¹Chirevo pamusoro perenje regungwa. Zvinobva kurenje, kunyika inotyisa, sezvamupupuri zvinopfuura kurutivi rweZasi.

¹The burden of the wilderness of the sea. `Like hurricanes in the south for passing through, From the wilderness it hath come, From a fearful land.

²Ndaratidzwa chiratidzo chinochemedza; munyengeri anoita nokunyengera, nomuparadzi anoparadza. Simuka iwe Erami, komba, iwe Medhia; ndagumisa kugomera kwavo kose.

²A hard vision hath been declared to me, The treacherous dealer is dealing treacherously, And the destroyer is destroying. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Media, All its sighing I have caused to cease.

³Saka zviuno zvangu zvizere nokurwadziwa; ndabatwa nokurwadziwa, sokurwadziwa komukadzi unosununguka; ndakotamiswa, saka handigoni kunzwa; ndavhunduswa, saka handigoni kuona,

³Therefore filled have been my loins [with] great pain, Pangs have seized me as pangs of a travailing woman, I have been bent down by hearing, I have been troubled by seeing.

⁴moyo wangu une dzungu, ndavhunduswa nezvinotyisa; rubvunzavaeni rwandaida rwashanduka chinhu chinondidederesa.

⁴Wandered hath my heart, trembling hath terrified me, The twilight of my desire He hath made a fear to me,

⁵Vanogadzira tafura, vanoisa varindi, vanodya, vanomwa. Simukai, imwi machinda, muzodze nhovo.

⁵Arrange the table, watch in the watch-tower, Eat, drink, rise, ye heads, anoint the shield,

⁶nekuti hezvi zvandaudzwa naShe, Enda, undoisa murindi; ngaareve zvaanoona;

⁶For thus said the Lord unto me: `Go, station the watchman, That which he seeth let him declare.`

⁷zvino kana achiona boka, navatasvi vamabhiza vakaita vaviri-vaviri, neboka rembongoro, neboka ramakamera, ngaateerere zvakanaka-naka.

⁷And he hath seen a chariot — a couple of horsemen, The rider of an ass, the rider of a camel, And he hath given attention — He hath increased attention!

⁸Iye akadanidzira seshumba, achiti, Ishe, ndimire nguva dzose masikati pashongwe yokurinda, nousiku hwose ndimire panzvimbo yangu;

⁸And he crieth — a lion, `On a watch-tower my lord, I am standing continually by day, And on my ward I am stationed whole nights.

⁹zvino tarirai, kouya boka ravanhu, vatasvi vamabhiza vakaita vaviri-vaviri. Akapindura, akati, Bhabhironi rawa, rawa; mifananidzo yake yose yakavezwa yavamwari vavo yaputsikira pasi.

⁹And lo, this, the chariot of a man is coming, A couple of horsemen.` And he answereth and saith: `Fallen, fallen hath Babylon, And all the graven images of her gods He hath broken to the earth.

¹⁰Haiwa, vanhu vangu vakapurwa, zviyo zveburiro rangu, zvandakanzwa kuna Jehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, ndizvo zvandakakuzivisai.

¹⁰O my threshing, and the son of my floor, That which I heard from Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, I have declared to you!`

¹¹Chireve pamusoro peDhuma. Mumwe anondidana, ari paSeiri, achiti, Nhai, murindi, inguva ipi yousiku?

¹¹The burden of Dumah. Unto me is [one] calling from Seir `Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?`

¹²Murindi ndokuti, Mambakwedza osvika, nousikuwo. Kana muchida kubvunza, bvunzai; dzokai, uyai.

¹²The watchman hath said, `Come hath morning, and also night, If ye inquire, inquire ye, turn back, come.`

¹³Chirevo pamusoro peArabhia. Musango reArabhia ndimo mamuchavata, imwi mapoka avafambi veDhedhani.

¹³The burden on Arabia. In a forest in Arabia ye lodge, O travellers of Dedanim.

¹⁴Vigirai ane nyota mvura! Vagere panyika yeTema vakachingamidza vatizi nechingwa chavo.

¹⁴To meet the thirsty brought water have Inhabitants of the land of Tema, With his bread they came before a fugitive.

¹⁵nekuti vakanga vachitiza minondo, minondo yakavhomorwa, nouta hwakakungwa, nokumanikidzwa kokurwa.

¹⁵For from the face of destructions they fled, From the face of a stretched-out sword, And from the face of a trodden bow, And from the face of the grievousness of battle.

¹⁶nekuti hezvi zvandakaudzwa naJehovha, Gore risati rapera, samakore omunhu anobatira mubayiro, mbiri yose yeKedhari ichapera.

¹⁶For thus said the Lord unto me: `Within a year, as years of a hireling, Consumed hath been all the honour of Kedar.

¹⁷Vakasara veboka ravanofura nouta, ivo vanhu vane simba vavana veKedhari, vachava vashoma; nekuti Jehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, akazvitaura.

¹⁷And the remnant of the number of bow-men, The mighty of the sons of Kedar are few, For Jehovah, God of Israel, hath spoken!`