¹Zvino shoko raJehovha rakauya kwandiri, richiti,

¹And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

²Enda, undodana munzeve dzaveJerusaremu, uti zvanzi naJehovha, Ndakarangarira pamusoro pako hunyoro hwohuduku hwako norudo rwenguva yokuwanikwa kwako, kuti wakanditevera murenje, munyika yakanga isina kudzvarwa.

²`Go, and thou hast called in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said Jehovah: I have remembered for thee The kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, Thy going after Me in a wilderness, in a land not sown.

³Isiraeri vakanga vari rudzi rutsvene kuna Jehovha, zvibereko zvitsva zvaakazviwanira; vose vanomudya vachava nemhosva; vachawirwa nezvakaipa ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

³Holy [is] Israel to Jehovah, The first-fruit of His increase, All consuming him are guilty, Evil cometh in unto them, an affirmation of Jehovah.

⁴Inzwai shoko raJehovha, imwi imba yaJakove, nemhuri dzose dzeimba yaIsiraeri,

⁴Hear a word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, And all ye families of the house of Israel.

⁵Zvanzi naJehovha, Madzibaba enyu akawana zvisakarurama zvipiko kwandiri, zvavakaenda kure neni, zvavakatevera zvisina maturo, ivo vamene vakava vasina maturo?

⁵Thus said Jehovah: What — have your fathers found in Me perversity, That they have gone far off from Me, And go after the vanity, and become vain,

⁶Uye havana kureva, vachiti, Uripiko Jehovha wakatibudisa panyika yeEgipita, akatifambisa murenje, munyika ina masango namakomba, munyika yakaoma neyomumvuri worufu, munyika isingafambi nomunhu achipfuurapo, musingagari munhu?

⁶And have not said, Where [is] Jehovah, Who bringeth us up out of the land of Egypt, Who leadeth us in a wilderness, In a land of deserts and pits, In a dry land, and of death-shade, In a land — none hath passed through it, Nor dwelt hath man there?`

⁷Ndakakusvitsai munyika ineminda yakaorera, kuti mudye zvibereko zvayo nezvakanaka zvayo; asi makati mapinda, mukasvibisa nyika yangu, mukaita nhaka yangu chinhu chinonyangadza.

⁷Yea, I bring you in to a land of fruitful fields, To eat its fruit and its goodness, And ye come in and defile My land, And Mine inheritance have made an abomination.

⁸Vapristi havana kuti, Jehovha uripiko? Vaifambisa mirairo vakanga vasingandizivi, vafudzi vaindidarikira, vaporofita vaiporofitira Bhaari, vachitevera zvinhu zvisingabatsiri.

⁸The priests have not said, `Where [is] Jehovah?` And those handling the law have not known Me. And the shepherds transgressed against Me, And the prophets have prophesied by Baal, And after those who profit not have gone.

⁹Saka zvanzi naJehovha, Ndicharamba ndichikakavara nemi, ndichakakavara navana vavana venyu.

⁹Therefore, yet I plead with you, An affirmation of Jehovah, And with your sons` sons I plead.

¹⁰nekuti yambukirai kuzviwi zveKitimi, muone; tumai vanhu Kedhari, mufungisise zvakanaka, muone kana kwakambovapo chinhu chakadai.

¹⁰For, pass to the isles of Chittim, and see, And to Kedar send, and consider well, And see if there hath been like this:

¹¹Ko rudzi ruripo rwakatsinhanhisa vamwari varwo, ivo vasati vari vamwari here? Asi vanhu vangu vakatsinhanisa kukudzwa kwavo nezvinhu zvisingabatsiri.

¹¹Hath a nation changed gods? (And they [are] no gods!) And My people hath changed its honour For that which doth not profit.

¹²Shamiswa nechinhu ichi, iwe denga rose, utye zvikuru, uvhunduswe kwazvo ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹²Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, Yea, be frightened, be greatly wasted, An affirmation of Jehovah.

¹³nekuti vanhu vangu vakaita zvinhu zviviri zvakaipa. Vakandisiya, ini tsime remvura mhenyu, vakazvicherera mativi, mativi akaputsika, asingagoni kuchengeta mvura.

