¹Zvino awa ndiwo mashoko orugwaro rwakatumwa nomuporofita Jeremiya ari paJerusaremu kuvakuru vakanga vasara kuna vakatapwa, nokuvapristi nokuvaporofita, nokuvanhu vose, vakanga vakatapwa paJerusaremu naNebhukadhinezari, vakaiswa Bhabhironi,

¹And these [are] words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the remnant of the elders of the removal, and unto the priests, and unto the prophets, and unto all the people — whom Nebuchadnezzar removed from Jerusalem to Babylon,

²Shure kokubva paJerusaremu kwamambo Jekonia, namai vake, navaranda, namachinda aJudha neeJerusaremu, navavezi, navapfuri,

²After the going forth of Jeconiah the king, and the mistress, and the officers, heads of Judah and Jerusalem, and the artificer, and the smith, from Jerusalem —

³noruoko rwaErasa, mwanakomana waShafani, naGemaria, mwanakomana waHirikia, vakanga vatumwa Bhabhironi naZedhekia mambo waJudha kuna Nebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi, achiti,

³By the hand of Eleasah son of Shaphan, and Gemariah son of Hilkijah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon — to Babylon, saying,

⁴Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, kuna vose vakatapwa, vandakatapisa Jerusaremu vaiswe Bhabhironi.

⁴`Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, to all the removal that I removed from Jerusalem to Babylon,

⁵Zvivakirei dzimba, mugaremo; simai minda, mudye zvibereko zvayo;

⁵Build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit;

⁶wanai vakadzi, mubereke vanakomana navanasikana; wanisai vanakomana venyu vakadzi, navanasikana venyu muvaise kuvarume, kuti vabereke vanakomana navanasikana, muwandeko, murege kutapudzwa.

⁶Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take for your sons wives, and your daughters give to husbands, and they bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and ye are not few;

⁷Mutsvake rugare rweguta kwandakakutapisai, murinyengeterere kuna Jehovha; nekuti norugare rwaro imwi muchava norugarewo.

⁷And seek the peace of the city whither I have removed you, and pray for it unto Jehovah, for in its peace ye have peace.

⁸nekuti zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Vaporofita venyu, vari pakati penyu, navauki venyu, ngavarege kukunyengerai; regai kuteerera kurota kwenyu kwamunoroteswa.

⁸`For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Let not your prophets who [are] in your midst, and your diviners, lift you up, nor hearken ye unto their dreams, thay ye are causing [them] to dream;

⁹nekuti vanokuporofitirai nhema nezita rangu, ini handina kuvatuma, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

⁹For with falsehood they are prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, an affirmation of Jehovah.

¹⁰nekuti zvanzi naJehovha, Kana makore makumi manomwe aperera Bhabhironi, ndichakushanyirai, nokukusimbisirai shoko rangu rakanaka, ndichikudzoserai kunzvimbo ino.

¹⁰`For thus said Jehovah, Surely at the fulness of Babylon — seventy years — I inspect you, and have established towards you My good word, to bring you back unto this place.

¹¹nekuti ndinoziva ndangariro dzandinorangarira pamusoro penyu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, ndangariro dzorugare, dzisati dziri dzezvakaipa, kuti ndikupei mugumo une tariro.

¹¹For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you — an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

¹²Muchadana kwandiri, muchandonyengetera kwandiri, neni ndichakunzwai.

¹²`And ye have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed unto Me, and I have hearkened unto you,

¹³Muchanditsvaka, mukandiwana, kana muchinditsvaka nomoyo wenyu wose.

¹³And ye have sought Me, and have found, for ye seek Me with all your heart;

¹⁴Ndichawanikwa nemi, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, ndichakudzosai pakutapwa kwenyu, nokukuunganidzai kumarudzi ose, nokunzvimbo dzose kwandakanga ndakudzingirai, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; ndichakudzoseraizve kunzvimbo kwandakanga ndakutapisai.

¹⁴And I have been found of you — an affirmation of Jehovah; and I have turned back [to] your captivity, and have gathered you out of all the nations, and out of all the places whither I have driven you — an affirmation of Jehovah — and I have brought you back unto the place whence I removed you.

¹⁵Zvamakati, Jehovha wakatimutsira vaporofita paBhabhironi;

¹⁵`Because ye have said, Jehovah hath raised up to us prophets in Babylon,

¹⁶zvanzi naJehovha pamusoro pamambo ugere pachigaro choushe chaDhavhidhi, napamusoro pavanhu vose vagere muguta rino, idzo hama dzenyu dzisina kuenda nemwi pakutapwa kwenyu;

¹⁶Surely thus said Jehovah concerning the king who is sitting on the throne of David, and concerning all the people that is dwelling in this city, your brethren who went not forth with you in the removal;

¹⁷zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Tarirai, ndichatuma pamusoro pavo munondo, nenzara, nehosha yakaipa, ndichavaita samaonde akaipa kwazvo, asingabviri kudyiwa nokuipa kwawo.

