¹Zvino awa ndiwo mashoko orugwaro rwakatumwa nomuporofita Jeremiya ari paJerusaremu kuvakuru vakanga vasara kuna vakatapwa, nokuvapristi nokuvaporofita, nokuvanhu vose, vakanga vakatapwa paJerusaremu naNebhukadhinezari, vakaiswa Bhabhironi,

¹And these are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon

²Shure kokubva paJerusaremu kwamambo Jekonia, namai vake, navaranda, namachinda aJudha neeJerusaremu, navavezi, navapfuri,

²(after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, had departed from Jerusalem);

³noruoko rwaErasa, mwanakomana waShafani, naGemaria, mwanakomana waHirikia, vakanga vatumwa Bhabhironi naZedhekia mambo waJudha kuna Nebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi, achiti,

³by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkijah (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon, unto Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), saying,

⁴Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, kuna vose vakatapwa, vandakatapisa Jerusaremu vaiswe Bhabhironi.

⁴Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon:

⁵Zvivakirei dzimba, mugaremo; simai minda, mudye zvibereko zvayo;

⁵Build houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

⁶wanai vakadzi, mubereke vanakomana navanasikana; wanisai vanakomana venyu vakadzi, navanasikana venyu muvaise kuvarume, kuti vabereke vanakomana navanasikana, muwandeko, murege kutapudzwa.

⁶Take wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and be not diminished.

⁷Mutsvake rugare rweguta kwandakakutapisai, murinyengeterere kuna Jehovha; nekuti norugare rwaro imwi muchava norugarewo.

⁷And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray unto Jehovah for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.

⁸nekuti zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Vaporofita venyu, vari pakati penyu, navauki venyu, ngavarege kukunyengerai; regai kuteerera kurota kwenyu kwamunoroteswa.

⁸For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in your midst, nor your diviners deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams, which ye like to dream.

⁹nekuti vanokuporofitirai nhema nezita rangu, ini handina kuvatuma, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

⁹For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith Jehovah.

¹⁰nekuti zvanzi naJehovha, Kana makore makumi manomwe aperera Bhabhironi, ndichakushanyirai, nokukusimbisirai shoko rangu rakanaka, ndichikudzoserai kunzvimbo ino.

¹⁰For thus saith Jehovah: When seventy years shall be accomplished for Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in bringing you back to this place.

¹¹nekuti ndinoziva ndangariro dzandinorangarira pamusoro penyu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, ndangariro dzorugare, dzisati dziri dzezvakaipa, kuti ndikupei mugumo une tariro.

¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you in your latter end a hope.

¹²Muchadana kwandiri, muchandonyengetera kwandiri, neni ndichakunzwai.

¹²And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you;

¹³Muchanditsvaka, mukandiwana, kana muchinditsvaka nomoyo wenyu wose.

¹³and ye shall seek me and find me, for ye shall search for me with all your heart,

¹⁴Ndichawanikwa nemi, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, ndichakudzosai pakutapwa kwenyu, nokukuunganidzai kumarudzi ose, nokunzvimbo dzose kwandakanga ndakudzingirai, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; ndichakudzoseraizve kunzvimbo kwandakanga ndakutapisai.

¹⁴and I will be found of you, saith Jehovah. And I will turn your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith Jehovah; and I will bring you again into the place whence I have caused you to be carried away captive.

¹⁵Zvamakati, Jehovha wakatimutsira vaporofita paBhabhironi;

¹⁵If ye say, Jehovah hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;

¹⁶zvanzi naJehovha pamusoro pamambo ugere pachigaro choushe chaDhavhidhi, napamusoro pavanhu vose vagere muguta rino, idzo hama dzenyu dzisina kuenda nemwi pakutapwa kwenyu;

¹⁶yea, thus saith Jehovah concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;

¹⁷zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Tarirai, ndichatuma pamusoro pavo munondo, nenzara, nehosha yakaipa, ndichavaita samaonde akaipa kwazvo, asingabviri kudyiwa nokuipa kwawo.

¹⁷thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will send against them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like the vile figs, that cannot be eaten for badness.

