1Mhanyai kose-kose panzira dzomuguta reJerusaremu, muone zvino, muzive, mutsvake pamigwagwa mikuru yaro, kana mungawana munhu, kana aripo, unoita zvakarurama, unotsvaka zvokwadi; ipapo ndicharikangamwira.
1Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broadways thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be [any] that doeth justice, that seeketh fidelity; and I will pardon it.
2Kunyange vachiti havo, NaJehovha mupenyu, zvirokwazvo vanopika nhema.
2And if they say, [As] Jehovah liveth! surely they swear falsely.
3Haiwa Jehovha, meso enyu haazinotsvaka zvokwadi here? Makavarova, asi havana kunzwa kurwadziwa; makavapedza, asi vakaramba kurairwa; vakaomesa zviso zvavo kupfuura dombo, vakaramba kudzoka.
3Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon fidelity? Thou hast smitten them, but they are not sore; thou hast consumed them, they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
4Ipapo ndikati, Zvirokwazvo, ava varombo, mapenzi, nekuti havazivi nzira yaJehovha, kana murayiro waMwari wavo.
4And I said, Surely these are the wretched ones, they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, the judgment of their God.
5Ndichaenda kuvakuru, ndichataura navo; nekuti ivo vanoziva nzira yaJehovha, nomurayiro waMwari wavo. Asi ava vose pamwechete vakaputsa joko, vakadambura zvisungo.
5I will go unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, the judgment of their God; but these have altogether broken the yoke, have burst the bonds.
6Saka shumba inobva kudondo, ichavauraya, bere rokumarenje richavaparadza, ingwe ichavandira maguta avo, mumwe nomumwe, unobudamo, uchabvamburwa; nekuti kudarika kwavo kuzhinji, nokudzokera kwavo kwawedzerwa.
6Therefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall waste them; the leopard lurketh against their cities, every one that goeth out thence is torn in pieces: for their transgressions are multiplied, their backslidings are increased.
7Ndingakukangamwira seiko? Vana vako vakandirasha, vakapika navasati vari vamwari. Nguva yandakavagutsa kwazvo, vakapombora, vakaunganira padzimba dzezvifeve vachiita mapoka.
7Wherefore should I pardon thee? Thy children have forsaken me, and swear by them that are not God. I have satiated them, and they have committed adultery, and they troop to the harlots' house.
8Vakanga vakaita samabhiza akagutswa, anongozvifambira; mumwe nomumwe wakadana mukadzi wowokwake.
8[As] well fed horses, they roam about, every one neigheth after his neighbour's wife.
9Ko handingarovi pamusoro pezvinhu izvi here? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; ko mweya wangu haungazvitsiviri parudzi rwakadai here?
9Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah, and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10Kwirai pamasvingo aro, muparadze; asi musapedza chose; bvisai matavi aro, nekuti haazi Jehovha.
10Go up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end; take away her battlements, for they are not Jehovah's.
11nekuti imba yaIsiraeri neimba yaJudha vakaita nokunyengera kukuru kwandiri ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.
11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith Jehovah.
12Vakaramba Jehovha, vakati, Haazi iye; hakuna chakaipa chingatiwira, hatingaoni munondo kana nzara;
12They have denied Jehovah, and say, He is not; and evil shall not come upon us, nor shall we see sword nor famine;
13vaporofita vachashanduka mhepo, shoko raJehovha harizi mavari; ngavaitirwe saizvozvo.
13and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
14Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari wehondo, Zvamunotaura shoko iri, tarirai, ndichaita mashoko angu ave moto mumiromo yenyu, navanhu ava vave huni, vapedzwe nawo.
14Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts: Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
15Tarirai ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha ndichauyisa pamusoro penyu rudzi runobva kure, imwi imba yaIsiraeri, rudzi rwamusingazivi rurimi rwarwo, kana kunzwisisa zvavanotaura.
15Behold, I bring a nation upon you from afar, house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest thou what they say.
16Goba ravo hwiro hwakashama, vose vanhu vane simba.
16Their quiver is as an open sepulchre; they are all mighty men.
17Vachadya zvamakohwa nezvokudya zvenyu zvaifanira kudyiwa navanakomana venyu navanasikana venyu; vachadya makwai enyu nemombe dzenyu; vachadya mizambiringa yenyu nemionde yenyu; vachaputsira pasi neminondo maguta enyu akakomberedzwa, amaivimba nawo.
17And they shall eat up thy harvest and thy bread, they shall eat up thy sons and thy daughters, they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds, they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall destroy with the sword thy strong cities, wherein thou trustedst.
18Asi zvanzi naJehovha, Kunyange napamazuva iwayo handingakupedziyi chose.
18Nevertheless in those days, saith Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you.
19Zvino kana muchinge munoti, Ko Jehovha Mwari wedu wakatiitirei izvezvi zvose? Ipapo uti kwavari, Sezvamakandirasha ini, mukashumira vamwe vamwari panyika yenyu, saizvozvo muchashumira vatorwa panyika isati iri yenyu.
19And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God done all these things unto us? then shalt thou say to them, As ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
20Taurirai izvozvi paimba yaJakove, muzviparidzire paJudha, muchiti,
20Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
21Zvino chinzwai izvozvi, imwi vanhu mapenzi, musina njere; muna meso, asi hamuoni, mune nzeve, asi hamunzwi.
21Hear now this, O foolish and heartless people, who have eyes and see not; who have ears, and hear not.
22Zvanzi naJehovha, Hamundityi here? Hamudederi pamberi pangu here, ini ndakaisa jecha rive muganhu wegungwa, ndikatema chirevo chisingaperi kuti rirege kuudarika? Zvino kunyange mafungu aro achipenga, haangakundi.
22Will ye not fear me? saith Jehovah. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have set the sand a bound for the sea by a perpetual decree, and it shall not pass it? and its waves toss themselves, but they do not prevail; and they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
23Asi vanhu ava vanomoyo wakasindimara unoramba kunzwa; vakatsauka, ndokuenda.
23But this people hath a stubborn and a rebellious heart; they have turned aside and are gone.
24Havati mumoyo yavo, Zvino ngatitye Jehovha Mwari wedu, unotipa panguva yazvo mvura yokutanga neyokupedzisira, iye unotichengetera mavhiki akatarwa okukohwa.
24And they say not in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, that giveth rain, both the early and the latter, in its season; who preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of harvest.
25Zvakaipa zvenyu zvakatsausa izvozvi, kutadza kwenyu kwakadzivisa kuti zvinhu zvakanaka zvirege kuuya kwamuri.
25Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden from you what is good.
26nekuti vanhu vakaipa varipo pakati pavanhu vangu; vanorindira, savanogarira shiri; vanoteya misungo, vanobata vanhu.
26For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men.
27Sedendere, rizere neshiri, saizvozvo dzimba dzavo dzizere nokunyengera; nemhaka iyo vakura, vafuma.
27As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves.
28Vakora, vanobwinya; zvirokwazvo vanokurira vamwe namabasa akaipa; havatambi mhaka, iyo mhaka yenherera, kuti vagare zvakanaka; havaruramisiri vanoshaiwa.
28They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge.
29Ko handingarovi pamusoro pezvinhu izvi here? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; ko mweya wangu haungazvitsiviri parudzi rwakadai here?
29Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30Chinhu chinoshamisa chinosemesa chakaitwa panyika ino;
30An appalling and horrible thing is committed in the land:
31vaporofita va noporofita nhema, navapristi vanobata ushe vachirairwa navo; asi vanhu vangu vanofarira izvozvo; zvino pakupedzisira kwazvo muchaiteiko?
31the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so. But what will ye do in the end thereof?