¹Vane nhamo vafudzi vanoparadza nokuparadzira makwai amafuro angu! Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.

²Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, pamusoro pavafudzi vanofudza vanhu vangu, Makaparadzira makwai angu, mukaadzinga, mukasaatarira; tarirai, ndichakurovai nokuda kwezvakaipa zvamabasa enyu ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

²Therefore thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel concerning the shepherds that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah.

³Ndichaunganidza vakasara vamakwai angu kunyika dzose kwandakanga ndaadzingira, ndichaadzosera kumafuro awo; achaberekana nokuwanda.

³And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their pastures; and they shall be fruitful and shall multiply.

⁴Ndichaagadzira vafudzi vanowafudza; haangazotyi kana kuvhunduswa, hakuna nerimwe ringashaikwa ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

⁴And I will raise up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, saith Jehovah.

⁵Tarirai, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, Mazuva achauya, andichamutsira Dhavhidhi bukira rakarurama, iye uchabata ushe ari mambo, uchaita nohuchenjeri nokururama achiita zvakarurama panyika.

⁵Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, who shall reign as king, and act wisely, and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.

⁶Pamazuva ake VaJudha vachaponeswa, naVaIsiraeri vachagara vakachengetwa; zita rake raachatumidzwa ndireri, Jehovha ndiye kururama kwedu.

⁶In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell in safety; and this is his name whereby he shall be called, Jehovah our Righteousness.

⁷Naizvozvo, tarirai, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha mazuva anouya, avasingazoti, NaJehovha mupenyu, wakabudisa vana valsiraeri munyika yeEgipita;

⁷Therefore behold, days are coming, saith Jehovah, that they shall no more say, [As] Jehovah liveth, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

⁸asi, NaJehovha mupenyu, wakabudisa rudzi rweimba yaIsiraeri munyika yokumusoro, achivaperekedza, nomunyika dzose kwandakanga ndavadzingira. Ivo vachagara munyika yavo.

⁸but, [As] Jehovah liveth, who brought up and who led back the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them. And they shall dwell in their own land.

⁹Kana vari vaporofita, moyo wangu wakaputsika mukati mangu; mafupa angu ose anozununguka, ndakaita somunhu wakabatwa, somunhu wakundwa newaini, nokuda kwaJehovha, uye nokuda kwamashoko ake matsvene.

⁹Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome; because of Jehovah, and because of the words of his holiness.

¹⁰nekuti nyika izere nemhombwe; nekuti nyika inochema nemhaka yokutuka, mafuro erenje akaoma; zvavanovavarira zvakaipa, simba ravo harizakarurama.

¹⁰For the land is full of adulterers; for because of execration the land mourneth. The pastures of the wilderness are dried up; for their course is evil, and their force is not right.

¹¹nekuti muporofita nomupristi vose vanomhura Jehovha; zvirokwazvo, mumba mangu ndakawana zvakaipa zvavo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹¹For both prophet and priest are profane: even in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.

¹²Naizvozvo nzira yavo ichava kwavari senzvimbo dzinotedza murima; vachatinhwa, ndokuwiramo; nekuti ndichavauyisira zvakaipa pagore rokurohwa kwavo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹²Therefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness; they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them in the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.

¹³Ndakaona hupenzi kuvaporofita veSamaria; vakaporofita naBhaari, vakashatisa vanhu vangu Isiraeri.

¹³And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

¹⁴Kuvaporofita veJerusaremu ndakaonawo chinhu chinonyangadza, vanoita hupombwe, nokufamba nenhema; vanosimbisa maoko avanoita zvakaipa, naizvozvo hakuna nomumwe unodzoka pazvakaipa zvake; vose vava kwandiri seSodhoma, navagerepo seGomora.

¹⁴And in the prophets of Jerusalem have I seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in falsehood, and strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none doth return from his wickedness. They are all become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

¹⁵Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha wehondo pamusoro pavaporofita, Tarirai, ndichavadyisa gavakava, ndichavamwisa mvura yenduru; nekuti kumhura Jehovha kwakabuda kuvaporofita veJerusaremu kukaenda kunyika yose.

¹⁵Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.

¹⁶Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Regai kuteerera mashoko avaporofita vanokuporofitirai; vanokudzidzisai zvisina maturo, vanotaura zvavakaona pamoyo yavo, zvisati zviri izvo zvinobuda mumuromo waJehovha.

¹⁶Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they lead you to vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, not out of the mouth of Jehovah.

¹⁷Vanoramba vachiti kuna vanondizvidza, Jehovha wakati, Muchava norugare; uye kunomumwe nomumwe unofamba nohukukutu hwomoyo wake, vanoti, Hakune chakaipa chingakuwira.

¹⁷They say constantly unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace. And they say unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his heart, No evil shall come upon you.

¹⁸nekuti ndiani wakamira parangano yaJehovha, akaona nokunzwa shoko rake? Ndiani wakateerera akanzwa shoko rake?

¹⁸For who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, so that he hath perceived and heard his word? who hath hearkened to his word and listened?

¹⁹Tarirai, dutu remhepo raJehovha, iko kutsamwa kwake, rabuda, zvirokwazvo dutu rechamupupuri; richamonereka pamisoro yavakaipa.

¹⁹Behold, a tempest of Jehovah, fury is gone forth, yea, a whirling storm: it shall whirl down upon the head of the wicked.

