¹Shoko, rakataurwa nomuporofita Jeremiya kuna Bharuki mwanakomana waNeria, panguva yaakanyora mashoko awa mubhuku, zvichibva mumuromo waJeremiya, negore rechina raJehoiakimu mwanakomana waJosiya, mambo waJudha, richiti,

¹The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these word in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,

²Zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, kwauri, iwe Bharuki,

²Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch:

³iwe wakati, Ndine nhamo zvino, nekuti Jehovha wakawedzera kuchema pakurwadziwa kwangu; ndaneta nokugomera kwangu, ndinoshaiwa zororo.

³Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for Jehovah hath added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.

⁴Zvino chiti, kwaari, Zvanzi naJehovha, tarira, chandakavaka ndichachikoromorazve, chandakasima ndichachidzurazve; ndizvo zvandichaitira nyika yose.

⁴Thus shalt thou say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.

⁵Iwe unozvitsvakira zvinhu zvikuru here? Usazvitsvaka; nekuti tarira, ndichauyisa zvakaipa pamusoro penyama yose ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; asi ndichakupa hupenyu hwako chive chinhu chakapambwa panzvimbo dzose kwaunoenda.

⁵And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not; for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith Jehovah; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.