1Shoko raJehovha, rakasvika kumuporofita Jeremiya pamusoro pavaFirisitia, Farao achigere kukunda Gaza.
1That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh smiteth Gaza:
2Zvanzi naJehovha, Tarirai, mvura zhinji inokwira ichibva kurutivi rwokumusoro, ichava rwizi runopafuma, ichafukidza nyika nezvose zvirimo, neguta navageremo; vanhu vachachema, navose vagere munyika vachaw-ungudza.
2`Thus said Jehovah: Lo, waters are coming up from the north, And have been for an overflowing stream, And they overflow the land and its fulness, The city, and the inhabitants in it, And men have cried out, And howled hath every inhabitant of the land.
3Kana vachinzwa kutinhira kokutsika kwamahwanda amabhiza ake ane simba, nokumhanyisa kwengoro dzake, nokuvirima kwamakumbo engoro dzake, madzibaba haacheukiri kuvana vawo nokuneta kwamaoko avo;
3From the sound of the stamping of the hoofs of his mighty ones, From the rushing of his chariot, the noise of his wheels, Fathers have not turned unto sons, From feebleness of hands,
4nemhaka yezuva iro, rinouya kuparadza vaFirisitia vose, nokuparadza paTire neSidhoni mubatsiri mumwe nomumwe wakasara; nekuti Jehovha uchaparadza vaFirisitia, ivo vakasara vechiwi cheKafitori.
4Because of the day that hath come to spoil all the Philistines, To cut off to Tyre and to Zidon every helping remnant. For Jehovah is spoiling the Philistines, The remnant of the isle of Caphtor.
5Gaza rava nemhanza, Ashikeroni raparadzwa, izvo zvakanga zvasara zvomupata wavo; ucharamba uchizvitema kusvikira rinhiko?
5Come hath baldness unto Gaza, Cut off hath been Ashkelon, O remnant of their valley, Till when dost thou cut thyself?
6Haiwa, iwe munondo waJehovha, uchashaiwa zororo kusvikira rinhiko? Dzokera mumuhara wako, zorora, unyarare.
6Ho, sword of Jehovah, till when art thou not quiet? Be removed unto thy sheath, rest and cease.
7Unganyarara seiko, Jehovha zvaakakuraira? Pamusoro peAshikeroni napamusoro pemahombekombe egungwa, ndipo paakazviraira.
7How shall it be quiet, And Jehovah hath given a charge to it, Against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? There hath He appointed it!`