¹Mashoko aJeremiya, mwanakomana waHirikia, waiva worudzi rwavapristi vaiva paAnatoti panyika yaBhenjamini.

¹Words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, of the priests who [are] in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin,

²Shoko raJehovha rakauya kwaari pamazuva aJosiya, mwanakomana waAmoni, mambo waJudha, negore regumi namatatu rokubata kwake ushe.

²unto whom the word of Jehovah hath been in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign,

³Rikauyawo pamazuva aJehoiakimu, mwanakomana waJosiya, mambo waJudha, kusvikira pakupera kwegore regumi nerimwe raZedhekia, mwanakomana waJosiya, mambo waJudha, kusvikira pakutapwa kwaveJerusaremu nomwedzi wechishanu.

³and it is in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, till the completion of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, till the removal of Jerusalem in the fifth month.

⁴Zvino shoko raJehovha rakauya kwandiri, richiti,

⁴And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

⁵Ndakakuziva ndisati ndakuumba mudumbu ramai, ndakakuita mutsvene usati wabuda muchizvaro chamai, ndakakugadza kuti uve muporofita wamarudzi avanhu.

⁵`Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.`

⁶Ipapo ndakati, Haiwa, Ishe Mwari, tarirai, handigoni kutaura, nekuti ndiri mwanana hangu.

⁶And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah! lo, I have not known — to speak, for I [am] a youth.`

⁷Asi Jehovha akati kwandiri, Usati ndiri mwanana; nekuti kuna ani naani wandinenge ndichikutuma, unofanira kuenda, nechinhu chipi nechipi chandinenge ndichikuraira, unofanira kuchitaura.

⁷And Jehovah saith unto me, `Do not say, I [am] a youth, for to all to whom I send thee thou goest, and all that I command thee thou speakest.

⁸Usatya nokuda kwavo, nekuti zvanzi naJehovha, ndinewe, kuti ndikurwire.

⁸Be not afraid of their faces, for with thee [am] I to deliver thee, — an affirmation of Jehovah.`

⁹Ipapo Jehovha akatambanudza ruoko rwake, akabata muromo wangu; Jehovha akati kwandiri, Tarira, ndaisa mashoko angu mumuromo mako.

⁹And Jehovah putteth forth His hand, and striketh against my mouth, and Jehovah saith unto me, `Lo, I have put my words in thy mouth.

¹⁰Tarira, ndakugadza zuva ranhasi uve nesimba pamusoro pamarudzi nopoushe, kuti udzure nokukoromora, kuparadza nokuwisira pasi, kuvaka nokurima.

¹⁰See, I have charged thee this day concerning the nations, and concerning the kingdoms, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.`

¹¹Ipapo shoko raJehovha rakauyazve kwandiri, richiti, Jeremiya, unoonei? Ndikati, Ndinoona davi romuamanda.

¹¹And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `What art thou seeing, Jeremiah?` And I say, `A rod of an almond tree I am seeing.`

¹²Ipapo Jehovha akati kwandiri,Waona zvakanaka; nekuti ndinosvinurira shoko rangu, kuti ndiriite.

¹²And Jehovah saith unto me, `Thou hast well seen: for I am watching over My word to do it.`

¹³Zvino shoko raJehovha rakauya kwandiri rwechipiri, richiti, Unoonei? Ndikati, Ndinoona gate rinovira, muromo waro unotarira kuno uri kurutivi rwokumusoro.

¹³And there is a word of Jehovah unto me a second time, saying, `What art thou seeing?` And I say, `A blown pot I am seeing, and its face [is] from the north.`

¹⁴Ipapo Jehovha akati kwandiri, Kurutivi rwokumusoro ndiko kuchabuda zvakaipa zvichawira vanhu vose vagere panyika ino.

¹⁴And Jehovah saith unto me, `From the north is the evil loosed against all inhabitants of the land.

¹⁵nekuti zvanzi naJehovha, Tarirai, ndinodana marudzi ose oushe ari kurutivi rwokumusoro; achauya, rumwe norumwe ruchaisa chigaro charwo choushe pavanopinda pamasuwo eJerusaremu, namasvingo aro kumativi ose napamaguta ose aJudha, kuzorwa nawo.

¹⁵For, lo, I am calling for all families of the kingdoms of the north, — an affirmation of Jehovah — and they have come, and put each his throne at the opening of the gates of Jerusalem, and by its walls round about, and by all cities of Judah.

¹⁶Ndichareva zvandakavatongera pamusoro pezvakaipa zvavo zvose, zvavakandirasha, vakapisira vamwe vamwari zvinonhuhwira, vakanamata mabasa amaoko avo.

¹⁶And I have spoken My judgments with them concerning all their evil, in that they have forsaken Me, and make perfume to other gods, and bow themselves to the works of their own hands.

¹⁷Zvino iwe, chizvisunga chiuno, usimuke, uvaparidzire zvose zvandakakuraira; usavhunduka zviso zvavo, kuti ndirege kukuvhundusa pamberi pavo.

¹⁷`And thou, thou dost gird up thy loins, and hast arisen, and spoken unto them all that I command thee: be not affrighted because of them, lest I affright thee before them.

¹⁸nekuti tarira, ndakakuita zuva ranhasi guta rakakomberedzwa, nembiru yedare, namasvingo endarira, urwe nenyika yose, namadzimambo aJudha, namachinda avo, navapristi vavo, navanhu venyika.

¹⁸And I, lo, I have given thee this day for a fenced city, and for an iron pillar, and for brazen walls over all the land, to the kings of Judah, to its heads, to its priests, and to the people of the land;

¹⁹Vacharwa newe, asi havangakukundi, nekuti ini ndinewe, kuti ndikurwire ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹⁹and they have fought against thee, and they prevail not against thee; for with thee [am] I, — an affirmation of Jehovah — to deliver thee.