¹⁷Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Lo, I am sending among them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and I have given them up as figs that [are] vile, that are not eaten for badness.

¹⁸Ndichateverera nomunondo, nenzara, nehosha yakaipa; ndichavaita chinhu chinotyisa ushe hwose bwenyika, vave chinhu chinotukwa, nechishamiso, nechinoridzirwa muridzo, nechinoshoorwa pakati pamarudzi ose kwandakavadzingira;

¹⁸And I have pursued after them with sword, with famine, and with pestilence, and have given them for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth, for a curse and for an astonishment, and for a hissing, and for a reproach among all the nations whither I have driven them,

¹⁹zvavasina kuteerera mashoko angu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, andakatuma kwavari navaranda vangu vaporofita, ndichimuka mangwanani ndichivatuma; asi makaramba kuteerera, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹⁹Because that they have not hearkened unto My words — an affirmation of Jehovah — that I sent unto them by My servants the prophets, rising early and sending, and ye hearkened not — an affirmation of Jehovah.

²⁰Naizvozvo chinzwai shoko raJehovha, imwi mose makatapwa, vandakadzinga paJerusaremu ndikavaisa Bhabhironi.

²⁰`And ye, hear ye a word of Jehovah, all ye of the captivity that I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon,

²¹Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, pamusoro paAhabhi mwanakomana waKoraia, napamusoro paZedhekia mwanakomana waMaaseia, vanokuporofitirai nhema nezita rangu, Tarirai, ndinovaisa muruoko rwaNebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi; iye uchavauraya pamberi penyu;

²¹Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, concerning Ahab son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you in My name falsehood: Lo, I am giving them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he hath smitten them before your eyes,

²²vatapwa vose vaJudha, vari Bhabhironi, vachatora kwavari shoko rokutuka naro, vachiti, Jehovha akuite saZedhekia uye saAhabhi, vakagochwa pamoto namambo weBhabhironi.

²²And taken from them hath been a reviling by all the removed of Judah that [are] in Babylon, saying, Jehovah doth set thee as Zedekiah, and as Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted with fire;

²³nekuti vakaita nohupenzi pakati paIsiraeri, vakaita hupombwe navakadzi vovokwavo, vakareva mashoko enhema nezita rangu, andisina kuvaraira; ini ndini ndinoziva, ndini chapupu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

²³Because that they have done folly in Israel, and commit adultery with the wives of their neighbours, and speak a word in My name falsely that I have not commanded them, and I [am] He who knoweth and a witness — an affirmation of Jehovah.

²⁴Zvino kuna Shemaia muNeheramite, unofanira kutaura uchiti,

²⁴`And unto Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou dost speak, saying,

²⁵Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Zvawakatuma magwaro nezita rako kuvanhu vose vari paJerusaremu, nokuna Zefaniya mwanakomana womupristi Maaseia, nokuvapristi vose, uchiti,

²⁵Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, saying, Because that thou hast sent in thy name letters unto all the people who [are] in Jerusalem, and unto Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, and unto all the priests, saying,

²⁶Jehovha wakakuita mupristi panzvimbo yomupristi Jehoiadha, kuti mumba maJehovha muve navatariri, kuti asunge mumatanda namaketani mumwe nomumwe unopenga, achizviita muporofita.

²⁶Jehovah hath made thee priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, for there being inspectors of the house of Jehovah, for every one mad and making himself a prophet, and thou hast put him unto the torture and unto the stocks.

²⁷Ko zvino wakaregerei kutuka Jeremiya weAnatoti, unozviita muporofita pamberi penyu,

²⁷And now, why hast thou not pushed against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is making himself a prophet to you?

²⁸zvaakatuma shoko kwatiri paBhabhironi, achiti, Nguva irefu, vakai dzimba mugaremo; simai minda, mudye zvibereko zvayo?

²⁸Because that he hath sent unto us to Babylon, saying, It [is] long, build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit.`

²⁹Zvino mupristi Zefaniya akaravira muporofita Jeremiya rugwaro urwu.

²⁹And Zephaniah the priest readeth this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

³⁰Ipapo shoko raJehovha rakauya kuna Jeremiya, richiti,

³⁰And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah, saying,

³¹Tumira vakatapwa vose shoko rinoti, Zvanzi naJehovha pamusoro paShemaia muNeheramiti, Shemaia zvaakakuporofitirai, ini ndisina kumutuma, akakutendisai nhema,

³¹`Send unto all the removal, saying, Thus said Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite, Because that Shemaiah prophesied to you, and I — I have not sent him, and he doth cause you to trust on falsehood,

³²naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha, Tarirai, ndicharova Shemaia muNeheramiti, navana vake; haangavi nomunhu ungagara pakati pavanhu ava, uye haangaoni zvakanaka zvandichaitira vanhu vangu ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha nekuti wakataura zvinomukira Jehovha.

³²Therefore, thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am seeing after Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and after his seed, he hath none dwelling in the midst of this people, nor doth he look on the good that I am doing to My people — an affirmation of Jehovah — for apostacy he hath spoken against Jehovah.`