¹Vane nhamo vafudzi vanoparadza nokuparadzira makwai amafuro angu! Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹Wo to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah.

²Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, pamusoro pavafudzi vanofudza vanhu vangu, Makaparadzira makwai angu, mukaadzinga, mukasaatarira; tarirai, ndichakurovai nokuda kwezvakaipa zvamabasa enyu ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

²Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Against the shepherds who feed My people, Ye have scattered My flock, and drive them away, And have not inspected them, Lo, I am charging on you the evil of your doings, An affirmation of Jehovah.

³Ndichaunganidza vakasara vamakwai angu kunyika dzose kwandakanga ndaadzingira, ndichaadzosera kumafuro awo; achaberekana nokuwanda.

³And I do gather the remnant of My flock Out of all the lands whither I drove them, And have brought them back unto their fold, And they have been fruitful, and multiplied.

⁴Ndichaagadzira vafudzi vanowafudza; haangazotyi kana kuvhunduswa, hakuna nerimwe ringashaikwa ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

⁴And I have raised for them shepherds, And they have fed them, And they fear no more, nor are affrighted, Nor are they lacking — an affirmation of Jehovah.

⁵Tarirai, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, Mazuva achauya, andichamutsira Dhavhidhi bukira rakarurama, iye uchabata ushe ari mambo, uchaita nohuchenjeri nokururama achiita zvakarurama panyika.

⁵Lo, days are coming — an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have raised to David a righteous shoot, And a king hath reigned and acted wisely, And done judgment and righteousness in the earth.

⁶Pamazuva ake VaJudha vachaponeswa, naVaIsiraeri vachagara vakachengetwa; zita rake raachatumidzwa ndireri, Jehovha ndiye kururama kwedu.

⁶In his days is Judah saved, and Israel dwelleth confidently, And this his name that Jehovah proclaimeth him, `Our Righteousness.`

⁷Naizvozvo, tarirai, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha mazuva anouya, avasingazoti, NaJehovha mupenyu, wakabudisa vana valsiraeri munyika yeEgipita;

⁷Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they do not say any more, Jehovah liveth who brought up The sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,

⁸asi, NaJehovha mupenyu, wakabudisa rudzi rweimba yaIsiraeri munyika yokumusoro, achivaperekedza, nomunyika dzose kwandakanga ndavadzingira. Ivo vachagara munyika yavo.

⁸But — Jehovah liveth, who brought up, And who brought in, the seed of the house of Israel, From the land of the north, And from all the lands whither I drove them, And they have dwelt on their own ground!

⁹Kana vari vaporofita, moyo wangu wakaputsika mukati mangu; mafupa angu ose anozununguka, ndakaita somunhu wakabatwa, somunhu wakundwa newaini, nokuda kwaJehovha, uye nokuda kwamashoko ake matsvene.

⁹In reference to the prophets: Broken hath been my heart in my midst, Fluttered have all my bones, I have been as a man — a drunkard, And as a man — wine hath passed over him, Because of Jehovah, and of His holy words.

¹⁰nekuti nyika izere nemhombwe; nekuti nyika inochema nemhaka yokutuka, mafuro erenje akaoma; zvavanovavarira zvakaipa, simba ravo harizakarurama.

¹⁰For of adulterers hath the land been full, For because of these hath the land mourned, Dried up hath been the pleasant places of the wilderness, And their course is evil, and their might — not right.

¹¹nekuti muporofita nomupristi vose vanomhura Jehovha; zvirokwazvo, mumba mangu ndakawana zvakaipa zvavo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹¹For both prophet and priest have been profane, Yea, in My house I found their wickedness, An affirmation of Jehovah.

¹²Naizvozvo nzira yavo ichava kwavari senzvimbo dzinotedza murima; vachatinhwa, ndokuwiramo; nekuti ndichavauyisira zvakaipa pagore rokurohwa kwavo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹²Therefore is their way to them as slippery places, Into thick darkness they are driven, And they have fallen in it, For I bring in against them evil, The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah.

¹³Ndakaona hupenzi kuvaporofita veSamaria; vakaporofita naBhaari, vakashatisa vanhu vangu Isiraeri.

¹³And in prophets of Samaria I have seen folly, They have prophesied by Baal, And cause my people — Israel — to err.

¹⁴Kuvaporofita veJerusaremu ndakaonawo chinhu chinonyangadza, vanoita hupombwe, nokufamba nenhema; vanosimbisa maoko avanoita zvakaipa, naizvozvo hakuna nomumwe unodzoka pazvakaipa zvake; vose vava kwandiri seSodhoma, navagerepo seGomora.

