¹Inzwai shoko raJehovha, Imi vana vaIsiraeri, nekuti Jehovha ane gakava navanhu vagere munyika ino, nekuti hakune zvokwadi, kana unyoro, kana kuziva Mwari munyika ino.

¹Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

²Hakune zvimwe asi kupika, nokunyengera, nokuuraya, nokuba, nokuita upombwe; vanopaza dzimba, kuteura ropa kunoramba kuchitevera kuteura ropa.

²There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

³Saka nyika ichachema, mumwe nomumwe ageremo achapera simba, pamwechete nemhuka dzesango neshiri dzokudenga; naidzo hove dzegungwa dzichabviswa.

³Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

⁴Ngakurege kuva nomunhu anokakavara kana munhu anotuka; nekuti vanhu vako vakaita savanokakavara nomupristi.

⁴Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

⁵Iwe uchagumburwa masikati, nomuporofita achagumburwawo pamwechete newe usiku; ndichaparadza mai vako.

⁵And thou shalt stumble in the day, and the prophet also shall stumble with thee in the night; and I will destroy thy mother.

⁶Vanhu vangu vaparadzwa nokushaiwa zivo; zvawaramba zivo, neni ndichakurambawo, kuti urege kuva mupristi wangu; zvawakangamwa murayiro waMwari wako, neniwo ndichakangamwa vana vako.

⁶My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

⁷Vakati vachiwanda, kunditadzira kwavo kukawandawo, ndichashandura kukudzwa kwavo ndikuite kunyadziswa.

⁷As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.

⁸Vakaguta nezvinobva pazvivi zvavanhu vangu, vanopanga nemwoyo yavo zvakaipa zvavo.

⁸They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.

⁹Saka zvakaita vanhu, ndizvo zvichaita mupristiwo; ndichavarova pamusoro penzira dzavo, ndichavaripidzira zvavanobata.

⁹And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.

¹⁰Vachadya, asi havangaguti; vachapata, asi havangawandi, nekuti vakarega kuva nehanya naJehovha.

¹⁰And they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall play the harlot, and shall not increase; because they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.

¹¹Kufeva newaini newaini, itsva, zvinobvisa njere.

¹¹Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.

¹²Vanhu vangu vanobvunza mano padanda ravo, vanoziviswa netsvimbo yavo; nekuti mweya wokufeva wakavatadzisa, vakapata, ndokurasa Mwari wavo.

¹²My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, [departing] from under their God.

¹³Vanobayira pamusoro pamakomo, vanopisira zvinonhuhwira pazvikomo, napasi pemioki, nemipopirari, nemiterebhini, nekuti mimvuri yayo yakanaka, naizvozvo vakunda venyu vanopata, mwenga yenyu inofeva.

¹³They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters play the harlot, and your brides commit adultery.

¹⁴Handingarovi vakunda venyu kana vachipata, nemwenga yenyu kana ichifeva; nekuti varume vanoenda vari voga nezvifeve, vanobayira navakadzi vanofeva; vanhu vasinganzwisisi vachaparadzwa.

¹⁴I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for [the men] themselves go apart with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes; and the people that doth not understand shall be overthrown.

¹⁵Kunyange imi, Isiraeri, muchipata, Judha ngavarege kupara mhaka; musasvika Girigari, musakwira Bhetiavheni, uye musapika, muchiti, NaJehovha mupenyu!

¹⁵Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, As Jehovah liveth.

¹⁶nekuti Isiraeri vanakomana, setsiru rinokoma; zvino Jehovha achavafudza segwayana panzvimbo mhamhi.

¹⁶For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.

¹⁷Efuremu anonamatirana nezvifananidzo, muregei.

¹⁷Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.

¹⁸Zvavanomwa zvinovava; vanoramba vachipata; vabati vavo vanofarira zvikuru zvinonyadzisa.

¹⁸Their drink is become sour; they play the harlot continually; her rulers dearly love shame.

¹⁹Mhepo yakavaputira namapapiro ayo; vachanyadziswa nokuda kwezvibayiro zvavo.

¹⁹The wind hath wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be put to shame because of their sacrifices.