¹Shoko raJehovha rakauya kuna Jeremiya pamusoro pokusanaya kwemvura.

¹The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.

²VaJudha vanochema, namasuwo avo anoshaiwa simba, vagere pasi vakafuka nguvo nhema; kuchema kweJerusaremu kwakwira kumusoro.

²Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

³Vakuru vavo vanotuma varanda vavo kumvura; vanosvika kumadziva, ndokushaiwa mvura, vanodzoka nezvirongo zvisina; vakanyadziswa nokukanganiswa, vanofukidza misoro yavo.

³And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads.

⁴Varimi vanonyadziswa, vanofukidza misoro yavo, nokuda kwenyika yakaparuka, nekuti mvura haina kunaya payika,

⁴Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.

⁵Zvirokwazvo hadzi yenondo inoberekawo musango, ndokurasha mhuru yayo, nekuti hakuna bumudza.

⁵Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh [her young], because there is no grass.

⁶Mbizi dzinomira pazvikomo zvisina miti, dzichifema mhepo samakava; meso adzo aneta, nekuti hakuna huswa.

⁶And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

⁷Kunyange zvakaipa zvedu zvichitipupurira, imwi Jehovha, batai nokuda kwezita renyu; nekuti kudzokera kwedu kuzhinji; takakutadzirai.

⁷Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name's sake, O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

⁸imwi chitariro chaIsiraeri, Muponesi wavo nenguva yokutambudzika, munoitireiko somutorwa panyika, uye somufambi unotsauka kuzovata vusiku chete?

⁸O thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

⁹Munoitireiko somunhu unotya, somunhu une simba usingagoni kuponesa? Kunyange zvakadaro imwi Jehovha muri pakati pedu, takatumidzwa nezita renyu; regai kutisiya.

⁹Why shouldest thou be as a man affrighted, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

¹⁰Zvanzi naJehovha kuvanhu ava, Saizvozvo vakafarira kudzungaira, havana kudzora tsoka dzavo; naizvozvo Jehovha haana kuvafarira; zvino ucharangarira zvakaipa zvavo, nokuvarova pamusoro pezvivi zvavo.

¹⁰Thus saith Jehovah unto this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Jehovah doth not accept them; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

¹¹Jehovha akati kwandiri, Usanyengeterera vanhu ava uchivakumbirira zvakanaka.

¹¹And Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for [their] good.

¹²Kana vachitsanya, handinganzwi kuchema kwavo; kana vachiuya nezvipiriso zvinopiswa nezvipiriso zvoupfu, handingazvigamuchiri; asi ndichavapedza nomunondo, nenzara, uye nehosha.

¹²When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

¹³Ipapo ndakati, Haiwa, Jehovha Mwari, tarirai, vaporofita vanoti kwavari, Hamungaoni munondo, kana kunzwa nzara; asi ndichakupai rugare rwazvokwadi panzvimbo ino.

¹³Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

¹⁴Ipapo Jehovha akati kwandiri, Vaporofita vanoporofita nhema muzita rangu; ini handina kuvatuma, ini handina kuvaraira, kana kutaura navo; vanokuporofitirai zvinonzi zvakaonekwa asi dziri nhema, nezvakaukwa, nezvisina maturo, nokunyengera kwemoyo yavo.

¹⁴Then Jehovah said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake I unto them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their own heart.

¹⁵Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha pamusoro pavaporofita vanoporofita muzita rangu, ndisina kuvatuma hangu, vachiti, Munondo nenzara hazvingavi munyika ino; zvanzi, Vaporofita avo vachapedzwa nomunondo nenzara.

¹⁵Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

¹⁶Navanhu vavanoporofitira vacharashwa munzira dzomuJerusaremu nemhaka yenzara nomunondo; vachashaiwa unovaviga ivo, navakadzi vavo, navanakomana vavo, navanasikana vavo; nekuti ndichadurura zvakaipa zvavo pamusoro pavo.

¹⁶And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them-them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

¹⁷Zvino iwe chivaudza shoko iri uti, Meso angu ngaayerere misodzi vusiku namasikati, asarega; nekuti mhandara mukunda wavanhu vangu wakuvadzwa nokukuvadzwa kukuru, nevanga rakaipa kwazvo.

¹⁷And thou shalt say this word unto them, Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.

¹⁸Kana ndichifamba musango, tarirai, vakaurawa nomunondo! Kana ndichipinda muguta, tarirai, vanorwara nenzara! nekuti vaporofita navapristi vose vanopota nenyika, vasingazivi chinhu.

¹⁸If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, they that are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.

¹⁹Maramba Judha chose here? Mweya wenyu wasema Ziyoni here? Matirovereiko, tikashaiwa kuporeswa? Takatarira rugare, asi hakuna chakanaka chakauya, nenguva yokuporeswa, asi tarirai, kuvhunduswa chete!

¹⁹Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

²⁰Haiwa Jehovha, tinoziva zvakaipa zvedu, nokutadza kwamadzibaba edu; nekuti takakutadzirai.

²⁰We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.

²¹Regai kutisema nokuda kwezita renyu; regai kushoora chigaro chokukudzwa kwenyu; rangarirai henyu, musaputsa sungano yenyu nesu.

²¹Do not abhor [us], for thy name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

²²Varipo here pakati pavamwari vasina maturo vavahedheni vanganisa mvura? Denga ringanisa mvura here? Hamuzimi here, imwi Jehovha Mwari wedu? Naizvozvo tichakumirirai, nekuti ndimi makaita zvinhu izvi zvose.

²²Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.