¹Nenguva iyo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, ndichava Mwari wamarudzi ose aIsiraeri, naivo vachava vanhu vangu.

¹At that time, an affirmation of Jehovah, I am for God to all families of Israel, And they — they are to Me for a people.

²Vanhu vakapukunyuka pamunondo, ivo vaIsiraeri, vakawana nyasha murenje, panguva yandakandovazorodza.

²Thus said Jehovah: Found grace in the wilderness Hath a people remaining from the sword Going to cause it to rest — Israel.

³Jehovha wakazviratidza kwandiri ari kure, akati, Zvirokwazvo, ndakabuda norudo rusingaperi, naizvozvo ndakakukweva nohunyoro.

³From afar Jehovah hath appeared to me, With love age-during I have loved thee, Therefore I have drawn thee [with] kindness.

⁴Ndichakuvakazve, ipapo uchava wakavakwa, iwe mhandara yaIsiraeri; uchashongedzazve ngoma dzako, uchabuda kundotamba navanofara.

⁴Again do I build thee, And thou hast been built, O virgin of Israel, Again thou puttest on thy tabrets, And hast gone out in the chorus of the playful.

⁵Uchasimazve minda yemizambiringa pamakomo eSamaria; vasimi vachasima nokudya zvibereko zvayo.

⁵Again thou dost plant vineyards In mountains of Samaria, Planters have planted, and made common.

⁶nekuti zuva richasvika, naro nharirire dzichadana pamakomo aEfuremu, dzichiti, Simukai imi, tikwire Ziyoni kuna Jehovha Mwari wedu.

⁶For there is a day, Cried have watchmen on mount Ephraim, `Rise, and we go up to Zion, unto Jehovah our God;

⁷nekuti zvanzi naJehovha, Imbirai Jakove nomufaro, pururudzirai mukuru wamarudzi; paridzirai, rumbidzai muti, Jehovha, ponesai vanhu venyu, ivo vakasara vaIsiraeri

⁷For thus said Jehovah: Sing, O ye to Jacob, [with] joy, And cry aloud at the head of the nations, Sound ye, praise ye, and say, Save, O Jehovah, thy people, the remnant of Israel.

⁸Tarirai ndichavavuyisa vachibva kunyika yokumusoro, ndichavaunganidza kumigumo yenyika, pamwechete namapofu, nemhetamakumbo, navakadzi vava nomuviri pamwechete navanosurumuka; vachadzokera kuno riri boka guru.

⁸Lo, I am bringing them in from the north country, And have gathered them from the sides of the earth, Among them [are] blind and lame, Conceiving and travailing one — together, A great assembly — they turn back hither.

⁹Vachauya vachichema, ndichavaperekedza vachinyengetera; ndichivafambisa panzizi dzemvura zhinji, nenzira yakarurama, pavasingazogumburwi; nekuti ndiri baba kuna Isiraeri, Efuremu idangwe rangu.

⁹With weeping they come in, And with supplications I bring them, I cause them to go unto streams of waters, In a right way — they stumble not in it, For I have been to Israel for a father, And Ephraim — My first-born [is] he.

¹⁰Inzwai shoko raJehovha, imwi marudzi, muriparidzire pazviwi zviri kure, muti, Wakaparadzira Isiraeri, ndiye uchavaunganidza, nokuvachengeta, sezvinoita mufudzi boka rake.

¹⁰Hear a word of Jehovah, O nations, And declare ye among isles afar off, and say: He who is scattering Israel doth gather him, And hath kept him as a shepherd [doth] his flock,

¹¹nekuti Jehovha wakadzikunura Jakove, akamurwira muruoko rwounopfuura nesimba.

¹¹For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, And redeemed him from a hand stronger than he.

¹²Vachauya vachiimba panzvimbo yakakwirira yeZiyoni, vachayerera semvura kune zvakanaka zvaJehovha, kuzviyo, nokuwaini itsva, nokumafuta, nokuzvibereko zvamakwai nemombe; mweya wavo uchava somunda wakadiridzwa, havangatongovi nokusuwazve.

¹²And they have come in, And have sung in the high place of Zion, And flowed unto the goodness of Jehovah, For wheat, and for new wine, and for oil, And for the young of the flock and herd, And their soul hath been as a watered garden, And they add not to grieve any more.

¹³Ipapo mhandara ichafara nokutamba, namajaya navatana pamwechete; nekuti ndichashandura kuchema kwavo uve mufaro, ndichavanyaradza, nokuvafadza pakusuwa kwavo.

¹³Then rejoice doth a virgin in a chorus, Both young men and old men — together, And I have turned their mourning to joy, And have comforted them, And gladdened them above their sorrow,

¹⁴Ndichagutisa mweya yavapristi namafuta, uye vanhu vangu vachaguta nezvakanaka zvangu ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹⁴And satisfied the soul of the priests [with] fatness, And My people with My goodness are satisfied, An affirmation of Jehovah.

