¹Shoko rakauya kuna Jeremiya richibva kuna Jehovha negore regumi raZedhekia mambo waJudha, riri gore regumi namasere raNebhukadhirezari.

¹The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah: that year was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

²Zvino nenguva iyo mambo wehondo yeBhabhironi wakange akakomberedza Jerusaremu; asi muporofita Jeremiya wakange akapfigirwa muruvazhe rwavarindi, rwakanga ruri mumba mamambo waJudha.

²And the king of Babylon's army was then besieging Jerusalem; and the prophet Jeremiah was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.

³nekuti Zedhekia mambo waJudha wakange amupfigira, achiti, Unoporofitireiko uchiti, Zvanzi naJehovha, tarirai, ndichaisa guta rino muruoko rwamambo weBhabhironi, iye ucharikunda;

³For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Why dost thou prophesy and say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

⁴Zedhekia mambo waJudha haangapukunyuki pamaoko avaKaradhea, asi uchaiswa zvirokwazvo muruoko rwamambo weBhabhironi, vachataurirana nemiromo yavo, nokuonana nameso avo;

⁴and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans; for he shall certainly be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;

⁵iye uchandoisa Zedhekia Bhabhironi, agareko kusvikira ndichimushanyira, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; kunyange mukarwa navaKaradhea hamungakundi?

⁵and he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith Jehovah: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?

⁶Jeremiya akati, Shoko raJehovha rakauya kwandiri, richiti,

⁶And Jeremiah said, The word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

⁷Tarira, Hanameri mwanakomana waSharumi, sekuru vako, uchauya kwauri, achiti, Zvitengere munda wangu uri paAnatoti, nekuti ndiwe une simba rokuudzikunura nokuutenga.

⁷Behold, Hanameel, the son of Shallum thine uncle, shall come unto thee, saying, Buy for thyself my field which is in Anathoth; for thine is the right of redemption, to buy [it].

⁸Naizvozvo Hanameri mwanakomana wasekuru vangu wakauya kwandiri muruvazhe rwavarindi, sezvakarehwa neshoko raJehovha, akati kwandiri, Donditengera hako munda wangu uri paAnatoti, riri munyika yaBhenjamini, nekuti ndiwe unesimba rokugara nhaka, ndiwe unofanira kudzikunura; chizvitengera iwo. Ipapo ndakaziva kuti ishoko raJehovha.

⁸And Hanameel, mine uncle's son, came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Jehovah, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine: buy [it] for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of Jehovah.

⁹Ndikatenga munda wakange uri paAnatoti kuna Hanameri mwanakomana wasekuru vangu, ndikamuyerera mari, mashekeri esirivha ane gumi namanomwe.

⁹And I bought of Hanameel, mine uncle's son, the field which is in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, seventeen shekels of silver.

¹⁰Ndikanyora rugwaro rwokutenga, ndikarunamatidza, ndikadana zvapupu, ndikamuyerera mari pachiyero.

¹⁰And I subscribed the writing, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed the money in the balances.

¹¹Ipapo ndikatora rugwaro rwokutenga, irwo rwakanga rwakanamatidzwa, sezvakarehwa nomurayiro netsika, norumwe rwakanga rwakashama,

¹¹And I took the writing of the purchase, that which was sealed [according to] the law and the statutes, and that which was open;

¹²ndikapa Bharuki mwanakomana waNeria, mwanakomana waMaseia, rugwaro rwokutenga, Hanameri mwanakomana wasekuru vangu aripo, nezvapupu zvakanga zvasimbisa rugwaro rwokutenga zviripo, navaJudha vose vakanga vagere muruvazhe rwavarindi varipo.

¹²and I gave the writing of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Nerijah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's [son], and in the presence of the witnesses that had subscribed the writing of purchase, before all the Jews that were sitting in the court of the guard.

¹³Ndikaraira Bharuki pamberi pavo, ndichiti,

¹³And I charged Baruch in their presence, saying,

¹⁴Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Tora magwaro awa okutenga, rugwaro urwu rwokutenga rwakanamatidzwa, norugwaro urwu rwakashama, uzviise mumudziyo wevhu, zvigaremo mazuva mazhinji.

¹⁴Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these writings, this writing of the purchase, both that which is sealed and this writing which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may remain many days.

