¹.Shoko rakauya kuna Jeremiya, richibva kuna Jehovha, richiti,

¹The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying:

²Inzwai mashoko esungano iyi, muataure navanhu vaJudha, navagere Jerusaremu,

²`Hear ye the words of this covenant, and ye have spoken unto the men of Judah, and unto the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

³uti kwavari, Zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, munhu usinganzwi mashoko esungano iyi, ngaatukwe,

³and thou hast said unto them, Thus said Jehovah God of Israel: Cursed [is] the man who doth not obey the words of this covenant,

⁴aya andakaraira madzibaba enyu nezuva randakavabudisa munyika yeEgipita, muchoto chamatare, ndichiti, teererai inzwi rangu, muzviite zvose sezvandakakurairai; ipapo muchava vanhu vangu, neni ndichava Mwari wenyu;

⁴That I commanded your fathers, In the day of My bringing them out from the land of Egypt, Out of the iron furnace, saying, Hearken to My voice, and ye have done them, According to all that I command you, And ye have been to Me for a people, And I am to you for God,

⁵kuti ndisimbise kupika kwandakapikira madzibaba enyu, kuti ndichavapa nyika inoyerera mukaka nouchi, sezvazvakaita zuva ranhasi. Ipapo ndakapindura, ndikati, Ameni, Jehovha.

⁵In order to establish the oath that I have sworn to your fathers, To give to them a land flowing with milk and honey, as this day. And I answer and say, `Amen, O Jehovah.`

⁶Zvino Jehovha akati kwandiri, Paridza mashoko awa ose pamaguta aJudha, napanzira dzomuJerusaremu, uchiti, Inzwai mashoko esungano iyi, muaite.

⁶And Jehovah saith unto me, `Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear ye the words of this covenant, And ye have done them.

⁷nekuti ndakarairira madzibaba enyu kwazvo nezuva randakavabudisa munyika yeEgipita, kusvikira zuva ranhasi, ndichifumira mangwanani, ndichirairira, ndichiti, teererai inzwi rangu.

⁷For I certainly testified against your fathers, In the day of My bringing them up out of the land of Egypt — till this day, Rising early and testifying, saying, Hearken to My voice,

⁸Asi havana kuteerera, kana kurerekera nzeve dzavo, asi mumwe nomumwe wavo wakaramba achifamba nohukukutu hwomoyo wake wakaipa; naizvozvo ndakauyisa pamusoro pavo mashoko ose esungano iyi, andakavaraira kuti vaaite, asi havana kuaita.

⁸And they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, And they walk each in the stubbornness of their evil heart, And I bring on them all the words of this covenant, That I commanded to do, and they did not.`

⁹Zvino Jehovha akati kwandiri, Rangano yakaipa yawanikwa pakati pavanhu vaJudha, napakati pavagere Jerusaremu.

⁹And Jehovah saith unto me: `A conspiracy is found in the men of Judah, And in the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

¹⁰Vakadzokera kune zvakaipa zvamadzitateguru avo, akaramba kunzwa mashoko angu, vakatevera vamwe vamwari kuti vavashumire; imba yaIsiraeri neimba yaJudha vakaputsa sungano yangu yandakaita namadzibaba avo.

¹⁰They have turned back to the iniquities of their first fathers, Who refused to hear My words, And they have gone after other gods to serve them, The house of Israel, and the house of Judah, Have made void My covenant, that I made with their fathers.

¹¹Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha, Tarirai, ndichauyisa zvakaipa pamusoro pavo, zvavasingagoni kutiza; vachadanidzira kwandiri, asi handingavanzwi.

¹¹Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am bringing in unto them evil, That they are not able to go out from, And they have cried unto Me, And I do not hearken unto them.

¹²Ipapo vamaguta aJudha navagere Jerusaremu, vachandodanidzira kuna vamwari vavanopisira zvinonhuhwira; asi havangatongovaponesi panguva yokutambudzika kwavo.

¹²And the cities of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem have gone, And they have cried unto the gods, To whom they are making perfume, And they give no deliverance at all to them, In the time of their vexation.

