¹Zvino shoko raJehovha rakauya kwandiri, richiti,

¹And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

²Enda, undodana munzeve dzaveJerusaremu, uti zvanzi naJehovha, Ndakarangarira pamusoro pako hunyoro hwohuduku hwako norudo rwenguva yokuwanikwa kwako, kuti wakanditevera murenje, munyika yakanga isina kudzvarwa.

²Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

³Isiraeri vakanga vari rudzi rutsvene kuna Jehovha, zvibereko zvitsva zvaakazviwanira; vose vanomudya vachava nemhosva; vachawirwa nezvakaipa ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

³Israel was holiness unto Jehovah, the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him are guilty; evil shall come upon them, saith Jehovah.

⁴Inzwai shoko raJehovha, imwi imba yaJakove, nemhuri dzose dzeimba yaIsiraeri,

⁴Hear the word of Jehovah, house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.

⁵Zvanzi naJehovha, Madzibaba enyu akawana zvisakarurama zvipiko kwandiri, zvavakaenda kure neni, zvavakatevera zvisina maturo, ivo vamene vakava vasina maturo?

⁵Thus saith Jehovah: What injustice have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and become vain?

⁶Uye havana kureva, vachiti, Uripiko Jehovha wakatibudisa panyika yeEgipita, akatifambisa murenje, munyika ina masango namakomba, munyika yakaoma neyomumvuri worufu, munyika isingafambi nomunhu achipfuurapo, musingagari munhu?

⁶And they said not, Where is Jehovah, that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and of pits, in a land of drought and of the shadow of death, in a land that no one passeth through, and where no man dwelleth?

⁷Ndakakusvitsai munyika ineminda yakaorera, kuti mudye zvibereko zvayo nezvakanaka zvayo; asi makati mapinda, mukasvibisa nyika yangu, mukaita nhaka yangu chinhu chinonyangadza.

⁷And I brought you into a fruitful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof; and ye entered and defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

⁸Vapristi havana kuti, Jehovha uripiko? Vaifambisa mirairo vakanga vasingandizivi, vafudzi vaindidarikira, vaporofita vaiporofitira Bhaari, vachitevera zvinhu zvisingabatsiri.

⁸The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handled the law knew me not; and the shepherds transgressed against me; and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after [things that] do not profit.

⁹Saka zvanzi naJehovha, Ndicharamba ndichikakavara nemi, ndichakakavara navana vavana venyu.

⁹Therefore will I yet plead with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children's children will I plead.

¹⁰nekuti yambukirai kuzviwi zveKitimi, muone; tumai vanhu Kedhari, mufungisise zvakanaka, muone kana kwakambovapo chinhu chakadai.

¹⁰For pass over to the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there have been such a thing.

¹¹Ko rudzi ruripo rwakatsinhanhisa vamwari varwo, ivo vasati vari vamwari here? Asi vanhu vangu vakatsinhanisa kukudzwa kwavo nezvinhu zvisingabatsiri.

¹¹Hath a nation changed [its] gods? and they are no gods; -- but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

¹²Shamiswa nechinhu ichi, iwe denga rose, utye zvikuru, uvhunduswe kwazvo ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹²Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, and shudder; be amazed very much, saith Jehovah.

¹³nekuti vanhu vangu vakaita zvinhu zviviri zvakaipa. Vakandisiya, ini tsime remvura mhenyu, vakazvicherera mativi, mativi akaputsika, asingagoni kuchengeta mvura.

¹³For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew them out cisterns, broken cisterns that hold no water.

¹⁴Isiraeri muranda here? Ko ndiye muranda wakaberekerwa mumba matenzi wake here? Ko zvino wapambwa seiko?

¹⁴Is Israel a bondman? Is he a home-born [slave]? Why is he become a spoil?

¹⁵Vana veshumba vakamuombera, vakarira, nokuparadza nyika yake; maguta ake akapiswa, hakuna unogaramo.

¹⁵The young lions roared against him, they gave forth their voice, and they made his land desolate: his cities are burned, without inhabitant.

¹⁶Vana veNofi naveTapanesi vakapedza vhudzi romusoro wako.

¹⁶Even the children of Noph and Tahapanes have fed on the crown of thy head.

¹⁷Ko hauna kuzvitsvaira izvozvo, zvawakasiya Jehovha Mwari wako panguva yaakakufambisa panzira yake here?

¹⁷Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, at the time he was leading thee in the way?

¹⁸Zvino unondotsvakei panzira inoenda Egipita, kundomwa mvura yeSihori here? Unondotsvakei panzira inoenda Asiria, kundomwa mvura yoRwizi here?

¹⁸And now, what hast thou to do with the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Shihor? And what hast thou to do with the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

¹⁹Zvakaipa zvako zvinokurova, kudzokera kwako shure kunokutuka; naizvozvo zvanzi nalshe Jehovha wehondo, Ziva, uone kuti chinhu chakaipa chinovava kuti wakasiya Jehovha Mwari wako, uye kuti haundityi.

¹⁹Thine own wickedness chastiseth thee, and thy backslidings reprove thee: know then and see that it is an evil thing and bitter that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

²⁰nekuti yatova nguva huru yawakavhuna joko nokudambura zvisungo zvako ukati,handidi kubatira;nokuti wakafugama pachikomo chipi nechipi chakakwirira pasi pomuti upi noupi mutema uchifeva.