¹⁵nekuti zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Dzimba neminda yemizambiringa zvichazotengwazve munyika ino.

¹⁵For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be purchased in this land.

¹⁶Zvino ndakati ndapa Bharuki mwanakomana waNeria rugwaro rwokutenga, ndikanyengetera kuna Jehovha ndichiti,

¹⁶And after I had given the writing of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Nerijah, I prayed unto Jehovah saying,

¹⁷Haiwa,Ishe Jehovha tarirai imwi makaita denga rose napasi nesimba renyu guru noruoko rwenyu rwakatambanudzwa, hakuna chinhu chingakukonai imi;

¹⁷Alas, Lord Jehovah! Behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and stretched-out arm; there is nothing too hard for thee:

¹⁸imi, munonzwira tsitsi vane zviuru zvamazana, nokutsiva zvakaipa zvamadzibaba muchipfuva chavana vavo vanovatevera, iye mukuru, Mwari unesimba, Jehovha wehondo, ndiro zita rake;

¹⁸who shewest mercy unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them, thou, the great, the mighty ùGod, -- Jehovah of hosts is his name;

¹⁹wakakura panjere, unesimba pakubata, meso ake anosvinurira nzira dzose dzavana vavanhu, kuti ape mumwe nomumwe sezvaakabata, nezvakafanira zvibereko zvamabasa ake;

¹⁹great in counsel and mighty in work, whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the children of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

²⁰iye, wakaisa zviratidzo nezvishamiso panyika yeEgipita kusvikira pazuva ranhasi, pakati paIsiraeri napakati pavamwe vanhu; mukazviitira mbiri sezvazvakaita nezuva ranhasi;

²⁰who hast displayed signs and wonders unto this day, in the land of Egypt and in Israel and among [other] men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day.

²¹mukabudisa vanhu venyu vaIsiraeri panyika yeEgipita, nezviratidzo nezvishamiso nechanza chine simba, noruoko rwakatambanudzwa, uye nokutyisa kukuru;

²¹And thou broughtest forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt by signs, and by wonders, and by a powerful hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terror;

²²mukavapa nyika ino, yamakapikira madzibaba avo kuti muchavapa, iri nyika inoyerera mukaka nohuchi;

²²and didst give them this land, which thou hadst sworn unto their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey.

²³vakapinda, vakaiita yavo; asi havana kuteerera inzwi renyu, kana kufamba nemirairo yenyu; havana kutongoita chinhu chimwe chezvose zvamakavaraira kuti vazviite; naizvozvo makauyisa izvi zvose pamusoro pavo.

²³And they came in and possessed it: but they hearkened not unto thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do; so that thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them.

²⁴Tarirai, mirwi yokurwa yasvika paguta kuti varikunde; guta raiswa mumaoko avaKaradhea vanorwa naro, nokuda komunondo nenzara nehosha yakaipa, zvamakataura zvaitika, tarirai, munozviona.

²⁴Behold the mounds, they are come unto the city for taking it; and the city is given over into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, by the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and behold, thou seest [it].

²⁵Zvino imwi Ishe Jehovha, makati kwandiri, Chizvitengera munda nemari, udane zvapupu, kunyange zvakadaro guta raiswa mumaoko avaKaradhea.

²⁵And thou, Lord Jehovah, thou hast said unto me, Buy for thyself the field for money, and take witnesses; -- and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

²⁶Ipapo shoko raJehovha rakasvika kuna Jeremiya, richiti,

²⁶And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, saying,

²⁷Tarira, ndini Jehovha, Mwari wenyama yose, kune chimwe chinhu chingandikona here?

²⁷Behold, I am Jehovah, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?

²⁸Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha, Tarira ndichaisa guta rino mumaoko avaKaradhea, nomumaoko aNebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi, iye ucharikunda

²⁸Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.

²⁹VaKaradhea, vanorwa neguta rino, vachauya vachitungidza guta rino, vachiripisira, pamwechete nedzimba dzavakabayira pamatenga adzo zvinonhuhwira kuna Bhaari, nokudururira vamwe vamwari zvipiriso zvinodururwa, kuti vanditsamwise.

²⁹And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come in and set fire to this city, and shall burn it, and the houses upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink-offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.

