netsoka dzavo, iri hondo huru kwazvo.

¹⁰And I have prophesied as He commanded me, and the Spirit cometh into them, and they live, and stand on their feet — a very very great force.

¹¹Zvino akati kwandiri, Mwanakomana womunhu, mafupa awa ndiyo imba yose yaIsiraeri. Tarira ivo vanoti, mafupa edu aoma, tariro yedu yaenda, taparadzwa chose.

¹¹And He saith unto me, `Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; lo, they are saying: Dried up have our bones, And perished hath our hope, We have been cut off by ourselves.

¹²Naizvozvo porofita, uti kwavari zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarirai, ndichazarura marinda enyu, ndichakukwidzai mubve mumarinda enyu, imwi vanhu vangu; ndichakusvitsai munyika yaIsiraeri.

¹²Therefore, prophesy, and thou hast said unto them, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am opening your graves, And have brought you up out of your graves, O My people, And brought you in unto the land of Israel.

¹³Muchaziva kuti ndini Jehovha, kana ndazarura marinda enyu, ndikakukwidzai mubve mumarinda enyu, imwi vanhu vangu.

¹³And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah, In My opening your graves, And in My bringing you up out of your graves, O My people.

¹⁴Ndichaisa mweya wangu mukati menyu, murarame, ndichakuisai munyika yenyu; zvino muchaziva kuti ini Jehovha ndakazvitaura ndikazviita, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹⁴And I have given My Spirit in you, and ye have lived, And I have caused you to rest on your land, And ye have known that I Jehovah, I have spoken, and I have done [it], An affirmation of Jehovah.`

¹⁵Shoko raJehovha rakasvikazve kwandiri, richiti,

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

¹⁶Zvino iwe, Mwanakomana womunhu, tora rutanda rumwe, unyore pamusoro parwo, kuti, ZvaJudha, nezvavana vaIsiraeri shamwari dzake; ipapo utore rumwe rutanda, unyore pamusoro parwo, kuti, ZvaJosefa, rutanda rwaEfuremu, nezveimba yose yavaIsiraeri shamwari dzake;

¹⁶`And thou, son of man, take to thee one stick, and write on it, For Judah, and for the sons of Israel, his companions; and take another stick, and write on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the house of Israel, his companions,

¹⁷zvino uzvibatanidzire matanda iwawo, ruve rutanda rumwe, ruve rumwe muruoko rwako.

¹⁷and bring them near one unto another, to thee, for one stick, and they have become one in thy hand.

¹⁸Zvino kana vana vavanhu vako vakataura newe vachiti kwauri, Haungatizivisi zvaunoda kuratidza nezvinhu izvi here?

¹⁸`And when sons of thy people speak unto thee, saying, Dost thou not declare to us what these [are] to thee?

¹⁹Iwe uti kwavari, zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarirai, ndichatora rutanda rwaJosefa, ruri muruoko rwaEfuremu, namarudzi aIsiraeri shamwari dzake; ndichavaisa kwaruri, kurutanda rwaJudha, ndivaite rutanda rumwe, vachaita rumwe muruoko rwangu.

¹⁹Speak unto them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am taking the stick of Joseph, that [is] in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions, and have given them unto him, with the stick of Judah, and have made them become one stick, and they have been one in My hand.

²⁰Zvino matanda aunonyora pamusoro pawo anofanira kuva muruoko rwako vazvione.

²⁰And the sticks on which thou writest have been in thy hand before thine eyes,

²¹Ipapo uti kwavari, zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarirai, ndichabvisa vana vaIsiraeri pakati pamarudzi, kwavakaenda, ndichavaunganidza vabve kumativi ose, ndivaise kunyika yavo;

²¹and speak thou unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am taking the sons of Israel, From among the nations whither they have gone, And have gathered them from round about, And I have brought them in unto their land.

²²ndichavaita rudzi rumwe panyika, pamakomo aIsiraeri; mambo mumwe uchava mambo wavose, havangazovi marudzi maviri, uye havangatongozovi ushe huviri hwakaparadzana;

²²And I have made them become one nation in the land, on mountains of Israel, And one king is to them all for king, And they are no more as two nations, Nor are they divided any more into two kingdoms again.

²³havangazozvisvibisi nezvifananidzo zvavo, kana nezvinhu zvavo zvinosemesa, kana nechinhu chipi nechipi chavanodarika nacho; asi ndichavaponesa pose pavagere, pavaitadza, nokuvanatsa; saizvozvo vachava vanhu vangu, neni ndichava Mwari wavo.

²³Nor are they defiled any more with their idols, And with their abominations, And with any of their transgressions, And I have saved them out of all their dwellings, In which they have sinned, And I have cleansed them, And they have been to Me for a people, And I — I am to them for God.

²⁴Muranda wangu Dhavhidhi achava mambo wavo; vose vachava nomufudzi mumwe; vachafambawo nezvandakarayira, nokuchengeta mitemo yangu, vachiita.

²⁴And My servant David [is] king over them, And one shepherd have they all, And in My judgments they go, And My statutes they keep, and have done them.

²⁵Vachagara munyika yandakapa Jakove muranda wangu, maigara madzibaba enyu; vachagaramo, ivo navana vavo, navana vavana vavo, nokusingaperi; Dhavhidhi muranda wangu achava muchinda wavo nokusingaperi.

²⁵And they have dwelt on the land that I gave to My servant, to Jacob, In which your fathers have dwelt, And they have dwelt on it, they and their sons, And their son`s sons — unto the age, And David My servant [is] their prince — to the age.

²⁶Ndichaitawo sungano yorugare navo, ichava sungano isingaperi navo; ndichavaisapo, nokuvawanza, nokuisa nzvimbo yangu tsvene pakati pavo nokusingaperi.

²⁶And I have made to them a covenant of peace, A covenant age-during it is with them, And I have placed them, and multiplied them, And placed My sanctuary in their midst — to the age.

²⁷Tabhenakeri yanguvo ichava pakati pavo; ini ndichava Mwari wavo, naivo vachava vanhu vangu.

²⁷And My tabernacle hath been over them, And I have been to them for God, And they have been to Me for a people.

²⁸Zvino marudzi achaziva kuti ndini Jehovha, anoita vaIsiraeri vatsvene, kana nzvimbo yangu tsvene iri pakati pavo nokusingaperi.

²⁸And known have the nations that I Jehovah am sanctifying Israel, In My sanctuary being in their midst — to the age!`