²⁰Kutsamwa kwaJehovha hakungadzoki, kusvikira azviita, apedza ndangariro dzomoyo wake; pamazuva okupedzisira muchazvinzwisisa kwazvo.

²⁰The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and until he have performed the purposes of his heart: at the end of the days ye shall understand it clearly.

²¹ini handina kutuma vaporofita ava, kunyange zvakadaro vakamhanya; ini handina kutaura navo, kunyange zvakadaro vakaporofita.

²¹I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

²²Asi dai vakanga vamira parangano yangu, vangadai vakanzwisa vanhu vangu mashoko angu, vakavadzora panzira yavo yakaipa, napazvakaipa zvamabasa avo.

²²But if they had stood in my council, and had caused my people to hear my words, then would they have turned them from their evil way and from the wickedness of their doings.

²³Ko ini ndiri Mwari uri pedo, ndisati ndiri Mwari uri kure here? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

²³Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?

²⁴Ko munhu uripo ungavanda panzvimbo dzisingazikamwi, ini ndikasamuona here? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha. Ko ini handizadzi denga nenyika here? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

²⁴Can any hide himself in secret places, that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? saith Jehovah.

²⁵Ndakanzwa zvakarehwa navaporofita, vanoporofita nhema muzita rangu, vachiti, Ndarota hope, ndarota hope.

²⁵I have heard what the prophets say, who prophesy falsehood in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

²⁶Ko izvi zvichavapo pamoyo yavaporofita vanoporofita nhema kusvikira rinhi, ivo vaporofita vezvinonyengera zvemoyo yavo?

²⁶How long shall [this] be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, and who are prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

²⁷Ivo, vanofunga kukanganisa vanhu vangu zita rangu nokurota kwavo, kwavanoudza mumwe nomumwe hama yake, madzibaba avo sezvavakakangamwa zita rangu nokunamata Bhaari.

²⁷who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour: as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.

²⁸Muporofita, wakarota, ngaaudze kurota kwake; uneshoko rangu, ngaataure shoko rangu nokutendeka. Mashanga nezviyo zvakaenzana pai? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

²⁸The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell the dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith Jehovah.

²⁹Shoko rangu harina kudaro here, semoto? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; uye senyundo inoputsanya dombo here?

²⁹Is not my word like a fire, saith Jehovah; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces?

³⁰Naizvozvo, tarirai, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, handina hukama navaporofita, vanoba mashoko angu mumwe nomumwe kunowokwake.

³⁰Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.

³¹Tarirai, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, handina hukama navaporofita, vanoreva namarimi avo, vachiti, Ndiye unodaro.

³¹Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He hath said.

³²Tarirai, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, handina hukama navanoporofita kurota kwavo kwenhema, vachiudza vamwe, vachirashisa vanhu vangu nenhema dzavo uye nokuzvirumbidza kwavo kusina maturo; kunyange zvakadaro handina kuvatuma, kana kuvaraira; uye havatongobatsiri vanhu ava, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

³²Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith Jehovah, and that tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies and by their boasting; and I have not sent them, nor commanded them; and they profit not this people at all, saith Jehovah.

³³Zvino kana vanhu ava, kana muporofita kana mupristi, vakakubvunza, vachiti, Chirevo chaJehovha ndechipiko? Ipapo uti kwavari, Chirevo chei! Ini ndichakurasai, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

³³And when this people, or a prophet, or a priest, ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even cast you off, saith Jehovah.

³⁴Kana ari muporofita, kana mupristi, kana vanhu, kana vachiti, Chirevo chaJehovha; ndicharova munhu uyo neimba yake.

³⁴And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house.

³⁵Ndizvo zvamunofanira kuti, mumwe nomumwe kunowokwake, nomumwe nomumwe kuhama yake, Jehovha wakapindurei? Jehovha wakataurei?

³⁵Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother: What hath Jehovah answered? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?

³⁶Musazoti chirevo chaJehovha; nekuti shoko romunhu mumwe nomumwe ndicho chirevo chake; nekuti makakanganisa mashoko aMwari mupenyu, aJehovha wehondo, Mwari wedu.

³⁶And the burden of Jehovah shall ye mention no more; for every man's own word shall be his burden: for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of Jehovah of hosts, our God.

³⁷Uti kumuporofita, Jehovha wakakupindurei? Jehovha wakataurei?

³⁷Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: What hath Jehovah answered thee? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?

³⁸Asi kana mukati, Chirevo chaJehovha; zvanzi naJehovha, Zvamunoreva shoko iri, muchiti, chirevo chaJehovha, ini zvandakatuma shoko kwamuri ndichiti, Musati, chirevo chaJehovha;

³⁸But since ye say, The burden of Jehovah, therefore thus saith Jehovah: Because ye say this word, The burden of Jehovah, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of Jehovah;

³⁹naizvozvo tarirai, ndichakukangamwai chose, ndichakurashai kure neni, imi, neguta randakakupai imwi namadzibaba enyu;

³⁹therefore behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, far from my face, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers.

⁴⁰ndichauyisa pamusoro penyu kushoorwa kusingaperi, nokunyadziswa kusingaperi, zvisingazokanganikwi.

⁴⁰And I will bring everlasting reproach upon you, and everlasting shame, that shall not be forgotten.