¹Shoko rakauya kuna Jeremiya richibva kuna Jehovha, richiti,

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

²Mira pasuwo reimba yaJehovha, uparidzirepo shoko iri, uti, Inzwai shoko raJehovha, imwi vaJudha mose munopinda napamusuwo awa kuzonamata Jehovha.

²Stand in the gate of the house of Jehovah, and thou hast proclaimed there this word, and hast said, Hear a word of Jehovah, all ye of Judah, who are coming in at these gates, to bow before Jehovah:

³Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Ruramisai nzira dzenyu nezvamunoita, ndigokugarisai panzvimbo ino.

³Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Amend your ways, and your doings, And I cause you to dwell in this place.

⁴Musavimba namashoko enhema, Izvezvi itemberi yaJehovha, temberi yaJehovha, temberi yaJehovha.

⁴Do not trust for yourselves Unto the words of falsehood, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah [are] they!

⁵nekuti kana mukaruramisa kwazvo nzira dzenyu nezvamunoita, kana muchiita zvakarurama munhu mumwe nomumwe kunowokwake.

⁵For, if ye do thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, If ye do judgment thoroughly Between a man and his neighbour,

⁶Kana musingamanikidzi mutorwa, nenherera, nechirikadzi, mukasateura ropa risina mhosva panzvimbo ino, nokusatevera vamwe vamwari, vanokuisai panjodzi;

⁶Sojourner, fatherless, and widow, ye oppress not, And innocent blood do not shed in this place, And after other gods do not walk, for evil to yourselves,

⁷ipapo ndichakugarisai panzvimbo ino, panyika yandakapa madzibaba enyu, kubvira panguva yakare kusvikira nokusingaperi.

⁷Then I have caused you to dwell in this place, In the land that I gave to your fathers, From age even unto age.

⁸Tarirai, munovimba namashoko enhema, asingagoni kubatsira.

⁸Lo, ye are trusting for yourselves On the words of falsehood, so as not to profit.

⁹Mungaba, nokuuraya, nokuita hupombwe, nokupika nhema, nokupisira Bhaari zvinonhuhwira, nokutevera vamwe vapirwa vamakanga musingazivi,

⁹Stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, And swearing to falsehood, and giving perfume to Baal, And going after other gods whom ye knew not.

¹⁰ndokuzouya momira pamberi pangu muimba ino, panodamwa zita rangu, muchiti, Tasunungurwa; kuti mugoita izvi zvose zvinonyangadza here?

¹⁰And ye have come in and stood before Me, In this house on which My name is called, And have said, `We have been delivered,` In order to do all these abominations.

¹¹Ko imba ino panodamwa zita rangu rava bako ramakororo pamberi penyu here? Tarirai, ini, ini ndimene ndaona izvozvo ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹¹A den of burglars hath this house, On which My name is called, been in your eyes? Even I, lo, I have seen, an affirmation of Jehovah.

¹²Asi zvino endai kunzvimbo yangu yaiva paShiro, pandakagarisa zita rangu pakutanga, muone zvandakaiitira nokuda kwezvakaipa zvavanhu vangu Isiraeri.

¹²But go ye, I pray you, Unto My place that [is] in Shiloh, Where I caused My name to dwell at first, And see that which I have done to it, For the wickedness of My people Israel.

¹³Zvino, zvamakaita mabasa awa ose ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha ini ndikataura nemi, ndichifumira mangwanani ndichitaura, imwi mukasanzwa, ndikakudanai, mukasapindura.

¹³And now, because of your doing all these works, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I speak unto you, rising early and speaking, And ye have not hearkened, And I call you, and ye have not answered,

¹⁴Naizvozvo ndichaitira imba panodamwa zita rangu, yamunovimba nayo, nenzvimbo yandakakupai imwi namadzibaba enyu, sezvandakaitira Shiro.

¹⁴I also to the house on which My name is called, In which ye are trusting, And to the place that I gave to you, and to your fathers, Have done, as I have done to Shiloh.

¹⁵Ndichakurashirai kure neni, sezvandakarasha hama dzenyu dzose, irwo rudzi rwose rwaEfuremu.

¹⁵And I have cast you from before My face, As I have cast out all your brethren, The whole seed of Ephraim.

¹⁶Naizvozvo iwe chirega kunyengeterera vanhu ava, usadanidzira nokunyengetera nokuda kwavo, kana kuvakumbira kwandiri; nekuti handingakunzwi.

¹⁶And thou dost not pray for this people, Nor lift up for them crying and prayer, Nor intercede with Me, for I hear thee not.

¹⁷Hauoni here zvavanoita mumaguta aJudha nomunzira dzomuJerusaremu here?

¹⁷Art thou not seeing what they are doing In cities of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem?

¹⁸Vana vanounganidza huni, madzibaba ndokubatidza moto, vakadzi vanokanya hupfu kuti vabikire vahosi vokudenga zvingwa, uye kuti vadirire vamwe vamwari zvipiriso zvinodururwa, kuti vanditsamwise.

¹⁸The sons are gathering wood, And the fathers are causing the fire to burn, And the women are kneading dough, To make cakes to the queen of the heavens, And to pour out libations to other gods, So as to provoke Me to anger.

¹⁹Vanonditsamwisa here? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; havazinozvinetsa havo, vachingozvinyadzisa havo?

¹⁹Me are they provoking to anger? an affirmation of Jehovah, Is it not themselves, For the shame of their own faces?

