¹Shoko rakasvika kuna Jeremiya pamusoro pavaJudha vose vakanga vagere panyika vakanga vagere Migidhori neTapanesi neNofi nomunyika yePatirosi, richiti,

¹The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who dwelt in the land of Egypt, who dwelt at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,

²Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari walsiraeri, Makaona zvakaipa zvose zvandakauyisa pamusoro peJerusaremu napamusoro pamaguta ose aJudha; zvino tarirai, nhasi ava matongo, hapachina munhu unogaramo,

²Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and behold they are, this day, a waste, and no man dwelleth therein,

³nemhaka yezvakashata zvavo zvavakaita, zvakanditsamwisa, vachindopisa zvinonhuhwira, nokushumira vamwe vamwari, vavakanga vasingazivi, ivo kana imwi kana madzibaba enyu.

³because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense to serve other gods which they knew not, they, [nor] ye, nor your fathers.

⁴Asi ndakakutumirai varanda vangu vose vaporofita, ndichimuka mangwanani ndichivatuma, ndichiti, Haiwa, regai kuita chinhu ichi chinonyangadza, chandinovenga.

⁴And I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing which I hate!

⁵Asi havana kuteerera, kana kurerekera nzeve dzavo kuti vadzoke pazvakashata zvavo, vakarega kupisira vamwe vamwari zvinonhuhwira.

⁵But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

⁶Naizvozvo hasha dzangu nokutsamwa kwangu zvakadururwa, zvikatungidzwa mumaguta aJudha nomunzira dzomuJerusaremu; zvino aparadzwa ava matongo, sezvazvakaita nhasi.

⁶And my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are become a waste, a desolation, as at this day.

⁷Naizvozvo zvino zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Munotadzirireiko mweya yenyu nechinhu chakaipa chikuru ichi, kuti muparadzirwe varume navakadzi navacheche navanomwa pakati paJudha, kuti murege kusarirwa nomumwe;

⁷And now thus saith Jehovah the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Wherefore commit ye great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, to leave you no remnant;

⁸zvamunonditsamwisa namabasa amaoko enyu, muchipisira vamwe vamwari zvinonhuhwira munyika yeEgipita kwamakaenda kundogara muri vatorwa; mugoparadzwa, muve chinotukwa nechinoshoorwa pakati pamarudzi ose enyika?

⁸provoking me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are come to sojourn, that ye should be cut off, and that ye should be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

⁹Makangamwa here zvakashata zvamadzibaba enyu nezvakashata zvamadzimambo aJudha, nezvakashata zvavakadzi vavo, nezvakashata zvenyu, nezvakashata zvavakadzi venyu, zvavakaita munyika yaJudha nomunzira dzomuJerusaremu?

⁹Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

¹⁰Kusvikira zuva ranhasi havana kuzvininipisa, kana kutya, kana kufamba nomurayiro wangu kana nezviga zvangu, zvandakaisa pamberi penyu napamberi pamadzibaba enyu.

¹⁰They are not humbled unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes which I set before you and before your fathers.

¹¹Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari walsiraeri, Tarirai, ndichakurinzirai chiso changu kuti ndikuitirei zvakaipa, kuti ndiparadze Judha rose.

¹¹Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.

¹²Ndichabvisa vakasara vose vaJudha, vakarinzira zviso zvavo kuti vaende kunyika yeEgipita kundogarako vari vatorwa, vachaparadzwa vose; vachaparadzwa nomunondo nenzara, vachafa nomunondo nenzara kubva kuvaduku kusvikira kuvakuru; vachava chinhu chinotukwa, nechishamiso, nechinomhurwa, nechinoshoorwa.

¹²And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to enter into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed: in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword [and] by the famine, from the least even unto the greatest; they shall die by the sword and by the famine, and they shall be an execration, an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

¹³nekuti ndicharova vagere munyika yeEgipita, sezvandakarova Jerusaremu nomunondo nenzara uye nehosha yakaipa;

¹³And I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;

¹⁴kuti kurege kuva nomumwe wakasara waJudha, vakaenda kunyika yeEgipita kundogarako vari vatorwa, ungapukunyuka kana ungasara, kuti adzokere kunyika yaJudha, kwavanoshuva kudzokera kuti vagarekozve; nekuti hakuna ungadzokera, asi vakapukunyuka.

¹⁴and none of the remnant of Judah, that have come into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, so as to return into the land of Judah, whither they have a desire to return to dwell there; for none shall return but such as shall escape.

¹⁵Ipapo varume vose, vaiziva kuti vakadzi vavo vanopisira vamwe vamwari zvinonhuhwira, navakadzi vose, vakanga vamirepo, ungano huru, ivo vanhu vose vakanga vagere munyika yeEgipita, naPatirosi, vakapindura Jeremiya, vachiti,

¹⁵Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assemblage, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

¹⁶Kana riri shoko rawakatiudza nezita raJehovha, hatingakuteereri.