¹⁸Ndichateverera nomunondo, nenzara, nehosha yakaipa; ndichavaita chinhu chinotyisa ushe hwose bwenyika, vave chinhu chinotukwa, nechishamiso, nechinoridzirwa muridzo, nechinoshoorwa pakati pamarudzi ose kwandakavadzingira;

¹⁸And I will pursue them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will give them over to be driven hither and thither into all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an execration, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I will drive them:

¹⁹zvavasina kuteerera mashoko angu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, andakatuma kwavari navaranda vangu vaporofita, ndichimuka mangwanani ndichivatuma; asi makaramba kuteerera, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹⁹because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising early and sending; but ye have not hearkened, saith Jehovah.

²⁰Naizvozvo chinzwai shoko raJehovha, imwi mose makatapwa, vandakadzinga paJerusaremu ndikavaisa Bhabhironi.

²⁰But ye, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon, hear the word of Jehovah.

²¹Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, pamusoro paAhabhi mwanakomana waKoraia, napamusoro paZedhekia mwanakomana waMaaseia, vanokuporofitirai nhema nezita rangu, Tarirai, ndinovaisa muruoko rwaNebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi; iye uchavauraya pamberi penyu;

²¹Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy falsehood unto you in my name: Behold, I will give them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall smite them before your eyes.

²²vatapwa vose vaJudha, vari Bhabhironi, vachatora kwavari shoko rokutuka naro, vachiti, Jehovha akuite saZedhekia uye saAhabhi, vakagochwa pamoto namambo weBhabhironi.

²²And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah that are in Babylon, saying, Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

²³nekuti vakaita nohupenzi pakati paIsiraeri, vakaita hupombwe navakadzi vovokwavo, vakareva mashoko enhema nezita rangu, andisina kuvaraira; ini ndini ndinoziva, ndini chapupu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

²³because they have committed infamy in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken words of falsehood in my name, which I had not commanded them: and I [am] he that knoweth, and [am] witness, saith Jehovah.

²⁴Zvino kuna Shemaia muNeheramite, unofanira kutaura uchiti,

²⁴And thou shalt speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

²⁵Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Zvawakatuma magwaro nezita rako kuvanhu vose vari paJerusaremu, nokuna Zefaniya mwanakomana womupristi Maaseia, nokuvapristi vose, uchiti,

²⁵Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

²⁶Jehovha wakakuita mupristi panzvimbo yomupristi Jehoiadha, kuti mumba maJehovha muve navatariri, kuti asunge mumatanda namaketani mumwe nomumwe unopenga, achizviita muporofita.

²⁶Jehovah hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there should be officers [in] the house of Jehovah, over every madman and self-made prophet, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in the shackles.

²⁷Ko zvino wakaregerei kutuka Jeremiya weAnatoti, unozviita muporofita pamberi penyu,

²⁷And now, why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you?

²⁸zvaakatuma shoko kwatiri paBhabhironi, achiti, Nguva irefu, vakai dzimba mugaremo; simai minda, mudye zvibereko zvayo?

²⁸Forasmuch as he hath sent unto us in Babylon, saying, It will be long; build houses, and dwell [in them], and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

²⁹Zvino mupristi Zefaniya akaravira muporofita Jeremiya rugwaro urwu.

²⁹-- And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of the prophet Jeremiah.

³⁰Ipapo shoko raJehovha rakauya kuna Jeremiya, richiti,

³⁰And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, saying,

³¹Tumira vakatapwa vose shoko rinoti, Zvanzi naJehovha pamusoro paShemaia muNeheramiti, Shemaia zvaakakuporofitirai, ini ndisina kumutuma, akakutendisai nhema,

³¹Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in falsehood;

³²naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha, Tarirai, ndicharova Shemaia muNeheramiti, navana vake; haangavi nomunhu ungagara pakati pavanhu ava, uye haangaoni zvakanaka zvandichaitira vanhu vangu ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha nekuti wakataura zvinomukira Jehovha.

³²therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he see the good that I will do for my people, saith Jehovah; because he hath spoken revolt against Jehovah.