¹Shoko raJehovha rakauya kuna Jeremiya pamusoro pokusanaya kwemvura.

¹That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah concerning the matters of the dearths:

²VaJudha vanochema, namasuwo avo anoshaiwa simba, vagere pasi vakafuka nguvo nhema; kuchema kweJerusaremu kwakwira kumusoro.

²Mourned hath Judah, and her gates have languished, They have mourned to the earth, And the cry of Jerusalem hath gone up.

³Vakuru vavo vanotuma varanda vavo kumvura; vanosvika kumadziva, ndokushaiwa mvura, vanodzoka nezvirongo zvisina; vakanyadziswa nokukanganiswa, vanofukidza misoro yavo.

³And their honourable ones have sent their little ones to the water, They have come unto ditches, They have not found water, They have turned back — their vessels empty! They have been ashamed, And have blushed and covered their head.

⁴Varimi vanonyadziswa, vanofukidza misoro yavo, nokuda kwenyika yakaparuka, nekuti mvura haina kunaya payika,

⁴Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head.

⁵Zvirokwazvo hadzi yenondo inoberekawo musango, ndokurasha mhuru yayo, nekuti hakuna bumudza.

⁵For even the hind in the field hath brought forth — to forsake [it!] For there hath been no grass.

⁶Mbizi dzinomira pazvikomo zvisina miti, dzichifema mhepo samakava; meso adzo aneta, nekuti hakuna huswa.

⁶And wild asses have stood on high places, They have swallowed up wind like dragons, Consumed have been their eyes, for there is no herb.

⁷Kunyange zvakaipa zvedu zvichitipupurira, imwi Jehovha, batai nokuda kwezita renyu; nekuti kudzokera kwedu kuzhinji; takakutadzirai.

⁷Surely our iniquities have testified against us, O Jehovah, work for Thy name`s sake, For many have been our backslidings, Against Thee we have sinned.

⁸imwi chitariro chaIsiraeri, Muponesi wavo nenguva yokutambudzika, munoitireiko somutorwa panyika, uye somufambi unotsauka kuzovata vusiku chete?

⁸O Hope of Israel — its saviour in time of trouble, Why art Thou as a sojourner in the land? And as a traveller turned aside to lodge?

⁹Munoitireiko somunhu unotya, somunhu une simba usingagoni kuponesa? Kunyange zvakadaro imwi Jehovha muri pakati pedu, takatumidzwa nezita renyu; regai kutisiya.

⁹Why art Thou as one dumb? As a mighty one not able to save? And Thou [art] in our midst, O Jehovah, And Thy name over us is called, leave us not.

¹⁰Zvanzi naJehovha kuvanhu ava, Saizvozvo vakafarira kudzungaira, havana kudzora tsoka dzavo; naizvozvo Jehovha haana kuvafarira; zvino ucharangarira zvakaipa zvavo, nokuvarova pamusoro pezvivi zvavo.

¹⁰Thus said Jehovah concerning this people: Well they have loved to wander, Their feet they have not restrained, And Jehovah hath not accepted them, Now doth He remember their iniquity, And inspect their sin.

¹¹Jehovha akati kwandiri, Usanyengeterera vanhu ava uchivakumbirira zvakanaka.

¹¹And Jehovah saith unto me: Thou dost not pray for this people for good,

¹²Kana vachitsanya, handinganzwi kuchema kwavo; kana vachiuya nezvipiriso zvinopiswa nezvipiriso zvoupfu, handingazvigamuchiri; asi ndichavapedza nomunondo, nenzara, uye nehosha.

¹²When they fast, I hearken not unto their cry, And when they cause to ascend burnt-offering and present, I accept them not, For by sword, and by famine, And by pestilence, I am consuming them.

¹³Ipapo ndakati, Haiwa, Jehovha Mwari, tarirai, vaporofita vanoti kwavari, Hamungaoni munondo, kana kunzwa nzara; asi ndichakupai rugare rwazvokwadi panzvimbo ino.

