¹Ipapo akati kwandiri, Mwanakomana womunhu, chidya chaunowana; chidya rugwaro urwu rwakapetwa uende, undotaura neimba yaIsiraeri.

¹And he said unto me, Son of man, eat what thou findest; eat this roll, and go, speak unto the house of Israel.

²Ipapo ndakashamisa muromo wangu, iye akandidyisa rugwaro rwakapetwa.

²So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.

³Akati kwandiri, Mwanakomana womunhu, dyisa dumbu rako, ugutise vura bwako norugwaro rwakapetwa urwu rwandinokupa. Ipapo ndikarudya, rukava mumukamwa wangu sohuchi nokuzipa.

³And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll which I give thee. And I ate, and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

⁴Zvino akati kwandiri, Mwanakomana womunhu, famba uende kuimba yaIsiraeri, utaure kwavari mashoko angu.

⁴And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

⁵nekuti hautumwi kurudzi runo mutauriro usingazikamwi norurimi rwakaoma, asi kuimba yaIsiraeri;

⁵For thou art not sent to a people of strange language, and of difficult speech, [but] to the house of Israel;

⁶hautumwi kumarudzi mazhinji anomutauriro usingazikamwi norurimi rwakaoma, vausingagoni kunzwisisa mashoko avo. Zvirokwazvo, dai ndaikutuma kwavari vangadai vaikunzwa.

⁶not to many peoples of strange language and of difficult speech, whose words thou canst not understand: had I sent thee to them, would they not hearken unto thee?

⁷Asi imba yaIsiraeri icharamba kukunzwa, nekuti havadi kundinzwa ini, nekuti imba yose yaIsiraeri vane huma dzakaoma, nomoyo mikukutu.

⁷But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee, for none of them will hearken unto me. For all the house of Israel are hard of forehead and stiff of heart.

⁸Tarira, ndinoomesa chiso chako sezvakaita zviso zvavo, nehuma yako sezvakaita huma dzavo.

⁸Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.

⁹Ndakaomesa huma yako sedhaimani rinokunda musarasara; usavatya, usavhunduswa nezviso zvavo, nekuti ivo iimba inondimukira simba.

⁹As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead. Fear them not, neither be dismayed at them, for they are a rebellious house.

¹⁰Akatiwo kwandiri, Mwanakomana womunhu, mashoko angu ose andichataura kwauri, uagamuchire mumoyo mako, uanzwe nenzeve dzako.

¹⁰And he said unto me, Son of man, all my words which I shall speak unto thee, receive in thy heart, and hear with thine ears;

¹¹Famba uende kuna vari mukutapwa, kuvana vavanhu vako, utaure navo uvaudze uti, Ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha, kana vachida kunzwa, kana vasingadi.

¹¹and go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, -- whether they will hear or whether they will forbear.

¹²Ipapo Mweya wakandisimudza, ndikanzwa shure kwangu mubvumo wokuunga kukuru, zvichiti, Kubwinya kwaJehovha ngakurumbidzwe panzvimbo yake.

¹²And the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the sound of a great rushing, [saying,] Blessed be the glory of Jehovah from his place!

¹³Ndikanzwa mubvumo wamapapiro ezvipenyu, achigunzvana, nomubvumo wamakumbo engoro kumativi azvo, uri mubvumo wokuunga kukuru.

¹³-- and the sound of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the sound of the wheels beside them, and the sound of a great rushing.

¹⁴Ipapo Mweya wakandisimudza, ndokundibvisapo; ndikaenda ndine shungu, mweya wangu wakatsamwa; ruoko rwaJehovha rwakanga ruri pamusoro pangu nesimba.

¹⁴And the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.

¹⁵Zvino ndakasvika kuna vaiva mukutapwa paTeriabhibhi, vakanga vagere parwizi rwaKebhari, ipapo pavakanga vagere; ini ndikagarapo pakati pavo mazuva manomwe ndichishayiwa mashoko.

¹⁵And I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river Chebar, and I sat where they sat; and I sat there astonied among them seven days.

¹⁶Zvino mazuva manomwe akati apera, shoko raJehovha rikasvika kwandiri richiti,

¹⁶And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

¹⁷Mwanakomana womunhu, ndakakuita nharire yeimba yaIsiraeri; naizvozvo chinzwa shoko rinobva mumuromo mangu, uvanyevere panzvimbo yangu.

¹⁷Son of man, I have appointed thee a watchman unto the house of Israel, and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me.

¹⁸Kana ini ndikati kuno wakaipa, Zvirokwazvo uchafa, iwe ukasamunyevera, kana kutaura zvinonyevera wakaipa panzira yake yakaipa, kuti aponese upenyu hwake, munhu uyu wakaipa achafira muzvakaipa zvake, asi ropa rake ndicharibvunza paruoko rwako.

¹⁸When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt certainly die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, that he may live: the same wicked [man] shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

¹⁹Asi kana iwe ukanyevera akaipa, akasatendeuka pazvakaipa zvake, kana panzira yake yakaipa, iye achafira muzvakaipa zvake, asi iwe waponesa hako mweya wako.

¹⁹But if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

²⁰Uyezve, kana munhu akarurama akatsauka pakururama kwake, akaita zvakaipa, ini ndikaisa chigumbuso pamberi pake, achafa; zvausina kumunyevera, achafira muzvivi zvake; zvakarurama zvaakaita hazvingarangarirwi, asi ropa rake ndicharibvunza paruoko rwako.

²⁰And when a righteous [man] doth turn from his righteousness, and do what is wrong, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die; because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous acts which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

²¹Asi kana ukanyevera munhu wakarurama, kuti wakarurama arege kutadza, iye akasatadza, zvirokwazvo achararama, nekuti wakateerera kunyeverwa, newe waponesa mweya wako.

²¹And if thou warn the righteous [man], that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall certainly live, for he hath taken warning; and thou hast delivered thy soul.

²²Ruoko rwaJehovha rwakanga ruri pamusoro pangu ipapo, akati kwandiri, Simuka, uende kubani, ndichataura newe ipapo.

²²And the hand of Jehovah was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the valley, and there I will talk with thee.

²³Zvino ndakasimuka, ndikaenda kubani, ndikaona kubwinya kwaJehovha kumirepo, kwakafanana nokubwinya kwandakaona parwizi rwaKebhari; ndikawira pasi nechiso changu.

²³And I arose, and went forth into the valley, and behold, the glory of Jehovah stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.

²⁴Ipapo Mweya wakapinda mandiri, ukandimisa namakumbo angu, ukataura neni, ukati kwandiri, Enda, undozvipfigira mumba mako.

²⁴And the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet; and he spoke with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thy house.

²⁵Asi iwe, Mwanakomana womunhu, tarira, vachauya nezvisungo kwauri, vachakusunga nazvo, kuti urege kubudira pakati pavo;

²⁵And thou, son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee therewith, and thou shalt not go out among them.

²⁶ini ndichanamatirisa rurimi rwako mumukamwa wako, kuti uve mbeveve, urege kuva murayiri wavo; nekuti ivo iimba inondimukira simba.

²⁶And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.

²⁷Asi kana ndichitaura newe, ndichashamisa muromo wako, iwe ugoti kwavari, Zvanzi nalshe Jehovha, anonzwa ngaanzwe, anoramba, ngaarambe; nekuti ivo iimba inondimukira simba.

²⁷And when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.