¹³nekuti iwe Judha, kuwanda kwavamwari vako kwakafanana nokuwanda kwamaguta ako; uye makavakira chinhu chinonyadzisa maaritari, iwo maaritari okupisira Bhaari zvinonhuhwira, akawanda senzira dzomuJerusaremu.

¹³For — the number of thy cities have been thy gods, O Judah, And — the number of the streets of Jerusalem Ye have placed altars to a shameful thing, Altars to make perfume to Baal.

¹⁴Saka iwe usanyengeterera vanhu ava, kana kudana nokuda kwavo nenzwi rako kana munyengetero wako; nekuti handingavanzwi nenguva yavanodanidzira kwandiri nokuda kokutambudzika kwavo.

¹⁴And thou, thou dost not pray for this people, Nor dost thou lift up for them cry and prayer, For I do not hearken in the time of their calling unto Me for their vexation.

¹⁵Mudikamwa wangu unotsvakeiko mumba mangu, zvaakaita zvinonyangadza navazhinji? Mhiko nenyama tsvene zvingabvisa njodzi yako here? Ipapo ungafara kwazvo.

¹⁵What — to My beloved in My house, Her doing wickedness with many, And the holy flesh do pass over from thee? When thou dost evil, then thou exultest.

¹⁶Jehovha wakakutumidza zita rinonzi, Muorivhi mutema, wakanaka nezvibereko zvakanaka; asi wakazovesa moto pamusoro pawo nomubvumo webope guru, matavi awo akavhuniwa.

¹⁶`An olive, green, fair, of goodly fruit,` Hath Jehovah called thy name, At the noise of a great tumult He hath kindled fire against it, And broken have been its thin branches.

¹⁷nekuti Jehovha wehondo, iye wakakusima, wakareva zvakaipa pamusoro pako, nokuda kwezvakaipa zveimba yaIsiraeri, neimba yaJudha, zvavakaita vachinditsamwisa nokupisira kwavo Bhaari zvinonhuhwira.

¹⁷And Jehovah of Hosts, who is planting thee, Hath spoken evil concerning thee, For the evil of the house of Israel, and of the house of Judah, That they have done to themselves, To provoke Me to anger, to make perfume to Baal.

¹⁸Jehovha wakandizivisa izvozvo, ndikazviziva; ipapo mukandiratidza zvavanoita.

¹⁸And, O Jehovah, cause me to know, and I know, Then Thou hast showed me their doings.

¹⁹Asi ini ndakanga ndakafanana negwayana nyoro rinoiswa kundobayiwa; ndakanga ndisingazivi kuti vakanga varangana mano akaipa pamusoro pangu, vachiti, Ngatiparadze muti pamwechete nezvibereko zvawo, ngatimubvise chose panyika yavapenyu, zita rake rirege kuzorangarirwa.

¹⁹And I [am] as a trained lamb brought to slaughter, And I have not known That against me they have devised devices: We destroy the tree with its food, and cut him off From the land of the living, And his name is not remembered again.

²⁰Asi imwi Jehovha wehondo, imwi munotonga zvakarurama, munoidza itsvo nomoyo, ndichaona kutsiva kwenyu kwavari, nekuti ndakakuzarurirai mhaka yangu.

²⁰And O Jehovah of Hosts, judging righteousness, Trying reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance against them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.`

²¹Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha pamusoro pavanhu veAnatoti, vanotsvaka kukuuraya, vachiti, Haufaniri kuporofita nezita raJehovha, kuti urege kuurawa namaoko edu;

²¹Therefore, thus said Jehovah concerning the men of Anathoth, who are seeking thy life, saying: Do not prophesy in the name of Jehovah, And thou dost not die by our hands.

²²naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Tarirai, ndichavarova; majaya achaurawa nomunondo, vanakomana vavo navanasikana vavo vachaurawa nenzara;

²²Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: `Lo, I am seeing after them, The chosen ones die by sword, Their sons and their daughters die by famine,

²³havangasarirwi navanhu, nekuti ndichauyisa zvakaipa pamusoro pavanhu veAnatoti pagore rokurohwa kwavo.

²³And they have no remnant, For I bring evil unto the men of Anathoth, The year of their inspection!`