¹Shoko, rakauya kuna Jeremiya pamusoro pavanhu vose vaJudha, negore rechina raJehoiakimu, mwanakomana waJosiya, mambo waJudha; ndiro gore rokutanga raNebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi,

¹The word that hath been unto Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, — it [is] the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, —

²iro rakataurwa nomuporofita Jeremiya kuvanhu vose vaJudha, navose vagere Jerusaremu, achiti,

²Which Jeremiah the prophet hath spoken concerning all the people of Judah, even unto all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:

³Kubva pagore regumi namatatu raJosiya mwanakomana waAmoni, mambo wavaJudha, kusvikira pazuva rino, makore awa ana makumi maviri namatatu, shoko raJehovha raiuya kwandiri, ndikakutaurirai, ndichimuka mangwanani, ndichitaura; asi imwi hamuna kuteerera.

³`From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah, and unto this day — this three and twentieth year — hath the word of Jehovah been unto me, and I speak unto you, rising early and speaking, and ye have not hearkened;

⁴Jehovha wakatuma kwamuri varanda vake vose vaporofita, achimuka mangwanani, achivatuma, asi imwi hamuna kuteerera, kana kurerekera nzeve dzenyu kuti munzwe,

⁴And Jehovah hath sent unto you all His servants, the prophets, rising early and sending, and ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear, saying:

⁵vachiti, Dzokai zvino mumwe nomumwe panzira yake yakaipa, napazvakaipa zvamunoita, mugare munyika yamakapiwa naJehovha, imwi namadzibaba enyu, kubva kare nakare kusvikira pakusingaperi,

⁵`Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell on the ground that Jehovah hath given to you and to your fathers from age unto age,

⁶regai kutevera vamwe vamwari kuti muvashumire, nokuvanamata, murege kunditsamwisa namabasa amaoko enyu; ini ndigorega kukuitirai zvakaipa.

⁶And ye do not go after other gods to serve them, and to bow yourselves to them, nor do ye provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, and I do no evil to you;

⁷Asi hamuna kunditeerera, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, kuti munditsamwise namabasa amaoko enyu, muitirwe zvakaipa.

⁷And ye have not hearkened unto Me — an affirmation of Jehovah — so as to provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands for evil to you.

⁸Naizvozvo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo, zvamusina kunzwa mashoko angu,

⁸`Therefore thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Because that ye have not obeyed My words,

⁹tarirai, ndichatuma shoko kumarudzi ose ari kurutivi rwokumusoro, ndivauyise, nokuna Nebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi, muranda wangu, ndivauyise varwe nenyika ino, navageremo, namarudzi awa ose akaipoteredza;ndichavaparadza chose, nokuvaita chishamiso nechinoridzirwa muridzo, namatongo nokusingaperi.

⁹Lo, I am sending, and have taken all the families of the north — an affirmation of Jehovah — even unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and have brought them in against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and have devoted them, and appointed them for an astonishment, and for a hissing, and for wastes age-during.

¹⁰Ndichabvisawo kwavari inzwi rokuseka nenzwi rokufara, nenzwi rechikomba, nenzwi romwenga, nenzwi ramakuyo, nechiedza chomwenje.

¹⁰And I have destroyed from them the voice of rejoicing, and the voice of joy, voice of bridegroom and voice of bride, noise of millstones, and the light of lamps.

¹¹Nyika ino yose richava dongo, nechishamiso, marudzi awa achabatira mambo weBhabhironi makore ana makumi manomwe.

¹¹And all this land hath been for a waste, for an astonishment, and these nations have served the king of Babylon seventy years.

¹²Zvino kana makore ana makumi manomwe apera ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha ndicharova mambo weBhabhironi, norudzi urwo pamusoro pezvakaipa zvavo, nenyika yavaKaradhea; ndichaiita matongo nokusingaperi.

¹²`And it hath come to pass, at the fulness of seventy years, I charge against the king of Babylon, and against that nation — an affirmation of Jehovah — their iniquity, and against the land of the Chaldeans, and have appointed it for desolations age-during.

