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

¹And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

²Mwanakomana womunhu, itira Farao mambo weEgipita mariro, uti kwaari, Iwe wakange wakafananidzwa neshumba duku pakati pamarudzi; asi uri shato huru mumakungwa; wakadhuka munzizi dzako, ukabvongodza mvura netsoka dzako, nokusvibisa nzizi dzavo.

²Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou wast like a young lion among the nations, and thou wast as a monster in the seas; and thou didst break forth in thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

³Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Ndichakanda mumbure wangu pamusoro pako neboka ravanhu vazhinji, ivo vachakubata nomumbure wangu.

³Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also spread out my net over thee with an assemblage of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in my net.

⁴Ndichakusiya panyika, ndichakurasira kusango pakachena, ndichamharisa shiri dzose dzokudenga pamusoro pako, ndichagutisa zvikara zvenyika dzose newe.

⁴And I will leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowl of the heavens to settle upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.

⁵Ndichayanika nyama yako pamusoro pamakomo, nokuzadza mipata nokukwirira kwako.

⁵And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with the heap of thy [members];

⁶Ndichadiridzawo nyika neropa rako rinoerera richibva kwauri, kusvikira kumakomo; hova dzichazadzwa newe.

⁶and I will water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the water-courses shall be full of thee.

⁷Kana ndichikudzima, ndichafukidza denga, nokudzima nyeredzi dzaro; ndichafukidza zuva negore, nomwedzi haungabudisi chiedza chawo.

⁷And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof black; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

⁸Zviedza zvose zvedenga, zvinopenya, ndichazvidzima pamusoro pako, ndichiisa rima panyika yako, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

⁸All the bright lights of the heavens will I make black over thee, and bring darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah.

⁹Ndichavodzawo moyo yamarudzi mazhinji avanhu, kana ndichisvitsa kuparadzwa kwako pakati pamarudzi, nokunyika dzawakanga usingazivi iwe.

⁹And I will vex the heart of many peoples, when I bring [the news of] thy destruction among the nations, into the countries that thou hast not known.

¹⁰Zvirokwazvo, ndichashamisa marudzi mazhinji avanhu pamusoro pako, madzimambo avo achamira vhudzi kwazvo, kana ndichitambisa munondo wangu pamberi pavo; vachadedera nguva dzose, mumwe nomumwe achadedera nokuda koupenyu hwake, nezuva rokuparadzwa kwako.

¹⁰And I will make many peoples amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid at thee, when I brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, each one for his life, in the day of thy fall.

¹¹nekuti zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Munondo wamambo waBhabhironi uchauya pamusoro pako.

¹¹For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.

¹²Ndicharayira minondo yavanesimba kuparadza vanhu vako vazhinji; ivo vose ndivo vanotyisa pakati pamarudzi, vachaparadza kuzvikudza kweEgipita, navanhu vayo vazhinji vachaparadzwa.

¹²By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall: the terrible of the nations are they all: and they shall spoil the pride of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.

¹³Ndichaparadzawo zvipfuwo zvayo zvose zviri kunhivi dzemvura zhinji, hakungazovi norutsoka rwomunhu ruchabvongodza, kana mahwanda ezvipfuwo angazoibvongodza.

¹³And I will destroy all the beasts thereof, from beside the great waters; and the foot of man shall not trouble them any more, nor shall the cloven hoofs of beasts trouble them.

¹⁴Ipapo ndichanyudza mvura yavo, nokuyeredza nzizi dzavo samafuta, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

¹⁴Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord Jehovah.

¹⁵Zvino nenguva yandichaita nyika yeEgipita dongo rakaparadzwa, nyika yakatorerwa zvayakanga izere nazvo, nenguva yandicharova vose vageremo, nenguva iyo vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha.

¹⁵When I shall make the land of Egypt a desolation, and the country shall be left desolate of all that was in it, when I have smitten all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I [am] Jehovah.

¹⁶Awa ndiwo mariro avachachema nawo; vakunda vamarudzi vachachema nawo; vachachema nawo pamusoro peEgipita navanhu vose vayo vazhinji, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

¹⁶It is a lamentation, and [thus] they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall say it in lamenting; they shall say it in lamenting over Egypt and over all her multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah.

¹⁷Zvino negore regumi namaviri, nezuva regumi namashanu rwomwedzi, shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri richiti,

¹⁷And it came to pass in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

¹⁸Mwanakomana womunhu, ungudza pamusoro pavanhu vazhinji veEgipita, uvawisire pasi, iyo nyika navakunda vamarudzi ane mbiri, kusvikira kunzvimbo dziri pasi penyika, pamwechete navanoburukira kugomba.

