1Bheri anowira pasi, Nebho anokotama; zvifananidzo zvavo zvezvipfuwo nemombe, zvinhu zvamaitakura zvakaitwa mutoro, wakatakudzwa zvipfuwo zvaneta.
1Bowed down hath Bel, stooping is Nebo, Their idols have been for the beast and for cattle, Your burdens are loaded, a burden to the weary.
2Vanokotama, vanowira pasi pamwechete, vakakoniwa kununura mutoro, asi ivo vamene vakatapwa.
2They have stooped, they have bowed together, They have not been able to deliver the burden, And themselves into captivity have gone.
3Nditeererei, imwi imba yaJakove, navakasara veimba yaIsiraeri, vakatakurwa neni kubva pakuberekwa kwavo, vakatakudzwa kubva pachizvaro;
3Hearken unto Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of Israel, Who are borne from the belly, Who are carried from the womb,
4kusvikira mukukwegura, ndini iye, ndichakutakurai kusvikira vhudzi renyu rachena; ini ndakakuitai, ndichakutakurai, zvirokwazvo ndichakusimudzai, nokukurwirai.
4Even to old age I [am] He, and to grey hairs I carry, I made, and I bear, yea, I carry and deliver.
5Muchandifananidza , nokundienzanisa , nokunditi ndakaita sani, wandingafanana naye?
5To whom do ye liken Me, and make equal? And compare Me, that we may be like?
6Ivo vanodurura ndarama pahombodo, nokuyera sirivha nechiyero, vanoripira mupfuri wendarama, iye ndokuita mwari nayo; zvino vowira pasi, nokunamata.
6— They are pouring out gold from a bag, And silver on the beam they weigh, They hire a refiner, and he maketh it a god, They fall down, yea, they bow themselves.
7Vanomusimudza pamapfudzi, vanomutakura, ndokumugadzika panzvimbo yake, iye ndokumira; haabvi panzvimbo yake, zvirokwazvo, kunyange munhu akadana kwaari, haagoni kupindura, kana kumuponesa pakutambudzika kwake.
7They lift him up on the shoulder, They carry him, and cause him to rest in his place, And he standeth, from his place he moveth not, Yea, one crieth unto him, and he answereth not, From his adversity he saveth him not.
8Rangarirai chinhu ichi, muve varume, fungaizve chinhu ichi, imwi vadariki.
8Remember this, and shew yourselves men, Turn [it] back, O transgressors, to the heart.
9Rangarirai zvinhu zvapfuura zvakare; nekuti ndini Mwari, hakuna mumwe, ndini Mwari, hakuna akafanana neni;
9Remember former things of old, For I [am] Mighty, and there is none else, God — and there is none like Me.
10iye anodanidzira kubva pakutanga izvo zvichaitika pakupedzisira, nokubva panguva yekare-kare zvinhu zvichigere kuitwa, ndichiti, Zvandakarayira zvichamira, ndichaita zvose zvandinoda;
10Declaring from the beginning the latter end, And from of old that which hath not been done, Saying, `My counsel doth stand, And all My delight I do.`
11ndinodana gondo ribve kumabvazuva,munhu wandakaraira abve kunyika iri kure; zvirokwazvo, ndakataura, ndichazviuyisawo, ndakazvitema, ndichazviitawo.
11Calling from the east a ravenous bird, From a far land the man of My counsel, Yea, I have spoken, yea, I bring it in, I have formed [it], yea, I do it.
12Nditeererei, imwi mune moyo mikukutu, imwi muri kure nokururama;
12Hearken unto Me, ye mighty in heart, Who are far from righteousness.
13Ndichaswededza kururama kwangu, hakungavi kure, noruponeso rwangu harunganonoki; ndichaisa ruponeso paZiyoni, nokubwinya kwangu pakati paIsiraeri.
13I have brought near My righteousness, It is not far off, And My salvation — it doth not tarry, And I have given in Zion salvation, To Israel My glory!