¹Zvino iwe Mwanakomana womunhu, tora munondo unopinza; uutore chive chisvo kwauri, ugoveura nawo musoro wako nendebvu dzako, ipapo utore chiyero chokuyera nacho, ndokukamura vhudzi.

¹`And thou, son of man, take to thee a sharp weapon, the barber`s razor thou dost take to thee, and thou hast caused [it] to pass over thy head, and over thy beard, and thou hast taken to thee weighing scales, and apportioned them.

²Zvino chetatu charo upise nomoto pakati peguta, kana mazuva okukombwa kwaro apera; utorewo chimwe chetatu, ugotema nomunondo kumativi aro ose; uye chetatu uparadzire kumhepo, ipapo ini ndichavhomora munondo shure kwavo.

²A third part with fire thou dost burn in the midst of the city, at the fulness of the days of the siege; and thou hast taken the third part, thou dost smite with a weapon round about it; and the third part thou dost scatter to the wind, and a weapon I draw out after them.

³Zvino utorewo rimwe shomanene, urisungire munguvo dzako.

³And thou hast taken thence a few in number — and hast bound them in thy skirts;

⁴Ipapo utorezve rimwe raro, urikandire mumoto, uchiripisa mumoto; ipapo pachabudira moto kuimba yose yaIsiraeri.

⁴and of them thou dost take again, and hast cast them unto the midst of the fire, and hast burned them in the fire — out of it cometh forth a fire unto all the house of Israel.

⁵Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Iri ndiro Jerusaremu ndakariisa pakati pamarudzi, rakapoteredzwa nedzimwe nyika kumativi ose.

⁵Thus said the Lord Jehovah: this [is] Jerusalem, In the midst of the nations I have set her, And round about her [are] the lands.

⁶Asi rakaramba mitemo yangu richiita zvakaipa kupfuura mamwe marudzi, nokuramba zvandakarayira kupfuura dzimwe nyika dzakaripoteredza; nekuti ivo vakaramba mitemo yangu, nezvandakarayira havana kufamba mazviri.

⁶And she changeth My judgments into wickedness more than the nations, And My statutes more than the lands that [are] round about her, For against My judgments they have kicked, And My statutes — they have not walked in them.

⁷Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Zvamune hasha kupfuura marudzi akakukomberedzai, mukasafamba munezvandakarayira nokusachengeta mitemo yangu, kunyange kuita nemitemo yamarudzi akakupoteredzai,

⁷Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of your multiplying above the nations that [are] around you, In My statutes ye have not walked, And My judgments ye have not done, According to the judgments of the nations That [are] round about you ye have not done.

⁸naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarirai, ini, iyeni, ndine mhaka nemi, ndichaita zvandakatonga pakati penyu mamwe marudzi achizviona.

⁸Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I [am] against thee, even I, And I have done in thy midst judgments, Before the eyes of the nations.

⁹Ndichaita pakati penyu zvandisina kumboita, uye handingatongoitizve zvakadai, nemhaka yezvinonyangadza zvenyu zvose.

⁹And I have done in thee that which I have not done, And that which I do not its like again, Because of all thine abominations.

¹⁰Naizvozvo madzibaba achadya vanakomana vavo mukati mako, navanakomana vachadya madzibaba avo; ndichakuitira zvandakatonga, ndichaparadzira vakasara vako kumhepo dzose.

¹⁰Therefore fathers do eat sons in thy midst, And sons eat their fathers, And I have done in thee judgments, And have scattered all thy remnant to every wind.

¹¹Saka noupenyu hwangu ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha zvirokwazvo, zvawakasvibisa nzvimbo yangu tsvene nezvose zvako zvinosemesa nezvose zvako zvinonyangadza, saka neni ndichabva kwamuri, ziso rangu haringakupembedzi, handingavi netsitsiwo.

¹¹Therefore, I live — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah: Because My sanctuary thou hast defiled, With all thy detestable things, And with all thine abominations, Mine eye pitieth not, and I also spare not. Do not even I also diminish?

¹²Chetatu chako chichafa nehosha yakaipa, uye vachapedzwa nenzara mukati mako; chetatu chichaparadzwa nomunondo kumativi ako, nechimwe chikamu chetatu ndichachiparadzira kumhepo dzose, nokuvhomora munondo shure kwavo.

¹²Thy third part — by pestilence they die, And by famine are consumed in thy midst, And the third part, by sword they fall round about thee, And the third part, to every wind I scatter, And a sword I draw out after them.

¹³Saizvozvo kutsamwa kwangu kuchapera, nehasha dzangu kwavari ndichadzigumisa, ndikanyaradzwa; vachaziva kuti ini Jehovha ndakataura nokushingayira kwangu, kana ndapedza hasha dzangu pamusoro pavo.

¹³And completed hath been Mine anger, And I have caused My fury to rest on them, And I have been comforted, And they have known that I, Jehovah, have spoken in My zeal, In My completing My fury on them.

¹⁴Ndichakuita dongo nechinhu chinoshorwa pakati pamarudzi anokupoteredza, zvichionekwa navose vanopfuura napo.

¹⁴And I give thee for a waste, And for a reproach among nations that [are] round about thee, Before the eyes of every passer by.

¹⁵Saizvozvo chichava chinhu chinoshorwa nechinosekwa, chinonyevera nechinoshamisa, kumarudzi ose anokupoteredza, kana ndichikuitira zvandakatonga ndakatsamwa, ndiine hasha, ndichikutukai nehasha ini Jehovha, ndini ndakataura izvozvo;

¹⁵And it hath been a reproach and a reviling, An instruction and an astonishment, To nations that [are] round about thee, In My doing in thee judgments, In anger and fury, and in furious reproofs, I, Jehovah, have spoken.

¹⁶kana ndichituma pamusoro pavo miseve yakaipa yenzara, ine basa rokuparadza, yandichatuma kuti ikuparadzeyi. Ndichawedzera nzara pamusoro penyu, nokuvhuna mudonzvo wenyu wezvokudya.

¹⁶In My sending the evil arrows of famine among them, That have been for destruction, That I send to destroy you, And famine I am adding upon you, And I have broken to you the staff of bread.

¹⁷Ndichatuma pamusoro penyu nzara nezvikara zvakaipa zvichakutorerai vana; hosha yakaipa neropa zvichapfuura napakati pako; ndichauyisa munondo pamusoro pako. Ini Jehovha, ndini ndakataura izvozvo.

¹⁷And I have sent on you famine and evil beasts, And they have bereaved thee, And pestilence and blood pass over on thee, And a sword I do bring in against thee, I, Jehovah, have spoken!`