¹Chirevo pamusoro pomupata wezvakaonekwa. Unonzweiko, zvawakwira navanhu vako vose pamatenga edzimba?

¹The burden of the Valley of Vision. What — to thee, now, that thou hast gone up, All of thee — to the roofs?

²Haiwa, iwe, uzere nokupururudza, guta rine bope, musha unomufaro; vakaurawa vako havana kuurawa nomunondo, havana kufira pakurwa.

²Full of stirs — a noisy city — an exulting city, Thy pierced are not pierced of the sword, Nor dead in battle.

³vabati vako vose vakatiza pamwechete, vakasungwa vasina uta; vose vako, vakawanikwa, vakasungwa pamwechete; vakatizira kure.

³All thy rulers fled together from the bow, Bound have been all found of thee, They have been kept bound together, Afar off they have fled.

⁴Naizvozvo ndakati, Regai kunditarira, ndinoda kuchema kwazvo; musaramba muchiedza kundinyaradza pamusoro pokuparadzwa komukunda wavanhu vangu.

⁴Therefore I said, `Look ye from me, I am bitter in my weeping, Haste not to comfort me, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.`

⁵nekuti izuva rokuvhundusa, nerokutsikira pasi, nerokukanganisa, zvinobva kuna She, Jehovha wehondo, pamupata wokuratidzwa; rokukoromorwa kwamasvingo, nerokudanidzira kumakomo.

⁵For a day of noise, and of treading down, And of perplexity, [is] to the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, In the valley of vision, digging down a wall, And crying unto the mountain.

⁶Erami akabata goba, pamwechete namapoka avanhu navatasvi vamabhiza, Kiri akafudugura nhovo.

⁶And Elam hath borne a quiver, In a chariot of men — horsemen, And Kir hath exposed a shield.

⁷Ipapo mipata yenyu yakaisvonaka yakazara nengoro, navatasvi vamabhiza vakazvigadzirira kurwa pasuwo.

⁷And it cometh to pass, The choice of thy valleys have been full of chariots, And the horsemen place themselves diligently at the gate.

⁸Vakabvisa chifukidziro chaJudha; nezuva iro mukatarira nhumbi dzokurwa muimba yomudondo.

⁸And one removeth the covering of Judah, And thou lookest in that day Unto the armour of the house of the forest,

⁹Mukaona pakakoromoka paguta raDhavhidhi, kuti pakanga pari pazhinji, mukachingidzira mvura yedziva rezasi;

⁹And the breaches of the city of David ye have seen, For they have become many, And ye gather the waters of the lower pool,

¹⁰mukaverenga dzimba dzeJerusaremu, mukakoromora dzimba kuti musimbise rusvingo;

¹⁰And the houses of Jerusalem ye did number, And ye break down the houses to fence the wall.

¹¹mukaitawo gungwa pakati pamasvingo maviri rokuchingidzira mvura yedziva rakare. Asi hamuna kutarira iye akazviita, makanga musine hanya naiye akazvifunga kare.

¹¹And a ditch ye made between the two walls, For the waters of the old pool, And ye have not looked unto its Maker, And its Framer of old ye have not seen.

¹²Zvino nezuva iro Ishe, Jehovha wehondo, akakudanirai kumisodzi, nokukuchema, nokukuveurwa mhanza, nokukufuka makudza;

¹²And call doth the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, In that day, to weeping and to lamentation, And to baldness and to girding on of sackcloth,

¹³asi tarirai, makava nomufaro nokupembera, nokubayiwa kwemombe, nokushinjiwa kwamakwai, nokudyiwa kwenyama nokumwiwa kwewaini, muchiti, Ngatidye, ngatimwe, nekuti mangwana tinofa.

¹³And lo, joy and gladness, slaying of oxen, And slaughtering of sheep, Eating of flesh, and drinking of wine, Eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.

¹⁴Asi Jehovha wehondo wakazvizivisa munzeve dzangu, akati, Zvirokwazvo, hamungakangamwirwi zvakaipa izvi, kusvikira pakufa kwenyu, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe, Jehovha wehondo.

¹⁴And revealed it hath been in mine ears, [By] Jehovah of Hosts: Not pardoned is this iniquity to you, Till ye die, said the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts.

¹⁵Zvanzi naShe, Jehovha wehondo, Enda kumuchengeti uyu wefuma, kuna Shebhina, unotarira imba yamambo, uti,

¹⁵Thus said the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts: `Go, enter in unto this steward, Unto Shebna, who [is] over the house:

¹⁶Unobateiko pano? Unaniko pano, zvawazvivezera guva pano? Semunhu anozvivezera guva pakakwirira, anozvicherera ugaro hwake padombo!

¹⁶What — to thee here? And who — to thee here? That thou hast hewn out to thee here — a sepulchre? Hewing on high his sepulchre, Graving in a rock a dwelling for himself.

¹⁷Tarira, Jehovha, achakurasira kure nesimba somurume; zvirokwazvo, achakupeta-peta.

¹⁷Lo, Jehovah is casting thee up and down, A casting up and down, O mighty one,

¹⁸Zvirokwazvo achakupomba-pomba, ndokukukandira sehurungudo munyika yakapamhamha; ndipo pauchafira, ndipo pachava nengoro dzembiri yako, iwe munyadzi weimba yatenzi wako.

¹⁸And thy coverer covering, wrapping round, Wrappeth thee round, O babbler, On a land broad of sides — there thou diest, And there the chariots of thine honour [Are] the shame of the house of thy lord.

¹⁹Ndichakudzinga pabasa rako, iye uchakukwevera pasi ubve panzvimbo yako.

¹⁹And I have thrust thee from thy station, And from thine office he throweth thee down.

²⁰Zvino nezuva iro ndichadana muranda wangu Eriakimi, mwanakomana waHirikia;

²⁰And it hath come to pass, in that day, That I have called to my servant, To Eliakim son of Hilkiah.

²¹ndichamufukidza nguvo yako, nokumusimbisa nebhanhire rako, ndigoisa ushe hwako muruoko rwake; iye achava baba kuna vagere Jerusaremu, nokuimba yaJudha.

²¹And I have clothed him with thy coat, And with thy girdle I strengthen him, And thy garment I give into his hand, And he hath been for a father to the inhabitant of Jerusalem, And to the house of Judah.

²²Ndichaisa kiyi yeimba yaDhavhidhi pafudzi rake; iye achazarura, hapana angazarira, iye achazarira, hapana angazarura.

²²And I have placed the key Of the house of David on his shoulder, And he hath opened, and none is shutting, And hath shut, and none is opening.

²³Ndichamurovera pakasimba sembambo; achava chigaro chinokudzwa paimba yababa vake.

²³And I have fixed him a nail in a stedfast place, And he hath been for a throne of honour To the house of his father.

²⁴Vachaturika paari kukudzwa kose kweimba yababa vake, matavi namabukira, nemidziyo yose miduku, kubvira pamikombe kusvikira pamakate.

²⁴And they have hanged on him All the honour of the house of his father, The offspring and the issue, All vessels of small quality, From vessels of basins to all vessels of flagons.

²⁵Nezuva iro, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo, mbambo yakanga yaroverwa pakasimba, ichabva; ichatemwa, ndokuwira pasi; nomutoro wakange wakaturikwa pairi, uchatemwa; nekuti Jehovha akataura izvozvo.

²⁵In that day — an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, Moved is the nail that is fixed In a stedfast place, Yea, it hath been cut down, and hath fallen, And cut off hath been the burden that [is] on it, For Jehovah hath spoken!`