¹Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri richiti,

¹And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

²Mwanakomana womunhu, taurira veimba yaIsiraeri chirabwe, ureve mufananidzo kwavari;

²Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

³uti, Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, gondo guru, rina mapapiro makuru neminhenga mirefu, rinamambava mazhinji ana mavara-mavara, rakasvika Rebhanoni, rikatora musoro womuSidhari,

³and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:

⁴rikavhuna davi rokumusoro pamatavi aro manyoro, rikaenda naro kunyika yavashambadziri, ndokuriisa muguta ravatengesi.

⁴he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

⁵Rakatorawo dzimwe mbeu dzenyika, ndokudzikavira pavhu rakaorera, rikadziisa parutivi rwemvura zhinji, rikadzisima semiti yemikonachando.

⁵He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow-tree.

⁶Davi rikamera, rikaita muzambiringa unotanda wakapfupika, kuti matavi awo atarire kwariri, nemidzi yawo ive pasi pawo; saizvozvo rakaita muzambiringa, wakabudisa matavi nokutungira hutavi huduku.

⁶And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

⁷Zvino kwakanga kune rimwe gondozve rina mapapiro makuru namambava mazhinji; zvino tarira muzambiringa uyu wakarerekera midzi yawo kwariri nokutungirawo matavi aro kwariri, zvichibva pandima pawakanga wakasimwa, kuti riudiridze.

⁷There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.

⁸wakange wakasimwa pavhu rakanaka pane mvura zhinji, kuti ubudise matavi, nokubereka michero, uve muzambiringa wakanaka.

⁸It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

⁹Zvino iwe uti, Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, muti ucharamba uchifara here? Ko gondo haringadzuri midzi yawo, nokugura michero yawo, kuti mashizha awo achangobukira, aome here? Hakungadikamwi ruoko rune simba, kana vanhu vazhinji, kuudzura nemidzi yawo.

⁹Say thou, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or much people can it be raised from the roots thereof.

¹⁰Zvirokwazvo, tarira, zvawasimwa ucharamba uchifara here? Haungaomi chose kana ukarohwa nemhepo inobva mabvazuva here? Uchaomera pandima pawakanga wamera.

¹⁰Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the beds where it grew.

¹¹Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvikazve kwandiri richiti,

¹¹Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

¹²Zvino uti kuimba inondimukira simba, Hamuzivi here kuti zvinhu izvi zvinoreveiko? Chivaudza, uti, Tarira mambo weBhabhironi wakasvika Jerusaremu, akabata mambo waro, namachinda aro, akandovaisa Bhabhironi kwaari.

¹²Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and brought them to him to Babylon:

¹³Akatora mumwe worudzi rwamambo, akaita sungano naye; akamupikisawo, akabvisa vane simba venyika;

¹³and he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;

¹⁴kuti ushe huderere, kuti hurege kukura, asi hurambe huripo huchichengeta sungano yake.

¹⁴that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.

¹⁵Asi wakazomumukira achituma nhume dzake Egipita, kuti apiwe mabhiza navanhu vazhinji. Ko acharamba achingofara here? Anoita zvinhu zvakadai achapukunyuka here? Angaputsa sungano akapukunyuka here?

¹⁵But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?

¹⁶Noupenyu hwangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha. Panzvimbo panogara mambo, akamuita mambo, waakashora kupika kwake, nokuputsa sungano yake, ipapo paari, pakati peBhabhironi, ndipo paachafira.

¹⁶As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

¹⁷Kunyange naFarao nehondo yake ine simba neboka rake guru haangamubatsiri pakurwa, kana vachitutira mirwi yokurwa nokuvaka nhare, kuti vaparadze vanhu vazhinji.

¹⁷Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons.

¹⁸nekuti wakashora kupika nokuputsa kwake sungano; tarira, akapika noruoko rwake, kunyange zvakadaro akaita izvozvi zvose haangapukunyuki.

¹⁸For he hath despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet hath done all these things; he shall not escape.

¹⁹Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Noupenyu hwangu, kupika kwangu kwaakashora nesungano yangu yaakaputsa, zvirokwazvo ndichauyisa mhosva yazvo pamusoro pomusoro wake.

¹⁹Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, I will even bring it upon his own head.

²⁰Ndichakanda mumbure wangu pamusoro pake, achabatwa nomusungo wangu, ndichamuisa Bhabhironi ndimutongeko pamusoro pokudarika kwake kwaakandidarikira nako.

²⁰And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.

²¹Vose vanotiza vamapoka ake ose vachaurawa nomunondo, navakasara vachaparadzirwa kumativi mana enyika; zvino muchaziva kuti ini Jehovha ndini ndakataura izvozvo.

²¹And all his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward every wind: and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it.

²²Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Ndichatora ini rutavi padavi rokumusoro-soro romusidhari, ndirusime; pamatavi aro manyoro okumusoro ndichavhuna rumwe rutsva, ndirusime pamusoro pegomo refu rakakwirira;

²²Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high and lofty mountain:

²³pagomo refu raIsiraeri ndipo pandicharusima; ruchabudisa matavi, nokubereka michero, nokuva musidhari wakanaka kwazvo, pasi pawo pachagara shiri dzinamapapiro amarudzi ose; dzichagara mumumvuri wamatavi awo.

²³in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

²⁴Zvino miti yose yokusango ichaziva kuti ini Jehovha ndakaderedza muti murefu, ndikakwiridza muti wakazvidzwa, nokuomesa muti munyoro, ndikameresa muti wakaoma. Ini Jehovha ndakazvitaura, ndikazviita.

²⁴And all the trees of the field shall know that I, Jehovah, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I, Jehovah, have spoken and have done it.