¹Asi iye, aiva pakumanikidzwa, haangazovi nerima. Panguva yokutanga wakaninipisa nyika yeZebhuruni nenyika yeNafutari, asi panguva yazvino akaikudza, kurutivi rwegungwa, mhiri kwaJoridhani, Garirea ravahedheni.

¹As the former time made light The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, So the latter hath honoured the way of the sea, Beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

²Vanhu vaifamba murima vakaona chiedza chikuru; vaigara munyika yomumvuri worufu, vakapenyerwa chiedza.

²The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.

³Makawanza rudzi, makawedzera mufaro wavo; vanofara pamberi penyu, sokufara kwavanhu panguva yokukohwa, sokufara kwavanhu kana vachigoverana zvakapambwa.

³Thou hast multiplied the nation, Thou hast made great its joy, They have joyed before Thee as the joy in harvest, As [men] rejoice in their apportioning spoil.

⁴nekuti makavhuna joko raivaremedza, netsvimbo yairova mafudzi avo, neshamhu yavaivamanikidza, sapamazuva avaMidhiani.

⁴Because the yoke of its burden, And the staff of its shoulder, the rod of its exactor, Thou hast broken as [in] the day of Midian.

⁵nekuti shangu imwe neimwe yomurwi, yakatsika nokutinhira, nenguvo yakanyikwa muropa, zvichapiswa, zvichava sehuni dzomoto.

⁵For every battle of a warrior [is] with rushing, and raiment rolled in blood, And it hath been for burning — fuel of fire.

⁶nekuti takazvarirwa Mwana, takapiwa Mwanakomana; umambo huchava pafudzi rake; zita rake richanzi, Anoshamisa, Gota, Mwari ane simba, Baba vokusingaperi, Muchinda worugare.

⁶For a Child hath been born to us, A Son hath been given to us, And the princely power is on his shoulder, And He doth call his name Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

⁷Kukura koumambo hwake nokorugare hazvina mugumo, agare pachigaro choushe chaDhavhidhi napaushe hwake, ahusimbise ahutsigire nokururamisira nokururama kubva zvino kusvikira panguva isingaperi. Kushingaira kwaJehovha wehondo kuchazviita.

⁷To the increase of the princely power, And of peace, there is no end, On the throne of David, and on his kingdom, To establish it, and to support it, In judgment and in righteousness, Henceforth, even unto the age, The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts doth this.

⁸Jehovha akatuma shoko kuna Jakove, rakaburukira pamusoro pavaIsiraeri.

⁸A word hath the Lord sent into Jacob, And it hath fallen in Israel.

⁹Vanhu vose vachaziva, ivo vaEfuremu navagere Samaria, ivo vanoti namanyawi avo nokuzvikudza kwemoyo yavo,

⁹And the people have known — all of it, Ephraim, and the inhabitant of Samaria, In pride and in greatness of heart, saying,

¹⁰Zvitinha zvawa, asi tichavaka namabwe akavezwa; mionde yatemwa, asi tichaisa misidhari panzvimbo yayo.

¹⁰`Bricks have fallen, and hewn work we build, Sycamores have been cut down, and cedars we renew.`

¹¹Naizvozvo Jehovha achavamutsira vadzivisi vaRezini, achasanganisa vavengi vake;

¹¹And Jehovah setteth the adversaries of Rezin on high above him, And his enemies he joineth together,

¹²vaSiria pamberi, navaFirisitia mushure, vachapedza Isiraeri nomuromo wakashama. Kunyange zvakadaro, kutsamwa kwake hakuna kudzorwa, asi ruoko rwake rwakaramba rwakatambanudzwa nazvino.

¹²Aram from before, and Philistia from behind, And they devour Israel with the whole mouth. With all this not turned back hath His anger, And still His hand is stretched out.

¹³Asi vanhu havana kutendeukira kuna iye akavarova, havana kutsvaka Jehovha wehondo.

¹³And the people hath not turned back unto Him who is smiting it, And Jehovah of Hosts they have not sought.

¹⁴Saka Jehovha achagura vaIsiraeri musoro nomuswe, davi romuchindwe nenhokwe, nomusi mumwe.

¹⁴And Jehovah cutteth off from Israel head and tail, Branch and reed — the same day,

¹⁵Mukuru nowanokudzwa ndiwo musoro; muporofita, anodzidzisa nhema, ndiwo muswe.

¹⁵Elder, and accepted of face, he [is] the head, Prophet, teacher of falsehood, he [is] the tail.

¹⁶nekuti vatungamiriri vavanhu ava vanovatsaukisa; vanotungamirirwa navo vanoparadzwa.

¹⁶And the eulogists of this people are causing to err, And its eulogised ones are consumed.

¹⁷Naizvozvo Ishe haangafariri majaya avo, haangavi netsitsi nenherera nechirikadzi dzavo; nekuti mumwe nomumwe wavo mumhuri waMwari nomuiti wezvakaipa, muromo mumwe nomumwe unotaura zvohupenzi. Kunyange zvakadaro, kutsamwa kwake hakuna kudzorwa, asi ruoko rwake rwakaramba rwakatambanudzwa nazvino.

¹⁷Therefore, over its young men the Lord rejoiceth not, And its orphans, and its widows He pitieth not, For every one [is] profane, and an evil doer, And every mouth is speaking folly. With all this not turned back hath His anger, And still His hand is stretched out.

¹⁸nekuti zvakaipa zvinopfuta somoto; unopedza rukato nemhinzwa; zvirokwazvo unopisa matenhere edondo, zvichikwira kudenga iri shongwe youtsi.

¹⁸For burned as a fire hath wickedness, Brier and thorn it devoureth, And it kindleth in thickets of the forest, And they lift themselves up, an exaltation of smoke!

¹⁹Nyika inotsva nokuda kokutsamwa kwaJehovha wehondo; vanhu vakaita sehuni dzinoveswa; hakuna munhu une nyasha nehama yake.

¹⁹In the wrath of Jehovah of Hosts Hath the land been consumed, And the people is as fuel of fire; A man on his brother hath no pity,

²⁰Mumwe achabvuta kurudyi, asi achava nenzara; achadya kuruboshwe, asi havangaguti; mumwe nomumwe achadya nyama yoruoko rwake.

²⁰And cutteth down on the right, and hath been hungry, And he devoureth on the left, And they have not been satisfied, Each the flesh of his own arm they devour.

²¹VaManase vachadya vaEfuremu, navaEfuremu vaManase; ivo pamwechete vachamukira vaJudha. Kunyange zvakadaro, kutsamwa kwake hakuna kudzorwa, asi ruoko rwake rwakaramba rwakatambanudzwa nazvino.

²¹Manasseh — Ephraim, and Ephraim — Manasseh, Together they [are] against Judah, With all this not turned back hath His anger. And still His hand is stretched out!