¹Shoko raJehovha rakasvikazve kwandiri, richiti,

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

²Zvino iwe Mwanakomana womunhu, tonga, chitonga guta reropa, urizivise zvinonyangadza zvaro zvose.

²And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? Yea, cause her to know all her abominations,

³Uti zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Iwe guta, rinoteura ropa mukati maro, kuti nguva yaro isvike, rinozviitira zvifananidzo, kuti risvibiswe nazvo!

³and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A city that sheddeth blood in her midst, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.

⁴Wapara mhaka nokuda kweropa rako rawakateura, wasvibiswa nezvifananidzo zvawakaita; waswededza mazuva ako, wasvika pamakore ako; naizvozvo ndakakuita chinhu chinoshorwa pamberi pamamwe marudzi, nechinosekwa nenyika dzose.

⁴Thou art become guilty by thy blood which thou hast shed, and hast defiled thyself with thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the nations, and a mocking unto all countries.

⁵Vari pedo newe, navari kure, vachakuseka, iwe unezita rakasvibiswa, uzere nebope.

⁵Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, who art infamous [and] full of tumult.

⁶Tarira, machinda aIsiraeri akapinda mukati mako, mumwe nomumwe nesimba rake, kuzoteura ropa.

⁶Behold, the princes of Israel have been in thee to shed blood, each according to his power.

⁷Baba namai vakazvidzwa mukati mako, vatorwa vakamanikidzwa mukati mako, nherera nechirikadzi dzakaitirwa zvakaipa mukati mako.

⁷In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

⁸Iwe wakashora zvinhu zvangu zvitsvene, wakamhura masabata angu.

⁸Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

⁹Vanhu vana makuhwa vakapinda mukati mako kuzoteura ropa, vakadya pamusoro pamakomo mukati mako, vakaita zvinonyadzisa mukati mako.

⁹In thee there have been slanderous men to shed blood; and in thee have they eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness;

¹⁰Vakafukura kunyadza kwamadzibaba avo mukati mako, vakaninipisa mukati mako mukadzi wakange asina kunaka nokuva kumwedzi kwake.

¹⁰in thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness; in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her separation.

¹¹Mumwe akaita zvinonyangadza nomukadzi womunin'ina wake, mumwe wakachinyira mukadzi womwana wake, mumwezve mukati mako wakaninipisa hanzvadzi yake, mukunda wababa vake.

¹¹And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

¹²Vakagamuchira zvipo mukati mako kuzoteura ropa; iwe wakatora mhindu yemari neyemichero, wakazvifumisa uchimanikidza wokwako, ukandikangamwa, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

¹²In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

¹³Naizvozvo, tarira, ndakarovanya maoko angu pamusoro pefuma yako yawakawana nokunyengera, napamusoro peropa rako rakanga riri mukati mako.

¹³And behold, I have smitten mine hand at thine overreaching which thou hast done, and at thy bloodshed which hath been in the midst of thee.

¹⁴Ko moyo wako ungatsunga, kana maoko ako angasimba here pamazuva andichakutonga? Ini Jehovha ndakazvitaura, ndichazviita.

¹⁴Shall thy heart endure, shall thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I Jehovah have spoken, and will do [it].

¹⁵Ndichakuparadzira pakati pamarudzi, nokukudzingira kunyika dzose; ndichapedza tsvina yako mukati mako.

¹⁵And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.

¹⁶Uchazvimhurisa pamberi pamamwe marudzi; zvino uchazoziva kuti ndini Jehovha.

¹⁶And thou shalt be polluted through thyself in the sight of the nations, and thou shalt know that I [am] Jehovah.

¹⁷Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri, richiti,

¹⁷And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

¹⁸Mwanakomana womunhu, imba yaIsiraeri yaita samarara kwandiri; vose vakaita sendarira netini nedare nomutobvu mukati mevira; vakaita samarara esirivha

¹⁸Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: they are all copper, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace: they are become the dross of silver.

¹⁹Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Mose zvamava marara, naizvozvo, tarirai, ndichakuunganidzirai mukati meJerusaremu.

¹⁹Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye are all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

²⁰Sezvavanounganidzira sirivha nendarira nedare nomutobvu netini mukati mevira, kuti vapfutidzire moto pamusoro pazvo, vazvinyause, saizvozvo ndichakuunganidzai nokutsamwa kwangu nehasha dzangu, ndikuiseimo, ndikunyausei.

²⁰[As] they gather silver, and copper, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it, so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will lay you on and melt you.

²¹Zvirokwazvo, ndichakuunganidzai, nokupfutidza moto wehasha dzangu pamusoro penyu; muchanyauswa mukati maro.

²¹Yea, I will collect you, and blow upon you the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.

²²Sirivha sezvainonyauswa mukati mevira, saizvozvo imwi muchanyauswa mukati maro; zvino muchaziva kuti ini Jehovha ndakadurura hasha dzangu pamusoro penyu.

²²As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I Jehovah have poured out my fury upon you.

²³Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri, richiti,

²³And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

²⁴Mwanakomana womunhu uti kwairi, Iwe uri nyika isina kunatswa, isina kunisirwa mvura nezuva reshungu dzangu.

²⁴Son of man, say unto her, Thou art a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

²⁵Vaporofita vayo vakaita rangano mukati mayo; seshumba inoomba ichibvambura chayabata, saizvozvo vakapedza mweya yavanhu; vakatora fuma nezvinokosha, vakawanza chirikadzi mukati mayo.

²⁵There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of her like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they devour souls; they take away treasure and precious things; they increase her widows in the midst of her;

²⁶Vapristi vayo vakaparadza murayiro wangu, vakamhura zvinhu zvangu zvitsvene; havana kutsaura pakati pezvitsvene nezvisati zviri zvitsvene, kana kuzivisa vanhu kusiyana kwezvisina kunaka nezvakanaka, vakatsinzina meso avo varege kuona masabata angu; ini ndamhurwa pakati pavo.

²⁶her priests do violence to my law, and profane my holy things: they put no difference between the holy and profane, neither do they make known [the difference] between the unclean and the clean, and they hide their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

²⁷Machinda ayo mukati mayo vakafanana namapere anobvanzura zvaabata, vachiteura ropa nokuparadza mweya, kuti vawane fuma vachinyengera.

²⁷Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

²⁸Vaporofita vayo vakavayuwira nesuko, vachiona zvinonyengera nokuvaukira zvenhema vachiti, Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, izvo Jehovha haana kutaura.

²⁸And her prophets have daubed for them with untempered [mortar], seeing vanity and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah! and Jehovah hath not spoken.

²⁹Vanhu venyika vakamanikidza nokupamba; zvirokwazvo vakatambudza varombo navanoshayiwa, vakamanikidza mutorwa asina mhaka hake.

²⁹The people of the land use oppression and practise robbery; and they vex the poor and needy, and oppress the stranger wrongfully.

³⁰Zvino ndakatsvaka pakati pavo munhu angagadzira rusvingo, angamira pakakoromoka pamberi pangu achirwira nyika, kuti ndirege kuiparadza; asi handina kuwana nomumwe.

³⁰And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the fence, and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.

³¹Naizvozvo ndakadurura shungu dzangu pamusoro pavo; ndakavapedza nomoto wehasha dzangu; ndakauyisa zvavakaita pamisoro yavo, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

³¹And I will pour out mine indignation upon them; I will consume them in the fire of my wrath: their own way will I recompense upon their head, saith the Lord Jehovah.