¹Inzwai shoko rinotaura Jehovha kwamuri, imwi imba yaIsiraeri,

¹Hear ye the word which Jehovah speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

²zvanzi naJehovha, Regai kudzidza tsika dzamarudzi avanhu, musavhunduswa nezviratidzo zvokudenga; nekuti marudzi avanhu anovhunduswa nazvo.

²thus saith Jehovah, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them.

³nekuti tsika dzavanhu hadzina maturo; nekuti mumwe unotema muti mudondo, riri basa ramaoko omunhu unoveza nedemo.

³For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.

⁴Vanoushongedza nesirivha nendarama, vanourovera nembambo nenyundo, kuti urege kuzununguka.

⁴They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

⁵Zvakafanana nemuti wemurara wakapfurwa, zvisingatauri; zvinofanira kutakurwa, nekuti hazvigoni kufamba. Musazvitya, nekuti hazvigoni kuita zvakaipa, kunyange kuita zvakanaka, hazvigoni.

⁵They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.

⁶Hakuna wakafanana nemwi Jehovha; imwi muri mukuru, zita renyu iguru nesimba raro.

⁶There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

⁷Ndianiko ungarega kukutyai, imwi Mambo wamarudzi avanhu? nekuti makafanira izvozvi; nekuti pakati pavakachenjera vose vamarudzi avanhu, napaushe hwavo hwose, hakuna wakafanana nemi.

⁷Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like unto thee.

⁸Asi vose pamwechete havane njere, mapenzi; dzidzo yezvifananidzo idanda zvaro.

⁸But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

⁹Isirivha yakapfurwa ikaita bape, yakatorwa Tarishishi, nendarama inobva Ufazi, riri basa remhizha neramaoko omupfuri wendarama; zvakafukidzwa nguvo dzemicheka mitema nemitsvuku; zvose ibasa ravanhu venjere.

⁹There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skilful men.

¹⁰Asi Jehovha ndiye Mwari wazvokwadi; ndiye Mwari mupenyu, naMambo wokusingaperi; kana iye atsamwa nyika inodedera, marudzi avanhu haagoni kumira pahasha dzake.

¹⁰But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.

¹¹ltiyi kwavari, Vamwari vasina kuita denga nenyika, ndivo vachapera panyika napasi pedenga rose.

¹¹Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.

¹²Ndiye wakaita nyika nesimba rake, wakateya nyika nohuchenjeri hwake, wakatatamura denga rose nenjere dzake.

¹²He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:

¹³Kana achibudisa inzwi rake, kunomubvumo wemvura zhinji kudenga; unokwidza makore pamigumo yenyika, unoita mheni kuuyisa mvura, unobudisa mhepo panovigwa fuma yake.

¹³when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

¹⁴Munhu mumwe nomumwe wava usina njere, haane zivo; mupfuri mumwe nomumwe wendarama unonyadziswa nechifananidzo chake chaakaveza, nekuti chifananidzo chake chaakaumba, ndechenhema, hakuna mweya mazviri.

¹⁴Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

¹⁵Hazvina maturo, ibasa rinonyengera; panguva yokurohwa kwazvo zvichapera.

¹⁵They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

¹⁶Mugove waJakove haufanani naizvozvo, nekuti ndiye muumbi wazvose; Isiraeri ndirwo rudzi rwenhaka yake; Jehovha wehondo ndiro zita rake.

¹⁶The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

¹⁷Unganidza nhumbi dzako, ubve panyika, iwe unogara wakakombwa.

¹⁷Gather up thy wares out of the land, O thou that abidest in the siege.

¹⁸nekuti zvanzi naJehovha, Tarirai, nguva ino ndichaposhera kure vanhu vagere munyika ino, ndichavamanikidza, kuti vawanikwe.

¹⁸For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel [it].

¹⁹Ndine nhamo nokuda kokurwadziwa kwangu! Vanga rangu rakaipa kwazvo; asi ndakati, Zvirokwazvo ndihwo hurwere hwangu, ndinofanira kuhutakura hangu.

¹⁹Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is [my] grief, and I must bear it.

²⁰Tende rangu rakaputswa, mabote angu ose akadamburwa; vana vangu vabva kwandiri, havachiripo; hakuchina ungatatamura tende rangu, kana kumisazve micheka yetende rangu.

²⁰My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are not: there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

²¹nekuti vafudzi vava vasina njere, havana kubvunza Jehovha; naizvozvo havana kuzofara, namapoka avo ose akapararira.

²¹For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Jehovah: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.

²²Inzwai, mukurumbira! Tarirai, bope guru rinouya richibva kunyika yokumusoro, kushandura maguta aJudha ave matongo, panogara makava.

²²The voice of tidings, behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.

²³Haiwa, Jehovha, ndinoziva kuti nzira yomunhu haizi yake amene; munhu, unofamba, haagoni kururamisa nhano dzake.

²³O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

²⁴Haiwa, Jehovha, ndirangei henyu asi muite nokururama; musazviita nokutsamwa kwenyu, kuti murege kundipedza chose.

²⁴O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure: not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

²⁵Dururirai kutsamwa kwenyu pamusoro pamarudzi avanhu vasingakuziviyi, napamusoro pamarudzi asingadani zita renyu; nekuti vakadya Jakove, zvirokwazvo, vakamudya nokumupedza, vakaparadza hugaro hwake

²⁵Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.