¹Zvivi zvaJudha zvakanyorwa nepeni yamatare, nomuromo wedhaimani; zvakatemwa pamabwendefa emoyo yavo, napanyanga dzamaaritari enyu

¹The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, With the point of a diamond, Graven on the tablet of their heart, And on the horns of your altars,

²nguva dzose kana vana vavo vachirangarira maaritari avo nemiti yavo yakatsaurwa pamiti mitema pazvikomo zvakakwirira.

²As their sons remember their altars and their shrines, By the green tree, by the high hills.

³Iwe gomo rangu riri kusango, nhumbi dzako nefuma yako yose ndichazvitapisa, nenzvimbo dzako dzakakwirira, nokuda kwezvivi zvenyu zviri mumiganho yenyu yose.

³O My mountain in the field — thy strength, All thy treasures — for a prey I give, Thy high places for sin in all thy borders.

⁴Nemi, iyemi mumene, mucharega nhaka yenyu yandakakupai; ndichakuitai varanda vavavengi venyu munyika yamusingazivi, nekuti makabatidza moto pakutsamwa kwangu, uchapfuta nokusingaperi.

⁴And thou hast let go — even through thyself, Of thine inheritance that I gave to thee, And I have caused thee to serve thine enemies, In a land that thou hast not known, For a fire ye have kindled in Mine anger, Unto the age it doth burn.

⁵Zvanzi naJehovha, Ngaatukwe iye munhu unovimba nomumwe munhu, unoita nyama yomunhu ruoko rwake, unomoyo unotsauka kuna Jehovha.

⁵Thus said Jehovah: Cursed [is] the man who doth trust in man, And hath made flesh his arm, And from Jehovah whose heart turneth.

⁶nekuti uchafanana negwenzi murenje, haangaoni kana zvakanaka zvichisvika, asi uchagara panzvimbo dzakaoma kwazvo murenje, munyika yebare isingagarwi navanhu.

⁶And he hath been as a naked thing in a desert, And doth not see when good cometh, And hath inhabited parched places in a wilderness, A salt land, and not inhabited.

⁷Wakaropafadzwa iye munhu unovimba naJehovha, wakaita Jehovha chivimbo chake.

⁷Blessed [is] the man who trusteth in Jehovah, And whose confidence hath been Jehovah.

⁸nekuti uchava somuti wakasimwa pamvura, unotuma midzi yawo kurwizi, usingatyi kana kupisa kuchisvika, asi mashizha awo achava matema; haungarangariri pagore rokusanaya kwemvura, kana kurega kubereka zvibereko.

⁸And hath been as a tree planted by waters, And by a rivulet he sendeth forth his roots, And he doth not see when heat cometh, And his leaf hath been green, And in a year of dearth he is not sorrowful, Nor doth he cease from making fruit.

⁹moyo unonyengera kupfuura zvinhu zvose, wakaora chose, ndiani ungauziva?

⁹Crooked [is] the heart above all things, And it [is] incurable — who doth know it?

¹⁰Ini Jehovha, ndinonzvera moyo, ndinoidza itsvo, kuti ndipe mumwe nomumwe zvakafanira mugariro wake, uye zvakafanira zvibereko zvamabasa ake.

¹⁰I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

¹¹segwari rinogarira mazai arisina kukandira rimene, ndizvo zvakaita iye unozviwanira fuma nokusarurama; ichamusiya pakati pamazuva ake, pakupedzisira kwake richava benzi.

¹¹A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, [Is] one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end — he is a fool.

¹²Nzvimbo yeimba yedu tsvene chigaro choushe chakaisvonaka, chakanga chakakwirira kubva pakutanga.

¹²A throne of honour on high from the beginning, The place of our sanctuary,

¹³imwi Jehovha, tariro yaIsiraeri, vose vanokurashai vachanyadziswa; vanotsauka kwandiri vachanyorwa muvhu, nekuti vakarasha Jehovha, iro tsime remvura mhenyu.

¹³The hope of Israel [is] Jehovah, All forsaking Thee are ashamed, And `My apostates` in the earth are written, For they have forsaken Jehovah, A fountain of living waters.

¹⁴Ndiporesei Jehovha, ipapo ndichaporeswa; ndiponesei, ipapo ndichaponeswa; nekuti ndimi wandinorumbidza.

¹⁴Heal me, O Jehovah, and I am healed, Save me, and I am saved, for my praise [art] Thou.

¹⁵Tarirai, vanoti kwandiri, Shoko raJehovha riripiko? Ngariuye zvino.

¹⁵Lo, they are saying unto me: `Where [is] the word of Jehovah? pray, let it come.`

¹⁶Kana ndirini, handina kukurumidza kusakuteverai somufudzi, handina kushuva zuva renjodzi imwi munoziva; zvakabuda mumoromo mangu zvakanga zviri pamberi penyu.

