¹Zvino pamazuva aAhazi, mwanakomana waJotamu, mwanakomana waUziya, mambo waJudha, Rezini mambo weSiria, naPeka, mwanakomana waRemaria, mambo waIsiraeri, vakaenda kundorwa neJerusaremu, asi vakakoniwa kurikunda.

¹And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

²Zvino vakaudza imba yaDhavhidhi, vachiti, VaSiria vava pakati pavaEfuremu. moyo wake nemoyo yavanhu vake ikazununguswa sokuzununguswa kwemiti mudondo nemhepo.

²And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.

³Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Isaya, Enda zvino undosangana naAhazi, iwe naShearijashubhi, mwanakomana wako, panoguma rukoronga rwedziva rokumusoro, panzira huru inoenda kumunda womusuki wenguvo;

³Then said Jehovah unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller's field;

⁴undoti kwaari, Chenjera, unyarare hako; usatya, nomoyo wako urege kupera nokuda kwamatsiga awa maviri anopfungaira, nokuda kokutsamwa kukuru kwaRezini nokwavaSiria, nokomwanakomana waRemaria.

⁴and say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither let thy heart be faint, because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

⁵nekuti vaSiria navaEfuremu, nomwanakomamwa waRemaria vakarangana kukuitira zvakaipa, vachiti,

⁵Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have purposed evil against thee, saying,

⁶Hendei tindorwa navaJudha, tivatyise, tivakunde, tigadze mambo pakati pavo, iye mwanakomana waTabheeri.

⁶Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set up a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeel;

⁷Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, lzvozvi hazvingamiri, uye hazvingaitiki.

⁷thus saith the Lord Jehovah, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

⁸nekuti musoro weSiria ndiDhamasiko, nomusoro weDhamasiko ndiRezini; makore makumi matanhatu namashanu asati apera, vaEfuremu vachaputswa-putswa, kuti varege kuva rudzi;

⁸For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken in pieces, so that is shall not be a people:

⁹musoro wavaEfuremu ndiSamaria, nomusoro weSamaria ndimwanakomana waRemaria. Kana musingadi kutenda, zvirokwazvo hamungasimbiswi.

⁹and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

¹⁰Zvino Jehovha akataurazve naAhazi, achiti,

¹⁰And Jehovah spake again unto Ahaz, saying,

¹¹Kumbira chiratidzo kuna Jehovha Mwari wako; uchikumbire kunyange pasi pakadzika, kana kumusoro kwakakwirira.

¹¹Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

¹²Asi Ahazi akati, Handingakumbiri, uye handingaedze Jehovha.

¹²But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt Jehovah.

¹³Akati, Chinzwai zvino, imwi imba yaDhavhidhi, chinhu chiduku kwamuri kuti munetse vanhu zvino modokunetsa Mwari wanguvo here?

¹³And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to weary men, that ye will weary my God also?

¹⁴Naizvozvo Ishe amene achakupai chiratidzo. Tarirai, mhandara ichava napamuviri, ichabereka mwanakomana, ichamutumidza Imanueri.

¹⁴Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

¹⁵Achadya ruomba nouchi, panguva yaanoziva kuramba zvakaipa, nokusanangura zvakanaka.

¹⁵Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

¹⁶nekuti mwana asati aziva kuramba zvakaipa nokusanangura zvakanaka, nyika iyo yaunotya madzimambo ayo maviri, ichashanduka dongo.

¹⁶For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken.

¹⁷Jehovha achauyisa pamusoro pako, napamusoro pavanhu vako, napamusoro peimba yababa vako, mazuva asina kumbovapo, kubvira pazuva rakaparadzana vaEfuremu navaJudha ndiye mambo weAsiria.

¹⁷Jehovah will bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah-[even] the king of Assyria.

¹⁸Zvino nezuva iro Jehovha acharidzira muridzo nhunzi dziri pamigumo yenzizi dzeEgipita, nenyuchi dziri panyika yeAsiria.

¹⁸And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

¹⁹Dzichauya, dzichamhara dzose mumipata ina mawere, nomumikaha yamatombo, napamusoro pemhinzwa yose, napamusoro pamafuro ose.

¹⁹And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the clefts of the rocks, and upon all thorn-hedges, and upon all pastures.

²⁰Nezuva iro Ishe achaveura nechisvo chakakumbirwa mhiri koRwizi, iye mambo weAsiria, musoro nemvere dzamakumbo; chichabvisawo ndebvu.

²⁰In that day will the Lord shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, [even] with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.

²¹Zvino nezuva iro munhu achapfuwa mhou imwe duku namakwai maviri;

²¹And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep;

²²zvino nokuda komukaka muzhinji wadzichamupa, achadya ruomba; nekuti mumwe nomumwe akasiiwa panyika iyo achadya ruomba nouchi.

²²and it shall come to pass, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the midst of the land.

²³Zvino nezuva iro nzvimbo imwe neimwe paiva nemiti yemizambiringa ine chiuru chimwe, yaitengwa namasirivha ane chiuru chimwe, ichava norukato nemhinzwa.

²³And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, shall be for briers and thorns.

²⁴Vachaendako nemiseve nouta, nekuti nyika yose ichamera rukato nemhinzwa.

²⁴With arrows and with bow shall one come thither, because all the land shall be briers and thorns.

²⁵Hakuna angasvika pazvikomo zvose zvairimwa namapadza nokutya rukato nemhinzwa; asi mombe dzichasundirwako, namakwai achatsikapo.

²⁵And all the hills that were digged with the mattock, thou shalt not come thither for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.