1Inzwai shoko iri randinokuchemai naro, imwi imba yalsiraeri.
1Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
2Mhandara yalsiraeri yawira pasi; haangazomukizve; wawiswa pasi panyika yake, hakuna angamumutsazve.
2The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
3nekuti zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Paimba yaIsiraeri guta, rakabuda kundorwa navane chiuru chamazana, richasara nezana roga, uye rakabuda nezana richasara negumi.
3For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left, to the house of Israel.
4nekuti zvanzi naIshe Jehovha kuimba yaIsiraeri, Nditsvakei, murarame;
4For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live;
5asi regai kutsvaka Bhetieri, kana kupinda Girigari, kana kupfuurira Bheerishebha; nekuti Girigari richatapwa zvirokwazvo, Bhetieri richarova.
5but seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought.
6Tsvakai Jehovha, murarame; kuti arege kupfuta paimba yaJosefa somoto unopedza zvose, kukasava nomunhu anoudzima paBhetieri.
6Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.
7Imi, munoshandura kururamisira muchikuita segavakava, muchiwisira kururama pasi,
7Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
8tsvakai iye, akaita nyeredzi dzeChimutanhatu nedzeOrioni, anoshandura mumvuri worufu achiuita mangwanani, anodzima masikati achiaita usiku, anodana mvura yegungwa, ndokuidururira panyika (Jehovha ndiro zita rake);
8[seek him] that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth (Jehovah is his name);
9anouyisira vane simba kuparadza kunokurumidza, kuparadza ndokuwira nhare.
9that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.
10Vanovenga anovaraira pasuwo, vanosema anotaura zvakarurama.
10They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
11Zvino zvamunotsika murombo pasi, muchitora dzimba dzamabwe akavezwa, asi hamungagarimo, makasima minda yemizambiringa inofadza, asi hamungamwi waini yayo.
11Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
12nekuti ndinoziva kuti kudarika kwenyu kuzhinji, uye kuti zvivi zvenyu zvikuru, kwazvo, iyemi, munomanikidza vakarurama, munogamuchira fufuro, muchiramba anoshaiwa pasuwo.
12For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins-ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].
13Saka akangwara achanyarara nenguva yakadai, nekuti inguva yakaipa.
13Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
14Tsvakai zvakanaka, murege kutsvaka zvakaipa, kuti murarame, ipapo Jehovha, Mwari wehondo achava nemi, sezvamunoreva.
14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.
15Vengai zvakaipa, mude zvakanaka, mururamisire vanhu musuwo; zvimwe Jehovha, iye Mwari wehondo, achanzwira nyasha vakasara vaJosefa.
15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
16Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha, iye Mwari wehondo, iye Ishe, Kuchema kuchavapo panzira dzose huru, panzira dzose dzomumusha vachati, Maiwe! Maiwe! Vachadana varimi kuzochema, navanoziva nziyo dzemariro kuzoungudza.
16Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! Alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to wailing.
17Kuungudza kuchavapo paminda yose yemizambiringa; nekuti ndichapfuura napakati penyu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.
17And in all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.
18Vurombo kwamuri imwi munoshuva zuva raJehovha! Zuva raJehovha munorida neiko? Richava rima, hachingavi chiedza.
18Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.
19Zvichaita somunhu anotiza shumba, ndokusangana nebere; kana seanopinda mumba, akabata pamadziro noruoko rwake, ndokurumwa nenyoka.
19As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
20Ko zuva raJehovha haringavi rima, rikarega kuva chiedza here? Haringati, Zi! Kwazvo, risina kupenya here?
20Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
21Ndinovenga nokuzvidza mitambo yenyu, handingatongofadzwi neungano dzenyu dzakatarwa.
21I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
22Zvirokwazvo, kunyange mukandivigira zvipiriso zvenyu zvinopiswa nezvipiriso zvoupfu, handingazvigamuchiri; handingavi nehanya nezvipiriso zvenyu zvokuvonga zvezvipfuwo zvenyu zvakakodzwa.
22Yea, though ye offer me your burnt-offerings and meal-offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.
23Bvisai pamberi pangu ruzha rwenziyo dzenyu, nekuti handidi kunzwa kurira kwembira dzenyu.
23Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
24Asi kururamisa ngakuyerere semvura, uye kururama sorwizi runongoramba ruchidira.
24But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
25Nhai imba yaIsiraeri, makandivigira zvibayiro nezvipo murenje makore ana makumi mana here?
25Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26Zvirokwazvo, makatakura Sikuti mambo wenyu, neKijuni zvifananidzo zvenyu, iyo nyeredzi yamwari wenyu, wamakazviitira.
26Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
27Naizvozvo ndichakutapisai mberi kweDhamasiko, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, anezita rinonzi Mwari wehondo.
27Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.