¹⁶And I hastened not from feeding after Thee, And the desperate day I have not desired, Thou — Thou hast known, The produce of my lips, before Thy face it hath been,

¹⁷Musava kwandiri chinhu chinotyisa; imwi muri hutiziro hwangu nezuva rezvakaipa.

¹⁷Be not Thou to me for a terror, My hope [art] Thou in a day of evil.

¹⁸Vanonditambudza ngavanyadziswe, asi ini ndirege kunyadziswa; ngavavhunduswe ivo, asi ini ndirege kuvhunduswa; uyisai kwavari zuva rezvakaipa, muvaparadze nokuparadza kwakapamhidzirwa.

¹⁸Let my pursuers be ashamed, and let not me be ashamed — me! Let them be affrighted, and let not me be affrighted — me! Bring in on them a day of evil, And a second time [with] destruction destroy them.

¹⁹Jehovha wakati kwandiri, Enda undomira musuwo ravana vavanhu, panopinda madzimambo aJudha, napavanobuda, napamasuwo ose eJerusaremu,

¹⁹Thus said Jehovah unto me: `Go, and thou hast stood in the gate of the sons of the people, by which kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all gates of Jerusalem,

²⁰uti kwavari, Inzwai shoko raJehovha, imwi madzimambo aJudha, navaJudha vose, navose vagere Jerusaremu vanopinda napamasuwo awa.

²⁰and thou hast said unto them: Hear a word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all inhabitants of Jerusalem, who are coming in by these gates,

²¹Zvanzi naJehovha, Zvichenjerei, murege kutakura mutoro nezuva resabata, kana kupinda nawo napamasuwo eJerusaremu,

²¹Thus said Jehovah, Take ye heed to yourselves, And ye bear not a burden on the day of rest, Nor have ye brought [it] in by the gates of Jerusalem.

²²musabuda makatakura mutoro padzimba dzenyu nezuva resabata, kana kubate basa ripi neripi; asi mutsaure zuva resabata, sezvandakaraira madzibaba enyu.

²²Nor do ye take out a burden from your houses on the day of rest, Yea, any work ye do not do, And ye have sanctified the day of rest, As I have commanded your fathers.

²³Asi havana kuteerera, kana kurerekera nzeve dzavo; asi vakaomesa mitsipa yavo kuti varege kunzwa, varege kudzidziswa.

²³And they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, And they stiffen their neck not to hear, And not to receive instruction.

²⁴Zvino zvanzi naJehovha, Kana mukanyatsa kunditeerera, mukasapinda nomutoro napamasuwo eguta rino nezuva resabata, asi muchitsaura zuva resabata, musingabati basa ripi neripi naro;

²⁴And it hath been, if ye certainly hearken unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, So as not to bring in a burden By the gates of this city on the day of rest, And to sanctify the day of rest, So as not to do in it any work —

²⁵ipapo pachapinda napamasuwo eguta rino madzimambo namachinda anogara pachigaro choushe chaDhavhidhi, anofamba nengoro namabhiza, iwo namachinda awo, navarume vaJudha, navagere Jerusaremu; guta rino richavapo nokusingaperi.

²⁵Then entered by the gates of this city have kings and princes, Sitting on the throne of David, Riding in a chariot, and on horses, They, and their princes, the man of Judah, And inhabitants of Jerusalem, And this city hath remained to the age.

²⁶Vachabva kumaguta aJudha, napanzvimbo dzakapoteredza Jerusaremu, napanyika yaBhenjamini, napanyika yamapani, napanyika yamakomo, nokurutivi rwezasi, vachiuya nezvipiriso zvinopiswa, nezvibayiro, nezvipiriso zvohupfu, nezvinonhuhwira, vachiuya nezvokuvonga nazvo kuimba yaJehovha.

²⁶And they have come in from cities of Judah, And from suburbs of Jerusalem, And from the land of Benjamin, And from the low country, And from the hill-country, and from the south, Bringing in burnt-offering, and sacrifice, And present, and frankincense, And bringing praise [to] the house of Jehovah.

²⁷Asi kana mukaramba kunditeerera, mukaramba kutsaura zuva resabata, muchitakura mutoro muchipinda nawo napamasuwo eJerusaremu nezuva resabata, ipapo ndichabatidza moto pamasuwo aro, uchapedza dzimba dzamambo dzeJerusaremu usingazodzimwi.

²⁷And if ye do not hearken unto me to sanctify the day of rest, And so as not to bear a burden, And to come in at the gates of Jerusalem on the day of rest, Then I have kindled a fire in its gates, And it hath consumed the high places of Jerusalem, And it is not quenched!`