¹Shoko, rakauya kuna Jeremiya richibva kuna Jehovha, richiti,

¹The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

²Zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, Nyora mashoko ose andakakuudza mu bhuku.

²`Thus spake Jehovah, God of Israel, saying, Write for thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee on a book.

³Nokuti, tarirai, mazuva anouya, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, andichadzosa vanhu vangu vaIsiraeri naJudha pakutapwa kwavo ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; ndichavadzosera kunyika yandakapa madzibaba avo, ive yavo.

³For, lo, days are coming — an affirmation of Jehovah — and I have turned back [to] the captivity of My people Israel and Judah, said Jehovah, and I have caused them to turn back unto the land that I gave to their fathers, and they do possess it.`

⁴Awa ndiwo mashoko akataura Jehovha pamusoro paIsiraeri napamusoro paJudha.

⁴And these [are] the words that Jehovah hath spoken concerning Israel and concerning Judah:

⁵nekuti zvanzi naJehovha, Takanzwa inzwi rinodederesa, rinotyisa, risati riri rorugare.

⁵Surely thus said Jehovah: A voice of trembling we have heard, Fear — and there is no peace.

⁶Bvunzai zvino muwone kana murume ungagona kusurumuka; ndinowonereiko murume mumwe nomumwe akaisa maoko ake pachiuno chake somukadzi unosurumuka, nezviso zvose zvakacheneruka?

⁶Ask, I pray you, and see, is a male bringing forth? Wherefore have I seen every man, His hands on his loins, as a travailing woman, And all faces have been turned to paleness?

⁷Maiwe! nekuti zuva iro iguru, hakuna rakafanana naro; inguva yokutambudzika kwaJakove; asi uchasunungurwa pazviri.

⁷Wo! for great [is] that day, without any like it, Yea, a time of adversity it [is] to Jacob, Yet out of it he is saved.

⁸Zvino nezuva iro ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo ndichavhuna joko rake pamutsipa wako, ndichadambura zvisungo zvako; vatorwa havangazomuiti muranda wavo;

⁸And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, I break his yoke from off thy neck, And thy bands I draw away, And lay no more service on him do strangers.

⁹asi vachashumira Jehovha Mwari wavo, naDhavhidhi mambo wavo, wandichavamutsira.

⁹And they have served Jehovah their God, And David their king whom I raise up to them.

¹⁰Naizvozvo usatya hako, iwe Jakove muranda wangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; usavhunduka hako, iwe Isiraeri; nekuti tarira, ndichakuponesa uri kure, navana vako kunyika kwavakatapirwa; Jakove uchadzoka, uchagara akagadzikana anorugare, hakuna ungamutyisa.

¹⁰And thou, be not afraid, My servant Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah, Nor be affrighted, O Israel, For, lo, I am saving thee from afar, And thy seed from the land of their captivity, And Jacob hath turned back and rested, And is quiet, and there is none troubling.

¹¹nekuti ndinewe, kuti ndikuponese, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; nekuti ndichagumisa chose marudzi ose kwandakakuparadzira, asi iwe handingakugumisi chose; asi ndichakuranga nokururama, handingatongokuregi usina kurohwa.

¹¹For with thee [am] I, An affirmation of Jehovah — to save thee, For I make an end of all the nations Whither I have scattered thee, Only, of thee I do not make an end, And I have chastised thee in judgment, And do not entirely acquit thee.

¹²nekuti zvanzi naJehovha, Kukuvadzwa kwako hakubviri kuporeswa, vanga rako rakaipa kwazvo.

¹²For thus said Jehovah: Incurable is thy breach, grievous thy stroke,

¹³Hakuna unoreverera mhaka yako, kuti urapwe; hauna mishonga inoporesa.

¹³There is none judging thy cause to bind up, Healing medicines there are none for thee.

¹⁴Vose vaikuda vakukangamwa, havakuvingi, nekuti ndakakukuvadza nevanga romuvengi, uye nokurova koune hasha, nokuda kohukuru bwezvakaipa zvako, nekuti zvivi zvako zvakanga zvawanda.

¹⁴all loving thee have forgotten thee, Thee they do not seek, For with the stroke of an enemy I smote thee, The chastisement of a fierce one, Because of the abundance of thy iniquity, Mighty have been thy sins!

¹⁵Unochemeiko pamusoro pokukuvadzwa kwako? Kurwadziwa kwako hakubviri kuporeswa. Ndakakuitira zvinhu izvi, nokuda kohukuru bwezvakaipa zvako, nekuti zvivi zvako zvakanga zvawanda.

¹⁵What! — thou criest concerning thy breach! Incurable [is] thy pain, Because of the abundance of thy iniquity, Mighty have been thy sins! I have done these to thee.

¹⁶Naizvozvo vose vanokudya vachadyiwawo; vadzivisi vako vose, mumwe nomumwe wavo, vachatapwa; vanokupamba vachapambwa, vose vanokuparadza, ndichavaisa kukuparadzwa.

¹⁶Therefore all consuming thee are consumed, And all thine adversaries — all of them — Into captivity do go, And thy spoilers have been for a spoil, And all thy plunderers I give up to plunder.

¹⁷nekuti ndichakudzosera mufaro pamuviri, ndichakuporesa mavanga ako, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, zvavakakutumidza zita rinonzi Murashwa, vachiti, NdiZiyoni zvaro, hakuna munhu une hanya naro.

¹⁷For I increase health to thee, And from thy strokes I do heal thee, An affirmation of Jehovah, For `Outcast` they have called to thee, `Zion it [is], there is none seeking for her.`

¹⁸Zvanzi naJehovha, Ndichadzosazve kutapwa kwamatende aJakove, nokunzwira hugaro hwake tsitsi; guta richavakwa pamusoro pegomo raro, imba yamambo ichagarwa sezvakafanira.

¹⁸Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I turn back [to] the captivity of the tents of Jacob, And his dwelling places I pity, And the city hath been built on its heap, And the palace according to its ordinance remaineth.

¹⁹Kuwonga nenzwi ravanofara richabudapo; ndichavawanza, havangavi vashoma, ndichavakudza varege kuva vaduku.

¹⁹And gone forth from them hath thanksgiving, And the voice of playful ones, And I have multiplied them and they are not few, And made them honourable, and they are not small.

²⁰Vana vavo vachava sakare, neungano yavo ichamiswa pamberi pangu, ndicharova vose vanovamanikidza.

²⁰And his sons have been as aforetime, And his company before Me is established, And I have seen after all his oppressors.

²¹Muchinda wavo uchava mumwe wavo, mubati wavo uchabuda pakati pavo; ndichamuswededza, aswedere kwandiri; nekuti ndianiko wakatsunga kuswedera kwandiri? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

²¹And his honourable one hath been of himself, And his ruler from his midst goeth forth, And I have caused him to draw near, And he hath drawn nigh unto Me, For who [is] he who hath pledged his heart To draw nigh unto Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.

²²imwi muchava vanhu vangu, neni ndichava Mwari wenyu.

²²And ye have been to Me for a people, And I am to you for God.

²³Tarirai, dutu guru remhepo yaJehovha, idzo hasha dzake, rabuda, riri dutu guru rine simba; richaputsikira pamisoro yavakaipa.

²³Lo, a whirlwind of Jehovah — Fury hath gone forth — a cutting whirlwind, On the head of the wicked it stayeth.

²⁴Kutsamwa kukuru kwaJehovha hakungadzoki, kusvikira apedza, kusvikira aita zvose zvaakafunga mumoyo make; muchazvinzwisisa pamazuva okupedzisira.

²⁴The fierceness of the anger of Jehovah Doth not turn back till His doing, Yea, till His establishing the devices of His heart, In the latter end of the days we consider it!