¹⁴And in prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing, Committing adultery, and walking falsely, Yea, they strengthened the hands of evil doers, So that they have not turned back Each from his wickedness, They have been to me — all of them — as Sodom, And its inhabitants as Gomorrah.

¹⁵Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha wehondo pamusoro pavaporofita, Tarirai, ndichavadyisa gavakava, ndichavamwisa mvura yenduru; nekuti kumhura Jehovha kwakabuda kuvaporofita veJerusaremu kukaenda kunyika yose.

¹⁵Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, concerning the prophets: Lo, I am causing them to eat wormwood, And have caused them to drink water of gall, For, from prophets of Jerusalem Hath profanity gone forth to all the land.

¹⁶Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Regai kuteerera mashoko avaporofita vanokuporofitirai; vanokudzidzisai zvisina maturo, vanotaura zvavakaona pamoyo yavo, zvisati zviri izvo zvinobuda mumuromo waJehovha.

¹⁶Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Ye do not hearken unto the words Of the prophets who are prophesying to you, They are making you vain things, A vision of their own heart they speak, Not from the mouth of Jehovah.

¹⁷Vanoramba vachiti kuna vanondizvidza, Jehovha wakati, Muchava norugare; uye kunomumwe nomumwe unofamba nohukukutu hwomoyo wake, vanoti, Hakune chakaipa chingakuwira.

¹⁷Saying diligently to those despising The word of Jehovah: Peace is for you, And [to] every one walking in the stubbornness of his heart they have said: Evil doth not come in unto you.

¹⁸nekuti ndiani wakamira parangano yaJehovha, akaona nokunzwa shoko rake? Ndiani wakateerera akanzwa shoko rake?

¹⁸For who hath stood in the counsel of Jehovah, And seeth and heareth His word? Who hath regarded My word, and hearkeneth?

¹⁹Tarirai, dutu remhepo raJehovha, iko kutsamwa kwake, rabuda, zvirokwazvo dutu rechamupupuri; richamonereka pamisoro yavakaipa.

¹⁹Lo, a whirlwind of Jehovah — Fury hath gone out, even a piercing whirlwind, On the head of the wicked it stayeth.

²⁰Kutsamwa kwaJehovha hakungadzoki, kusvikira azviita, apedza ndangariro dzomoyo wake; pamazuva okupedzisira muchazvinzwisisa kwazvo.

²⁰The anger of Jehovah doth not turn back Till His doing, and till His establishing, The thoughts of His heart, In the latter end of the days ye attend to it With understanding.

²¹ini handina kutuma vaporofita ava, kunyange zvakadaro vakamhanya; ini handina kutaura navo, kunyange zvakadaro vakaporofita.

²¹I have not sent the prophets, and they have run, I have not spoken unto them, and they have prophesied.

²²Asi dai vakanga vamira parangano yangu, vangadai vakanzwisa vanhu vangu mashoko angu, vakavadzora panzira yavo yakaipa, napazvakaipa zvamabasa avo.

²²But — if they stood in My counsel, Then they cause My people to hear My words, And they turn them back from their evil way, And from the evil of their doings.

²³Ko ini ndiri Mwari uri pedo, ndisati ndiri Mwari uri kure here? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

²³A God near [am] I — an affirmation of Jehovah, And not a God afar off?

²⁴Ko munhu uripo ungavanda panzvimbo dzisingazikamwi, ini ndikasamuona here? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha. Ko ini handizadzi denga nenyika here? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

²⁴Is any one hidden in secret places, And I see him not? an affirmation of Jehovah, Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? An affirmation of Jehovah.

²⁵Ndakanzwa zvakarehwa navaporofita, vanoporofita nhema muzita rangu, vachiti, Ndarota hope, ndarota hope.

²⁵I have heard that which the prophets said, Who prophesy in My name falsehood, saying, `I have dreamed, I have dreamed.`

²⁶Ko izvi zvichavapo pamoyo yavaporofita vanoporofita nhema kusvikira rinhi, ivo vaporofita vezvinonyengera zvemoyo yavo?

²⁶Till when is it in the heart of the prophets? The prophets of falsehood, Yea, prophets of the deceit of their heart,

²⁷Ivo, vanofunga kukanganisa vanhu vangu zita rangu nokurota kwavo, kwavanoudza mumwe nomumwe hama yake, madzibaba avo sezvavakakangamwa zita rangu nokunamata Bhaari.