¹⁵Zvanzi naJehovha, Inzwi rinonzwika muRama, rokuwungudza nokuchema kukuru, Rakeri unochema vana vake; unoramba kunyaradzwa pamusoro pavana vake, nekuti havachipo.

¹⁵Thus said Jehovah, A voice in Ramah is heard, wailing, weeping most bitter, Rachel is weeping for her sons, She hath refused to be comforted for her sons, because they are not.

¹⁶Zvanzi naJehovha, Dzora inzwi rako pakuchema, nameso ako pamisodzi, nekuti basa rako richaripirwa mubayiro, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; vachadzokazve vachibva kunyika yavavengi vavo.

¹⁶Thus said Jehovah: Withhold thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears, For there is a reward for thy work, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they have turned back from the land of the enemy.

¹⁷Mugumo wako une tariro, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; vana vako vachadzokerazve kumiganho yavo.

¹⁷And there is hope for thy latter end, An affirmation of Jehovah, And the sons have turned back [to] their border.

¹⁸Zvirokwazvo ndakanzwa Efuremu achizvichema, achiti, Imi makandirova, ndikarohwa semhuru isina kupingudzwa; ndidzoserei imi, ipapo ndichadzoka, nekuti imwi muri Jehovha Mwari wangu.

¹⁸I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, `Thou hast chastised me, And I am chastised, as a heifer not taught, Turn me back, and I turn back, For thou [art] Jehovah my God.

¹⁹Zvirokwazvo, ndakati ndadzoka, ndikatendeuka, ndakati ndarairirwa, ndikazvirova pahudyu; ndakanyadziswa, zvirokwazvo, ndakanyara, nekuti ndakatakura kushoorwa kohuduku hwangu.

¹⁹For after my turning back I repented, And after my being instructed I struck on the thigh, I have been ashamed, I have also blushed, For I have borne the reproach of my youth.

²⁰Ko Efuremu ndiye mwanakomana wangu unodikamwa here? Ndiye mwana unondifadza here? nekuti nguva dzose kana ndichimutuka, ndinoramba ndichimurangarira kwazvo; naizvozvo moyo wangu unomuchemera; zvirokwazvo, ndichamunzwira nyasha, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

²⁰A precious son is Ephraim to Me? A child of delights? For since My speaking against him, I do thoroughly remember him still, Therefore have My bowels been moved for him, I do greatly love him, An affirmation of Jehovah.

²¹Zvimisirei shongwe dzenzira, zviitirei zvino; rerekerai moyo yenyu kunzira huru, iyo nzira yamakafamba nayo; dzokazve, mhandara yaIsiraeri, dzokerazve kumaguta ako awa.

²¹Set up for thee signs, make for thee heaps, Set thy heart to the highway, the way thou wentest, Turn back, O virgin of Israel, Turn back unto these thy cities.

²²Ucharamba uchifambiramo kusvikira rinhiko, iwe mukunda wokudzokera shure? nekuti Jehovha wakasika chinhu chitsva panyika, chokuti mukadzi uchambundikira murume.

²²Till when dost thou withdraw thyself, O backsliding daughter? For Jehovah hath prepared a new thing in the land, Woman doth compass man.

²³Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Vachataurazve shoko iri munyika yaJudha nomumaguta ayo, kana ndichidzosazve kutapwa kwavo, vachiti, Jehovha ngaakuropafadze, iwe hugaro hwokururama, iwe gomo rohutsvene.

²³Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Still they say this word in the land of Judah, And in its cities, In My turning back [to] their captivity, Jehovah doth bless thee, habitation of righteousness, Mountain of holiness.

²⁴Judha namaguta avo ose vachagaramo pamwechete, varimi navanofamba namapoka avo.

²⁴And dwelt in Judah have husbandmen, and in all its cities together, And they have journeyed in order.

²⁵nekuti ndakagutsa mweya wakaneta, nomweya mumwe nomumwe, unokusuwa, ndakausimbisa.

²⁵For I have satiated the weary soul, And every grieved soul I have filled.`

²⁶Ipapo ndakamuka, ndikaona; hope dzangu dzingandizipira.

²⁶On this I have awaked, and I behold, and my sleep hath been sweet to me.

²⁷Zvanzi naJehovha, Tarirai, mazuva anouya, andichadzvara paimba yaIsiraeri napaimba yaJudha mbeu dzavanhu nembeu dzezvipfuwo.

²⁷Lo, days are coming, an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have sown the house of Israel, And the house of Judah, With seed of man, and seed of beast.