¹⁸Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, her and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the lower parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

¹⁹Unopfuura aniko pakunaka? Buruka, ugondoradzikwa kuna vasina kudzingiswa.

¹⁹Whom dost thou surpass in beauty? Go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

²⁰Vachawa pakati pavakaurawa nomunondo; Egipita yakatemerwa munondo, chiikweverai pasi, iyo navanhu vayo vazhinji.

²⁰They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword. The sword hath been given: draw her out, and all her multitudes.

²¹Vane simba pakati pemhare vachataura naye navanomubatsira, vari pakati peSheori; vaburukirako, vavete vanyerere, ivo vasina kudzingiswa, vaurawa nomunondo.

²¹The strong among the mighty, with them that helped him, shall speak to him out of the midst of Sheol: they are gone down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

²²Ashuri riripo neboka raro rose; marinda aro akarikomberedza, vose vakaurawa, vakawiswa pasi nomunondo.

²²There is Asshur and all his assemblage, his graves round about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword;

²³marinda aro akaiswa kumicheto yegomba, boka raro rakakomberedza rinda raro; vose vakaurawa, vakawiswa pasi nomunondo, ivo vaityisa munyika yavapenyu.

²³their graves are set in the sides of the pit, and his assemblage is round about his grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, -- who caused terror in the land of the living.

²⁴Eramu riripo navanhu varo vazhinji vose vakakomberedza rinda raro, vose vakaurawa, vakawiswa pasi nomunondo, ivo vakaburukira kunzvimbo dzapasi dzenyika vasina kudzingiswa, ivo vaityisa munyika yavapenyu, vakava nemhosva yezvinonyadzisa zvavo, pamwechete navanoburukira kugomba.

²⁴There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised unto the lower parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their confusion with them that go down to the pit.

²⁵Rakaisirwa nhovo pakati pavakaurawa pamwechete navanhu varo vazhinji vose, marinda aro akarikomberedza; vose havana kudzingiswa, vakaurayiwa nomunondo; nekuti vaityisa munyika yavapenyu, vakava nemhosva yezvinonyadzisa zvavo, pamwechete navanoburukira kugomba, rakaiswa pakati pavakaurawa.

²⁵They have set him a bed in the midst of the slain, with all his multitude: their graves are round about him, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though their terror was caused in the land of the living; and they have borne their confusion with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that are slain.

²⁶Mesheki neTubhari aripo navanhu vavo vose vazhinji; marinda awo akakomberedza; vose havana kudzingiswa, vakaurawa nomunondo, nekuti vaityisa munyika yavapenyu.

²⁶There is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude, their graves round about them, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living.

²⁷Havangavati pakati pemhare dzakaurawa dzavasina kudzingiswa, vakaburukira kuSheori vane nhumbi dzavo dzokurwa, vakaisa minondo yavo pasi pemisoro yavo, zvakaipa zvavo zviri pamusoro pamafupa avo; nekuti vaityisa mhare munyika yavapenyu.

²⁷And they lie not with the mighty, [that are] fallen of the uncircumcised, who are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war; and whose swords are laid under their heads, and whose iniquities are upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.

²⁸Asi iwe uchaputswa pakati pavasina kudzingiswa, uchavata pakati pavakaurayiwa nomunondo.

²⁸Thou also shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword.

²⁹Edhomu riripo, namadzimambo aro namachinda aro ose, akaradzikwa pakati pavakaurayiwa nomunondo, kunyange aiva nesimba; vachavata pakati pavasina kudzingiswa, uye pamwechete navanoburukira kugomba.

²⁹There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, who in their might are laid with them that are slain by the sword: they lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.

³⁰Machinda okurutivi rwokumusoro aripo, iwo ose, navaSidhoni vose vakaburukira pasi pamwechete navakaurayiwa; vakanyadziswa nokuda kokutyisa kwakabva pasimba ravo, vavete, vasina kudzingiswa, pamwechete navakaurawa nomunondo, vane mhosva yezvinonyadzisa zvavo pamwechete navanoburukira kugomba.

³⁰There are the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, that are gone down with the slain -- ashamed of the terror which they caused through their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword, and bear their confusion with them that go down to the pit.

³¹Farao achavaona, ndokunyaradzwa pamusoro pavanhu vake vose vazhinji, iye Farao nehondo yake yose, yakaurayiwa nomunondo , ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

³¹Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord Jehovah.

³²nekuti ndakaisa kutyisa kwake panyika yavapenyu; iye acharadzikwa pakati pavasina kudzingiswa, pakati pavakaurayiwa nomunondo, iye Farao navanhu vake vose vazhinji, Ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

³²For I have caused my terror in the land of the living; and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah.