1Korona, inozvikudza, yavakabatwa vokwaEfuremu, ine nhamo, uye ruva, rinooma, rokunaka kwake kukuru, riri pamusoro womupata wakaworera wavakakundwa newaini.
1Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine!
2Tarirai, Ishe anomumwe anesimba anokurira; achawisira pasi noruoko rwake sedutu guru rine chimvuramabwe, sedutu rinoparadza, sokunaya kwemvura zhinji inokukura kose.
2Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one; as a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempest of mighty waters overflowing, will he cast down to the earth with the hand.
3Korona inozvikudza yavakabatwa vokwaEfuremu ichatsikwa pasi netsoka;
3The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot:
4ruva, rinooma, rokunaka kwake kukuru, riri pamusoro womupata wakaworera richava sewonde rinotanga kuibva zhizha richigere kusvika; rinoti richatarirwa nowariona, ndokuridya richiri muruoko rwake.
4and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
5Nezuva iro Jehovha wehondo achava korona inobwinya noukomba hwakaisvonaka kuna vakasara vavanhu vake;
5In that day will Jehovah of hosts become a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people;
6nomweya wokururamisa kunowagere pakutonga, nesimba kuna vanodzosera vanorwa pasuwo.
6and a spirit of justice to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that turn back the battle at the gate.
7Asi naivo vanodzungunyika newaini, vanodzedzereka nezvinobata; mupristi nomuporofita vanodzungunyika nezvinobata, vakamedzwa newaini, vanodzedzereka nezvinobata; vanokanganiswa pakuona, vanogumburwa pakutonga.
7And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
8nekuti matafura avo azere namarutsi anosemesa, hapana pakanaka.
8For all tables are full of vomit [and] filthiness, [so that there is] no place [clean].
9Ndianiko waachadzidzisa ruzivo? Ndianiko waachadzidzisa kunzwisisa shoko? Ivo vakarumurwa pamukaka, vakabviswa pazamu here?
9Whom will he teach knowledge? and whom will he make to understand the message? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?
10nekuti zvinongoti chirevo pamusoro pechirevo, chirevo pamusoro pechirevo, murayiro pamusoro pomurayiro, murayiro pamusoro pomurayiro, apa zvishoma, napapo zvishoma.
10For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.
11Zvirokwazvo achataura norudzi urwu navanhu vane miromo yorumwe rudzi, norurimi rwokumwe;
11Nay, but by [men of] strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people;
12akati kwavari, Zororo riri pano, zorodzai vakaneta; pano ndipo panokutonhorera; asi vakaramba kuteerera.
12to whom he said, This is the rest, give ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
13Saka shoko raJehovha richava kwavari, chirevo pamusoro pechirevo, chirevo pamusoro pechirevo, murayiro pamusoro pomurayiro, murayiro pamusoro pomurayiro, apa napapo zvishoma; kuti vaende, vawe nenhendashure, vavhunike, vabatwe nomusungo, vatapwe.
13Therefore shall the word of Jehovah be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
14Naizvozvo inzwai shoko raJehovha, imwi vadadi, vanobata noushe vanhu ava vari paJerusaremu,
14Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem:
15imwi zvamakati, Takaita sungano norufu, takatenderana neSheori, kana shamhu, inokukura, ichipfuura, haingasviki kwatiri, nekuti nhema takadziita utiziro bwedu, takandovanda pasi pokunyengetera;
15Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16naizvozvo Ishe Jehovha anoti, Tarirai, ndinoisa paZiyoni ibwe rive nheyo, riri ibwe rakaedzwa, rinokosha rekona kuita nheyo yakasimba; anotenda haakurumidzi.
16therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner -[stone] of sure foundation: he that believeth shall not be in haste.
17Kururamisira ndichakuita rwonzi, nokururama ndichakuita chokururamisa nacho; chimvuramabwe chichakukura utiziro bwenhema, mvura ichafukidza nzvimbo yokuvanda.
17And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.
18Sungano yenyu yamakaita norufu ichadzimwa, nokutenderana kwenyu neSheori hakungamiri; kana shamhu, inokukura, ichipfuura, muchatsikwa pasi nayo.
18And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19Nguva imwe neimwe kana ichipfuura, ichakutorai; nekuti masikati nousiku, mangwanani namangwanani, ichapfuura, kuchangonotyisachetekunzwisisa mharidzo yakadaro.
19As often as it passeth though, it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night: and it shall be nought but terror to understand the message.
20nekuti mubhedha uchava mupfupi, munhu haangagoni kutandavara pamusoro pawo, nejira richava duku, munhu haangagoni kuzvifukidza naro.
20For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
21nekuti Jehovha achasimuka sezvaakaita pagomo rePerazimi, achatsamwa sezvaakaita pamupata weGibhiyoni; kuti abate basa rake, iro basa rake rinoshamisa, nokuita izvo zvaanoita, zvinoshamisa.
21For Jehovah will rise up as in mount Perazim, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
22Naizvozvo regai kuva vadadi, kuti zvisungo zvenyu zvirege kusimbiswa; nekuti ndakanzwa kuna Ishe Jehovha wehondo kuti nyika yose yakatemerwa kuparadzwa.
22Now therefore be ye not scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for a decree of destruction have I heard from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, upon the whole earth.
23Rerekai nzeve dzenyu, munzwe inzwi rangu; teererai, munzwe kutaura kwangu.
23Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
24Ko murimi, anoda kudzvara, unoswera achirima here? Anoswera achiparura munda nokuputsa mavhinga here?
24Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? doth he [continually] open and harrow his ground?
25Kana achinge aenzanisa ivhu rawo, haakushi kumini nhema here, nokudzvara kumini, nokuisa gorosi mumisara, nebhari pandima dzakatarwa, nesipereti kunhivi dzawo here?
25When he hath levelled the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border thereof?
26nekuti Mwari wake anomuzivisa zvakanaka nokumudzidzisa.
26For his God doth instruct him aright, [and] doth teach him.
27nekuti kumini nhema haipurwi nomupuro unopinza, negumbo rengoro harikunguruswi pamusoro pekumini; asi kumini nhema inopurwa netsvimbo, nekumini neshamhu.
27For the fitches are not threshed with a sharp [threshing] instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
28Zviyo zvechingwa zvinokuyiwa, haangarambi achizvipura; kunyange gumbo rengoro yake namabhiza ake zvichizviparadzira, haangazvikuyi.
28Bread [grain] is ground; for he will not be always threshing it: and though the wheel of his cart and his horses scatter it, he doth not grind it.
29Naizvozvi zvinobva kuna Jehovha wehondo, anoshamisa nezvaanofunga, mukuru kwazvo pakubata kwake.
29This also cometh forth from Jehovah of hosts, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.