¹Nenguva iyo ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha uchabvisa pamahwiro avo mafupa amadzimambo avaJudha, namafupa amachinda avo, namafupa avapristi, namafupa avaporofita, namafupa avaigara paJerusaremu;

¹At that time, an affirmation of Jehovah, They bring the bones of the kings of Judah, And the bones of its princes, And the bones of the priests, And the bones of the prophets, And the bones of inhabitants of Jerusalem, Out of their graves,

²vachaaparadzira panopenya zuva nomwedzi nehondo yose yokudenga izvo zvavaida, nezvavaishumira, nezvavaitevera, nezvavaivinga, nezvavainamata; haangaunganidzwi, kana kuvigwa, asi achava mupfudze panyika.

²And have spread them to sun, and to moon, And to all the host of the heavens, that they have loved, And that they have served, And that they have walked after, And that they have sought, And to which they have bowed themselves, They are not gathered, nor buried, They are for dung on the face of the ground.

³Rufu ruchasanangurwa kupfuura hupenyu navose vakasara panzvimbo dzose kwandakavadzingira ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo.

³And chosen is death rather than life By all the remnant who are left of this evil family, In all the remaining places, whither I have driven them, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.

⁴Zvino unofanira kuti kwavari, Zvanzi naJehovha, Ko vanhu vangawa, vakasazomukazve here? Munhu ungatsauka, akasazodzoka here?

⁴And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, Do they fall, and not rise? Doth he turn back, and not return?

⁵Zvino vanhu ava veJerusaremu vakadzokereiko nokudzokera kusingatongoperi? Vanonamatira kunyengera, vanoramba kudzoka.

⁵Wherefore hath this people of Jerusalem Turned back — a perpetual backsliding? They have kept hold on deceit, They have refused to turn back.

⁶Ndakateerera, ndikanzwa, asi havana kutaura zvakarurama; hakuna munhu unochema kuipa kwake, achiti, Ndaiteiko? Mumwe nomumwe unotsauka nenzira yake, sebhiza rinomhanya kwazvo pakurwa.

⁶I have given attention, yea, I hearken, They do not speak right, No man hath repented of his wickedness, Saying, What have I done? Every one hath turned to his courses, As a horse is rushing into battle.

⁷Zvirokwazvo, zimudo, riri kudenga, rinoziva nguva dzaro dzakatarwa, nenjiva nenyenganyenga nekondo dzinorangarira nguva yokuuya kwadzo, asi vanhu vangu havazivi murayiro waJehovha.

⁷Even a stork in the heavens hath known her seasons, And turtle, and swallow, and crane, Have watched the time of their coming, And — My people have not known the judgment of Jehovah.

⁸Munoreva seiko, muchiti, Takachenjera, murayiro waJehovha tinawo? Asi tarirai, peni yenhema yavanyori inonyengera.

⁸How do ye say, We [are] wise, And the law of Jehovah [is] with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.

⁹Vanhu vakachenjera vakanyadziswa, vakavhunduka nokubatwa; tarirai, vakaramba shoko raJehovha, zvino vane njere dzakadiniko?

⁹Ashamed have been the wise, They have been affrighted, and are captured, Lo, against a word of Jehovah they kicked, And the wisdom of what — have they?

¹⁰Naizvozvo ndichapa vamwe vakadzi vavo, neminda yavo ndichaipa vamwe vachaiita yavo; nekuti mumwe nomumwe wavo, kubva kuvaduku kusvikira kuvakuru, mumwe nomumwe unokarira fuma; kubva kuvaporofita kusvikira kuvapristi mumwe nomumwe unoita nokunyengera.

¹⁰Therefore, I give their wives to others, Their fields to dispossessors, For from the least even unto the greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, From prophet even unto priest, every one is dealing falsely.

¹¹Vakangopodza vanga romukunda wavanhu vangu zvishoma, vachiti, Rugare, rugare! Izvo hakuna rugare.

¹¹And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, Peace, peace! and there is no peace.

¹²Ko vakanyadziswa nguva yavakaita zvinonyangadza here? Kwete, havana kutongonyara, vakakoniwa kucheneruka; naizvozvo vachawa pakati pavanowa; panguva yokurohwa kwavo vachagumburwa ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹²They were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, And blushing they have not known, Therefore, they do fall among falling ones, In the time of their inspection they stumble, said Jehovah.

¹³Ndichavapedza chose, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; Hakungavi namazambiringa pamuzambiringa, kana maonde pamuonde, namashizha achaoma ndakaraira vachavakukura.

¹³I utterly consume them, an affirmation of Jehovah, There are no grapes in the vine, Yea, there are no figs in the fig-tree, And the leaf hath faded, And the strength they have passeth from them.

¹⁴Tinogarireiko pasi? Unganai, tipinde mumaguta akakomberedzwa, tifirepo; nekuti Jehovha Mwari wedu wakatiuraya, akatipa mvura inouraya kuti tiimwe; nekuti takatadzira Jehovha.

¹⁴Wherefore are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced cities, And we are silent there, For Jehovah our God hath made us silent, Yea, He causeth us to drink water of gall, For we have sinned against Jehovah.

¹⁵Takanga takatarira rugare, asi hakuna chakanaka chakasvika; takanga takatarira nguva yokuporeswa, asi tarirai, takavhunduswa.

¹⁵Looking for peace — and there is no good, For a time of healing, and lo, terror.

¹⁶Kufembedza kwamabhiza ake kwakanzwika achiri paDhani; nyika yose yakadedera nenzwi rokurira kwaane simba ake; nekuti asvika, apedza nyika nezvose zvirimo, neguta navose vageremo.

¹⁶From Dan hath been heard the snorting of his horses, From the voice of the neighings of his mighty ones, Trembled hath all the land, And they come in and consume the land and its fulness, The city and the inhabitants in it.

¹⁷nekuti tarirai, ndichatuma pakati penyu nyoka nemvumbi, dzicharamba kuroyiwa; dzichakurumai, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹⁷For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.

¹⁸Haiwa, dai ndaigona hangu kuzvinyaradza pakuchema kwangu ! moyo wangu waziya mukati mangu.

¹⁸My refreshing for me [is] sorrow, For me my heart [is] sick.

¹⁹Inzwai, inzwi rokuchema komukunda wavanhu vangu, rinobva kunyika iri kure-kure, richiti, Ko Jehovha haazi muZiyoni here? Mambo waro haazi mukati maro here? Vakanditsamwisireiko nezvifananidzo zvavo zvakavezwa, nezvavatorwa zvisina maturo?

¹⁹Lo, the voice of a cry of the daughter of my people from a land afar off, Is Jehovah not in Zion? is her king not in her? Wherefore have they provoked Me with their graven images, With the vanities of a foreigner?

²⁰kukohwa kwapera, zhizha rapfuura, asi tigere kuponeswa.

²⁰Harvest hath passed, summer hath ended, And we — we have not been saved.

²¹ini ndinokuvadzwa nokuda kokukuvadzwa komukunda wavanhu vangu; ndinochema, ndabatwa nokuvhunduswa.

²¹For a breach of the daughter of my people have I been broken, I have been black, astonishment hath seized me.

²²Ko hakuna muti webharisami muGiriyadhi here? Hakune n'angako here? nekuti mukunda wavanhu vangu wakagoregerei kupodzwa?

²²Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? For wherefore hath not the health of the daughter of my people gone up?