¹Chirevo pamusoro perenje regungwa. Zvinobva kurenje, kunyika inotyisa, sezvamupupuri zvinopfuura kurutivi rweZasi.

¹The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it cometh from the wilderness, from a terrible land.

²Ndaratidzwa chiratidzo chinochemedza; munyengeri anoita nokunyengera, nomuparadzi anoparadza. Simuka iwe Erami, komba, iwe Medhia; ndagumisa kugomera kwavo kose.

²A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous man dealeth treacherously, and the destroyer destroyeth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

³Saka zviuno zvangu zvizere nokurwadziwa; ndabatwa nokurwadziwa, sokurwadziwa komukadzi unosununguka; ndakotamiswa, saka handigoni kunzwa; ndavhunduswa, saka handigoni kuona,

³Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.

⁴moyo wangu une dzungu, ndavhunduswa nezvinotyisa; rubvunzavaeni rwandaida rwashanduka chinhu chinondidederesa.

⁴My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.

⁵Vanogadzira tafura, vanoisa varindi, vanodya, vanomwa. Simukai, imwi machinda, muzodze nhovo.

⁵They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.

⁶nekuti hezvi zvandaudzwa naShe, Enda, undoisa murindi; ngaareve zvaanoona;

⁶For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman: let him declare what he seeth:

⁷zvino kana achiona boka, navatasvi vamabhiza vakaita vaviri-vaviri, neboka rembongoro, neboka ramakamera, ngaateerere zvakanaka-naka.

⁷and when he seeth a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed.

⁸Iye akadanidzira seshumba, achiti, Ishe, ndimire nguva dzose masikati pashongwe yokurinda, nousiku hwose ndimire panzvimbo yangu;

⁸And he cried as a lion: O Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights;

⁹zvino tarirai, kouya boka ravanhu, vatasvi vamabhiza vakaita vaviri-vaviri. Akapindura, akati, Bhabhironi rawa, rawa; mifananidzo yake yose yakavezwa yavamwari vavo yaputsikira pasi.

⁹and, behold, here cometh a troop of men, horsemen in pairs. And he answered and said, Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the graven images of her gods are broken unto the ground.

¹⁰Haiwa, vanhu vangu vakapurwa, zviyo zveburiro rangu, zvandakanzwa kuna Jehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, ndizvo zvandakakuzivisai.

¹⁰O thou my threshing, and the grain of my floor! that which I have heard from Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

¹¹Chireve pamusoro peDhuma. Mumwe anondidana, ari paSeiri, achiti, Nhai, murindi, inguva ipi yousiku?

¹¹The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

¹²Murindi ndokuti, Mambakwedza osvika, nousikuwo. Kana muchida kubvunza, bvunzai; dzokai, uyai.

¹²The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: turn ye, come.

¹³Chirevo pamusoro peArabhia. Musango reArabhia ndimo mamuchavata, imwi mapoka avafambi veDhedhani.

¹³The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.

¹⁴Vigirai ane nyota mvura! Vagere panyika yeTema vakachingamidza vatizi nechingwa chavo.

¹⁴Unto him that was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread.

¹⁵nekuti vakanga vachitiza minondo, minondo yakavhomorwa, nouta hwakakungwa, nokumanikidzwa kokurwa.

¹⁵For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

¹⁶nekuti hezvi zvandakaudzwa naJehovha, Gore risati rapera, samakore omunhu anobatira mubayiro, mbiri yose yeKedhari ichapera.

¹⁶For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

¹⁷Vakasara veboka ravanofura nouta, ivo vanhu vane simba vavana veKedhari, vachava vashoma; nekuti Jehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, akazvitaura.

¹⁷and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.