1Korona, inozvikudza, yavakabatwa vokwaEfuremu, ine nhamo, uye ruva, rinooma, rokunaka kwake kukuru, riri pamusoro womupata wakaworera wavakakundwa newaini.
1Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious adornment, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine.
2Tarirai, Ishe anomumwe anesimba anokurira; achawisira pasi noruoko rwake sedutu guru rine chimvuramabwe, sedutu rinoparadza, sokunaya kwemvura zhinji inokukura kose.
2Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, as a storm of hail [and] a destroying tempest; as a storm of mighty waters overflowing, shall he cast down to the earth with might.
3Korona inozvikudza yavakabatwa vokwaEfuremu ichatsikwa pasi netsoka;
3The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet;
4ruva, rinooma, rokunaka kwake kukuru, riri pamusoro womupata wakaworera richava sewonde rinotanga kuibva zhizha richigere kusvika; rinoti richatarirwa nowariona, ndokuridya richiri muruoko rwake.
4and the fading flower of his glorious adornment which is on the head of the fat valley shall be like an early fig before the summer: as soon as he that seeth it perceiveth it, scarcely is it in his hand, he swalloweth it down.
5Nezuva iro Jehovha wehondo achava korona inobwinya noukomba hwakaisvonaka kuna vakasara vavanhu vake;
5In that day will Jehovah of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the remnant of his people;
6nomweya wokururamisa kunowagere pakutonga, nesimba kuna vanodzosera vanorwa pasuwo.
6and for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
7Asi naivo vanodzungunyika newaini, vanodzedzereka nezvinobata; mupristi nomuporofita vanodzungunyika nezvinobata, vakamedzwa newaini, vanodzedzereka nezvinobata; vanokanganiswa pakuona, vanogumburwa pakutonga.
7But these also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are they gone astray. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are overpowered by wine, they are gone astray through strong drink; they have erred in vision, they have stumbled [in] judgment.
8nekuti matafura avo azere namarutsi anosemesa, hapana pakanaka.
8For all tables are full of filthy vomit, so that there is no [more] place.
9Ndianiko waachadzidzisa ruzivo? Ndianiko waachadzidzisa kunzwisisa shoko? Ivo vakarumurwa pamukaka, vakabviswa pazamu here?
9Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand the report? Them that are weaned from the milk, withdrawn from the breasts?
10nekuti zvinongoti chirevo pamusoro pechirevo, chirevo pamusoro pechirevo, murayiro pamusoro pomurayiro, murayiro pamusoro pomurayiro, apa zvishoma, napapo zvishoma.
10For [it is] precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little. ...
11Zvirokwazvo achataura norudzi urwu navanhu vane miromo yorumwe rudzi, norurimi rwokumwe;
11For with stammering lips and a strange tongue will he speak to this people;
12akati kwavari, Zororo riri pano, zorodzai vakaneta; pano ndipo panokutonhorera; asi vakaramba kuteerera.
12to whom he said, This is the rest: cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing. But they would not hear.
13Saka shoko raJehovha richava kwavari, chirevo pamusoro pechirevo, chirevo pamusoro pechirevo, murayiro pamusoro pomurayiro, murayiro pamusoro pomurayiro, apa napapo zvishoma; kuti vaende, vawe nenhendashure, vavhunike, vabatwe nomusungo, vatapwe.
13And the word of Jehovah was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little: that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
14Naizvozvo inzwai shoko raJehovha, imwi vadadi, vanobata noushe vanhu ava vari paJerusaremu,
14Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15imwi zvamakati, Takaita sungano norufu, takatenderana neSheori, kana shamhu, inokukura, ichipfuura, haingasviki kwatiri, nekuti nhema takadziita utiziro bwedu, takandovanda pasi pokunyengetera;
15For ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol have we made an agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves.
16naizvozvo Ishe Jehovha anoti, Tarirai, ndinoisa paZiyoni ibwe rive nheyo, riri ibwe rakaedzwa, rinokosha rekona kuita nheyo yakasimba; anotenda haakurumidzi.
16Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I lay for foundation in Zion a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone, a sure foundation: he that trusteth shall not make haste.
17Kururamisira ndichakuita rwonzi, nokururama ndichakuita chokururamisa nacho; chimvuramabwe chichakukura utiziro bwenhema, mvura ichafukidza nzvimbo yokuvanda.
17And I will appoint judgment for a line, and righteousness for a plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.
18Sungano yenyu yamakaita norufu ichadzimwa, nokutenderana kwenyu neSheori hakungamiri; kana shamhu, inokukura, ichipfuura, muchatsikwa pasi nayo.
18And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, ye shall be trodden down by it.
19Nguva imwe neimwe kana ichipfuura, ichakutorai; nekuti masikati nousiku, mangwanani namangwanani, ichapfuura, kuchangonotyisachetekunzwisisa mharidzo yakadaro.
19As it passeth through it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night; and it shall be terror only to understand the report.
20nekuti mubhedha uchava mupfupi, munhu haangagoni kutandavara pamusoro pawo, nejira richava duku, munhu haangagoni kuzvifukidza naro.
20For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow when he would wrap himself in it.
21nekuti Jehovha achasimuka sezvaakaita pagomo rePerazimi, achatsamwa sezvaakaita pamupata weGibhiyoni; kuti abate basa rake, iro basa rake rinoshamisa, nokuita izvo zvaanoita, zvinoshamisa.
21For Jehovah will rise up as on mount Perazim, he will be moved with anger as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and perform his act, his unwonted act.
22Naizvozvo regai kuva vadadi, kuti zvisungo zvenyu zvirege kusimbiswa; nekuti ndakanzwa kuna Ishe Jehovha wehondo kuti nyika yose yakatemerwa kuparadzwa.
22Now therefore be ye not scorners, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard from the Lord Jehovah of hosts a consumption, and [one] determined, upon the whole land.
23Rerekai nzeve dzenyu, munzwe inzwi rangu; teererai, munzwe kutaura kwangu.
23Give ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
24Ko murimi, anoda kudzvara, unoswera achirima here? Anoswera achiparura munda nokuputsa mavhinga here?
24Doth the ploughman plough all day to sow? Is he [all day] opening and breaking the clods of his land?
25Kana achinge aenzanisa ivhu rawo, haakushi kumini nhema here, nokudzvara kumini, nokuisa gorosi mumisara, nebhari pandima dzakatarwa, nesipereti kunhivi dzawo here?
25Doth he not, when he hath levelled the face thereof, cast abroad dill, and scatter cummin, and set the wheat in rows, and the barley in an appointed place, and the rye in its border?
26nekuti Mwari wake anomuzivisa zvakanaka nokumudzidzisa.
26His God doth instruct him in [his] judgment, he doth teach him.
27nekuti kumini nhema haipurwi nomupuro unopinza, negumbo rengoro harikunguruswi pamusoro pekumini; asi kumini nhema inopurwa netsvimbo, nekumini neshamhu.
27For the dill is not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart-wheel turned about upon the cummin; but dill is beaten out with a staff, and cummin with a rod.
28Zviyo zvechingwa zvinokuyiwa, haangarambi achizvipura; kunyange gumbo rengoro yake namabhiza ake zvichizviparadzira, haangazvikuyi.
28Bread [corn] is crushed, because he will not ever be threshing it; and if he drove the wheels of his cart and his horses [over it], he would not crush it.
29Naizvozvi zvinobva kuna Jehovha wehondo, anoshamisa nezvaanofunga, mukuru kwazvo pakubata kwake.
29This also cometh forth from Jehovah of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel, great in wisdom.