¹Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvikazve kwandiri, richiti,

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

²Mwanakomana womunhu, rinzira chiso chako kurutivi rweJerusaremu, udonhedze shoko rako kurutivi rwenzvimbo tsvene, uporofite pamusoro penyika yaIsiraeri,

²Son of man, set thy face against Jerusalem, and drop [words] against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

³uti kunyika yaIsiraeri, zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarira, ndine mhaka newe, ndichavhomora munondo wangu mumuhara wawo, ndichaparadza pakati penyu vakarurama navakaipa.

³and say to the land of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

⁴Zvino zvandichaparadza pakati penyu vakarurama navakaipa, munondo wangu uchabuda mumuhara wawo kundorwa nevanhu vose kubva kurutivi rwezasi kusvikira kurutivi rwokumusoro;

⁴Seeing that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from the south to the north;

⁵vanhu vose vachaziva kuti ini Jehovha ndakavhomora munondo wangu mumuhara wawo; hauchazodzokeripozve.

⁵and all flesh shall know that I Jehovah have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath: it shall not return any more.

⁶Naizvozvo, gomera, iwe Mwanakomana womunhu, gomera pamberi pavo, chiuno chako chivhunike nokuchema kukuru kuvepo.

⁶Sigh then, thou son of man; with breaking of the loins, and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

⁷Zvino kana vachiti kwauri, Unogomera neiko? Uti kwavari, Nemhaka yamashoko, nekuti anouya; moyo mumwe nomumwe uchanyauka, maoko ose achashayiwa simba, mweya mumwe nomumwe uchati rukutu, mabvi ose achashayiwa simba semvura; tarirai, anouya, achaitika, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

⁷And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore dost thou sigh? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall languish, and all knees shall melt into water: behold, it cometh; it is here, saith the Lord Jehovah.

⁸Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri, richiti,

⁸And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

⁹Mwanakomana womunhu, porofita, uti, zvanzi naJehovha, iti Munondo, munondo! Warodzwa, wabwinyiswa;

⁹Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah: Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished.

¹⁰warodzwa, kuti uuraye, wabwinyiswa, kuti uve semheni; zvino isu tingagofara here? Itsvimbo yohushe yomwanakomana wangu, inozvidza miti yose.

¹⁰It is sharpened for sore slaughter, it is furbished that it may glitter. Shall we then make mirth, [saying,] The sceptre of my son contemneth all wood?

¹¹Wakapiwa kuti ubwinyiswe, kuti ubatwe nawo; munondo warodzwa, zvirokwazvo wabwinyiswa, kuti uiswe muruoko rwomuurayi.

¹¹And he hath given it to be furbished that it may be handled. The sword, -- it is sharpened, and it is furbished to give it into the hand of the slayer.

¹²Chema, uungudze, iwe Mwanakomana womunhu, nekuti iwe uri pamusoro pavanhu vangu, uri pamusoro pamachinda ose aIsiraeri, akaiswa kumunondo pamwechete navanhu vangu; naizvozvo uzvirove pahudyu.

¹²Cry and howl, son of man; for it shall be against my people, it shall be against all the princes of Israel: they are given up to the sword along with my people: smite therefore upon the thigh.

¹³nekuti kuidzwa kwavapo; zvino todiniko kana iwo munondo, unozvidza, waperawo? Ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

¹³For the trial [is made]; and what if even the contemning sceptre shall be no [more]? saith the Lord Jehovah.

¹⁴Zvino Mwanakomana womunhu, porofita, rovanya maoko ako; munondo ngauwedzerwe kusvikira katatu, iwo munondo wavakakuvadzwa zvikuru; ndiwo munondo womukuru, wakakuvadzwa zvikuru, unovamanikidza.

¹⁴And thou, son of man, prophesy, and smite thy hands together; for [the strokes of] the sword shall be doubled the third time: it is the sword of the slain, the sword that hath slain the great one, which encompasseth them privily.

¹⁵Ndakaisa munondo wakavhomorwa pamisuwo yavo yose, kuti moyo yavo inyauswe, nokugumburwa kwavo kuwande; aiwa! Wakaitwa semheni, wakatesvererwa kuuraya.

¹⁵In order that the heart may melt, and the stumbling-blocks be multiplied, I have set the threatening sword against all their gates: ah! it is made glittering, it is whetted for the slaughter.

¹⁶Zvirongedze, iwe munondo, enda kurudyi, zvigadzire uende kuruboshwe, kose kunotarira mativi ako akarodzwa.

¹⁶Gather up [strength], go to the right hand, turn thee, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is appointed.

¹⁷Neniwo ndicharovanya maoko angu, ndichanyaradza hasha dzangu; ini Jehovha, ndakazvitaura.

¹⁷And I myself will smite my hands together, and I will satisfy my fury: I Jehovah have spoken [it].

