¹Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri, richiti,

¹And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

²Mwanakomana womunhu, rinzira chiso chako kumakomo aIsiraeri, uporofite pamusoro pawo,

²`Son of man, set thy face unto mountains of Israel, and prophesy concerning them:

³uti, Imi makomo avaIsiraeri, inzwai shoko ralshe Jehovha, zvanzi naIshe Jehovha kumakomo nokuzvikomo, kumipata nokumapani, tarirai, ini, iyeni, ndichauyisa munondo pamusoro penyu, ndichaparadza nzvimbo dzenyu dzakakwirira.

³And thou hast said: Mountains of Israel, Hear ye a word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus said the Lord Jehovah To the mountains, and to the hills, To the streams, and to the valleys, Lo, I, I am bringing in against you a sword, And I have destroyed your high places.

⁴Maaritari enyu achaitwa matongo, nezvifananidzo zvenyu zvezuva zvichakoromorwa; vanhu venyu, vakaurawa, ndichavawisira pasi pamberi pezvifananidzo zvenyu.

⁴And desolated have been your altars, And broken your images, And I have caused your wounded to fall before your idols,

⁵Ndicharadzika zvitunha zvavana vaIsiraeri pamberi pezvifananidzo zvavo; ndichaparadzira mafupa enyu pamativi ose amaaritari enyu.

⁵And put the carcases of the sons of Israel before their idols, And scattered your bones round about your altars.

⁶Pose pamugere maguta achaparadzwa, nenzvimbo dzakakwirira dzichaitwa matongo, kuti maaritari enyu aparadzwe aitwe matongo, nezvifananidzo zvenyu zvikoromorwe zvigume, nezvifananidzo zvenyu zvezuva zvitemwe, nezvamakabata zvose zviparadzwe.

⁶In all your dwellings the cities are laid waste, And the high places are desolate, So that waste and desolate are your altars, And broken and ceased have your idols, And cut down have been your images, And blotted out have been your works.

⁷Vakaurawa vachawira pasi pakati penyu, nemwi muchaziva kuti ndini Jehovha.

⁷And fallen hath the wounded in your midst, And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.

⁸Kunyange zvakadaro ndichachengeta vakasara, nekuti vamwe venyu vachavapo vachapukunyuka pamunondo pakati pamarudzi kana muchiparadzirwa kunyika dzose.

⁸And I have caused [some] to remain, In their being to you the escaped of the sword among nations, In your being scattered through lands.

⁹Zvino vakapukunyuka pakati penyu vachandirangarira pakati pamarudzi, kwavachatapirwa, kana ndaputsa moyo yavo yokufeva, yakandirasa, nameso avo aipata achitevera zvifananidzo zvavo; vachazvisema ivo vamene pamusoro pezvakaipa zvavakaita pazvinyangadzo zvavo zvose.

⁹And remembered Me have your escaped among nations, Whither they have been taken captive, Because I have been broken with their heart that is going a-whoring, That hath turned aside from off Me, And with their eyes they are going a-whoring after their idols, And they have been loathsome in their own faces, For the evils that they have done — all their abominations.

¹⁰Zvino ivo vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha; handina kureva pasina kuti ndichavaitira zvakaipa izvozvo.

¹⁰And they have known that I [am] Jehovah, Not for nought have I spoken to do to them this evil.

¹¹Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Rova noruoko rwako, tsikisa pasi norutsoka rwako, uti, Maiwe! Nokuda kwezvinonyangadza zvakaipa zvose zveimba yaIsiraeri; nekuti vachaurawa nomunondo nenzara nehosha yakaipa.

¹¹Thus said the Lord Jehovah: `Smite with thy palm, and stamp with thy foot, And say: Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, Who by sword, by famine, and by pestilence do fall.

¹²Ari kure achafa nehosha yakaipa, ari pedo achaurawa nomunondo, akasara akachengetwa achafa nenzara; saizvozvo ndichapedza hasha dzangu pamusoro pavo.

¹²The far-off by pestilence dieth, And the near by sword falleth, And the left and the besieged by famine dieth, And I have completed my fury upon them.

¹³imwi muchaziva kuti ndini Jehovha, kana vanhu vavo, vakaurawa, vari pakati pezvifananidzo zvavo vakakomberedza maaritari avo, pachikomo chimwe nechimwe chakakwirira, napamusoro pemisoro yose yamakomo,napasi pomuti mumwe nomumwe mutema napasi pomuouki mumwe nomumwe mukobvu, ipo panzvimbo dzose pavaipisira zvifananidzo zvavo zvose zvinonhuhwira zvakanaka.

¹³And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah, In their wounded being in the midst of their idols, Round about their altars, On every high hill, on all tops of mountains, And under every green tree, and under every thick oak, The place where they gave sweet fragrance to all their idols.

¹⁴Ndichatambanudzira ruoko rwangu pamusoro pavo, nyika ndichaiita dongo nokuiparadza, kubva parenje kusvikira Dhibhira, pose pavanogara; zvino vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha.

¹⁴And I have stretched out my hand against them, And have made the land a desolation, Even a desolation from the wilderness to Diblath, In all their dwellings, And they have known that I [am] Jehovah!`