¹VaIsiraeri muzambiringa unotanda zvakanaka, unobereka zvibereko zvawo; zvibereko zvavo zvakati zvichiwanda, vakawanzawo maaritari avo; nyika yavo yakati ichifara, ivo vakazviitirawo shongwe dzakanaka.

¹`An empty vine [is] Israel, Fruit he maketh like to himself, According to the abundance of his fruit, He hath multiplied for the altars, According to the goodness of his land, They have made goodly standing-pillars.

²Mwoyo yavo inonyengera, zvino vachapiwa mhaka; acharova maaritari avo, achaparadza shongwe dzavo.

²Their heart hath been divided, now they are guilty, He doth break down their altars, He doth destroy their standing-pillars.

³Zvirokwazvo, zvino vachati, Hatina mambo, nekuti hatityi Jehovha; kana ari mambo angatiitireiko?

³For now they say: We have no king, Because we have not feared Jehovah, And the king — what doth he for us?

⁴Vanotaura mashoko asina maturo, vanopika nhema pakuita kwavo sungano; naizvozvo kutongwa kwavo kunomera somuti unouraya mumihoronga yomunda.

⁴They have spoken words, To swear falsehood in making a covenant, And flourished as a poisonous herb hath judgment, on the furrows of a field.

⁵Vagere Samaria vachatya mhuru dzeBhetiavheni; nekuti vanhu varo vachaichema, navapristi varo vaiifarira, nokuda kokukudzwa kwayo, nekuti kwabva kwairi.

⁵For the calves of Beth-Aven fear do inhabitants of Samaria, Surely mourned on account of it hath its people, And its priests on account of it leap about, Because of its honour, for it hath removed from it,

⁶Ichaiswawo Asiria, chive chipo chamambo Jarebhi; Efuremu vachanyadziswa, Isiraeri vachanyadziswa namano avo.

⁶Also it to Asshur is carried, a present to a warlike king, Shame doth Ephraim receive, And ashamed is Israel of its own counsel.

⁷Kana riri Samaria, mambo waro waparadzwa sechipande pamusoro pemvura.

⁷Cut off is Samaria! Its king [is] as a chip on the face of the waters.

⁸Nzvimbo dzakakwirira dzeAvheniwo, izvo zvivi zvaIsiraeri, dzichaparadzwa; munzwa norukato zvichamera pamaaritari avo; zvino vachati kumakomo, Tifukidzei, nokuzvikomo, Wirai pamusoro pedu.

⁸And destroyed have been high places of Aven, the sin of Israel. Thorn and bramble go up on their altars, And they have said to hills, Cover us, And to heights, Fall upon us.

⁹Aiwa, Isiraeri, makatadza kubva pamazuva eGibhiya; ndipo pavakamira; ko vachakundwa nehondo inorwa navana vezvakaipa paGibhiya here?

⁹From the days of Gibeah thou hast sinned, O Israel, There they have stood, Not overtake them in Gibeah doth battle, Because of sons of perverseness.

¹⁰Nguva yandinoda ndichavaranga; marudzi avanhu achavaunganira kana vakasungirwa pazvisakarurama zvavo zviviri.

¹⁰When I desire, then I do bind them, And gathered against them have peoples, When they bind themselves to their two iniquities.

¹¹Efuremu itsiru rakapingudzwa, rinofarira kupura zviyo; asi ini ndimene ndasvika pamutsipa waro wakanaka, ndaisa mutasvi pamusoro paEfuremu; Judha vacharima, Jakove achaputsa mavhinga ake.

¹¹And Ephraim [is] a trained heifer — loving to thresh, And I — I have passed over on the goodness of its neck, I cause [one] to ride Ephraim, Plough doth Judah, harrow for him doth Jacob.

¹²Zvidzvarirei mukururama, mugocheka zvorudo; undai makombo enyu, nekuti inguva yokutsvaka Jehovha, kusvikira achiuya achikunisirai zvakarurama.

¹²Sow for yourselves in righteousness, Reap according to loving-kindness, Till for yourselves tillage of knowledge, To seek Jehovah, Till he come and shew righteousness to you.

¹³Makarima zvakashata, makacheka zvakaipa, makadya zvibereko zvenhema, nekuti makanga muchivimba nenzira yenyu, uye nokuwanda kwemhare dzenyu.

¹³Ye have ploughed wickedness, Perversity ye have reaped, Ye have eaten the fruit of lying, For thou hast trusted in thy way, In the abundance of thy might.

¹⁴Naizvozvo bope richamuka pakati pavanhu venyu, nhare dzenyu dzose dzichaparadzwa, Sharimani sezvaakaparadza Bhetiaribheri nezuva rokurwa, mai vakaputsanyiwa pamwechete navana vavo.

¹⁴And rise doth a tumult among thy people, And all thy fortresses are spoiled, As the spoiling of Shalman of Beth-Arbel, In a day of battle, Mother against sons dashed in pieces.

¹⁵Ndizvo zvamuchaitirwa neBhetieri nemhaka yokushata kwenyu kukuru; mambo waIsiraeri achaparadzwa chose mambakwedza.

¹⁵Thus hath Beth-El done to you, Because of the evil of your wickedness, In the dawn cut off utterly is a king of Israel!