¹Zvakaonekwa naIsaya, mwanakomana waAmozi, zvaakaona pamusoro paJudha neJerusaremu, pamazuva aUziya, naJotamu, naAhazi, naHezekia, madzimambo avaJudha.

¹The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

²Inzwa denga rose, teerera iwe nyika, nekuti Jehovha akataura, achiti, Ndakarera nokukurisa vana, asi vakandimukira.

²Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

³Nzombe inoziva muridzi wayo, nembongoro inoziva chidyiro chavatenzi vayo; asi Isiraeri havazivi, vanhu vangu havarangariri.

³The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

⁴Haiwa, rudzi runotadza, vanhu vakaremerwa nezvakaipa, vana vavaiti vezvakaipa, vana vanoita zvakaora! Vakasiya Jehovha, vakashora Mutsvene waIsiraeri, vadzokera shure.

⁴Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! they have forsaken Jehovah, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged [and gone] backward.

⁵Munoda kugara muchiroverweiko, zvamunongoramba muchimukira Jehovha? Musoro wose unorwadza, nomoyo wose waziya.

⁵Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

⁶Kubvira parutsoka kusvikira kumusoro hapana pakukutu pauri; asi maronda, napakakuvara, namavanga matsva, haana kusvimwa, haana kuputirwa, kana kunyoroveswa namafuta.

⁶From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil.

⁷Nyika yenyu yaparadzwa, maguta enyu apiswa nomoto, nyika yenyu yopedzwa navatorwa imwi muripo, yaparadzwa, sezvinoparadza vatorwa.

⁷Your country is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

⁸Mukunda weZiyoni wasiiwa sedumba mumunda wemizambiringa, sechirindo mumunda wamagaka, seguta rakakombwa nehondo.

⁸And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

⁹Dai Jehovha wehondo asina kutisiira vakasara vashomashoma, tingadai takafanana neSodhoma, takaita seGomora.

⁹Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

¹⁰Inzwai shoko raJehovha, imwi vabati veSodhoma; teererai murayiro waMwari wedu, imwi vanhu veGomora.

¹⁰Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

¹¹Zvanzi naJehovha, Zvibayiro zvenyu zvizhinji zvinondibatsirei? Ndagutisa zvipiriso zvenyu zvinopiswa zvamakondobwe, namafuta ezvipfuwo zvakakodzwa; handifadzwi neropa renzombe, kana ramakwayana, kana renhongo.

¹¹What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

¹²Kana muchiuya kuzondiona, ndianiko anoreva izvozvo pamaoko enyu, kuti mutsike mavazhe angu?

¹²When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?

¹³Musazouyazve nezvipo zvisina maturo; zvinonhuhwira zvinondinyangadza; nguva dzokugara komwedzi nedzamasabata, nedzokukokera ungano, handizvidi; zvakaipa, kunyange neungano tsvene.

¹³Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,- I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting.

¹⁴Nguva dzenyu dzokugara komwedzi nemitambo yenyu zvinovengwa nomweya wangu; zvinondinetsa; ndaneta nokutambudzika nazvo.

¹⁴Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary of bearing them.

¹⁵Kana muchitambanudza maoko enyu, ndichakuvanzirai chiso changu; zvirokwazvo, kana muchiwanza minyengetero, handinganzwi; maoko enyu azere neropa

¹⁵And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

¹⁶Shambai; muzvinatse; bvisai zvakaipa zvamabasa enyu pamberi pangu; regai kuramba muchiita zvakaipa;

¹⁶Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

¹⁷dzidzai kuita zvakanaka; tsvakai kururamisira, batsirai vanomanikidzwa, ruramisirai nherera, mureverere chirikadzi.

¹⁷learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

¹⁸Chiuyai zvino, titaurirane, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; kunyange zvivi zvenyu zvikaita somucheka mutsvuku, zvichachena sechando; kunyange zviri zvishava somuti mushava, zvichaita samakushe amakwai.

¹⁸Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

¹⁹Kana muchida, muchiteerera, muchadya zvakanaka zvenyika;

¹⁹If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

²⁰asi kana muchiramba, muchindimukira, muchaparadzwa nomunondo; nekuti muromo waJehovha wakataura izvozvo.

²⁰but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.

²¹Haiwa, guta rakatendeka rashanduka chifeve sei! Iro rakanga rizere nokururamisa! Kururama kwaigara mariri, asi zvino mogara vaurayi.

²¹How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

²²Sirivha yako ava marara, waini yako yakavhenganiswa nemvura.

²²Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.

²³Machinda ako akamukira Jehovha, ishamwari dzembavha; mumwe nomumwe anoda fufuro, anovinga mibairo; havaruramisiri nherera, mhaka yechirikadzi haitambwi navo.

²³Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

²⁴Saka zvanzi naShe, Jehovha wehondo, iye Wamasimba wavaIsiraeri, Ndichapedza shungu dzangu pamusoro pavadzivisi vangu, ndichazvitsivira pamusoro pavavengi vangu;

²⁴Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies;

²⁵ndichatambanudza ruoko rwangu kwauri, ndinatse chose marara ako, ndichabvisa tini yako.

²⁵and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin;

²⁶Ndichadzosera vatongi vako vave sapakutanga, namakurukota ako sapakutanga; shure kwaizvozvo uchanzi Guta rokururama, musha wakatendeka.

²⁶and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousness, a faithful town.

²⁷Ziyoni richadzikunurwa nokururamiswa, navanodzoka mariri nokururama.

²⁷Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.

²⁸Asi vadariki navatadzi vachaparadzwa pamwechete, vanosiya Jehovha, vachapedzwa.

²⁸But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.

²⁹nekuti vachanyadziswa pamusoro pemiti yemiouki yamaifarira, muchava nenyadzi pamusoro peminda yamakasanangura.

²⁹For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

³⁰nekuti muchava somouki wasvava mashizha, uye somunda usine mvura.

³⁰For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

³¹Ane simba achava sorwonzi, nebasa rake sesasaradzi dzomoto; zvose zviviri zvichatsva pamwechete, hakuna angazvidzimura.

³¹And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.