¹Zarura mikova yako, iwe Rebhanoni, kuti moto upedze misidhari yako.

¹Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

²Ungudza iwe musipiresi, nekuti musidhari wawira pasi, nekuti miti yakanaka kwazvo yaparadzwa; ungudzai, imwi miouki yeBhashani, nekuti dondo risingabviri kupindwa ratemwa.

²Wail, O fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the goodly ones are destroyed: wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest is come down.

³Inzwai izwi rokuungudza kwavafudzi ! nekuti kukudzwa kwavo kwaparadzwa; inzwai izwi rokuwomba kwavana veshumba! nekuti kuzvikudza kwaJoridhani kwaitwa dongo.

³A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! for their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! for the pride of the Jordan is laid waste.

⁴Zvanzi naJehovha Mwari wangu, Fudza makwai anozourawa;

⁴Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;

⁵iwo anourawa navana vawo, vasingatorwi sevane mhosva; vanowatengesa vanoti, Jehovha ngaavongwe, nekuti ndakafuma; vafudzi vawo havana tsitsi nawo.

⁵whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.

⁶nekuti handichazovi netsitsi navagere munyika ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; asi tarirai, ndichaisa vanhu avo, mumwe nomumwe muruoko rwookwake, nomuruoko rwamambo wake; vachaparadza nyika, ini ndisingavarwiri paruoko rwavo.

⁶For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah; but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.

⁷Saka ini ndakafudza makwai aizourawa, zvirokwazvo aiva makwai aizourawa, zvirokwazvo aiva makwai anonzwisa urombo. Ndikatora tsvimbo mbiri, imwe ndikaitumidza zita rinonzi, Kunaka, imwe ndikaitumidza zita rinonzi Zvisungo; ndikafudza makwai.

⁷So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

⁸Ndikaparadza vafudzi vatatu nomwedzi mumwe, nekuti mweya wangu wakange waneta navo, nemweya yavo yakandisemawo.

⁸And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.

⁹Ipapo ndikati, Handichadi kukufudzai; chinoda kufa ngachife hacho, chinofanira kuparadzwa, ngachiparadzwe hacho; akasara ngaadye mumwe nomumwe nyama yomumwe.

⁹Then said I, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let them that are left eat every one the flesh of another.

¹⁰Ipapo ndakatora tsvimbo yangu yainzi, Kunaka, ndikaivhuna-vhuna, kuti ndiputse sungano yangu yandakanga ndaita nendudzi bose dzavanhu.

¹⁰And I took my staff Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.

¹¹ikavhuniwa nezuva iro; naizvozvo varombo pakati pamakwai, vakanditeerera, vakaziva kuti ishoko raJehovha.

¹¹And it was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that gave heed unto me knew that it was the word of Jehovah.

¹²Ndikati kwavari, Kana muchiti zvakanaka, chindipai mubayiro wangu; kana zvisakanaka, regai. Ipapo vakandiyerera mubayiro wangu, masirivha ana makumi matatu.

¹²And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my hire thirty [pieces] of silver.

¹³Jehovha akati kwandiri, Chizvikandira kumuumbi wehari; ndiwo mutengo wakanaka wandakatengwa nawo navo. Ini ndikatora masirivha ana makumi matatu, ndikaakandira kumuumbi wehari mumba maJehovha.

¹³And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter, the goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty [pieces] of silver, and cast them unto the potter, in the house of Jehovah.

¹⁴Ipapo ndikavhuna-vhuna imwe tsvimbo yangu, yainzi, Zvisungo, kuti ndiputse ukama hwaiva pakati paJudha nalsiraeri.

¹⁴Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

¹⁵Ipapo Jehovha akati kwandiri, Chitorazve nhumbi dzomufudzi chete.

¹⁵And Jehovah said unto me, Take unto thee yet again the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

¹⁶nekuti tarirai, ndichamutsa panyika ino mufudzi asingavi nehanya naakarashika, kana kutsvaka akapararira, kana kurapa akavhunika, kana kufudza anovata; asi achadya nyama yaakakora, nokubvamburanya mahwanda awo.

¹⁶For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat [sheep], and will tear their hoofs in pieces.

¹⁷Ane nhamo mufudzi asina maturo, anosiya makwai! Munondo uchatema ruoko rwake neziso rake rorudyi; ruoko rwake ruchaoma chose, uye ziso rake rorudyi richasvibirwa chose.

¹⁷Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.