¹Zvino iwe Mwanakomana womunhu, tora munondo unopinza; uutore chive chisvo kwauri, ugoveura nawo musoro wako nendebvu dzako, ipapo utore chiyero chokuyera nacho, ndokukamura vhudzi.

¹And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife; a barber's razor shalt thou take; and cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy beard: and thou shalt take balances to weigh, and divide the [hair].

²Zvino chetatu charo upise nomoto pakati peguta, kana mazuva okukombwa kwaro apera; utorewo chimwe chetatu, ugotema nomunondo kumativi aro ose; uye chetatu uparadzire kumhepo, ipapo ini ndichavhomora munondo shure kwavo.

²A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part, [and] smite about it with a knife; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.

³Zvino utorewo rimwe shomanene, urisungire munguvo dzako.

³And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts;

⁴Ipapo utorezve rimwe raro, urikandire mumoto, uchiripisa mumoto; ipapo pachabudira moto kuimba yose yaIsiraeri.

⁴and thou shalt take of these again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire: from it shall a fire come forth against all the house of Israel.

⁵Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Iri ndiro Jerusaremu ndakariisa pakati pamarudzi, rakapoteredzwa nedzimwe nyika kumativi ose.

⁵Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem: I have set her in the midst of the nations, and the countries are round about her.

⁶Asi rakaramba mitemo yangu richiita zvakaipa kupfuura mamwe marudzi, nokuramba zvandakarayira kupfuura dzimwe nyika dzakaripoteredza; nekuti ivo vakaramba mitemo yangu, nezvandakarayira havana kufamba mazviri.

⁶And she hath rebelled against my judgments in wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for mine ordinances have they refused; and my statutes, they have not walked in them.

⁷Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Zvamune hasha kupfuura marudzi akakukomberedzai, mukasafamba munezvandakarayira nokusachengeta mitemo yangu, kunyange kuita nemitemo yamarudzi akakupoteredzai,

⁷Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have been turbulent more than the nations that are round about you, [and] have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept mine ordinances, nor [even] have done according to the ordinances of the nations that are round about you;

⁸naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarirai, ini, iyeni, ndine mhaka nemi, ndichaita zvandakatonga pakati penyu mamwe marudzi achizviona.

⁸therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations;

⁹Ndichaita pakati penyu zvandisina kumboita, uye handingatongoitizve zvakadai, nemhaka yezvinonyangadza zvenyu zvose.

⁹and I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.

¹⁰Naizvozvo madzibaba achadya vanakomana vavo mukati mako, navanakomana vachadya madzibaba avo; ndichakuitira zvandakatonga, ndichaparadzira vakasara vako kumhepo dzose.

¹⁰Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter to all the winds.

¹¹Saka noupenyu hwangu ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha zvirokwazvo, zvawakasvibisa nzvimbo yangu tsvene nezvose zvako zvinosemesa nezvose zvako zvinonyangadza, saka neni ndichabva kwamuri, ziso rangu haringakupembedzi, handingavi netsitsiwo.

¹¹Wherefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, verily because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also withdraw mine eye, and it shall not spare, nor will I have any pity.

¹²Chetatu chako chichafa nehosha yakaipa, uye vachapedzwa nenzara mukati mako; chetatu chichaparadzwa nomunondo kumativi ako, nechimwe chikamu chetatu ndichachiparadzira kumhepo dzose, nokuvhomora munondo shure kwavo.

¹²A third part of thee shall die by the pestilence, and shall be consumed by the famine in the midst of thee; and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part to all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.

¹³Saizvozvo kutsamwa kwangu kuchapera, nehasha dzangu kwavari ndichadzigumisa, ndikanyaradzwa; vachaziva kuti ini Jehovha ndakataura nokushingayira kwangu, kana ndapedza hasha dzangu pamusoro pavo.

¹³And mine anger shall be accomplished, and I will satisfy my fury upon them, and I will comfort myself; and they shall know that I Jehovah have spoken in my jealousy, when I have accomplished my fury upon them.

¹⁴Ndichakuita dongo nechinhu chinoshorwa pakati pamarudzi anokupoteredza, zvichionekwa navose vanopfuura napo.

¹⁴And I will make thee a waste and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

¹⁵Saizvozvo chichava chinhu chinoshorwa nechinosekwa, chinonyevera nechinoshamisa, kumarudzi ose anokupoteredza, kana ndichikuitira zvandakatonga ndakatsamwa, ndiine hasha, ndichikutukai nehasha ini Jehovha, ndini ndakataura izvozvo;

¹⁵And it shall be a reproach, and a taunt, an instruction, and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments upon thee in anger, and in fury, and in furious rebukes: I, Jehovah, have spoken.

¹⁶kana ndichituma pamusoro pavo miseve yakaipa yenzara, ine basa rokuparadza, yandichatuma kuti ikuparadzeyi. Ndichawedzera nzara pamusoro penyu, nokuvhuna mudonzvo wenyu wezvokudya.

¹⁶When I send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for [their] destruction, which I send to destroy you, then will I increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread.

¹⁷Ndichatuma pamusoro penyu nzara nezvikara zvakaipa zvichakutorerai vana; hosha yakaipa neropa zvichapfuura napakati pako; ndichauyisa munondo pamusoro pako. Ini Jehovha, ndini ndakataura izvozvo.

¹⁷And I will send upon you famine and evil beasts, which shall bereave thee of children; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee: I, Jehovah, have spoken.