¹Ruoko rwaJehovha rwakanga ruri pamusoro pangu, akandibudisa noMweya waJehovha, akandondiisa pakati pomupata; iwo wakange uzere namafupa;

¹The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and Jehovah carried me out in the Spirit, and set me down in the midst of a valley; and it was full of bones.

²akandipfuudza napakati pawo kumativi ose; tarirai, aivapo akawanda kwazvo pakachena pamupata; uye tarirai, akanga akaoma kwazvo.

²And he caused me to pass by them round about; and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and behold, they were very dry.

³Akati kwandiri, Mwanakomana, mafupa awa angararama here? Ndikapindura, ndikati, Imi Ishe Jehovha munozviziva.

³And he said unto me, Son of man, Shall these bones live? And I said, Lord Jehovah, thou knowest.

⁴Zvino akatizve kwandiri, Porofita pamusoro pamafupa awa, uti kwaari, Imi mafupa akaoma, inzwai shoko raJehovha.

⁴And he said unto me, Prophesy over these bones, and say unto them, Ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah.

⁵Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha kumafupa awa, Tarirai, ndichapinza mweya mukati menyu, muchararamazve.

⁵Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.

⁶Ndichaisa marunda pamusoro penyu, nokuuyisa nyama pamusoro penyu, nokukufukidzai neganda, nokuisa mweya mukati menyu, murarame; zvino muchaziva kuti ndini Jehovha.

⁶And I will put sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live: and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.

⁷Ipapo ndakaporofita sezvandakarayirwa; zvino ndakati ndichiporofita, mubvumo ukavapo, uye, tarira, kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakavapowo; mafupa akaswederana, pfupa rimwe kune rimwe pfupa raro.

⁷And I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a rustling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

⁸Ndikatarira, wane marunda avapo pamusoro pawo, nyama ikauya, ganda rikaafukidza pamusoro payo; asi makanga musina mweya mukati mawo.

⁸And I looked, and behold, sinews and flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them.

⁹Ipapo akati kwandiri, porofitira kumhepo, porofita, Mwanakomana womunhu, uti kumhepo, zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Uya uchibva kumativi mana anobva mhepo, iwe mweya, ufuridzire pamusoro pavava vakaurawa, kuti vararame.

⁹And he said unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

¹⁰Ipapo ndakaporofita sezvaakandirayira, mweya ukapinda mukati mavo, vakararama, vakamira netsoka dzavo, iri hondo huru kwazvo.

¹⁰And I prophesied as he had commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

¹¹Zvino akati kwandiri, Mwanakomana womunhu, mafupa awa ndiyo imba yose yaIsiraeri. Tarira ivo vanoti, mafupa edu aoma, tariro yedu yaenda, taparadzwa chose.

¹¹And he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off!

¹²Naizvozvo porofita, uti kwavari zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarirai, ndichazarura marinda enyu, ndichakukwidzai mubve mumarinda enyu, imwi vanhu vangu; ndichakusvitsai munyika yaIsiraeri.

¹²Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O my people, and bring you into the land of Israel.

¹³Muchaziva kuti ndini Jehovha, kana ndazarura marinda enyu, ndikakukwidzai mubve mumarinda enyu, imwi vanhu vangu.

¹³And ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah, when I have opened your graves, and have caused you to come up out of your graves, O my people.

¹⁴Ndichaisa mweya wangu mukati menyu, murarame, ndichakuisai munyika yenyu; zvino muchaziva kuti ini Jehovha ndakazvitaura ndikazviita, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹⁴And I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I will place you in your own land: and ye shall know that I Jehovah have spoken, and have done [it], saith Jehovah.

¹⁵Shoko raJehovha rakasvikazve kwandiri, richiti,

¹⁵And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

¹⁶Zvino iwe, Mwanakomana womunhu, tora rutanda rumwe, unyore pamusoro parwo, kuti, ZvaJudha, nezvavana vaIsiraeri shamwari dzake; ipapo utore rumwe rutanda, unyore pamusoro parwo, kuti, ZvaJosefa, rutanda rwaEfuremu, nezveimba yose yavaIsiraeri shamwari dzake;

¹⁶And thou, son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel, his companions. And take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.

¹⁷zvino uzvibatanidzire matanda iwawo, ruve rutanda rumwe, ruve rumwe muruoko rwako.

¹⁷And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thy hand.

¹⁸Zvino kana vana vavanhu vako vakataura newe vachiti kwauri, Haungatizivisi zvaunoda kuratidza nezvinhu izvi here?

¹⁸And when the children of my people speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not declare unto us what thou meanest by these?

¹⁹Iwe uti kwavari, zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarirai, ndichatora rutanda rwaJosefa, ruri muruoko rwaEfuremu, namarudzi aIsiraeri shamwari dzake; ndichavaisa kwaruri, kurutanda rwaJudha, ndivaite rutanda rumwe, vachaita rumwe muruoko rwangu.

¹⁹say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions, and will put them with this, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand.

²⁰Zvino matanda aunonyora pamusoro pawo anofanira kuva muruoko rwako vazvione.

²⁰And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes.

²¹Ipapo uti kwavari, zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarirai, ndichabvisa vana vaIsiraeri pakati pamarudzi, kwavakaenda, ndichavaunganidza vabve kumativi ose, ndivaise kunyika yavo;

²¹And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, whither they are gone, and will gather them from every side, and bring them into their own land:

²²ndichavaita rudzi rumwe panyika, pamakomo aIsiraeri; mambo mumwe uchava mambo wavose, havangazovi marudzi maviri, uye havangatongozovi ushe huviri hwakaparadzana;

²²and I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.

²³havangazozvisvibisi nezvifananidzo zvavo, kana nezvinhu zvavo zvinosemesa, kana nechinhu chipi nechipi chavanodarika nacho; asi ndichavaponesa pose pavagere, pavaitadza, nokuvanatsa; saizvozvo vachava vanhu vangu, neni ndichava Mwari wavo.

²³And they shall not defile themselves any more with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; and I will save them out of all their dwelling-places wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

²⁴Muranda wangu Dhavhidhi achava mambo wavo; vose vachava nomufudzi mumwe; vachafambawo nezvandakarayira, nokuchengeta mitemo yangu, vachiita.

²⁴And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: and they shall walk in mine ordinances, and keep my statutes, and do them.

²⁵Vachagara munyika yandakapa Jakove muranda wangu, maigara madzibaba enyu; vachagaramo, ivo navana vavo, navana vavana vavo, nokusingaperi; Dhavhidhi muranda wangu achava muchinda wavo nokusingaperi.

²⁵And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever.

²⁶Ndichaitawo sungano yorugare navo, ichava sungano isingaperi navo; ndichavaisapo, nokuvawanza, nokuisa nzvimbo yangu tsvene pakati pavo nokusingaperi.

²⁶And I will make a covenant of peace with them: it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for ever.

²⁷Tabhenakeri yanguvo ichava pakati pavo; ini ndichava Mwari wavo, naivo vachava vanhu vangu.

²⁷And my tabernacle shall be over them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

²⁸Zvino marudzi achaziva kuti ndini Jehovha, anoita vaIsiraeri vatsvene, kana nzvimbo yangu tsvene iri pakati pavo nokusingaperi.

²⁸And the nations shall know that I Jehovah do hallow Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for ever.