¹Nenguva iyo ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha uchabvisa pamahwiro avo mafupa amadzimambo avaJudha, namafupa amachinda avo, namafupa avapristi, namafupa avaporofita, namafupa avaigara paJerusaremu;

¹At that time, saith Jehovah, they shall bring forth the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves;

²vachaaparadzira panopenya zuva nomwedzi nehondo yose yokudenga izvo zvavaida, nezvavaishumira, nezvavaitevera, nezvavaivinga, nezvavainamata; haangaunganidzwi, kana kuvigwa, asi achava mupfudze panyika.

²and they shall spread them out to the sun and to the moon and to all the host of the heavens, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the ground.

³Rufu ruchasanangurwa kupfuura hupenyu navose vakasara panzvimbo dzose kwandakavadzingira ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo.

³And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, in all the places whither I have driven those that remain, saith Jehovah of hosts.

⁴Zvino unofanira kuti kwavari, Zvanzi naJehovha, Ko vanhu vangawa, vakasazomukazve here? Munhu ungatsauka, akasazodzoka here?

⁴And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Do [men] fall, and not rise up? Doth one turn away, and not return?

⁵Zvino vanhu ava veJerusaremu vakadzokereiko nokudzokera kusingatongoperi? Vanonamatira kunyengera, vanoramba kudzoka.

⁵Why hath this people of Jerusalem slidden back with a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

⁶Ndakateerera, ndikanzwa, asi havana kutaura zvakarurama; hakuna munhu unochema kuipa kwake, achiti, Ndaiteiko? Mumwe nomumwe unotsauka nenzira yake, sebhiza rinomhanya kwazvo pakurwa.

⁶I hearkened and heard: they speak not what is right; there is no man who repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Every one turneth to his course, like a horse rushing into the battle.

⁷Zvirokwazvo, zimudo, riri kudenga, rinoziva nguva dzaro dzakatarwa, nenjiva nenyenganyenga nekondo dzinorangarira nguva yokuuya kwadzo, asi vanhu vangu havazivi murayiro waJehovha.

⁷Even a stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of Jehovah.

⁸Munoreva seiko, muchiti, Takachenjera, murayiro waJehovha tinawo? Asi tarirai, peni yenhema yavanyori inonyengera.

⁸How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? Behold, certainly the lying pen of the scribes hath made it falsehood.

⁹Vanhu vakachenjera vakanyadziswa, vakavhunduka nokubatwa; tarirai, vakaramba shoko raJehovha, zvino vane njere dzakadiniko?

⁹The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected Jehovah's word; and what wisdom is in them?

¹⁰Naizvozvo ndichapa vamwe vakadzi vavo, neminda yavo ndichaipa vamwe vachaiita yavo; nekuti mumwe nomumwe wavo, kubva kuvaduku kusvikira kuvakuru, mumwe nomumwe unokarira fuma; kubva kuvaporofita kusvikira kuvapristi mumwe nomumwe unoita nokunyengera.

¹⁰Therefore will I give their wives unto others, their fields to those that shall possess [them]; for every one, from the least even unto the greatest, is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely.

¹¹Vakangopodza vanga romukunda wavanhu vangu zvishoma, vachiti, Rugare, rugare! Izvo hakuna rugare.

¹¹And they have healed the breach of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace! when there is no peace.

¹²Ko vakanyadziswa nguva yavakaita zvinonyangadza here? Kwete, havana kutongonyara, vakakoniwa kucheneruka; naizvozvo vachawa pakati pavanowa; panguva yokurohwa kwavo vachagumburwa ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹²Are they ashamed that they have committed abomination? Nay, they are not at all ashamed, and they know not how to blush. Therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall stumble, saith Jehovah.

¹³Ndichavapedza chose, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; Hakungavi namazambiringa pamuzambiringa, kana maonde pamuonde, namashizha achaoma ndakaraira vachavakukura.

¹³I will utterly take them away, saith Jehovah: there are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree; and the leaf is faded: and I will give them up to those that shall pass over them.

¹⁴Tinogarireiko pasi? Unganai, tipinde mumaguta akakomberedzwa, tifirepo; nekuti Jehovha Mwari wedu wakatiuraya, akatipa mvura inouraya kuti tiimwe; nekuti takatadzira Jehovha.

¹⁴Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fenced cities, and let us be silent there: for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.

¹⁵Takanga takatarira rugare, asi hakuna chakanaka chakasvika; takanga takatarira nguva yokuporeswa, asi tarirai, takavhunduswa.

¹⁵Peace is looked for, and there is no good; a time of healing, and behold, terror.

¹⁶Kufembedza kwamabhiza ake kwakanzwika achiri paDhani; nyika yose yakadedera nenzwi rokurira kwaane simba ake; nekuti asvika, apedza nyika nezvose zvirimo, neguta navose vageremo.

¹⁶The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: the whole land trembleth at the sound of the neighing of his steeds, and they come, and devour the land, and all it contains, the city and those that dwell therein.

¹⁷nekuti tarirai, ndichatuma pakati penyu nyoka nemvumbi, dzicharamba kuroyiwa; dzichakurumai, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹⁷For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

¹⁸Haiwa, dai ndaigona hangu kuzvinyaradza pakuchema kwangu ! moyo wangu waziya mukati mangu.

¹⁸My comfort in my sadness! my heart is faint in me!

¹⁹Inzwai, inzwi rokuchema komukunda wavanhu vangu, rinobva kunyika iri kure-kure, richiti, Ko Jehovha haazi muZiyoni here? Mambo waro haazi mukati maro here? Vakanditsamwisireiko nezvifananidzo zvavo zvakavezwa, nezvavatorwa zvisina maturo?

¹⁹Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people, from a very far country: Is not Jehovah in Zion? Is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, with foreign vanities?

²⁰kukohwa kwapera, zhizha rapfuura, asi tigere kuponeswa.

²⁰The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

²¹ini ndinokuvadzwa nokuda kokukuvadzwa komukunda wavanhu vangu; ndinochema, ndabatwa nokuvhunduswa.

²¹-- For the breach of the daughter of my people am I crushed; I go mourning; astonishment hath taken hold of me.

²²Ko hakuna muti webharisami muGiriyadhi here? Hakune n'angako here? nekuti mukunda wavanhu vangu wakagoregerei kupodzwa?

²²Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? Why then is there no dressing applied for the healing of the daughter of my people?