¹Shoko raJehovha rakasvikazve kwandiri, richiti,

¹And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

²Mwanakomana womunhu, zivisa Jerusaremu zvinonyangadza zvaro,

²Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,

³uti, Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha kuJerusaremu: Kwawakabva nokwawakaberekwa ndiko kunyika yavaKanani; baba vako vakanga vari muAmori, namai vako vakanga vari muHiti.

³and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite: thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite.

⁴Kana kuri kuberekwa kwako, pazuva rokuzvarwa kwako rukuvhute rwako haruna kugurwa, uye hauna kushambidzwa nemvura kuti unake; hauna kutongokwizwa nomunyu, kana kuputirwa mumachira.

⁴And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water for cleansing; thou wast not rubbed with salt at all, nor swaddled at all.

⁵Hakuna ziso rakakunzwira tsitsi, kana kukuitira chinhu chimwe chezvinhu izvi, nokuva netsitsi newe; asi wakarashirwa kusango, nekuti vakasema hupenyu hwako nezuva rokuzvarwa kwako.

⁵No eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, from abhorrence of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.

⁶Ndakapfuura kwauri, ndikakuona uchipfakanyika muropa rako, ndikati kwauri uri muropa rako, Rarama! Zvirokwazvo, ndakati kwauri uri muropa rako, Rarama!

⁶And I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, and I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live! yea, I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live!

⁷Ndakakupamhidzira kwazvo sezvinomera kusango, ukawanda nokukura, ukasvikira pahukomba hwakaisvonaka; mazamu ako akakura, nevhudzi rako rakamera, asi wakange usina kufuka, wakashama.

⁷I caused thee to multiply, as the bud of the field; and thou didst increase and grow great, and thou camest to fulness of beauty; [thy] breasts were fashioned, and thy hair grew: but thou wast naked and bare.

⁸Ndakapfuura kwauri, ndikakutarira, ndikaona kuti nguvo yako yakanga iri nguvo yorudo. Ipapo ndakawarira nguvo yangu pamusoro pako, ndikafukidza kushama kwako; zvirokwazvo, ndakakupikira, ndikaita sungano newe, iwe ukava wangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

⁸And I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, and behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness; and I swore unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine.

⁹Ipapo ndakakushambidza nemvura; zvirokwazvo, ndakashambidza ropa rako kwauri, ndikakuzodza namafuta.

⁹And I washed thee with water, and thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil;

¹⁰Ndakakufukidzawo nezvakarukwa,ndikakupfekedza shangu, shangu dzamatebwe, ndakasunga chiuno nomucheka wakaisvonaka, ndikakufukidza nesirika.

¹⁰and I clothed thee with embroidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I bound thee about with byssus, and covered thee with silk.

¹¹Ndakakushongedza hukomba, ndikaisa zvishongo zvamaoko pazvanza zvako, nengetani pamutsipa wako.

¹¹And I decked thee with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck;

¹²Ndikaisa chindori pamhino dzako, nezvishongo zvenzeve panzeve dzako, nekorona yakanaka pamusoro wako.

¹²and I put a ring on thy nose, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.

¹³Wakazvishongedza nendarama nesirivha, zvokufuka zvako zvakanga zviri zvomucheka wakaisvonaka nesirika nezvakarukwa; wakadya hupfu hwakatsetseka nohuchi namafuta; hwakanga hwakanaka kwazvo, ukapfuurira mberi kusvikira kuhushe.

¹³Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver, and thy raiment was byssus, and silk, and embroidered work. Thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou becamest exceedingly beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.

¹⁴Mbiri yako yokunaka kwako yakapararira pakati pamarudzi, nekuti yakanga yakakwana kwazvo nokuda kohumambo hwangu hwandakanga ndaisa pamusoro pako, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

¹⁴And thy fame went forth among the nations for thy beauty; for it was perfect through my magnificence, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.

¹⁵Asi iwe wakavimba nokunaka kwako, ukapata nokuda kwembiri yako, ukadurura kupata kwako kunomumwe nomumwe waipfuura napo, kukava kwake.

¹⁵But thou didst confide in thy beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy whoredoms on every one that passed by: his it was.

¹⁶Wakatora dzimwe nguvo dzako, ukazviitira nzvimbo dzakakwirira, dzakashongedzwa namavara mazhinji, ukandopata pamusoro padzo. Zvinhu zvakadai hazvizaifanira kuuya kana kuitika.

¹⁶And of thy garments thou didst take, and madest for thyself high places decked with divers colours, and didst play the harlot thereupon: [the like] hath not come to pass, and shall be no more.

