¹Zvanzi naJehovha kwandiri, Enda undozvitengera bhanhire romucheka, uzvisunge chiuno naro; asi usariisa mumvura.

¹Thus said Jehovah unto me, `Go, and thou hast got for thee a girdle of linen, and hast placed it on thy loins, and into water thou dost not cause it to enter:`

²Ipapo ndakatenga bhanhire, sezvakarehwa neshoko raJehovha, ndikazvisunga chiuno naro.

²and I get the girdle, according to the word of Jehovah, and I place [it] on my loins.

³Zvino shoko raJehovha rakauya kwandiri rwechipiri, richiti,

³And there is a word of Jehovah unto me a second time, saying,

⁴Tora bhanhire rawatenga, riri pachiuno chako, usimuke uende kurwizi rwaYufuratesi, undoriviga mumukaha wedombo.

⁴`Take the girdle that thou hast got, that [is] on thy loins, and rise, go to Phrat, and hide it there in a hole of the rock;

⁵Ipapo ndakaenda, ndikandoriviga parwizi Yufuratesi, sezvandakarairwa naJehovha.

⁵and I go and hide it by Phrat, as Jehovah commanded me.

⁶Zvino mazuva mazhinji akati apfuura, Jehovha akati kwandiri, Simuka, uende kwaYufuratesi, utorepo bhanhire randakakuraira kuti urivigepo.

⁶And it cometh to pass, at the end of many days, that Jehovah saith unto me, `Rise, go to Phrat, and take thence the girdle, that I commanded thee to hide there;`

⁷Ipapo ndakaenda kwaYufuratesi, ndikachera, ndikatora bhanhire pandakanga ndariviga; zvino tarira, bhanhire rakanga raora, risina basa chose.

⁷and I go to Phrat, and dig, and take the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and lo, the girdle hath been marred, it is not profitable for anything.

⁸Zvino shoko raJehovha rakauya kwandiri, richiti,

⁸And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Thus said Jehovah:

⁹Zvanzi naJehovha, Saizvozvo ndichaodza kuzvikudza kwaJudha, nokuzvikudza kukuru kweJerusaremu.

⁹Thus do I mar the excellency of Judah, And the great excellency of Jerusalem.

¹⁰Vanhu ava vakaipa, vanoramba kunzwa mashoko angu, vanofamba nohukukutu bwemoyo yavo, vakatevera vamwe vamwari kuti vavashumire nokuvanamata, vachafanana nebhanhire iri, risina basa chose.

¹⁰This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, Who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, And go after other gods to serve them, And to bow themselves to them, Yea it is — as this girdle, that is not profitable for anything.

¹¹nekuti bhanhire sezvarinonamatira pachiuno chomunhu, saizvozvo ndakanga ndanamatidza imba yalsiraeri yose neimba yaJudha kwandiri, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha kuti vave vanhu vangu, nembiri yangu, nokurumbidzwa kwangu, nokubwinya kwangu; asi vakaramba kuteerera.

¹¹For, as the girdle cleaveth unto the loins of a man, So I caused to cleave unto Me The whole house of Israel, And the whole house of Judah, an affirmation of Jehovah, To be to Me for a people, and for a name, And for praise, and for beauty, And they have not hearkened.

¹²Naizvozvo unofanira kutaura shoko iri kwavari, Zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, Mudziyo mumwe nomumwe uchazadzwa newaini; zvino ivo vachati kwauri, Hatizivi kanhi kuti mudziyo mumwe nomumwe uchazadzwa newaini?

¹²And thou hast said unto them this word, Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, `Every bottle is full of wine,` And they have said unto thee: `Do we not certainly know that every bottle is full of wine?`

¹³Ipapo uti kwavari, Zvanzi naJehovha tarirai, vose vagere munyika ino, iwo madzimambo agere pachigaro choushe chaDhavhidhi, navapristi navaporofita, navose vagere Jerusaremu, ndichavazadza nokubatwa newaini.

¹³And thou hast said unto them, `Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am filling all the inhabitants of this land, And the kings who sit for David on his throne, And the priests, and the prophets, And all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, [With] drunkenness,

¹⁴Ndichavagumirisana, madzibaba navanakomana vavo pamwechete ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha. Handinganzwiri tsitsi, handingadariki mumwe, kana kuva netsitsi, kuti ndirege kuvaparadza.