²⁸Zvino sezvandakavarindira, ndichidzura nokukoromora nokuwisira pasi nokuparadza nokutambudza, saizvozvo ndichavarindira ndivake nokusima ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

²⁸And it hath been, as I watched over them to pluck up, And to break down, and to throw down, And to destroy, and to afflict; So do I watch over them to build, and to plant, An affirmation of Jehovah.

²⁹Namazuva awo havangazoti, Madzibaba akadya mazambiringa anovava; meno avana ndokurwadzira.

²⁹In those days they do not say any more: Fathers have eaten unripe fruit, And the sons` teeth are blunted.

³⁰Asi mumwe nomumwe uchafira zvakaipa zvake; mumwe nomumwe, unodya mazambiringa anovava, meno ake achabwadzira.

³⁰But — each for his own iniquity doth die, Every man who is eating the unripe fruit, Blunted are his teeth.

³¹Tarirai, mazuva anouya, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, andichaita sungano itsva neimba yaIsiraeri, neimba yaJudha.

³¹Lo, days are coming, an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have made with the house of Israel And with the house of Judah a new covenant,

³²Haingafanani nesungano yandakaita namadzibaba avo namazuva andakavabata ruoko ndikavabudisa munyika yeEgipita, vakaputsa sungano yangu iyo, kunyange ndakanga ndiri murume kwavari ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

³²Not like the covenant that I made with their fathers, In the day of My laying hold on their hand, To bring them out of the land of Egypt, In that they made void My covenant, And I ruled over them — an affirmation of Jehovah.

³³Asi heyi sungano yandichaita neimba yalsiraeri shure kwamazuva iwayo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, Ndichaisa murayiro wangu mukati mavo, ndichaunyora pamoyo yavo; ini ndichava Mwari wavo, ivo vachava vanhu vangu.

³³For this [is] the covenant that I make, With the house of Israel, after those days, An affirmation of Jehovah, I have given My law in their inward part, And on their heart I do write it, And I have been to them for God, And they are to me for a people.

³⁴Havangazodzidzisani, mumwe nomumwe nowokwake, mumwe nomumwe nehama yake, achiti, Ziva Jehovha; nekuti vachandiziva vose, kubva kuvaduku pakati pavo, kusvikira kuvakuru pakati pavo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; nekuti ndichakangamwira kuipa kwavo, nezvivi zvavo handingazozvirangariri.

³⁴And they do not teach any more Each his neighbour, and each his brother, Saying, Know ye Jehovah, For they all know Me, from their least unto their greatest, An affirmation of Jehovah; For I pardon their iniquity, And of their sin I make mention no more.

³⁵Zvanzi naJehovha, iye unopa zuva rive chiedza masikati, nemirairo yomwedzi neyenyeredzi zvive chiedza vusiku, iye unomutsa gungwa, kuti mafungu aro atinhire, Jehovha wehondo ndiro zita rake.

³⁵Thus said Jehovah, Who is giving the sun for a light by day, The statutes of moon and stars for a light by night, Quieting the sea when its billows roar, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name:

³⁶Kana mirairo iyi ikabva pamberi pangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, ipapo vana vaIsiraeriwo vangagumawo kuva rudzi pamberi pangu nokusingaperi.

³⁶If these statutes depart from before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, Even the seed of Israel doth cease From being a nation before Me all the days.

³⁷Zvanzi naJehovha, Kana denga kumusoro richibvira kuyerwa, nenheyo dzenyika pasi dzichibvira kunzverwa, ipapo neniwo ndicharasha vana vose vaIsiraeri nokuda kwezvose zvavakaita, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

³⁷Thus said Jehovah: If the heavens above be measured, And the foundations of earth below searched, Even I kick against all the seed of Israel, For all that they have done, An affirmation of Jehovah.

³⁸Tarirai, mazuva anouya, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, achavakirwa Jehovha guta kubva pashongwe yaHananeri kusvikira kusuwo rekona.

³⁸Lo, days [are coming], an affirmation of Jehovah, And the city hath been built to Jehovah, From the tower of Hananeel to the gate of the corner.

³⁹Uye rwonzi rwokuyera narwo ruchapfuura ruchiruramira kuchikomo cheGarebhi, ndokudzoka kusvikira paGoa.

³⁹And gone out again hath the measuring line Over-against it, unto the height of Gareb, And it hath compassed to Goah.

⁴⁰Mupata wose wezvitunha nowamadota, neminda yose kusvikira kurukova Kidhironi, kusvikira kukona resuwo ramabhiza kurutivi rwamabvazuva, zvichava zvitsvene kuna Jehovha; hazvingazodzurwi, kana kuparadzwa nokusingaperi.

⁴⁰And all the valley of the carcases and of the ashes, And all the fields unto the brook Kidron, Unto the corner of the horse-gate eastward, [Are] holy to Jehovah, it is not plucked up, Nor is it thrown down any more to the age!