¹⁷Zvishongo zvako zvakanaka wakazvitora pandarama yangu nesirivha yangu, zvandakanga ndakupa, ukazviitira zvifananidzo zvavarume, ukapata nazvo;

¹⁷And thou didst take thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of males, and didst commit fornication with them.

¹⁸ukatora nguvo dzako dzakarukwa, ukazvifukidza nadzo, ukagadza mafuta angu nezvinonhuhwira zvangu pamberi pazvo.

¹⁸And thou tookest thine embroidered garments, and coveredst them; and thou didst set mine oil and mine incense before them.

¹⁹Zvokudya zvangu zvandakakupa, ihwo hupfu hwakatsetseka namafuta nohuchi zvandakakupa kuti uzvidye, wakazvigadza pamberi pazvo, zviite bwema hunonhuhwira; ndizvo zvawakaita, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

¹⁹And my bread which I had given thee, the fine flour and the oil and the honey wherewith I fed thee, thou didst even set it before them for a sweet savour: thus it was, saith the Lord Jehovah.

²⁰Uyezve, wakatora vanakomana vako navanasikana vako, vawakandiberekera, ukazvibayira ivo, kuti vadyiwe. Ko kupata kwako chakanga chiri chinhu chiduku here,

²⁰And thou didst take thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hadst borne unto me, and these didst thou sacrifice unto them, to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter,

²¹zvawakazouraya vana vangu, ukazvipa ivo, kuti uzvipinzire ivo mumoto here?

²¹that thou didst slay my children and give them up in passing them over to them?

²²Zvino pakati pezvinonyangadza zvako zvose nokupata kwako hauna kurangarira mazuva ohuduku hwako, panguva yawakanga usino kufuka, wakashama, uchipfakanyika muropa rako.

²²And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, when thou wast weltering in thy blood.

²³Zvino shure kwezvakaipa zvako zvose haiwa, une nhamo, une nhamo, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

²³And it came to pass after all thy wickedness (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord Jehovah),

²⁴Wakazvivakira nzvimbo yokufeva nokuzviitira nzvimbo yakakwirira panzira dzose dzomumusha.

²⁴that thou didst also build unto thee a place of debauchery, and didst make thee a high place in every street:

²⁵Wakavaka nzvimbo yako yakakwirira pakuvamba kwenzira imwe neimwe, ukashandura kunaka kwako zvikava zvinonyangadza, ukafukurira vose vanopfuura tsoka dzako, ukawanza kupata kwako.

²⁵thou didst build thy high place at every head of the way, and madest thy beauty to be abhorred, and thou didst open thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiply thy whoredom.

²⁶Wakafevawo navaEgipita, vakanga vagere pedo newe, vane miviri mikuru; ukawanza kupata kwako, kuti unditsamwise.

²⁶And thou didst commit fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and didst multiply thy whoredom to provoke me to anger.

²⁷Naizvozvo tarira, ndakatambanudzira ruoko rwangu pamusoro pako, ndikatapudza zvokudya zvako zvaunodya misi yose, ndikakuisa kuna vanokuvenga vakuitire sokuda kwavo, ivo vakunda vavaFirisitia vakanyadziswa nomufambiro wako wakashata.

²⁷And behold, I stretched out my hand over thee, and diminished thine appointed portion; and I gave thee over unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, who were confounded at thy lewd way.

²⁸Wakapatawo navaAsiria, nekuti wakange usingagoni kuguta; zvirokwazvo, wakapata navo, asi zvakadaro hauna kugutsikana nazvo.

²⁸And thou didst commit fornication with the Assyrians, because thou wast insatiable; yea, thou didst commit fornication with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.

²⁹Wakawanzawo kupata kwako kusvikira kunyika yavashambadziri, iko kuKaradhea; kunyange zvakadaro hauna kuringaniswa nazvo.

²⁹And thou didst multiply thy whoredom with the land of merchants, Chaldea, and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

³⁰Moyo wako unoshaiwa simba sei, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha Zvaunoita zvinhu izvi zvose, zvinoitwa nechifeve chisinganyari;

³⁰How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these [things], the work of a whorish woman, under no restraint;

³¹zvaunovaka nzvimbo yako yokufeva pakuvamba kwenzira imwe neimwe, nokuita nzvimbo yako yakakwirira panzira imwe neimwe yomumusha; asi hauna kuita sechifeve, zvawakashora muripo.

³¹in that thou buildest thy place of debauchery at the head of every way, and makest thy high place in every street! And thou hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest reward,

³²Aiwa! Mukadzi akawanikwa anofeva! Anogamuchira vatorwa panzvimbo yomurume wake!

³²O adulterous wife, that taketh strangers instead of her husband.

