¹Rine nhamo iro guta rinomukira Jehovha, rakasvibiswa, rinomanikidza!

¹Wo [to] the rebellious and polluted, The oppressing city!

²Harina kuteerera izwi, harina kutenda kurangwa, harina kuvimba naJehovha, harina kuswedera kuna Mwari waro.

²She hath not hearkened to the voice, She hath not accepted instruction, In Jehovah she hath not trusted, Unto her God she hath not drawn near.

³Machinda aro mukati maro ishumba dzinoomba, vatongi varo mapere amadekwana, asingasii chinhu kusvikira mangwanani.

³Her heads in her midst [are] roaring lions, Her judges [are] evening wolves, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning.

⁴Vaporofita varo vanhu vakareruka vanonyengera; vapristi varo vakamhura nzvimbo tsvene, vakaitira murayiro simba.

⁴Her prophets unstable — men of treachery, Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have violated the law.

⁵Jehovha uri mukati maro akarurama, haangaiti zvakaipa; zuva rimwe nerimwe mangwanani anobudisa pachena kururamisa kwake, asingadariki; asi asina kururama haazivi kunyara.

⁵Jehovah [is] righteous in her midst, He doth not do perverseness, Morning by morning His judgment he giveth to the light, It hath not been lacking, And the perverse doth not know shame.

⁶Ndakaparadza ndudzi, shongwe dzavo ava matongo; nzira dzavo dzomumisha ndakadziparadza, hakuchina anopfuura napo; maguta avo akaparadzwa, hakuna vanhumo, hakuna agerepo.

⁶I have cut off nations, Desolated have been their chief ones, I have laid waste their out-places without any passing by, Destroyed have been their cities, Without man, without inhabitant.

⁷Ndakati, Unditye chete; tenda kurangwa; ipapo paanogara hapazaiparadzwa, sezvandakaraira zvose pamusoro pake; asi vakafumira mangwanani, vakasvibisa zvose zvavakaita.

⁷I have said: Only, ye do fear Me, Ye do accept instruction, And her habitation is not cut off, All that I have appointed for her, But they have risen early, They have corrupted all their doings.

⁸Naizvozvo, ndimirirei ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha kusvikira zuva randichasimuka kuzopamba; nekuti ndatonga kuti ndichaunganidza ndudzi dzavanhu, kuti ndikokere ushe hwose, ndidire pamusoro pavo hasha dzangu, iko kutsamwa kwangu kukuru; nekuti nyika yose ichapedzwa nomoto wegodo rangu.

⁸Therefore, wait for Me — an affirmation of Jehovah, For the day of My rising for prey, For My judgment [is] to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them Mine indignation, All the heat of Mine anger, For by the fire of My jealousy consumed is all the earth.

⁹nekuti nenguva iyo ndichavigira vanhu rurimi rwakachena, kuti vose vadane zita raJehovha, vamushumire nomwoyo mumwe.

⁹For then do I turn unto peoples a pure lip, To call all of them by the name of Jehovah, To serve Him [with] one shoulder.

¹⁰Vanamati vangu, iye mukunda wavanhu vangu vakaparadzirwa, vachandivigira chipiriso changu vachibva mhiri kwenzizi dzeItiopia.

¹⁰From beyond the rivers of Cush, my supplicants, The daughter of My scattered ones, Do bring My present.

¹¹Nezuva iro haunganyadziswi pamusoro pamabasa ako ose, awakandidarikira nawo; nekuti nenguva iyo ndichabvisa pakati pako vanhu vako vanofarisisa vachizvikudza; haungazovi namanyawi pagomo rangu dzvene.

¹¹In that day thou art not ashamed because of any of thine actions, Wherewith thou hast transgressed against Me, For then do I turn aside from thy midst The exulting ones of thine excellency, And thou dost add no more to be haughty, In My holy mountain.

¹²Asi ndicharega mukati mako vanhu vanotambudzika navarombo; ivo vachavimba nezita raJehovha.

¹²And I have left in thy midst a people humble and poor, And they have trusted in the name of Jehovah.

¹³Vakasara vaIsiraeri havangaiti zvakaipa, kana kureva nhema; rurimi runonyengera harungawanikwi mumiromo yavo; nekuti vachafura nokuvata pasi, hakuna angavatyisa.

¹³The remnant of Israel do no perversity, nor speak lies, Nor found in their mouth is a deceitful tongue, For they have delight, and have lain down, And there is none troubling.

¹⁴Imba, iwe mukunda weZiyoni, pururudza, iwe Isiraeri; fara ufarisise nomwoyo wako wose, iwe mukunda weJerusaremu.

¹⁴Cry aloud, O daughter of Zion, shout, O Israel, Rejoice and exult with the whole heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

¹⁵Jehovha akabvisa zvawakatongerwa, wakadzinga muvengi wako; mambo waIsiraeri, iye Jehovha, ari pakati pako, haungazoonizve zvakaipa.

¹⁵Jehovah hath turned aside thy judgments, He hath faced thine enemy, The king of Israel, Jehovah, [is] in thy midst, Thou seest evil no more.

¹⁶Nezuva iro vachati kuJerusaremu, Usatya hako iwe; iwe Ziyoni, maoko ako ngaarege kushaiwa simba.

¹⁶In that day it is said to Jerusalem, `Fear not, O Zion, let not thy hands be feeble.

¹⁷Jehovha Mwari wako ari mukati mako, iye ane simba, achaponesa; achakufarira nomufaro, uchanyarara parudo rwake; achakufarira nokupururudza.

¹⁷Jehovah thy God [is] in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.`

¹⁸Ndichaunganidza vanochemera ungano yakatarwa, ivo vaibva kwamuri, vairemerwa nokuzvidzwa kwavo.

¹⁸Mine afflicted from the appointed place I have gathered, from thee they have been, Bearing for her sake reproach.

¹⁹Tarirai, nenguva iyo ndichatonga vose vanokumanikidza, ndichaponesa mhetamakumbo, nokuunganidza vakadzingwa; ndichavaitira mbiri nezita rakanaka, ivo vainyadziswa panyika yose.

¹⁹Lo, I am dealing with all afflicting thee at that time, And I have saved the halting one, And the driven out ones I do gather, And have set them for a praise and for a name, In all the land of their shame.

²⁰Nenguva iyo ndichakuuyisai, nenguva iyo ndichakuunganidzai, nekuti ndichakuitirai zita rakanaka nembiri pakati pendudzi dzose dzenyika kana ndichidzosa kutapwa kwenyu, imwi muchizviona ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

²⁰At that time I bring you in, Even at the time of My assembling you, For I give you for a name, and for a praise, Among all peoples of the land, In My turning back [to] your captivity before your eyes, said Jehovah!