¹³Ndichauyisa pamusoro penyika iyo mashoko angu ose andakataura pamusoro payo, zvose zvakanyorwa mubhuku iyi, zvakaporofitwa naJeremiya pamusoro pamarudzi ose.

¹³And I have brought in on that land all My words that I have spoken against it, all that is written in this book, that Jeremiah hath prophesied concerning all the nations.

¹⁴nekuti marudzi mazhinji namadzimambo makuru vachavasunga ivo vamene vave varanda vavo; ini ndichavaripira zvakaenzana nokubata kwavo, nezvakaenzana nebasa ramaoko avo.

¹⁴For laid service on them — also them — have many nations and great kings, and I have given recompence to them according to their doing, and according to the work of their hands.

¹⁵nekuti Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri, wakati kwandiri, Tora mukombe uyu wewaini yokutsamwa kwangu paruoko rwangu, umwisepo marudzi ose andinokutumira kwaari.

¹⁵`For thus said Jehovah God of Israel unto me, Take the wine cup of this fury out of My hand, and thou hast caused all the nations to drink it unto whom I am sending thee;

¹⁶Vachamwa, nokudzedzereka, nokupenga, nokuda komunondo wandichatuma pakati pavo.

¹⁶And they have drunk, and shaken themselves and shewn themselves foolish, because of the sword that I am sending among them.

¹⁷Ipapo ndakatora mukombe paruoko rwaJehovha, ndikamwisa marudzi ose, andakatumirwa kwaari naJehovha;

¹⁷`And I take the cup out of the hand of Jehovah, and cause all the nations to drink unto whom Jehovah sent me:

¹⁸vaiti Jerusaremu, namaguta aJudha, namadzimambo awo, namachinda awo, kuti vaitwe dongo, nechishamiso, nechinoridzirwa muridzo, nechinotukwa, sezvazvakaita nhasi.

¹⁸Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, And its kings, its heads, To give them to waste, to astonishment, To hissing, and to reviling, as [at] this day.

¹⁹NaFarao mambo navaranda vake, namachinda ake, navanhu vake vose;

¹⁹Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, And his heads, and all his people,

²⁰namarudzi ose akavhengana, namadzimambo ose enyika yeUzi, namadzimambo ose enyika yavaFirisitia, neAshikeroni, neGaza, neEkironi, navakasara veAshidhodhi;

²⁰And all the mixed people, And all the kings of the land of Uz, And all the kings of the land of the Philistines, And Ashkelon, and Gazzah, and Ekron, And the remnant of Ashdod,

²¹naEdhomu, naMoabhu, navana vaAmoni;

²¹Edom, and Moab, and the sons of Ammon,

²²namadzimambo ose eTire, namadzimambo ose eSidhoni, namadzimambo echiwi chiri mhiri kwegungwa;

²²And all the kings of Tyre, And all the kings of Zidon, And the kings of the isle that [is] beyond the sea,

²³neDhedhani, neTema, neBhuzi, navose vakaveurwa vhudzi ravo kumativi;

²³Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, And all cutting the corners [of the beard],

²⁴namadzimambo ose eArabhia, namadzimambo ose amarudzi akavhengana vanogara kurenje;

²⁴And all the kings of Arabia, And all the kings of the mixed people, Who are dwelling in the wilderness,

²⁵namadzimambo ose eZimiri, namadzimambo ose eEramu, namadzimambo ose avaMedhia;

²⁵And all the kings of Zimri, And all the kings of Elam, And all the kings of Media,

²⁶namadzimambo ose okumusoro, kure napedo, mumwe nomumwe, noushe hwose bwenyika, huri pasi pose; mambo weSheshaki uchamwa shure kwazvo.

²⁶And all the kings of the north, The near and the far off, one unto another, And all the kingdoms of the earth, That [are] on the face of the ground, And king Sheshach drinketh after them.

²⁷Zvino iwe uti kwavari, Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Imwai, mubatwe, murutse, muwe, murege kuzosimukazve, nokuda komunondo wandichatuma pakati penyu.

