1Inzwai shoko raJehovha, Imi vana vaIsiraeri, nekuti Jehovha ane gakava navanhu vagere munyika ino, nekuti hakune zvokwadi, kana unyoro, kana kuziva Mwari munyika ino.
1Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land; for there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2Hakune zvimwe asi kupika, nokunyengera, nokuuraya, nokuba, nokuita upombwe; vanopaza dzimba, kuteura ropa kunoramba kuchitevera kuteura ropa.
2Swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, -- they break out; and blood toucheth blood.
3Saka nyika ichachema, mumwe nomumwe ageremo achapera simba, pamwechete nemhuka dzesango neshiri dzokudenga; naidzo hove dzegungwa dzichabviswa.
3For this shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
4Ngakurege kuva nomunhu anokakavara kana munhu anotuka; nekuti vanhu vako vakaita savanokakavara nomupristi.
4Yet let no man strive, and let no man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
5Iwe uchagumburwa masikati, nomuporofita achagumburwawo pamwechete newe usiku; ndichaparadza mai vako.
5And thou shalt stumble by day; and the prophet also shall stumble with thee by night: and I will destroy thy mother.
6Vanhu vangu vaparadzwa nokushaiwa zivo; zvawaramba zivo, neni ndichakurambawo, kuti urege kuva mupristi wangu; zvawakangamwa murayiro waMwari wako, neniwo ndichakangamwa vana vako.
6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; for thou hast rejected knowledge, and I will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
7Vakati vachiwanda, kunditadzira kwavo kukawandawo, ndichashandura kukudzwa kwavo ndikuite kunyadziswa.
7As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.
8Vakaguta nezvinobva pazvivi zvavanhu vangu, vanopanga nemwoyo yavo zvakaipa zvavo.
8They eat the sin of my people, and their soul longeth for their iniquity.
9Saka zvakaita vanhu, ndizvo zvichaita mupristiwo; ndichavarova pamusoro penzira dzavo, ndichavaripidzira zvavanobata.
9And it shall be as the people so the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them, and recompense to them their doings;
10Vachadya, asi havangaguti; vachapata, asi havangawandi, nekuti vakarega kuva nehanya naJehovha.
10and they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: for they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.
11Kufeva newaini newaini, itsva, zvinobvisa njere.
11Fornication, and wine, and new wine take away the heart.
12Vanhu vangu vanobvunza mano padanda ravo, vanoziviswa netsvimbo yavo; nekuti mweya wokufeva wakavatadzisa, vakapata, ndokurasa Mwari wavo.
12My people ask counsel of their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredoms causeth [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God:
13Vanobayira pamusoro pamakomo, vanopisira zvinonhuhwira pazvikomo, napasi pemioki, nemipopirari, nemiterebhini, nekuti mimvuri yayo yakanaka, naizvozvo vakunda venyu vanopata, mwenga yenyu inofeva.
13they sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oak and poplar and terebinth, because the shade thereof is good; therefore your daughters play the harlot and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
14Handingarovi vakunda venyu kana vachipata, nemwenga yenyu kana ichifeva; nekuti varume vanoenda vari voga nezvifeve, vanobayira navakadzi vanofeva; vanhu vasinganzwisisi vachaparadzwa.
14I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your daughters-in-law for their committing adultery; for they themselves go aside with harlots, and they sacrifice with prostitutes: and the people that doth not understand shall come to ruin.
15Kunyange imi, Isiraeri, muchipata, Judha ngavarege kupara mhaka; musasvika Girigari, musakwira Bhetiavheni, uye musapika, muchiti, NaJehovha mupenyu!
15Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, let not Judah trespass; and come ye not unto Gilgal, neither go up to Beth-aven, nor swear [As] Jehovah liveth!
16nekuti Isiraeri vanakomana, setsiru rinokoma; zvino Jehovha achavafudza segwayana panzvimbo mhamhi.
16For Israel is refractory as an untractable heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide [pasture].
17Efuremu anonamatirana nezvifananidzo, muregei.
17-- Ephraim is joined to idols: leave him alone.
18Zvavanomwa zvinovava; vanoramba vachipata; vabati vavo vanofarira zvikuru zvinonyadzisa.
18Their drink is sour; they give themselves up to whoredom; her great men passionately love [their] shame.
19Mhepo yakavaputira namapapiro ayo; vachanyadziswa nokuda kwezvibayiro zvavo.
19The wind hath wrapped her up in its wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.