¹⁴And have dashed them one against another, And the fathers and the sons together, An affirmation of Jehovah, I do not pity, nor spare, nor have I mercy, So as not to destroy them.

¹⁵Inzwai, murerekere nzeve; musazvikudza, nekuti Jehovha wakataura.

¹⁵Hear, and give ear — be not haughty, For Jehovah hath spoken.

¹⁶Rumbidzai Jehovha, Mwari wenyu, asati auyisa rima, tsoka dzenyu dzisati dzagumburwa pamakomo erima, iye asati ashandura chiedza chamakamirira, akachiita mumvuri worufu, nokuchiita rima guru.

¹⁶Give ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed [it] for thick darkness.

¹⁷Asi kana musingadi kuzvinzwa, mweya wangu uchakuchema pakavanda nokuda kokuzvikudza kwenyu; meso angu achachema kwazvo, achayerera misodzi, nekuti boka raJehovha ratapwa.

¹⁷And if ye do not hear it, In secret places doth my soul weep, because of pride, Yea, it weepeth sore, And the tear cometh down mine eyes, For the flock of Jehovah hath been taken captive.

¹⁸Iti kuna mambo nokuna mai vamambo, Garai pasi-pasi kwazvo, nekuti zvishongo zvemisoro yenyu zvawira pasi, iyo korona yokukudzwa kwenyu.

¹⁸Say to the king and to the mistress: Make yourselves low — sit still, For come down have your principalities, The crown of your beauty.

¹⁹Maguta okurutivi rwezasi akazarirwa, hakuna unowazarura; vaJudha vakatapwa vose, vakatapwa chose-chose.

¹⁹The cities of the south have been shut up, And there is none opening, Judah hath been removed — all of her, She hath been removed completely —

²⁰Ringira meso ako, uone vanobva kurutivi rwokumusoro. Ko boka rawakapiwa, iro boka rako rakanaka kwazvo, riripi?

²⁰Lift up your eyes, and see those coming in from the north, Where [is] the drove given to thee, thy beautiful flock?

²¹Uchati kudiniko kana achiisa pamusoro pako ivo vawakadzidzisa kuva shamwari dzako vave vabati vako? Haungabatwi nokurwadziwa sokomukadzi unopona here?

²¹What dost thou say, when He looketh after thee? And thou — thou hast taught them [to be] over thee — leaders for head? Do not pangs seize thee as a travailing woman?

²²Zvino kana ukati mumoyo mako, Izvozvi zvandiwira neiko? nguvo dzako dzakafukurwa nezvitsitsino zvako zvakuvadzwa nemhaka yohukuru bwezvakaipa zvenyu.

²²And when thou dost say in thy heart, `Wherefore have these met me?` For the abundance of thine iniquity Have thy skirts been uncovered, Have thy heels suffered violence.

²³Ko muItiopia ungashandura ganda rake, kana ingwe mavara ayo here? Kana zvaibvira, nemiwo maigona kuita zvakanaka, iyemi makarovera kuita zvakaipa.

²³Doth a Cushite change his skin? and a leopard his spots? Ye also are able to do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

²⁴Saka ndichavaparadzira sehundi inopepereswa nemhepo murenje.

²⁴And I scatter them as stubble, Passing away, by a wind of the wilderness.

²⁵Ndizvo zvawakagoverwa, ndiwo mugove wawakayererwa neni ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; nekuti wakandikangamwa, ukavimba nezvehama.

²⁵This [is] thy lot, the portion of thy measures from Me — an affirmation of Jehovah, Because thou hast forgotten me, And dost trust in falsehood.

²⁶Saka ndichafukurawo nguvo dzako pamberi pako, kunyadziswa kwako kuonekwe.

²⁶I also have made bare thy skirts before thy face, And thy shame hath been seen.

²⁷Ndakaona kunyangadza kwako, ihwo hupombwe hwako, nokufembedza kwako, nokunyadza kokupombora kwako pazvikomo zvokubundo. Une nhamo, iwe Jerusaremu! Unoramba kunatswa; zvichadaro kusvikira rinhiko?

²⁷Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, The wickedness of thy whoredom, on heights in a field, I have seen thine abominations. Wo to thee, O Jerusalem, Thou art not cleansed, after when [is it] again?