¹³For two evils hath My people done, Me they have forsaken, a fountain of living waters, To hew out for themselves wells — broken wells, That contain not the waters.

¹⁴Isiraeri muranda here? Ko ndiye muranda wakaberekerwa mumba matenzi wake here? Ko zvino wapambwa seiko?

¹⁴A servant [is] Israel? Is he a child of the house? Wherefore hath he been for a prey?

¹⁵Vana veshumba vakamuombera, vakarira, nokuparadza nyika yake; maguta ake akapiswa, hakuna unogaramo.

¹⁵Against him roar do young lions, They have given forth their voice, And make his land become a desolation, His cities have been burnt without inhabitant.

¹⁶Vana veNofi naveTapanesi vakapedza vhudzi romusoro wako.

¹⁶Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes Consume thee — the crown of the head!

¹⁷Ko hauna kuzvitsvaira izvozvo, zvawakasiya Jehovha Mwari wako panguva yaakakufambisa panzira yake here?

¹⁷Dost thou not do this to thyself? [By] thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, At the time He is leading thee in the way?

¹⁸Zvino unondotsvakei panzira inoenda Egipita, kundomwa mvura yeSihori here? Unondotsvakei panzira inoenda Asiria, kundomwa mvura yoRwizi here?

¹⁸And now, what — to thee in the way of Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? And what — to thee in the way of Asshur, To drink the waters of the River?

¹⁹Zvakaipa zvako zvinokurova, kudzokera kwako shure kunokutuka; naizvozvo zvanzi nalshe Jehovha wehondo, Ziva, uone kuti chinhu chakaipa chinovava kuti wakasiya Jehovha Mwari wako, uye kuti haundityi.

¹⁹Instruct thee doth thy wickedness, And thy backslidings reprove thee, Know and see that an evil and a bitter thing [Is] thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, And My fear not being on thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts.

²⁰nekuti yatova nguva huru yawakavhuna joko nokudambura zvisungo zvako ukati,handidi kubatira;nokuti wakafugama pachikomo chipi nechipi chakakwirira pasi pomuti upi noupi mutema uchifeva.

²⁰For from of old thou hast broken thy yoke, Drawn away thy bands, and sayest, `I do not serve,` For, on every high height, and under every green tree, Thou art wandering — a harlot.

²¹kunyange zvakadaro ndakanga ndakusima uri muzambiringa wakaisvonaka, mbeu kwayo yazvokwadi; zvino wandishandukira sei ukava matavi akaipa omuzambiringa worumwe rudzi?

²¹And I planted thee a choice vine, wholly a true seed, And how hast thou been turned to Me, To the degenerate shoots of a strange vine?

²²nekuti kunyange ukashamba nesoda, ukatora sipo zhinji, kunyange zvakadaro zvakaipa zvako zvakaita segwapa pamberi pangu; ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

²²But though thou dost wash with nitre, And dost multiply to thyself soap, Marked is thine iniquity before Me, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

²³Ungareva seiko, uchiti, Handina kusvibiswa, handina kutevera vaBhaari? Cherekedza nzira yako pamupata, uzive chawakaita; uri hadzi yekamera inomhanya, inofamba nenzira dzayo;

²³How sayest thou, `I have not been defiled, After the Baalim I have not gone?` See thy way in a valley, know what thou hast done, A swift dromedary winding her ways,

²⁴uri hadzi yembizi yakarovera renje, inofembedza mhepo nokushuva kwayo; ndiani ungaidzora pakuviga kwayo? Dzose, dzinoitsvaka, hadzinganeti; pamwedzi wayo dzinoiwana.

²⁴A wild ass accustomed to a wilderness, In the desire of her soul she hath swallowed up wind, Her meeting — who doth turn her back? None seeking her do weary themselves, In her month they find her.

²⁵Usatendera rutsoka rwako kufamba usina shangu, nehuro dzako kuva nenyota. Asi iwe wakati, Hazvina maturo; kwete, nekuti ndakada vatorwa, ndivo vandichatevera.