²⁷Who are devising to cause My people To forget My name by their dreams, That they recount each to his neighbour, As their fathers forgot my name for Baal.

²⁸Muporofita, wakarota, ngaaudze kurota kwake; uneshoko rangu, ngaataure shoko rangu nokutendeka. Mashanga nezviyo zvakaenzana pai? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

²⁸The prophet with whom [is] a dream, Let him recount the dream, And he with whom [is] My word, Let him truly speak My word. What — to the straw with the corn? An affirmation of Jehovah.

²⁹Shoko rangu harina kudaro here, semoto? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; uye senyundo inoputsanya dombo here?

²⁹Is it not thus? My word [is] as a fire, An affirmation of Jehovah. And as a hammer — it breaketh in pieces a rock.

³⁰Naizvozvo, tarirai, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, handina hukama navaporofita, vanoba mashoko angu mumwe nomumwe kunowokwake.

³⁰Therefore, lo, I [am] against the prophets, An affirmation of Jehovah, Stealing My words each from his neighbour.

³¹Tarirai, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, handina hukama navaporofita, vanoreva namarimi avo, vachiti, Ndiye unodaro.

³¹Lo, I [am] against the prophets, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are making smooth their tongue, And they affirm — an affirmation.

³²Tarirai, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, handina hukama navanoporofita kurota kwavo kwenhema, vachiudza vamwe, vachirashisa vanhu vangu nenhema dzavo uye nokuzvirumbidza kwavo kusina maturo; kunyange zvakadaro handina kuvatuma, kana kuvaraira; uye havatongobatsiri vanhu ava, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

³²Lo, I [am] against the prophets of false dreams, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they recount them, and cause my people to err, By their falsehoods, and by their instability, And I — I have not sent them, Nor have I commanded them, And they are not at all profitable to this people, An affirmation of Jehovah.

³³Zvino kana vanhu ava, kana muporofita kana mupristi, vakakubvunza, vachiti, Chirevo chaJehovha ndechipiko? Ipapo uti kwavari, Chirevo chei! Ini ndichakurasai, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

³³And when this people, or the prophet, Or a priest, doth ask thee, saying, What [is] the burden of Jehovah? Then thou hast said unto them: Ye [are] the burden, and I have left you, An affirmation of Jehovah.

³⁴Kana ari muporofita, kana mupristi, kana vanhu, kana vachiti, Chirevo chaJehovha; ndicharova munhu uyo neimba yake.

³⁴And the prophet, and the priest, and the people, That saith, The burden of Jehovah, I have seen after that man, and after his house.

³⁵Ndizvo zvamunofanira kuti, mumwe nomumwe kunowokwake, nomumwe nomumwe kuhama yake, Jehovha wakapindurei? Jehovha wakataurei?

³⁵Thus do ye say each unto his neighbour, And each unto his brother: What hath Jehovah answered? And what hath Jehovah spoken?

³⁶Musazoti chirevo chaJehovha; nekuti shoko romunhu mumwe nomumwe ndicho chirevo chake; nekuti makakanganisa mashoko aMwari mupenyu, aJehovha wehondo, Mwari wedu.

³⁶And the burden of Jehovah ye do not mention any more, For the burden to each is — His word, And ye have overturned the words of the living God, Jehovah of Hosts, our God.

³⁷Uti kumuporofita, Jehovha wakakupindurei? Jehovha wakataurei?

³⁷Thus dost thou say unto the prophet What hath Jehovah answered thee? And what hath Jehovah spoken?

³⁸Asi kana mukati, Chirevo chaJehovha; zvanzi naJehovha, Zvamunoreva shoko iri, muchiti, chirevo chaJehovha, ini zvandakatuma shoko kwamuri ndichiti, Musati, chirevo chaJehovha;

³⁸And if the burden of Jehovah ye say, Therefore thus said Jehovah: Because of your saying this word, The burden of Jehovah, And I do send unto you, saying, Ye do not say, The burden of Jehovah.

³⁹naizvozvo tarirai, ndichakukangamwai chose, ndichakurashai kure neni, imi, neguta randakakupai imwi namadzibaba enyu;

³⁹Therefore, lo, I — I have taken you utterly away, And I have sent you out, And the city that I gave to you, And to your fathers, from before My face,

⁴⁰ndichauyisa pamusoro penyu kushoorwa kusingaperi, nokunyadziswa kusingaperi, zvisingazokanganikwi.

⁴⁰And I have put on you reproach age-during, And shame age-during that is not forgotten!