¹Zvino negore regumi, nomwedzi wegumi, nezuva regumi namaviri romwedzi, shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri, richiti,

¹In the tenth year, in the tenth [month], on the twelfth of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

²Mwanakomana womunhu, rinzira chiso chako kuna Farao mambo weEgipita, uporofite pamusoro pake napamusoro peEgipita rose.

²Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against the whole of Egypt;

³Taura uti, zvanzi nalshe Jehovha, Tarira, ndine mhaka newe, iwe Farao mambo iwe shato huru uvete pakati penzizi dzako, ukati, Rwizi rwangu ndorwangu, ndakazviitira irwo.

³speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which saith, My river is mine own, and I made it for myself.

⁴Ndichaisa zvikokovonho mushaya dzako, ndichanamatidza hove dzenzizi dzako pamakwande ako, ndichakubvisa mukati menzizi dzako pamwechete nehove dzose dzenzizi dzako dzakanamatira pamakwande ako.

⁴And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales;

⁵Ndichakurashira kurenje, iwe nehove dzose dzenzizi dzako, uchawira pasi pabani pakachena, haungakokerwi kana kuunganidzwa; ndakakuisa kuzvikara zvapasi neshiri dzokudenga, uve zvokudya zvavo.

⁵and I will cast thee into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open field; thou shalt not be brought together nor gathered: I will give thee for meat to the beasts of the earth and to the fowl of the heavens.

⁶Vose vagere Egipita vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha, nekuti vakanga vakaita setsvimbo yorutsanga kuimba yaIsiraeri.

⁶And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I [am] Jehovah, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

⁷Vakati vachibata ruoko rwako, iwe ukavhunika, ukatsemura mafudzi avo ose; vakati vachisendama pamusoro pako, iwe ukavhunika, ukamisa zviuno zvavo zviri zvoga.

⁷When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst give way and rend all their shoulder; and when they leaned upon thee, thou didst break, and didst make all their loins to tremble.

⁸Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarira, ndinouyisa munondo pamusoro pako, ndichaparadza pakati pako vanhu nezvipfuwo.

⁸Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast from thee.

⁹Nyika yeEgipita ichava dongo renzvimbo yakaparadzwa zvino vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha. Zvayakati, Rwizi ndorwangu, ndini ndakaruita,

⁹And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste: and they shall know that I [am] Jehovah, because he saith, The river is mine, and I made it.

¹⁰naizvozvo, tarira, ndine mhaka newe uye nenzizi dzako, ndichaita nyika yeEgipita nzvimbo yakaparadzwa chose nedongo, kubva pashongwe yeSevhene kusvikira pamuganhu weItiopia.

¹⁰Therefore behold, I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt deserts of wasteness and desolation, from Migdol to Syene, even unto the border of Ethiopia.

¹¹Hakuna munhu achapfuura napo norutsoka rwake, norutsoka rwechipfuo harungapfuuri napo, haingagarwi navanhu makore makumi mana.

¹¹No foot of man shall pass through it, nor shall foot of beast pass through it, nor shall it be inhabited, forty years.

¹²Nyika yeEgipita ndichaiita dongo pakati penyika dzakaitwa matongo, namaguta ayo achaitwa matongo makore makumi mana pakati pamaguta akaitwa matongo; ndichaparadzira vaEgipita pakati pamarudzi avanhu, nokuvadzingira kunyika dzose.

¹²And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolated, and her cities shall be, in the midst of the cities that are laid waste, a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

¹³nekuti zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Kana makore makumi mana apera, ndichaunganidza vaEgipita kumarudzi avanhu kwandakanga ndavaparadzira;

¹³Yet thus saith the Lord Jehovah: At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples whither they were scattered;

¹⁴ndichadzosazve kutapwa kweEgipita, ndichavadzoserazve kunyika yePatirosi, kunyika kwavakaberekerwa; vachavapo hushe hwakazvidzwa.

¹⁴and I will turn again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return to the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth, and they shall there be a base kingdom.

¹⁵Huchava ushe hunozvidzwa kupfuura ushe hwose, hahungazozvimisizve kukunda mamwe marudzi, ndichavatapudza, varege kuzotongazve mamwe marudzi paushe hwavo.

¹⁵It shall be the basest of kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations; and I will diminish them, so that they shall no more rule over the nations.

¹⁶Imba yalsiraeri haingazovimbi nahwo, huchindiyeudzira zvakaipa zvavo, kana vachicheuka kuvatevera; zvino vachaziva kuti ndini Ishe Jehovha.

¹⁶And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to remembrance, when they turn after them: and they shall know that I [am] the Lord Jehovah.

¹⁷Zvino negore ramakumi maviri namanomwe, nomwedzi wokutanga, nezuva rokutanga romwedzi, shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri, richiti,

¹⁷And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, in the first [month], on the first of the month, [that] the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

¹⁸Mwanakomana womunhu, Nebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi, wakabatisa hondo yake basa guru rokurwa neTire; misoro yose yakasvotorwa namafudzi ose akasvuuka; kunyange zvakadaro iye nehondo yake havana kupiwa mubayiro neTire pamusoro pebasa raakabata achirwa navo.

¹⁸Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to do hard service against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he from Tyre no wages, nor his army, for the service that he had served against it.

¹⁹Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarirai, nyika yeEgipita ndichaipa Nebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi; iye uchatapa vanhu vayo vazhinji, nokutora zvaachapamba, nokutora zvaachatapa; ndizvo zvichava mubayiro wehondo yake.

¹⁹Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry away her multitude, and seize her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

²⁰Ndakamupa iye nyika yeEgipita, uve muripo wake wezvaakabatira, nekuti vakandibatira ini, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

²⁰I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

²¹Nezuva iro ndichamedzera imba yaIsiraeri runyanga, newe ndichakupa muromo wakashamiswa pakati pavo; zvino vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha.

²¹In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them: and they shall know that I [am] Jehovah.