³³Zvifeve zvose zvinopiwa zvipo, asi iwe unopa vadikamwi vako vose zvipo, uchivatenga, kuti vauye kwauri vachibva kumativi ose nokuda kokupata kwako.

³³They give rewards to all harlots; but thou gavest thy rewards to all thy lovers, and rewardedst them, that they might come unto thee on every side for thy whoredoms.

³⁴Naizvozvo pane kuparadzana navamwe vakadzi pakupata kwako, zvakusina unokutevera kupata newe; uye zvaunopa muripo iwe, asi iwe haupiwi muripo, naizvozvo wakapesana navamwe.

³⁴And in thee is the contrary from [other] women, in thy whoredoms, in that none followeth thee to commit fornication; and whereas thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, so art thou contrary.

³⁵Naizvozvo iwe chifeve, chinzwa shoko raJehovha,

³⁵Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of Jehovah.

³⁶zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Ndarira yako zvayakadururwa, nokunyadza kwako zvakwakafukurwa nokupata kwako navadikamwi vako, uye nokuda kwezvifananidzo zvose zvezvinonyangadza zvako, neropa ravana vako, rawakazvipa;

³⁶Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy money hath been poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy fornications with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thine abominations, and because of the blood of thy children which thou didst give unto them;

³⁷naizvozvo tarira, ndichaunganidza vadikamwi vako vose, vawakafarirana navo, navose vawakanga uchida, pamwechete navose vawakanga uchivenga; ndichakuunganidzira ivo vachibva kumativi ose, nokuvafukurira kunyadza kwako, kuti vaone kunyadza kwako kose.

³⁷therefore, behold, I will gather all thy lovers with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all that thou hast loved, with all that thou hast hated, -- I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.

³⁸Ndichakutonga sezvinotongwa vakadzi voupombwe navanoteura ropa; ndichauyisa pamusoro pako ropa rehasha negodo.

³⁸And I will judge thee with the judgments of women that commit adultery and shed blood; and I will give thee up to the blood of fury and jealousy;

³⁹Ndichakuisawo mumaoko avo; vachakoromora nzvimbo yako yokufeva, nokuputsa nzvimbo dzako dzakakwirira; vachakubvisira nguvo dzako, nokukutorera zvishongo zvako zvakanaka; vachakusiya usina chokufuka wakashama.

³⁹and I will give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thy place of debauchery, and shall break down thy high places; and they shall strip thee of thy garments, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.

⁴⁰Vachauyawo neungano kuzorwa newe, ivo vachakutaka namabwe nokubvoora neminondo yavo.

⁴⁰And they shall bring up an assemblage against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

⁴¹Vachapisa dzimba dzako nomoto, nokukuitira zvakatongwa pamberi pavakadzi vazhinji; ndichakuregesa kupata kwako, iwe hauchazovapi muripo wechifeve.

⁴¹And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women; and I will cause thee to cease from being a harlot, and thou also shalt give no more any reward.

⁴²Saizvozvo ndichazorodza hasha dzangu kwauri, godo rangu richabva kwauri; ndichanyarara, ndikasazova nokutsamwa.

⁴²And I will appease my fury against thee, and my jealousy shall depart from thee; and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.

⁴³Zvausina kurangarira mazuva ohuduku hwako, asi wakanditsamwisa nezvinhu izvi zvose, naizvozvo, tarira, ndichauyisa zvawakaita pamusoro wako, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha; haungazoiti zvakashata izvozvo nezvinonyangadza zvako zvose.

⁴³Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast raged against me in all these [things], behold, therefore, I also will recompense thy way upon [thy] head, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou shalt not commit this lewdness besides all thine abominations.

⁴⁴Tarira, mumwe nomumwe anobata netsumo, achabata tsumo iyi pamusoro pako, achiti, Sezvakaita mai, ndizvo zvakaita mwanasikana wavo.

⁴⁴Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall speak in a proverb against thee, saying, As the mother, [so is] her daughter!

⁴⁵Iwe uri mwanasikana wamai vako, vanosema murume wavo navana vavo; iwe uri munin'ina wavakoma vako, vakasema varume vavo navana vavo; amai vako vakanga vari muHiti, nababa vako muAmori.

⁴⁵Thou art the daughter of thy mother that loathed her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

⁴⁶Mukoma wako ndiSamaria, anogara kuruboshwe rwako, iye navanasikana vake; munin'ina wako anogara kurudyi rwako, ndiSodhoma navanasikana vake.

⁴⁶And thine elder sister is Samaria that dwelleth at thy left hand, she and her daughters; and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

⁴⁷Asi hauna kufamba nenzira dzavo, kana kuita zvinonyangadza zvavo; asi izvo wakati zviduku, wakavapfura ivo vose nenzira dzako dzakaora.