¹³And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, Lo, the prophets are saying to them: Ye do not see a sword, yea, famine is not to you, For true peace I give to you in this place.`

¹⁴Ipapo Jehovha akati kwandiri, Vaporofita vanoporofita nhema muzita rangu; ini handina kuvatuma, ini handina kuvaraira, kana kutaura navo; vanokuporofitirai zvinonzi zvakaonekwa asi dziri nhema, nezvakaukwa, nezvisina maturo, nokunyengera kwemoyo yavo.

¹⁴And Jehovah saith unto me: Falsehood the prophets are prophesying in My name, I did not send them, nor command them, Nor have I spoken unto them: A false vision, and divination, and vanity, And the deceit of their own heart, they are prophesying to you.

¹⁵Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha pamusoro pavaporofita vanoporofita muzita rangu, ndisina kuvatuma hangu, vachiti, Munondo nenzara hazvingavi munyika ino; zvanzi, Vaporofita avo vachapedzwa nomunondo nenzara.

¹⁵Therefore, thus said Jehovah concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My name, and I have not sent them, and they are saying, Sword and famine is not in this land: By sword and by famine are these prophets consumed.

¹⁶Navanhu vavanoporofitira vacharashwa munzira dzomuJerusaremu nemhaka yenzara nomunondo; vachashaiwa unovaviga ivo, navakadzi vavo, navanakomana vavo, navanasikana vavo; nekuti ndichadurura zvakaipa zvavo pamusoro pavo.

¹⁶And the people to whom they are prophesying, Are cast into out-places of Jerusalem, Because of the famine, and of the sword, And they have none burying them, Them, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, And I have poured out upon them this evil.

¹⁷Zvino iwe chivaudza shoko iri uti, Meso angu ngaayerere misodzi vusiku namasikati, asarega; nekuti mhandara mukunda wavanhu vangu wakuvadzwa nokukuvadzwa kukuru, nevanga rakaipa kwazvo.

¹⁷And thou hast said unto them this word: Tears come down mine eyes night and day, And they do not cease, For, [with] a great breach, Broken hath been the virgin daughter of my people, A very grievous stroke.

¹⁸Kana ndichifamba musango, tarirai, vakaurawa nomunondo! Kana ndichipinda muguta, tarirai, vanorwara nenzara! nekuti vaporofita navapristi vose vanopota nenyika, vasingazivi chinhu.

¹⁸If I have gone forth to the field, Then, lo, the pierced of the sword! And if I have entered the city, Then, lo, the diseased of famine! For both prophet and priest have gone up and down Unto a land that they knew not.

¹⁹Maramba Judha chose here? Mweya wenyu wasema Ziyoni here? Matirovereiko, tikashaiwa kuporeswa? Takatarira rugare, asi hakuna chakanaka chakauya, nenguva yokuporeswa, asi tarirai, kuvhunduswa chete!

¹⁹Hast Thou utterly rejected Judah? Zion hath Thy soul loathed? Wherefore hast Thou smitten us, And there is no healing to us? Looking for peace, and there is no good, And for a time of healing, and lo, terror.

²⁰Haiwa Jehovha, tinoziva zvakaipa zvedu, nokutadza kwamadzibaba edu; nekuti takakutadzirai.

²⁰We have known, O Jehovah, our wickedness, The iniquity of our fathers, For we have sinned against Thee.

²¹Regai kutisema nokuda kwezita renyu; regai kushoora chigaro chokukudzwa kwenyu; rangarirai henyu, musaputsa sungano yenyu nesu.

²¹Do not despise, for Thy name`s sake, Dishonour not the throne of Thine honour, Remember, break not Thy covenant with us.

²²Varipo here pakati pavamwari vasina maturo vavahedheni vanganisa mvura? Denga ringanisa mvura here? Hamuzimi here, imwi Jehovha Mwari wedu? Naizvozvo tichakumirirai, nekuti ndimi makaita zvinhu izvi zvose.

²²Are there among the vanities of the nations any causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Art not Thou He, O Jehovah our God? And we wait for thee, for Thou — Thou hast done all these!