²⁵Withhold thy foot from being unshod, And thy throat from thirst, And thou sayest, `It is incurable, No, for I have loved strangers, and after them I go.`

²⁶Mbavha sezvainonyadziswa kana yaonekwa, saizvozvo imba yaIsiraeri yanyadziswa, ivo, namadzimambo avo, namachinda avo, navapristi vavo, navaporofita vavo;

²⁶As the shame of a thief when he is found, So put to shame have been the house of Israel, They, their kings, their heads, And their priests, and their prophets,

²⁷ivo, vanoti kudanda, Uri baba vangu; nokubwe, Ndiwe wakandibereka; nekuti vakandifuratira, havana kunditarira nezviso zvavo; asi panguva yokutambudzika kwavo vachati, Simukai, mutiponese.

²⁷Saying to wood, `My father [art] thou!` And to a stone, `Thou hast brought me forth,` For they turned unto me the back and not the face, And in the time of their vexation, They say, `Arise Thou, and save us.`

²⁸Zvino varipiko vamwari venyu vamakazviitira? Ngavasimuke kana vachigona kukuponesai panguva yokutambudzika; nekuti kuwanda kwavamwari vako, iwe Jakove, kwakaenzana namaguta ako.

²⁸And where [are] thy gods, that thou hast made to thyself? Let them arise, if they may save thee, In the time of thy vexation, For — the number of thy cities have been thy gods, O Judah,

²⁹Munokakavara neni neiko? imwi mose makandidarikira ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

²⁹Why do ye strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

³⁰Ndakarova vana venyu pasina, havana kuteerera kurangwa; munondo wenyu ndiwo wakauraya vaporofita venyu, seshumba inoparadza.

³⁰In vain I have smitten your sons, Instruction they have not accepted, Devoured hath your sword your prophets, As a destroying lion.

³¹Haiwa, imwi rudzi rwakadai! Wonai shoko raJehovha. Ko ini ndakanga ndiri renje kuna Isiraeri here? Kana nyika yerima guru here? Vanhu vangu vanorevereiko vachiti, Tinongomberereka hedu, hatichazouyizve kwamuri?

³¹O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah: A wilderness have I been to Israel? A land of thick darkness? Wherefore have My people said, `We mourned, We come not in again unto Thee.`

³²mhandara ingakangamwa zvishongo zvayo, kana mwenga mukonde wake here? Asi vanhu vangu vakandikangamwa mazuva asingaverengwi.

³²Doth a virgin forget her ornaments? A bride her bands? And My people have forgotten Me days without number.

³³Haiwa, unoziva zvakanaka sei kunatsa nzira yako, kuti utsvake kudikamwa! Saka wakadzidzisa navakadzi vakaipawo nzira dzako.

³³What — dost thou make pleasing thy ways to seek love? Therefore even the wicked thou hast taught thy ways.

³⁴Pamipendero yenguvo dzako pakawanikwawo ropa ravarombo vasina mhaka; handina kuvawana vachipaza, asi pane zvizvi zvose.

³⁴Also in thy skirts hath been found the blood of innocent needy souls, Not by digging have I found them, but upon all these.

³⁵Kunyange zvakadaro iwe wakati, Handina mhaka; zvirokwazvo kutsamwa kwake kwakadzorwa kwandiri. Tarira, ndichakutonga, zvaunoti, Handina kutadza.

³⁵And thou sayest, `Because I have been innocent, Surely turned back hath His anger from me?` Lo, I have been judged with thee, Because of thy saying, `I have not sinned.`

³⁶Unofambireiko pose-pose, uchishandura nzira yako? Uchanyadziswa neEgipita, sezvawakanyadziswa neAsiria.

³⁶What? thou art very vile to repeat thy way, Even of Egypt thou art ashamed, As thou hast been ashamed of Asshur,

³⁷Naipapowo uchabva wakaisa maoko ako pamusoro wako; nekuti Jehovha wakaramba vaunovimba navo, newe haungabatsirwi navo.

³⁷Also from this thou goest out, And thy hands on thy head, For Jehovah hath kicked at thy confidences, And thou dost not give prosperity to them!