¹Kumbirai kuna Jehovha mvura nenguva yemvura yokupedzisira, achavapa mvura inonaya kwazvo, mumwe nomumwe ave nezvinomera mumunda.

¹They asked of Jehovah rain in a time of latter rain, Jehovah is making lightnings, And rain [in] showers He doth give to them. To each — the herb in the field.

²nekuti terafimi dzakataura zvisina maturo, vavuki vakaona nhema, vakaudza vanhu kurota kwenhema, vanovaraidza pasina; saka vanozviindira samakwai, vanotambudzika nokushaiwa mufudzi.

²Because the teraphim did speak iniquity, And the diviners have seen a falsehood, And dreams of the vanity they speak, [With] vanity they give comfort, Therefore they have journeyed as a flock, They are afflicted, for there is no shepherd.

³Kutsamwa kwangu kwakamukira vafudzi, ndicharova mutungamiriri; nekuti Jehovha wehondo wakashanyira boka rake, iyo imba yaJudha, achavaita sebhiza rake rakanaka pakurwa.

³Against the shepherds did Mine anger burn, And against the he-goats I lay a charge, For inspected hath Jehovah of Hosts His flock, the house of Judah, And set them as His beauteous horse in battle.

⁴Kwaari kuchabva ibwe rekona, kwaari mbambo, kwaari uta bwehondo, kwaari vabati vose pamwechete.

⁴From him [is] a corner-stone, From him a nail, from him a battle-bow, From him goeth forth every exactor together.

⁵Vachava semhare dzinotsika vavengi vadzo pasi pakurwa mumatope enzira dzomumusha; vacharwa nekuti Jehovha anavo; vatasvi vamabhiza vachanyadziswa.

⁵And they have been as heroes, Treading in mire of out-places in battle, And they have fought, for Jehovah [is] with them, And have put to shame riders of horses.

⁶Ndichasimbisa imba yaJudha, ndichaponesa imba yaJosefa, nokuvadzoserazve, nekuti ndichavanzwira nyasha; vachava savanhu vasina kurashwa neni; nekuti ndini Jehovha Mwari wavo, ndichavanzwa.

⁶And I have made mighty the house of Judah, And the house of Joseph I do save, And I have caused them to dwell, for I have loved them, And they have been as [if] I had not cast them off, For I [am] Jehovah their God, And I answer them.

⁷VaEfuremu vachava segamba rehondo, mwoyo yavo ichafara savanhu vakabatwa newaini; zvirokwazvo vana vavo vachazviona, vakafara; mwoyo yavo ichafara munaJehovha.

⁷And Ephraim hath been as a hero, And rejoiced hath their heart as wine, And their sons see, and they have rejoiced, Rejoice doth their heart in Jehovah.

⁸Ndichavaridzira muridzo, ndivaunganidze; nekuti ndakavadzikunura; vachawanda sezvavaiwanda kare.

⁸I hist for them, and I gather them, For I have redeemed them, And they have multiplied as they did multiply.

⁹Ndichavakusha pakati pendudzi dzavanhu; vachandirangarira kunyika dziri kure; vachararama pamwechete navana vavo, vakadzoka.

⁹And I sow them among peoples, And in far-off places they remember Me, And they have lived with their sons, And they have turned back.

¹⁰Uye ndichavadzosa panyika ndichavaunganidza ndichavabvisa paAsiria; ndichavasvitsa kunyika yeGiriyadhi neRebhanoni; vachashaiwa pokugara.

¹⁰And I have brought them back from the land of Egypt, And from Asshur I do gather them, And unto the land of Gilead and Lebanon I do bring them in, And there is not found for them [space].

¹¹Vachafamba nomugungwa rokutambudzika, acharova mafungu mugungwa, pakadzika pose muNairi pachapwa; kuzvikudza kweAsira kuchaderedzwa, tsvimbo youshe yeEgipita ichabviswa.

¹¹And He hath passed over through the sea, And hath pressed and smitten billows in the sea, And dried up have been all depths of a flood, And brought down hath been the excellency of Asshur, And the rod of Egypt doth turn aside.

¹²Ndichavasimbisa muna Jehovha, vachafamba muzita rangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹²And I have made them mighty in Jehovah, And in His name they walk up and down, An affirmation of Jehovah!