²⁰For of old thou hast broken thy yoke, [and] burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not serve. For upon every high hill, and under every green tree, thou bowest down, playing the harlot.

²¹kunyange zvakadaro ndakanga ndakusima uri muzambiringa wakaisvonaka, mbeu kwayo yazvokwadi; zvino wandishandukira sei ukava matavi akaipa omuzambiringa worumwe rudzi?

²¹And I, -- I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then art thou turned into the degenerate shoots of a strange vine unto me?

²²nekuti kunyange ukashamba nesoda, ukatora sipo zhinji, kunyange zvakadaro zvakaipa zvako zvakaita segwapa pamberi pangu; ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

²²For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much potash, thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

²³Ungareva seiko, uchiti, Handina kusvibiswa, handina kutevera vaBhaari? Cherekedza nzira yako pamupata, uzive chawakaita; uri hadzi yekamera inomhanya, inofamba nenzira dzayo;

²³How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done -- a swift dromedary traversing her ways!

²⁴uri hadzi yembizi yakarovera renje, inofembedza mhepo nokushuva kwayo; ndiani ungaidzora pakuviga kwayo? Dzose, dzinoitsvaka, hadzinganeti; pamwedzi wayo dzinoiwana.

²⁴-- a wild ass, used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire! In her ardour, who shall turn her away? All they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

²⁵Usatendera rutsoka rwako kufamba usina shangu, nehuro dzako kuva nenyota. Asi iwe wakati, Hazvina maturo; kwete, nekuti ndakada vatorwa, ndivo vandichatevera.

²⁵Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst, There is no hope; no, for I love strangers, and after them will I go.

²⁶Mbavha sezvainonyadziswa kana yaonekwa, saizvozvo imba yaIsiraeri yanyadziswa, ivo, namadzimambo avo, namachinda avo, navapristi vavo, navaporofita vavo;

²⁶As a thief is ashamed when he is found, so shall the house of Israel be ashamed -- they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets --

²⁷ivo, vanoti kudanda, Uri baba vangu; nokubwe, Ndiwe wakandibereka; nekuti vakandifuratira, havana kunditarira nezviso zvavo; asi panguva yokutambudzika kwavo vachati, Simukai, mutiponese.

²⁷saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth; for they have turned the back unto me, and not the face; and in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us!

²⁸Zvino varipiko vamwari venyu vamakazviitira? Ngavasimuke kana vachigona kukuponesai panguva yokutambudzika; nekuti kuwanda kwavamwari vako, iwe Jakove, kwakaenzana namaguta ako.

²⁸Where then are thy gods that thou hast made for thyself? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for as the number of thy cities, are thy gods, O Judah.

²⁹Munokakavara neni neiko? imwi mose makandidarikira ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

²⁹Wherefore would ye contend with me? Ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.

³⁰Ndakarova vana venyu pasina, havana kuteerera kurangwa; munondo wenyu ndiwo wakauraya vaporofita venyu, seshumba inoparadza.

³⁰In vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

³¹Haiwa, imwi rudzi rwakadai! Wonai shoko raJehovha. Ko ini ndakanga ndiri renje kuna Isiraeri here? Kana nyika yerima guru here? Vanhu vangu vanorevereiko vachiti, Tinongomberereka hedu, hatichazouyizve kwamuri?

³¹O generation, mark ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Wherefore say my people, We have dominion; we will come no more unto thee?

³²mhandara ingakangamwa zvishongo zvayo, kana mwenga mukonde wake here? Asi vanhu vangu vakandikangamwa mazuva asingaverengwi.

³²Doth a virgin forget her ornaments, a bride her attire? But my people have forgotten me days without number.

³³Haiwa, unoziva zvakanaka sei kunatsa nzira yako, kuti utsvake kudikamwa! Saka wakadzidzisa navakadzi vakaipawo nzira dzako.

³³How dost thou trim thy way to seek love! Therefore hast thou also accustomed thy ways to wickedness.

³⁴Pamipendero yenguvo dzako pakawanikwawo ropa ravarombo vasina mhaka; handina kuvawana vachipaza, asi pane zvizvi zvose.

³⁴Yea, in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor, whom thou didst not encounter breaking in, but [it is found] upon all these.

³⁵Kunyange zvakadaro iwe wakati, Handina mhaka; zvirokwazvo kutsamwa kwake kwakadzorwa kwandiri. Tarira, ndichakutonga, zvaunoti, Handina kutadza.

³⁵And thou sayest, Indeed I am innocent; his anger will turn from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

³⁶Unofambireiko pose-pose, uchishandura nzira yako? Uchanyadziswa neEgipita, sezvawakanyadziswa neAsiria.

³⁶Why dost thou gad about so much, and change thy way? Thou shalt also be brought to shame by Egypt, as thou wast brought to shame by Assyria.

³⁷Naipapowo uchabva wakaisa maoko ako pamusoro wako; nekuti Jehovha wakaramba vaunovimba navo, newe haungabatsirwi navo.

³⁷Thou shalt indeed go forth from her with thy hands upon thy head; for Jehovah hath rejected those thou confidest in, and thou shalt not prosper by them.