⁴⁷And thou hast not walked in their ways, nor done according to their abominations; but as though that were a very little, thou hast been more corrupt than they in all thy ways.

⁴⁸Noupenyu hwangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha munin'ina wako Sodhoma, Iye navanasikana vake, havana kuita sezvawakaita iwe navanasikana vako.

⁴⁸[As] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters!

⁴⁹Tarira, zvakaipa zvaSodhoma muninina wako hezvi: Kuzvikudza, zvokudya zvakawandisa, nokuzorora kusina hanya nechinhu, ndizvo zvaakanga anazvo navanasikana vake; haana kusimbisa ruoko rwavarombo navanoshayiwa.

⁴⁹Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

⁵⁰Vakanga vane manyawi. vakaita zvinonyangadza pamberi pangu; saka ndichizviona ndakavabvisa.

⁵⁰And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me, and I took them away when I saw [it].

⁵¹Kunyange neSamaria harina kuita hafu yezvivi zvako; asi iwe wakawanzisa zvinonyangadza zvako kupfuura zvavo, ukapembedza vanin'ina vako nezvinonyangadza zvako zvose zvawakaita.

⁵¹And Samaria hath not sinned according to the half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters by all thine abominations which thou hast done.

⁵²Iwe chiva nemhosva yezvinonyadzisa zvako, zvawakapembedza vanin'ina vako; nokuda kwezvivi zvako zvawakaita zvinonyangadza kupfuura zvavo, ivo vava vakarurama kupfuura iwe; zvirokwazvo, chisvodeswa iwe, uve nokunyadziswa kwako, zvawakapembedza vanin'ina vako.

⁵²Thou also, who hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own confusion, because of thy sins in which thou hast acted more abominably than they: they are more righteous than thou. So be thou ashamed also, and bear thy confusion, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

⁵³Ndichadzosazve kutapwa kwavo, iko kutapwa kweSodhoma navanasikana varo, nokutapwa kweSamaria navanasikana varo, nokutapwa kwavatapwa vako vari pakati pavo;

⁵³And I will bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them;

⁵⁴kuti iwe uve nokunyadziswa kwako, unyare pamusoro pezvose zvawakaita uchivanyaradza.

⁵⁴that thou mayest bear thy confusion, and mayest be confounded for all that thou hast done, in that thou comfortest them.

⁵⁵Vanin'ina vako Sodhoma navanasikana vake vachadzokera kumugariro wavo wakare, naSamaria navanasikana vake vachadzokera kumugariro wavo wakare, newe navanasikana vako muchadzokera kumugariro wenyu wakare.

⁵⁵And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; thou also and thy daughters, ye shall return to your former estate.

⁵⁶nekuti munin'ina wako Sodhoma haana kurehwa nomuromo wako nezuva rokuzvikudza kwako,

⁵⁶Yea, Sodom thy sister was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,

⁵⁷zvakashata zvako zvisati zvafukurwa, sapanguva yokushorwa kwako navanasikana veSiria navose vakavapoteredza, vanasikana vavaFirisitia, vanokuzvidza kumativi ose.

⁵⁷before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, who despise thee on every side.

⁵⁸Une mhosva yezvakashata zvako nezvinonyangadza zvako, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

⁵⁸Thy lewdness and thine abominations, thou bearest them, saith Jehovah.

⁵⁹nekuti zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Ndichakuitirawo sezvawakaita iwe, wakashora kupika pakuputsa kwako sungano.

⁵⁹For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, who hast despised the oath, and broken the covenant.

⁶⁰Kunyange zvakadaro ndicharangarira sungano yangu yandakaita newe pamazuva ohuduku hwako, ndisimbise sungano isingaperi newe.

⁶⁰Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

⁶¹Ipapo ucharangarira nzira dzako; uchanyara, kana uchigamuchira vakoma vako navanin'ina vako; ndichakupa ivo, vave vanasikana vako, asi hazvingaitwi pamusoro pesungano yako.

⁶¹And thou shalt remember thy ways, and be confounded, when thou shalt receive thy sisters who are older than thou, together with those who are younger than thou; for I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by virtue of thy covenant.

⁶²Ndichasimbisa sungano yangu newe; zvino uchaziva kuti ndini Jehovha;

⁶²And I will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt know that I [am] Jehovah;

⁶³kuti urangarire, usvodeswe, urege kuzoshamisa muromo wakozve nokuda kokunyara kwako, kana ndakukangamwira zvose zvawakaita, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

⁶³that thou mayest remember, and be ashamed, and no more open thy mouth because of thy confusion, when I forgive thee all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Jehovah.