¹Vane nhamo vanoburukira Egipita kundotsvaka kubatsirwa, vanotenda mabhiza, vanovimba nengoro dzokurwa nekuti izhinji, uye navatasvi vamabhiza nekuti vane simba kwazvo, asi havatariri kuno Mutsvene waIsiraeri, kana kutsvaka Jehovha.

¹Wo [to] those going down to Egypt for help, And on horses lean, And trust on chariots, because many, And on horsemen, because very strong, And have not looked on the Holy One of Israel, And Jehovah have not sought.

²Kunyange zvakadaro naiye akachenjera, achauyisa nhamo, haangadzosi mashoko ake, asi achamukira imba yavanoita zvakaipa, navanobatsirana navanoita zvakaipa.

²And He also [is] wise, and bringeth in evil, And His words He hath not turned aside, And He hath risen against a house of evil doers, And against the help of workers of iniquity.

³Zvino vaEgipita vanhu, havazi Mwari, namabhiza avo inyama, haazi mweya; zvino kana Jehovha achitambanudza ruoko rwake, anobatsira achagumburwa nowanobatsirwa achawira pasi, vose vachapera pamwechete.

³And the Egyptians [are men], and not God, And their horses [are] flesh, and not spirit, And Jehovah stretcheth out His hand, And stumbled hath the helper, And fallen hath the helped one, And together all of them are consumed.

⁴nekuti zvanzi naJehovha kwandiri, Zvakaita seshumba nomwana weshumba zvinoombera chayabata; kunyange vafudzi vazhinji vakakokerwa kuzorwa nayo, haingavhunduswi namanzwi avo. haingavi nehanya nokupopota kwavo; saizvozvo Jehovha wehondo achaburukira pamusoro pegomo reZiyoni napamusoro pechikomo charo kuzorwa navo.

⁴For thus said Jehovah unto me: `As growl doth the lion and the young lion over his prey, Called against whom is a multitude of shepherds, From their voice he is not affrighted, And from their noise he is not humbled; So come down doth Jehovah of Hosts To war on mount Zion, and on her height.

⁵Seshiri dzinodzengerera, saizvozvo Jehovha achatavirira Jerusaremu; acharitavirira nokurirwira, acharidarika nokurisunungura.

⁵As birds flying, so doth Jehovah of Hosts Cover over Jerusalem, covering and delivering, Passing over, and causing to escape.`

⁶Dzokerai kuna iye wamakamukira zvikuru, imwi vana vaIsiraeri.

⁶Turn back to Him from whom sons of Israel Have deepened apostacy.

⁷nekuti nezuva iro mumwe nomumwe ucharasha zvifananidzo zvake zvesirivha nezvifananidzo zvake zvendarama, zvamakazviitira namaoko enyu, zvikava zvivi kwamuri.

⁷For in that day despise doth each His idols of silver, and his idols of gold, That your hands made to you — a sin.

⁸Ipapo muAsiria achawa nomunondo usati uri womunhu; munondo usati uri wavanhu uchamudya; achatiza pamberi pomunondo, namajaya ake achabatirwa chibharo.

⁸And fallen hath Asshur by sword, not of the high, Yea, a sword — not of the low, doth consume him, And he hath fled for himself from the face of a sword, And his young men become tributary.

⁹Dombo rake richatiza nokutya, machinda ake achavhunduswa nomureza, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, anomoto wake paZiyoni, nechoto chake paJerusaremu.

⁹And [to] his rock from fear he passeth on, And affrighted by the ensign have been his princes — an affirmation of Jehovah, Who hath a light in Zion, And who hath a furnace in Jerusalem!