¹⁶[As for] the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee,

¹⁷Asi zvirokwazvo tichaita shoko rimwe nerimwe rakabuda mumiromo yedu, tichapisira vahosi vokudenga zvinonhuhwira, nokuvadururira zvipiriso zvinodururwa, sezvatakaita isu namadzibaba edu namadzimambo edu namachinda edu, pamaguta aJudha nomunzira dzomuJerusaremu; nekuti nenguva iyo taiva nezvokudya zvizhinji, taifara pamuviri, tikasaona njodzi.

¹⁷but we will certainly do every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and we had plenty of bread, and were well, and saw no evil.

¹⁸Asi kubvira panguva yatakarega kupisira vahosi vokudenga zvinonhuhwira, nokuvadururira zvipiriso zvinodururwa, takashaiwa zvose, tikapedzwa nomunondo nenzara.

¹⁸But since we left off burning incense to the queen of the heavens, and pouring out drink-offerings to her, we have wanted everything, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

¹⁹Zvino panguva yatakapisira vahosi vokudenga zvinonhuhwira, nokuvadururira zvipiriso zvinodururwa, ko taivaitira zvingwa zvokuvanamata nazvo, tikavadururira zvipiriso zvinodururwa, tisina varume vedu here?

¹⁹And when we burned incense to the queen of the heavens and poured out drink-offerings to her, did we make for her cakes to portray her, and pour out drink-offerings to her, without our husbands?

²⁰Ipapo Jeremiya akati kuvanhu vose, kuvarume nokuvakadzi, kuna ivo vanhu vose vakanga vamupindura saizvozvo, akati,

²⁰And Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people that had given him that answer, saying,

²¹Zvinonhuhwira zvamaipisa mumaguta aJudha nomunzira dzomuJerusaremu, imwi namadzibaba enyu namadzimambo enyu namachinda enyu navanhu vose venyika, ko Jehovha haana kuzvirangarira here? Hazvina kufungwa mumoyo make here?

²¹Is it not the incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, your kings and your princes and the people of the land, that Jehovah remembered, and that came into his mind?

²²Kusvikira Jehovha akakoniwa kuzova nomoyo murefu, nokuda kwezvakaipa zvamabasa enyu, uye nokuda kwezvinonyangadza zvamaiita; naizvozvo nyika yenyu rava dongo, nechinoshamisa nechinotukwa, isina unogaramo, sezvazvakaita zuva ranhasi.

²²And Jehovah could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, [and] because of the abominations that ye had committed; and your land is become a waste, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as at this day.

²³Zvamakapisa zvinonhuhwira, zvamakatadzira Jehovha, mukasateerera inzwi raJehovha, mukasafamba nomurayiro wake, kana nezviga zvake, kana nezvaakapupura, naizvozvo zvakaipa izvi zvakakuwirai, sezvazvakaita zuva ranhasi.

²³Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil hath come upon you, as at this day.

²⁴Zvino Jeremiya akatiwo kuvanhu vose nokuvakadzi vose, Inzwai shoko raJehovha, imwi vaJudha vose vari munyika yeEgipita,

²⁴And Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt.

²⁵Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Imi navakadzi venyu makataura nemiromo yenyu, mukazviita namaoko enyu, muchiti, Zvirokwazvo, mhiko dzedu dzatakapika tichadziita, kuti tichapisira vahosi vokudenga zvinonhuhwira, nokuvadururira zvipiriso zvinodururwa; zvino chisimbisai henyu mhiko dzenyu, itai henyu mhiko dzenyu.

²⁵Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hands, saying, We will certainly perform our vows which we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her. Ye will certainly establish your vows, and entirely perform your vows.

²⁶Zvino chinzwai shoko raJehovha, imwi vaJudha vose vagere munyika yeEgipita Tarirai, ndakapika nezita rangu guru ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha kuti zita rangu harichazorehwi nomuromo womunhu upi noupi waJudha munyika yose yeEgipita, zvichinzi, NaIshe Jehovha mupenyu!

²⁶Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith Jehovah, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, [As] the Lord Jehovah liveth.

²⁷Tarirai, ndinovarindira ndivaitire zvakaipa, ndirege kuvaitira zvakanaka; vanhu vose vaJudha vari munyika yeEgipita vachaparadzwa nomunondo nenzara, kusvikira vapera vose.

²⁷Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

²⁸Vanopukunyuka pamunondo vachabva munyika yeEgipita vachidzokera kunyika yaJudha, vava vashoma vakasara vose vaJudha vakanga vaenda kunyika yeEgipita kundogarako vari vatorwa, vachaziva kuti shoko richava nesimba nderani, rangu kana ravo.

²⁸And they that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, a very small company; and all the remnant of Judah, that have come into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine or theirs.

²⁹Zvino ichi ndicho chichava chiratidzo kwamuri ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha kuti ndichakurovai panzvimbo ino, kuti muzive kuti mashoko angu achava nesimba kukuitirai zvakaipa.

²⁹And this shall be the sign unto you, saith Jehovah, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall certainly stand against you for evil:

³⁰Zvanzi naJehovha, Tarirai, ndichaisa Farao Hofira mambo weEgipita, mumaoko avavengi vake, nomumaoko avanotsvaka kumuuraya, sezvandakaisa Zedhekia mambo waJudha mumaoko aNebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi, waiva muvengi wake, waitsvaka kumuuraya.

³⁰thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will give Pharaoh-Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.