³⁰nekuti vana vaIsiraeri navana vaJudha vaingoita zvakaipa zvoga pamberi pangu kubva pahuduku hwavo; nekuti vana vaIsiraeri vakangonditsamwisachetenamabasa amaoko avo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

³⁰For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have been doing only evil in my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith Jehovah.

³¹nekuti guta rino rakamutsa kutsamwa kwangu nehasha dzangu kubva pazuva ravakarivaka kusvikira zuva ranhasi, kuti ndiribvise pamberi pangu,

³¹For this city hath been to me [a provocation] of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,

³²nokuda kwezvakaipa zvose zvavana vaIsiraeri navana vaJudha, zvavakaita vachinditsamwisa, ivo namadzimambo avo, namachinda avo, navapristi vavo, navaporofita vavo, navanhu vaJudha, navagere Jerusaremu.

³²because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

³³Vakandifuratira, havana kunditarira nezviso zvavo; kunyange ndaivadzidzisa, ndichimuka mangwanani ndichivadzidzisa, asi havana kuteerera nokutenda kurangwa.

³³And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face; and though I taught them, rising early and teaching, they hearkened not to receive instruction.

³⁴Asi vakaisa zvinonyangadza zvavo muimba yakatumidzwa zita rangu, kuti vaisvibise.

³⁴And they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it;

³⁵Vakavaka mitunhu yaBhaari, iri mumupata womwanakomana waHinomi, kuti vapinzire Moreki vanakomana vavo navanasikana vavo mumoto, chinhu chandisina kuvaraira, kana chandisina kufunga mumoyo mangu, kuti vaite chinhu ichi chinonyangadza, vachitadzisa Judha.

³⁵and they have built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause to pass through [the fire] their sons and their daughters unto Molech: which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

³⁶Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha Mwari waIsiraeri pamusoro peguta rino, ramunoti rakaiswa muruoko rwamambo weBhabhironi nomunondo, nenzara uye nehosha yakaipa,

³⁶And now therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith thus concerning this city, whereof ye say, It hath been given over into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence:

³⁷Tarirai, ndichavaunganidza kunyika dzose kwandakanga ndavadzingira nokutsamwa kwangu nehasha dzangu, uye neshungu dzangu huru, ndichavadzoserazve kunzvimbo ino, nokuvagarisa vakachengetwa.

³⁷Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries whither I have driven them, in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely.

³⁸Ivo vachava vanhu vangu, neni ndichava Mwari wavo.

³⁸And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

³⁹Ndichavapa moyo mumwe nenzira imwe, kuti vanditye nokusingaperi, vaitirwe zvakanaka ivo, navana vavo vanovatevera.

³⁹And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me all [their] days, for the good of them, and of their children after them.

⁴⁰Ndichaita navo sungano isingaperi, handingadzoki pakuvatevera kuti ndivaitire zvakanaka; ndichaisa kutya mumoyo yavo kuti vanditye, kuti varege kuzotsauka kwandiri.

⁴⁰And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not draw back from them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their heart, that they may not turn aside from me.

⁴¹Zvirokwazvo, ndichavafarira kuti ndivaitire zvakanaka, ndichavasima zvirokwazvo munyika ino nomoyo wangu wose uye nomweya wangu wose.

⁴¹And I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will assuredly plant them in this land with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

⁴²nekuti zvanzi naJehovha, Sezvandakauyisa zvakaipa izvi zvikuru zvose pamusoro pavanhu ava, saizvozvowo ndichauyisa pamusoro pavo zvakanaka zvose zvandakavapikira.

⁴²For thus saith Jehovah: Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have spoken concerning them.

⁴³Minda ichatengwa munyika ino yamunoti idongo, haina vanhu kana zvipfuwo, yaiswa mumaoko avaKaradhea.

⁴³And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

⁴⁴Vanhu vachatenga minda nemari, nokunyora magwaro okutenga, vaise rupauro, nokudana zvapupu, panyika yaBhenjamini, napanzvimbo dzakapoteredza Jerusaremu, nomumaguta aJudha, nomumaguta enyika yamakomo, nomumaguta amapani, nomumaguta orutivi rwezasi; nekuti ndichadzosa kutapwa kwavo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

⁴⁴[Men] shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the writings, and seal them, and take witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the environs of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the south: for I will turn their captivity, saith Jehovah.