¹Zvino Jeremiya wakati apedza kuudza vanhu mashoko ose aJehovha Mwari wavo, aakanga atumwa nawo kwavari naJehovha Mwari wavo, iwo mashoko awa ose,

¹And it cometh to pass, when Jeremiah doth finish to speak unto all the people all the words of Jehovah their God, with which Jehovah their God hath sent him unto them — all these words —

²ipapo Azaria mwanakomana waHoshaia, naJohwanani mwanakomana waKarea, navarume vose, vaizvikudza, vakataura vachiti, kuna Jeremiya, Unoreva nhema, Jehovha Mwari wedu haana kukutuma kuzoti, Musaenda Egipita kundogarapo muri vatorwa;

²that Azariah son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan son of Kareah, and all the proud men, speak unto Jeremiah, saying, `Falsehood thou art speaking; Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Do not enter Egypt to sojourn there;

³asi Bharuki mwanakomana waNeria ndiye unokumutsa pamusoro pedu, kuti tiiswe mumaoko avaKaradhea, kuti vatiuraye nokutitapira Bhabhironi.

³for Baruch son of Neriah is moving thee against us, in order to give us up into the hand of the Chaldeans, to put us to death, and to remove us to Babylon.`

⁴Naizvozvo Johwanani mwanakomana waKarea, navakuru vose vehondo, navanhu vose, havana kuteerera inzwi raJehovha, kuti vagare munyika yaJudha.

⁴And Johanan son of Kareah, and all the heads of the forces, and all the people, have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, to dwell in the land of Judah;

⁵Asi Johwanani mwanakomana waKarea, navakuru vose vehondo, vakatora vose vakasara vaJudha, vakanga vadzoka kumarudzi ose kwavakadzingirwa, vachida kugara vari vatorwa munyika yaJudha,

⁵and Johanan son of Kareah, and all the heads of the forces, take all the remnant of Judah who have turned from all the nations whither they were driven to sojourn in the land of Judah,

⁶vaiti, varume navakadzi navana navakunda vamambo nomunhu upi noupi akanga asiiwa naNebhuzaradhani mukuru wavarindi kuna Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikami, mwanakomana waShafani, pamwechete naJeremiya muporofita, naBharuki mwanakomana waNeria,

⁶the men, and the women, and the infant, and the daughters of the king, and every person that Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, had left with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch son of Neriah,

⁷vakandosvika kunyika yeEgipita; nekuti havana kuteerera inzwi raJehovha; vakandosvika Tapanesi.

⁷and they enter the land of Egypt, for they have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, and they enter unto Tahpanhes.

⁸Ipapo shoko raJehovha rakasvika kuna Jeremiya paTapanesi, richiti,

⁸And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

⁹Tora mabwe makuru muruoko rwako, uavige muvhu pakati pezvitina, pavanopinda napo paimba yaFarao paTapanesi, vanhu vose vaJudha vachizviona;

⁹`Take in thy hand great stones, and thou hast hidden them, in the clay, in the brick-kiln, that [is] at the opening of the house of Pharaoh in Tahpanhes, before the eyes of the men of Judah,

¹⁰ugoti kwavari, Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, mwari walsiraeri, Tarirai, ndichatuma shoko kundotora Nebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi, muranda wangu, ndiise chigaro chake choushe pamusoro pamabwe awa andakaviga; uchawarira pamusoro pawo jira rake rinobwinya.

¹⁰and thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: `Lo, I am sending, and I have taken Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and I have set his throne above these stones that I have hid, and he hath stretched out his pavilion over them,

¹¹Uchauya achirova nyika yeEgipita; vakafanira rufu vachaiswa kurufu, vakafanira kutapwa vachaiswa kukutapwa, vakafanira munondo vachaiswa kumunondo.

¹¹and he hath come, and smitten the land of Egypt — those who [are] for death to death, and those who [are] for captivity to captivity, and those who [are] for the sword to the sword.

¹²Ndichabatidza moto mudzimba dzavamwari veEgipita; uchadzipisa nokuvatapa; uchafuka nyika yeEgipita somufudzi unofuka nguvo yake, uchabvapo norugare.

¹²And I have kindled a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt, and it hath burned them, and he hath taken them captive, and covered himself with the land of Egypt, as cover himself doth the shepherd with his garment, and he hath gone forth thence in peace;

¹³Uchaputsawo shongwe dzeBhetishemeshi, riri munyika yeEgipita; dzimba dzavamwari veEgipita uchadzipisa nomoto.

¹³and he hath broken the standing pillars of the house of the sun, that [is] in the land of Egypt, and the houses of the gods of Egypt he doth burn with fire.`