¹⁸Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvikazve kwandiri, richiti,

¹⁸And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

¹⁹Zvino iwe, Mwanakomana womunhu, chizvitarira nzira mbiri, dzingauya nadzo munondo wamambo weBhabhironi idzedzo mbiri dzinofanira kubva kunyika imwe; zvino uveze ruoko, uruvezere pakuvamba kwenzira inoenda kuguta.

¹⁹And thou, son of man, set thee two ways, by which the sword of the king of Babylon may come -- out of one land shall they both come -- and make thee a signpost, make it at the head of the way to the city.

²⁰Utare nzira, ingauya nawo munondo, kusvikira Rabha ravana vaAmoni, naJudha mukati meJerusaremu rakakombwa norusvingo.

²⁰Appoint a way for the coming of the sword to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah at the fenced [city] of Jerusalem.

²¹nekuti mambo weBhabhironi akanga amire pamharadzano dzenzira, pakuvamba kwenzira mbiri, kuti abvunze nokuuka, akachukucha miseve, akabvunza terafimi, ndokucherekedza chiropa.

²¹For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shaketh [his] arrows, he inquireth of the teraphim, he looketh in the liver.

²²Muruoko rwake rworudyi makanga mune zvakaukwa pamusoro peJerusaremu, kuti vaise zvokugumura, vashamise muromo unodanira kuuraya, vadanidzire kwazvo namanzwi, vaise zvokugumura pamasuwo, vatutire mirwi yokurwa, vavakire nhare dzokurwa.

²²In his right hand is the lot of Jerusalem to appoint battering-rams, to open the mouth for bloodshed, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering-rams against the gates, to cast mounds, to build siege-towers.

²³Asi zvichava kwavari sokuuka kwenhema pamberi pavo, ivo vakavapikira mhiko; asi iye acharangarira kusarurama kwavo, kuti vabatwe.

²³And this shall be a false divination in their sight, for them that have sworn oaths; but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.

²⁴Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Zvamakandiyeudzira zvakaipa zvenyu, kudarika kwenyu zvakwakafukurwa, zvivi zvenyu zvichionekwa pane zvose zvamunoita, zvamakarangarirwa, muchabatwa noruoko.

²⁴Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye make your iniquity to be remembered in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear; because ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.

²⁵Zvino iwe, iwe wakaipa, wakakuvadzwa zvikuru, muchinda waIsiraeri, wakasvikirwa nezuva rako panguva yezvakaipa zvokupedzisira,

²⁵And thou, profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, at the time of the iniquity of the end,

²⁶zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Ngowani yohupristi inofanira kubva, korona inofanira kubva, hazvingarambi zviripo; kwiridzai zviri pasi, muderedze zviri kumusoro.

²⁶-- thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Remove the mitre and take off the crown; what is shall be no [more]. Exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.

²⁷Matongo, matongo, ndichazviita matongo, nezvizvi hazvingarambi zviripo, kusvikira iye mwene wazvo achisvika; ndichamupa iye izvo.

²⁷I will overturn, overturn, overturn it! This also shall be no [more], until he come whose right it is; and I will give it [to him].

²⁸Zvino iwe Mwanakomana womunhu, chiporofita, uti zvanzi naIshe Jehovha pamusoro pavana vaAmoni, pamusoro pokushorwa kwavo; iwe uti, Munondo, munondo wavhomorwa, wabwinyisirwa kuuraya, kuti upedze, uve semheni,

²⁸And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus speaketh the Lord Jehovah concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and thou shalt say, A sword, a sword is drawn; for the slaughter is it furbished, that it may consume, that it may glitter:

²⁹vachikuonera zvakaratidzwa zvenhema, vachikuvukira nhema, kuti uiswe pamitsipa yavakaipa vakakuvadzwa zvikuru, vasvikirwa nezuva ravo panguva yezvakaipa zvokupedzisira.

²⁹whilst they see vanity for thee, whilst they divine a lie unto thee, to lay thee upon the necks of the wicked that are slain, whose day is come at the time of the iniquity of the end.

³⁰Ngaudzoserwe mumuhara wawo. Apo pawakasikwa iwe, panyika yawakaberekerwa, ndipo pandichakutonga.

³⁰Restore [it] to its sheath. I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth.

³¹Ndichadurura kutsamwa kwangu pamusoro pako, ndichafuridzira pamusoro pako nomoto wehasha dzangu, ndichakuisa mumaoko avanhu vanopenga, vanoziva kwazvo kuparadza.

³¹And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow upon thee the fire of my wrath, and give thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy.

³²Iwe uchava huni dzomoto; ropa rako richava pakati penyika; hauchazorangarirwi, nekuti ini Jehovha ndakazvitaura.

³²Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt not be remembered: for I Jehovah have spoken.