¹Zvino pahunde yaJese pachabuda bukira, davi, rinobuda pamidzi yake, richabereka zvibereko.

¹And a rod hath come out from the stock of Jesse, And a branch from his roots is fruitful.

²Mweya waJehovha uchagara pamusoro pake, mweya wenjere nowokungwara, mweya wamano nesimba, mweya wokuziva nokutya Jehovha.

²Rested on him hath the Spirit of Jehovah, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and might, The spirit of knowledge and fear of Jehovah.

³Hwema hwake hwuchava pakutya Jehovha; haangatongi nokungoona nameso chete, kana kupa mhosva nokungonzwa nenzeve dzake chete;

³To refresh him in the fear of Jehovah, And by the sight of his eyes he judgeth not, Nor by the hearing of his ears decideth.

⁴asi achatongera varombo nokururama, achatambira vanyoro venyika mhaka dzavo zvakarurama; acharova nyika neshamhu yomuromo wake, achavauraya vakaipa nomweya wemiromo yake.

⁴And he hath judged in righteousness the poor, And decided in uprightness for the humble of earth, And hath smitten earth with the rod of his mouth, And with the breath of his lips he putteth the wicked to death.

⁵Kururama richava bhanhire rechiuno chake, kutendeka richava bhanhire rezvidzva zvake.

⁵And righteousness hath been the girdle of his loins, And faithfulness — the girdle of his reins.

⁶Bere richagara negwayana, ingwe ichavata pasi nembudzana, nemhuru nomwana weshumba nechipfuwo chakakora pamwechete; uye mwana muduku achadzitungamirira.

⁶And a wolf hath sojourned with a lamb, And a leopard with a kid doth lie down, And calf, and young lion, and fatling [are] together, And a little youth is leader over them.

⁷Mhou nebere zvichafura; vana vadzo vachavata pamwechete; shumba ichadya uswa senzombe.

⁷And cow and bear do feed, Together lie down their young ones, And a lion as an ox eateth straw.

⁸Mwana anomwa, achatamba pamwena wenyoka, uye mwana akarumurwa achapinza ruoko rwake mubako remvumbi.

⁸And played hath a suckling by the hole of an asp, And on the den of a cockatrice Hath the weaned one put his hand.

⁹Hazvingakuvadzi kana kuparadza pagomo rangu rose dzvene, nekuti nyika yose ichazara nokuziva Jehovha, sezvinofukidza mvura pasi pegungwa.

⁹Evil they do not, nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For full hath been the earth with the knowledge of Jehovah, As the waters are covering the sea.

¹⁰Nezuva iro mudzi waJese, iwo umirepo somureza wavanhu, uchatsvakwa namarudzi avanhu; nzvimbo yake yokuzorora ichava nembiri.

¹⁰And there hath been, in that day, A root of Jesse that is standing for an ensign of peoples, Unto him do nations seek, And his rest hath been — honour!

¹¹Zvino nezuva iro Ishe achatambanudzazve ruoko rwake kechipiri kuti adzikunure vakasara vavanhu vake, ivo vanenge vasara, vari paAsiria,

¹¹And it hath come to pass, in that day, The Lord addeth a second time his power, To get the remnant of His people that is left, From Asshur, and from Egypt, And from Pathros, and from Cush, And from Elam, and from Shinar, And from Hamath, and from isles of the sea,

¹²Achasimudzira marudzi mureza, nokuunganidza vadzingwa vaIsiraeri, nokuunganidza VaJudha vakaparadzirwa kumativi mana enyika.

¹²And He hath lifted up an ensign to nations, And gathereth the driven away of Israel, And the scattered of Judah He assembleth, From the four wings of the earth.

¹³Ipapo godo ravaEfuremu richapera, navanomanikidza vaJudha vachaparadzwa; vaEfuremu havangagodori vaJudha, navaJudha havangamanikidzi vaEfuremu.

¹³And turned aside hath the envy of Ephraim, And the adversaries of Judah are cut off, Ephraim doth not envy Judah, And Judah doth not distress Ephraim.

¹⁴Asi vachabhururukira pamusoro pamafudzi avaFirisitia kumavirazuva, vachapambara pamwechete vana vamabvazuva; vachatambanudzira maoko avo kuvaEdhomu navaMoabhi, navana vaAmoni vachavateerera.

¹⁴And they have flown on the shoulder of the Philistines westward, Together they spoil the sons of the east, Edom and Moab sending forth their hand, And sons of Ammon obeying them.

¹⁵Jehovha achaparadza chose muromo wegungwa reEgipita, achasimudzira ruoko rwake pamusoro poRwizi nemhepo yake inopisa, ndokururova ruite hova nomwe, ayambuse vanhu vakafuka shangu.

¹⁵And Jehovah hath devoted to destruction The tongue of the sea of Egypt, And hath waved His hand over the river, In the terror of his wind, And hath smitten it at the seven streams, And hath caused [men] to tread [it] with shoes.

¹⁶Vanhu vake vakasara, vakasara Asiria, vachava nenzira huru; sezvazvakaitirwa Isiraeri nezuva ravakabuda munyika yeEgipita.

¹⁶And there hath been a highway, For the remnant of His people that is left, from Asshur, As there was for Israel in the day of his coming up out of the land of Egypt!