1Buruka, ugare muguruva, iwe mhandara, mukunda weBhabhironi; gara pasi pasine chigaro choushe, iwe mukunda wavaKaradhea; nekuti hauchazonzi unoundere nechidikamwa.
1Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
2Tora guyo nehuyo ukuye upfu; bvisa chifukidziro chechiso chako, kurura rokwe rako, fukura gumbo rako, yambuka nzizi.
2Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.
3Kusafuka kwako kuchava pachena, kunyadzwa kwako kuchaonekwa; ndichazvitsiva, ndisingarangariri munhu.
3Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and will spare no man.
4Mudzikunuri wedu, zita rake rinonzi Jehovha wehondo, Mutsvene walsiraeri.
4Our Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
5Gara unyerere, upinde murima, iwe mukunda wavaKaradhea; nekuti hauchazonzi Vahosi hwovushe huzhinji.
5Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called The mistress of kingdoms.
6Ndakanga ndakatsamwira vanhu vangu, ndakamhura nhaka yangu, ndikavaisa mumaoko ako; iwe hauna kuvanzwira tsitsi, wakaisa joko rako rinorema kwazvo pamusoro pavatana.
6I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
7Ukati, Ndichava vahosi nokusingaperi; naizvozvo hauna kuisa zvinhu izvi muhana yako, hauna kurangarira kuguma kwazvo.
7And thou saidst, I shall be mistress for ever; so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end thereof.
8Naizvozvo zvino chinzwa chinhu ichi, iwe unozvinofadza, ugere zvakasimba, unoti mumoyo mako Ndini ndoga, hakuna mumwe kunze kwangu; handingagari ndiri chirikadzi, handingazivi kufirwa navana.
8Now therefore hear this, thou that art given to pleasures, that sittest securely, that sayest in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
9Asi zvinhu izvi zviviri zvichakuwira nechinguva chiduku, nezuva rimwe chete, kufirwa navana, nouchirikadzi; zvichakuwira nechiyero chizere, pakati paun'anga hwako huzhinji, nouroyi hwako hwakawanda.
9but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come upon thee, in the multitude of thy sorceries, and the great abundance of thine enchantments.
10nekuti wakavimba nezvakaipa zvako; wakati, Hakuna anondiona; wakakanganiswa nouchenjeri hwako nezivo yako, ukati mumoyo mako, Ndini ndoga, hakuna mumwe kunze kwangu.
10For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness; thou hast said, None seeth me; thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee, and thou hast said in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.
11Nezvakaipa zvichakuwira, zvausingazivi kuvamba kwazvo; uchawirwa nenjodzi, yausingagoni kubvisa; kuparadzwa kuchakuwira pakarepo, kwausingazivi.
11Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know the dawning thereof: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou knowest not.
12Zvino uya nouroyi hwako noun'anga hwako huzhinji, hwawakabata nahwo kubva pauduku hwako, zvimwe ungabatsirwa, zvimwe ungava nepundutso.
12Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast labored from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
13Waneta nokuwanda kwamano ako; zvino, vanodudzira zvokudenga, navanocherekedza nyeredzi, navanofembera zvomwedzi mumwe nomumwe ngavasimuke, vakuponese pazvinhu zvichakuwira.
13Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.
14Tarira, vachaita samashanga, vachapiswa nomoto, havangagoni kuzvirwira pasimba romurazvo; haungavi zimbe rokudziya, kana moto wokudziya.
14Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.
15Ndizvo zvichaita zvose zvawakabatira; vakashambadzirana newe kubva pauduku hwako, vachadzungaira mumwe nomumwe nenzira yake; pachashaikwa anokuponesa.
15Thus shall the things be unto thee wherein thou hast labored: they that have trafficked with thee from thy youth shall wander every one to his quarter; there shall be none to save thee.