¹VaIsiraeri muzambiringa unotanda zvakanaka, unobereka zvibereko zvawo; zvibereko zvavo zvakati zvichiwanda, vakawanzawo maaritari avo; nyika yavo yakati ichifara, ivo vakazviitirawo shongwe dzakanaka.

¹Israel is an unpruned vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly statues.

²Mwoyo yavo inonyengera, zvino vachapiwa mhaka; acharova maaritari avo, achaparadza shongwe dzavo.

²Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will break down their altars, he will destroy their statues.

³Zvirokwazvo, zvino vachati, Hatina mambo, nekuti hatityi Jehovha; kana ari mambo angatiitireiko?

³For now they will say, We have no king, for we feared not Jehovah; and a king, what can he do for us?

⁴Vanotaura mashoko asina maturo, vanopika nhema pakuita kwavo sungano; naizvozvo kutongwa kwavo kunomera somuti unouraya mumihoronga yomunda.

⁴They speak [mere] words, swearing falsely in making a covenant; therefore shall judgment spring up as hemlock in the furrows of the fields.

⁵Vagere Samaria vachatya mhuru dzeBhetiavheni; nekuti vanhu varo vachaichema, navapristi varo vaiifarira, nokuda kokukudzwa kwayo, nekuti kwabva kwairi.

⁵The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calf of Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the idolatrous priests thereof shall tremble for it, for its glory, because it is departed from it.

⁶Ichaiswawo Asiria, chive chipo chamambo Jarebhi; Efuremu vachanyadziswa, Isiraeri vachanyadziswa namano avo.

⁶Yea, it shall be carried unto Assyria [as] a present for king Jareb: Ephraim shall be seized with shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

⁷Kana riri Samaria, mambo waro waparadzwa sechipande pamusoro pemvura.

⁷As for Samaria her king is cut off as chips upon the face of the waters.

⁸Nzvimbo dzakakwirira dzeAvheniwo, izvo zvivi zvaIsiraeri, dzichaparadzwa; munzwa norukato zvichamera pamaaritari avo; zvino vachati kumakomo, Tifukidzei, nokuzvikomo, Wirai pamusoro pedu.

⁸And the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up upon their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us! and to the hills, Fall on us!

⁹Aiwa, Isiraeri, makatadza kubva pamazuva eGibhiya; ndipo pavakamira; ko vachakundwa nehondo inorwa navana vezvakaipa paGibhiya here?

⁹From the days of Gibeah hast thou sinned, O Israel: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.

¹⁰Nguva yandinoda ndichavaranga; marudzi avanhu achavaunganira kana vakasungirwa pazvisakarurama zvavo zviviri.

¹⁰At my pleasure will I chastise them; and the peoples shall be assembled against them, when they are bound for their two iniquities.

¹¹Efuremu itsiru rakapingudzwa, rinofarira kupura zviyo; asi ini ndimene ndasvika pamutsipa waro wakanaka, ndaisa mutasvi pamusoro paEfuremu; Judha vacharima, Jakove achaputsa mavhinga ake.

¹¹And Ephraim is a trained heifer, that loveth to tread out [the corn]; I have passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to draw; Judah shall plough, Jacob shall break his clods.

¹²Zvidzvarirei mukururama, mugocheka zvorudo; undai makombo enyu, nekuti inguva yokutsvaka Jehovha, kusvikira achiuya achikunisirai zvakarurama.

¹²Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

¹³Makarima zvakashata, makacheka zvakaipa, makadya zvibereko zvenhema, nekuti makanga muchivimba nenzira yenyu, uye nokuwanda kwemhare dzenyu.

¹³Ye have ploughed wickedness, reaped iniquity, eaten the fruit of lies; for thou didst confide in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.

¹⁴Naizvozvo bope richamuka pakati pavanhu venyu, nhare dzenyu dzose dzichaparadzwa, Sharimani sezvaakaparadza Bhetiaribheri nezuva rokurwa, mai vakaputsanyiwa pamwechete navana vavo.

¹⁴And a tumult shall arise among thy peoples, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces with the children.

¹⁵Ndizvo zvamuchaitirwa neBhetieri nemhaka yokushata kwenyu kukuru; mambo waIsiraeri achaparadzwa chose mambakwedza.

¹⁵So shall Bethel do unto you because of the wickedness of your wickedness: at day-break shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.