¹Zvino Shefatia mwanakomana waMatani, naGedharia mwanakomana waPashuri, naJukari mwanakomana waSheremiya, naPashuri mwanakomana waMarikija, vakanzwa mashoko akataurwa naJeremiya kuvanhu vose, achiti,

¹And Shephatiah son of Mattan, and Gedaliah son of Pashhur, and Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchiah, hear the words that Jeremiah is speaking unto all the people, saying,

²Zvanzi naJehovha, Ani naani unorambira muguta rino uchaurawa nomunondo, nenzara, uye nehosha yakaipa, asi unobuda akaenda kuvaKaradhea uchararama, hupenyu hwake huchava kwaari chinhu chakapambwa, uchararama.

²`Thus said Jehovah: He who is remaining in this city dieth, by sword, by famine, and by pestilence, and he who is going forth unto the Chaldeans liveth, and his soul hath been to him for a prey, and he liveth.

³Zvanzi naJehovha, Zvirokwazvo guta rino richaiswa mumaoko ehondo yamambo weBhabhironi, iye acharikunda.

³Thus said Jehovah: This city is certainly given into the hand of the force of the king of Babylon, and he hath captured it.`

⁴Ipapo machinda akati kuna mambo, Tinokumbira kuti munhu uyu aurawe, nekuti unoshaisa simba maoko avarwi vakasara muguta rino, namaoko avanhu vose nokutaura kwake mashoko akadai kwavari; nekuti munhu uyu haatsvaki mufaro wavanhu ava asi kuti vave nenjodzi.

⁴And the heads say unto the king, `Let, we pray thee, this man be put to death, because that he is making feeble the hands of the men of war, who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking unto them according to these words, for this man is not seeking for the peace of this people, but for its evil.`

⁵Mambo Zedhekia ndokuti, Tarirai, uri pamaoko enyu, nekuti mambo haangaiti chinhu chamusingadi.

⁵And the king Zedekiah saith, `Lo, he [is] in your hand: for the king is not able for you [in] anything.`

⁶Ipapo vakatora Jeremiya, vakamukandira mugomba raMarikija mwanakomana wamambo, rakanga riri muruvazhe rwavarindi; vakaburusa Jeremiya namabote. Mugomba makanga musina mvura asi matope; Jeremiya akanyura mumatope.

⁶And they take Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah son of the king, that [is] in the court of the prison, and they send down Jeremiah with cords; and in the pit there is no water, but mire, and Jeremiah sinketh in the mire.

⁷Zvino multiopia Ebhedhimereki, waiva muranda mumba mamambo, wakati anzwa kuti vakaisa Jeremiya mugomba (zvino mambo wakange agere musuwo raBhenjamini).

⁷And Ebed-Melech the Cushite, a eunuch who [is] in the king`s house, heareth that they have put Jeremiah into the pit; and the king is sitting at the gate of Benjamin,

⁸Ebhedhimereki akabuda mumba mamambo, akataura namambo, achiti,

⁸and Ebed-Melech goeth forth from the king`s house, and speaketh unto the king, saying,

⁹Ishe wangu mambo, vanhu ava vakaita zvakaipa pazvose zvavakaitira muporofita Jeremiya, wavakakandira mugomba; zvino iye unenge uchafira panzvimbo iyo paari, nemhaka yenzara; nekuti hakuchina chingwa muguta.

⁹`My lord, O king, these men have done evil [in] all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the pit, and he dieth in his place because of the famine, for there is no more bread in the city.`

¹⁰Ipapo mambo akaraira muItiopia Ebhedhimereki, akati, Tora pano vanhu vana makumi matatu, unobudisa muporofita Jeremiya mugomba asati afa.

¹⁰And the king commandeth Ebed-Melech the Cushite, saying, `Take with thee from this thirty men, and thou hast brought up Jeremiah the prophet from the pit, before he dieth.`

¹¹Ipapo Ebhedhimereki akatora vanhu ivavo, akaenda navo mumba mamambo pasi pechivigiro chefuma, akatorapo mamvemve nenguvo dzakasakara, akazviburusira namabote mugomba kuna Jeremiya.

¹¹And Ebed-Melech taketh the men with him, and entereth the house of the king, unto the place of the treasury, and taketh thence worn-out clouts, and worn-out rags, and sendeth them unto Jeremiah unto the pit by cords.

¹²Multiopia Ebhedhimereki akati kuna Jeremiya, Zvino chiisai mamvemve awa nenguvo dzakasakara muhapwa dzenyu munyasi. mamabote. Jeremiya akaita saizvozvo.

¹²And Ebed-Melech the Cushite saith unto Jeremiah, `Put, I pray thee, the worn-out clouts and rags under thine arm-holes, at the place of the cords,` and Jeremiah doth so,

¹³Naizvozvo vakakwidza Jeremiya namabote, vakamubudisa mugomba, Jeremiya akagara muruvazhe rwavarindi.

¹³and they draw out Jeremiah with cords, and bring him up out of the pit, and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison.

¹⁴Ipapo mambo Zedhekia akatuma nhume akauyisa muporofita Jeremiya kwaari pamukova wechitatu uri mumba maJehovha; mambo akati kuna Jeremiya, Ndichakubvunza shoko; usandivanzira chinhu.

¹⁴And the king Zedekiah sendeth, and taketh Jeremiah the prophet unto him, unto the third entrance that [is] in the house of Jehovah, and the king saith unto Jeremiah, `I am asking thee a thing, do not hide from me anything.`

¹⁵Ipapo Jeremiya akati kuna Zedhekia, Kana ndikakuzivisai izvozvo, hamungatongondiurayi here? Kana ndikakupai zano, hamunganditeereri.

