¹Zvino ndakarinzira meso anguzve, ndikatarira, ndikaona rugwaro rwakapetwa ruchibhururuka.

¹And I turn back, and lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a flying roll.

²Akati kwandiri, Unooneiko? Ndikapindura, ndikati, Ndinoona rugwaro rwakapetwa runobhururuka; kureba kwarwo mukubhiti ana makumi maviri, novupamhi hwarwo makubhiti ane gumi.

²And he saith unto me, `What art thou seeing?` And I say, `I am seeing a flying roll, its length twenty by the cubit, and its breadth ten by the cubit.`

³Ipapo akati kwandiri, Ndiko kutuka kunobudira pamusoro penyika yose; nekuti mumwe nomumwe anoba achaparadzwa kuno rumwe rutivi sezvazvakanyorwamo, uye mumwe nomumwe anopika achaparadzwa kuno rumwe rutivi sezvazvakanyorwamo.

³And he saith unto me, `This [is] the execration that is going forth over the face of all the land, for every one who is stealing, on the one side, according to it, hath been declared innocent, and every one who hath sworn, on the other side, according to it, hath been declared innocent.

⁴Ndichabudisa kutuka ikoko ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo kupinde mumba moanoba nomumba moanopika nhema nezita rangu; kuchagara pakati peimba yake, kuchiipedza iyo pamwechete namatanda ayo nemabwe ayo.

⁴`I have brought it out — an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts — and it hath come in unto the house of the thief, and unto the house of him who hath sworn in My name to a falsehood, and it hath remained in the midst of his house, and hath consumed it, both its wood and its stones.`

⁵Zvino mutumwa akanga achitaurirana neni akabuda, akati kwandiri, Chirinzira meso ako zvino, uone chinobudapo.

⁵And the messenger who is speaking with me goeth forth, and saith unto me, `Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see what [is] this that is coming forth?`

⁶Ini ndikati, Chinyiko? Iye akati, Ndiyo efa inobudapo. Akatizve, Ndizvo zvavakaita panyika yose;

⁶And I say, `What [is] it?` And he saith, `This — the ephah that is coming forth.` And he saith, `This [is] their aspect in all the land.

⁷(zvino ndikaona tarenda* romutobvu ruchisimudzwa); ndikaona mukadzi agere mukati meefa.

⁷And lo, a cake of lead lifted up; and this [is] a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.`

⁸Akati, Uyu ndiye Zvakashata; akamuwisira pasi mukati meefa, akakandira mutobvu unorema pamusoro pomuromo wayo.

⁸And he saith, `This [is] the wicked woman.` And he casteth her unto the midst of the ephah, and casteth the weight of lead on its mouth.

⁹Ipapo ndakarinzira meso angu, ndikatarira, ndikaona vakadzi vaviri vachibuda, mhepo iri mumapapiro avo; zvino vakanga vanamapapiro akafanana namapapiro ezimudo; ivo vakasimudza efa, ikava pakati penyika nedenga.

⁹And I lift up mine eyes, and see, and lo, two women are coming forth, and wind in their wings; and they have wings like wings of the stork, and they lift up the ephah between the earth and the heavens.

¹⁰Ipapo ndikati kumutumwa akanga achitaurirana neni, Vanondoisepiko efa?

¹⁰And I say unto the messenger who is speaking with me, `Whither [are] they causing the ephah to go?`

¹¹Iye akati kwandiri, Kundoivakira imba panyika yeShinari; kana yapera achandoiswapo panzvimbo yayo.

¹¹And he saith unto me, `To build to it a house in the land of Shinar.` And it hath been prepared and hath been placed there on its base.