²⁷And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts God of Israel, Drink ye, yea drink abundantly, And vomit, and fall, and rise not, Because of the sword that I am sending among you.

²⁸Zvino kana vachiramba kutora pamukombe paruoko rwako kuti vamwe, ipapo uti kwavari, Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, munofanira kumwa, zvirokwazvo!

²⁸And it hath come to pass, When they refuse to receive the cup out of thy hand to drink, That thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Ye do certainly drink.

²⁹nekuti tarirai ndinotanga kuitira zvakaipa guta rakatumidzwa nezita rangu; zvino imwi mungaregwa chose musingarohwi here? Hamungaregwi musingarohwi; nekuti ndichadana munondo pamusoro pavose vagere panyika, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo.

²⁹For lo, in the city over which My name is called, I am beginning to do evil, And ye — ye are entirely acquitted! Ye are not acquitted, for a sword I am proclaiming, For all inhabitants of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.

³⁰Naizvozvo iwe uvaporofitire mashoko awa ose, uti kwavari, Jehovha uchaomba ari kumusoro, uchabudisa inzwi rake ari pahugaro hwake hutsvene; uchaombera mafuro ake; uchapururudzira vose vagere panyika, sezvinoita vanotsika mazambiringa.

³⁰And thou, thou dost prophesy unto them all these words, and hast said unto them: Jehovah from the high place doth roar, And from His holy habitation giveth forth His voice, He surely roareth for His habitation, A shout as of treaders down, God answereth all the inhabitants of the land,

³¹Mubvumo uchasvika pamugumo wenyika pamene; nekuti Jehovha une gakava namarudzi; uchatonga nyama yose; kana vari vakaipa, uchavaisa kumunondo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

³¹Wasting hath come unto the end of the earth, For a controversy hath Jehovah with nations, He hath executed judgment for all flesh, The wicked! He hath given them to the sword, An affirmation of Jehovah.

³²Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Tarirai, zvakaipa zvichabuda kuno rumwe rudzi zvichienda kuno rumwe rudzi, nedutu guru remhepo richamutswa kumigumo yenyika.

³²Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, evil is going out from nation to nation, And a great whirlwind is stirred up from the sides of the earth.

³³Nezuva iro vakaurawa naJehovha vachavapo kubva kunomumwe mugumo wenyika kusvikira kunomumwe mugumo wenyika; havangachemwi, kana kuunganidzwa, kana kuvigwa; vachava mupfudze pasi pose.

³³And the pierced of Jehovah have been in that day, From the end of the earth even unto the end of the earth, They are not lamented, nor gathered, nor buried, For dung on the face of the ground they are.

³⁴Wungudzai, imwi vafudzi, mucheme; wumburukai mumadota, imwi vakuru vamapoka; nekuti mazuva okuurawa kwenyu asvika kwazvo, nookuparadzirwa kwenyu, muchawira pasi somudziyo unodikamwa.

³⁴Howl, ye shepherds, and cry, And roll yourselves, ye honourable of the flock, For full have been your days, For slaughtering, and [for] your scatterings, And ye have fallen as a desirable vessel.

³⁵Vafudzi vachashaiwa matizire, navakuru vamapoka mupukunyukire.

³⁵And perished hath refuge from the shepherds, And escape from the honourable of the flock.

³⁶Inzwai inzwi rokuchema kwavafudzi, nokuwungudza kwavakuru vamapoka! nekuti Jehovha unoparadza mafuro avo.

³⁶A voice [is] of the cry of the shepherds, And a howling of the honourable of the flock, For Jehovah is spoiling their pasture.

³⁷Mafuro orugare anoparadzwa nokutsamwa kukuru kwaJehovha.

³⁷And the peaceable habitations have been cut down, Because of the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah.

³⁸Wakabva paanovanda seshumba; nekuti nyika yavo yava chishamiso, nokuda kokunyanya komunondo unomanikidza, uye nokuda kokutsamwa kwake kukuru.

³⁸He hath forsaken, as a young lion, His covert, Surely their land hath become a desolation, Because of the oppressing fierceness, And because of the fierceness of His anger!