¹⁵And Jeremiah saith unto Zedekiah, `When I declare to thee, dost thou not surely put me to death? and when I counsel thee, thou dost not hearken unto me.`

¹⁶Naizvozvo mambo Zedhekia wakapikira Jeremiya chinyararire, akati, NaJehovha mupenyu, wakatipa hupenyu uhwu, handingakuurayi, kana kukuisa mumaoko avanhu ava vanotsvaka kukuuraya.

¹⁶And the king Zedekiah sweareth unto Jeremiah in secret, saying, `Jehovah liveth, He who made for us this soul, I do not put thee to death, nor give thee unto the hand of these men who are seeking thy soul.`

¹⁷Ipapo Jeremiya akati kuna Zedhekia, Zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Kana mukatenda kuenda kumachinda amambo weBhabhironi, mweya wenyu uchararama, neguta rino haringapiswi nomoto; imwi muchararama, neimba yenyu.

¹⁷And Jeremiah saith unto Zedekiah, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel: If thou dost certainly go forth unto the heads of the king of Babylon, then hath thy soul lived, and this city is not burned with fire, yea, thou hast lived, thou and thy house.

¹⁸Asi kana mukaramba kuenda kumachinda amambo mumaoko avaKaradhea, ivo vacharipisa nomoto, nemwi hamungapukunyuki pamaoko avo.

¹⁸And if thou dost not go forth unto the heads of the king of Babylon, then hath this city been given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they have burnt it with fire, and thou dost not escape from their hand.`

¹⁹Ipapo mambo Zedhekia akati kuna Jeremiya, Ndinotya vaJudha, vakatishandukira vakaenda kuvaKaradhea, zvimwe vangandiisa mumaoko avo, ivo vakandiseka.

¹⁹And the king Zedekiah saith unto Jeremiah, `I am fearing the Jews who have fallen unto the Chaldeans, lest they give me into their hand, and they have insulted me.`

²⁰Asi Jeremiya wakati, Havangakusiiyi kwavari. Chiteererai henyu inzwi raJehovha, sezvandinokuudzai; ipapo muchava nomufaro, nomweya wenyu uchararama.

²⁰And Jeremiah saith, `They do not give thee up; hearken, I pray thee, to the voice of Jehovah, to that which I am speaking unto thee, and it is well for thee, and thy soul doth live.

²¹Asi kana mukaramba kuenda, heri shoko randakaziviswa naJehovha,

²¹`And if thou art refusing to go forth, this [is] the thing that Jehovah hath shewn me:

²²Tarirai, vakadzi vose vakasara mumba mamambo waJudha, vachabudisirwa kumachinda amambo weBhabhironi, zvino vakadzi avo vachati, Shamwari dzenyu dzinodikamwa nemwi ndidzo dzakakunyengerai, dzikakukundai, zvino tsoka dzenyu zvadzanyura mumatope, vokufuratirai.

²²That, lo, all the women who have been left in the house of the king of Judah are brought forth unto the heads of the king of Babylon, and lo, they are saying: Persuaded thee, and prevailed against thee, Have thine allies, Sunk into mire have thy feet, They have been turned backward.

²³Vachabudisira vakadzi venyu vose navana venyu kuvaKaradhea; nemiwo hamungapukunyuki pamaoko avo asi muchabatwa noruoko rwamambo weBhabhironi; imwi muchapisisa guta rino nomoto.

²³`And all thy wives, and thy sons, are brought forth unto the Chaldeans, and thou dost not escape from their hand, for by the hand of the king of Babylon thou art caught, and this city is burnt with fire.`

²⁴Ipapo Zedhekia akati kuna Jeremiya, Ngakurege kuva nomunhu unoziviswa mashoko awa, ipapo iwe haungaurawi.

²⁴And Zedekiah saith unto Jeremiah, `Let no man know of these words, and thou dost not die;

²⁵Asi kana machinda akanzwa kuti ndakataura newe, vakauya kwauri, vachiti, Chitizivisa zvino zvawaudza mambo, usativanzira izvozvo, isu tigosakuuraya; uyewo zvose zvawakaudzwa namambo.

²⁵and when the heads hear that I have spoken with thee, and they have come in unto thee, and have said unto thee, Declare to us, we pray thee, what thou didst speak unto the king, do not hide [it] from us, and we do not put thee to death, and what the king spake unto thee,

²⁶Ipapo uti kwavari, Ndakasvitsa munyengetero wangu kuna mambo, kuti arege kundidzosa kumba kwaJonatani, kuti ndifireko.

²⁶then thou hast said unto them, I am causing my supplication to fall before the king, not to cause me to return to the house of Jonathan, to die there.`

²⁷Zvino machinda ose akauya kuna Jeremiya, akamubvunza, akavaudza mashoko awa ose sezvakanga zvarairwa namambo. Naizvozvo vakarega kuzotaura naye, nekuti shoko rakanga risina kuzikamwa.

²⁷And all the heads come in unto Jeremiah, and ask him, and he declareth to them according to all these words that the king commanded, and they keep silent from him, for the matter was not heard;

²⁸Naizvozvo Jeremiya wakaramba agere muruvazhe rwavarindi kusvikira zuva rakakundwa Jerusaremu.

²⁸and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison till the day that Jerusalem hath been captured, and he was [there] when Jerusalem was captured.