1Shoko raJehovha, rakasvika kumuporofita Jeremiya pamusoro pavaFirisitia, Farao achigere kukunda Gaza.
1The word of Jehovah that came to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh smote Gazah.
2Zvanzi naJehovha, Tarirai, mvura zhinji inokwira ichibva kurutivi rwokumusoro, ichava rwizi runopafuma, ichafukidza nyika nezvose zvirimo, neguta navageremo; vanhu vachachema, navose vagere munyika vachaw-ungudza.
2Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl,
3Kana vachinzwa kutinhira kokutsika kwamahwanda amabhiza ake ane simba, nokumhanyisa kwengoro dzake, nokuvirima kwamakumbo engoro dzake, madzibaba haacheukiri kuvana vawo nokuneta kwamaoko avo;
3at the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his steeds, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels: fathers shall not look back for [their] children, from feebleness of hands;
4nemhaka yezuva iro, rinouya kuparadza vaFirisitia vose, nokuparadza paTire neSidhoni mubatsiri mumwe nomumwe wakasara; nekuti Jehovha uchaparadza vaFirisitia, ivo vakasara vechiwi cheKafitori.
4because of the day that cometh to lay waste all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remaineth; for Jehovah will lay waste the Philistines, the remnant of the island of Caphtor.
5Gaza rava nemhanza, Ashikeroni raparadzwa, izvo zvakanga zvasara zvomupata wavo; ucharamba uchizvitema kusvikira rinhiko?
5Baldness is come upon Gazah; Ashkelon is cut off, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
6Haiwa, iwe munondo waJehovha, uchashaiwa zororo kusvikira rinhiko? Dzokera mumuhara wako, zorora, unyarare.
6Alas! sword of Jehovah, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Withdraw into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
7Unganyarara seiko, Jehovha zvaakakuraira? Pamusoro peAshikeroni napamusoro pemahombekombe egungwa, ndipo paakazviraira.
7How shouldest thou be quiet? -- For Jehovah hath given it a charge: against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore, there hath he appointed it.