²⁰Saka zvanzi naJehovha Mwari, Tarirai, kutsamwa kwangu nehasha dzangu zvichadururirwa panzvimbo ino, pamusoro pavanhu, napamusoro pezvipfuwo, napamusoro pemiti yokubundo, napamusoro pezvibereko zvenyika; zvichapfuta, zvisingadzimwi.

²⁰Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah, Lo, Mine anger and My fury is poured out on this place, On man, and beast, and on tree of the field, And on fruit of the ground, And it hath burned, and it is not quenched.

²¹Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Wedzerai zvipiriso zvenyu zvinopiswa pazvibayiro zvenyu, mudye nyama yazvo.

²¹Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Your burnt-offerings add to your sacrifices, And eat ye flesh.

²²nekuti handina kutaura namadzibaba enyu, kana kuvaraira panguva yandakavabudisa panyika yeEgipita pamusoro pezvipiriso zvinopiswa kana zvibayiro;

²²For I did not speak with your fathers, Nor did I command them in the day of My bringing them out of the land of Egypt, Concerning the matters of burnt-offering and sacrifice,

²³asi ndakavaraira chinhu ichi, ndichiti, teererai inzwi rangu, ndigova Mwari wenyu, nemwi muchaba vanhu vangu; mufambe nenzira yose yandichakurairai, mugova nomufaro.

²³But this thing I commanded them, saying: Hearken to My voice, And I have been to you for God, And ye — ye are to Me for a people, And have walked in all the way that I command you, So that it is well for you.

²⁴Asi havana kuteerera, kana kurerekera nzeve dzavo, asi vakafamba nokurangarira kwavo nohukukutu bwemoyo yavo vakadzokera sure havana kupfuura mberi.

²⁴And they have not hearkened, nor inclined their ear, And they walk in the counsels, In the stubbornness, of their evil heart, And are for backward, and not for forward.

²⁵Kubvira pazuva rokubuda kwamadzibaba enyu munyika yeEgipita, kusvikira pazuva ranhasi, ndakakutumirai varanda vangu vose vaporofita, ndichifumira mangwanani zuva rimwe nerimwe ndichivatuma;

²⁵Even from the day when your fathers Went out of the land of Egypt till this day, I send to you all my servants the prophets, Daily rising early and sending,

²⁶kunyange zvakadaro, havana kunditeerera, kana kurerekera nzeve dzavo, asi vakaomesa mitsipa yavo; vakaita zvakaipa kukunda madzibaba avo.

²⁶And they have not hearkened unto Me, Nor inclined their ear, and harden their neck, They have done evil above their fathers.

²⁷Zvino iwe unofanira kuvataurira mashoko awa ose; asi havangakuteereri; unofanira kudanawo kwavari, asi havangakupinduri.

²⁷And thou hast spoken unto them all these words, And they do not hearken to thee, And thou hast called unto them, And they do not answer thee.

²⁸Zvino iwe uti kwavari, Urwu ndirwo rudzi rusinganzwi shoko raJehovha Mwari wavo, kana kutenda kurangwa; kutendeka kwapera, kwabva chose pamiromo yavo.

²⁸And thou hast said unto them: This [is] the nation that hath not hearkened, To the voice of Jehovah its God, Nor have they accepted instruction, Perished hath stedfastness, Yea, it hath been cut off from their mouth.

²⁹Vevura hukomba hwako, iwe Jerusaremu, uhurashire kure; undochema pazvikomo zvisina miti, nekuti Jehovha wakarasha nokusiya rudzi rwaakatsamwira.

²⁹Cut off thy crown, and cast [it] away, And lift up on high places lamentation, For Jehovah hath rejected, And He leaveth the generation of His wrath.

³⁰nekuti vana vaJudha vakaita zvakaipa pamberi pangu, vakaisa zvinonyangadza zvavo muimba pakadamwa zita rangu, kuti vaisvibise ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

³⁰For the sons of Judah Have done the evil thing in Mine eyes, An affirmation of Jehovah, They have set their abominations in the house On which My name is called — to defile it,

³¹Vakavaka nzvimbo dzakakwirira dzeTofeti, dziri mumupata womwanakomana waHinomi, kuti vapise vanakomana navanasikana vavo mumoto, zviri zvinhu zvandisina kuvaraira, kana kufunga mumoyo mangu.

³¹And have built the high places of Tophet, That [are] in the valley of the son of Hinnom, To burn their sons and their daughters with fire, Which I did not command, Nor did it come up on My heart.

³²Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha, Tarirai, mazuva anouya, avasingazopaidzi Tofeti, kana mupata womwanakomana waHinomi, asi Mupata wokuuraya; nekuti vachaviga vakafa paTofeti, nekuti kuchashaikwa imwe nzvimbo.

³²Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And it is not said any more, `The Tophet,` And `Valley of the son of Hinnom,` But `Valley of the slaughter,` And they have buried in Tophet — without place.

³³Mitumbu yavanhu ava zvichava zvokudya zveshiri dzokudenga nezvezvikara zvenyika; hakuna uchazvidzinga.

³³And the carcase of this people hath been for food To a fowl of the heavens, and to a beast of the earth, And there is none troubling.

³⁴Ipapo ndichagumisa pamaguta aJudha napanzira dzomuJerusaremu inzwi rokuseka, nenzwi romufaro, nenzwi rechikomba nenzwi romufaro, nenzwi rechikomba nenzwi romwenga; nekuti nyika ichava dongo.

³⁴And I have caused to cease from cities of Judah, And from streets of Jerusalem, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, For the land doth become a desolation!