¹Zvino shoko raJehovha wehondo rakasvika kwandiri, richiti,

¹And the word of Jehovah of hosts came [unto me], saying,

²Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Ndine godo pamusoro peZiyoni, godo guru, ndine godo pamusoro paro, dziri shungu kwadzo.

²Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great fury.

³Zvanzi naJehovha, Ndakadzokera paZiyoni, ndichagara pakati peJerusaremu; Jerusaremu richanzi guta rezvokwadi, uye gomo raJehovha richanzi gomo dzvene.

³Thus saith Jehovah: I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called, The city of truth; and the mountain of Jehovah of hosts, The holy mountain.

⁴Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Vatana navachembere vachagarazve munzira dzomuguta reJerusaremu, murume mumwe nomumwe ano mudonzvo wake nemhaka yokukwegura kwake.

⁴Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each one with his staff in his hand for multitude of days.

⁵Nzira dzomuguta dzichazara navakomana navasikana vanotamba munzira dzaro.

⁵And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

⁶Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Kana zvichishamisa pamberi pavanhu ava vakasara namazuva iwayo, ko zvingashamisa pamberi pangu here? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo.

⁶Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If it be wonderful in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be wonderful in mine eyes? saith Jehovah of hosts.

⁷Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Tarirai, ndichaponesa vanhu vangu kunyika yamabvazuva, nokunyika yamavirira;

⁷Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country;

⁸ndichavauyisa, vagare pakati peJerusaremu; vachava vanhu vangu, neni ndichava Mwari wavo nezvokwadi nokururama.

⁸and I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.

⁹Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Maoko enyu ngaasimbe, iyemi munonzwa mashoko awa mazuva ano pamiromo yavaporofita, vaivapo nezuva rakateyiwa nheyo dzeimba yaJehovha wehondo, iyo temberi, kuti ivakwe.

⁹Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, that were in the day that the foundation of the house of Jehovah of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

¹⁰nekuti mazuva iwayo asati asvika, kwakanga kusino mubayiro womunhu kana mubayiro wezvipfuwo; kwakanga kusina rugare kune waibuda kana kune aipinda, nemhaka yomudzivisi, nekuti ndaituma vanhu vose mumwe nomumwe kurwisana nowokwake.

¹⁰For before those days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; and there was no peace for him that went out or that came in, because of the distress: for I let loose all men, every one against his neighbour.

¹¹Asi zvino handichazovi kuna vanhu ava vakasara sapamazuva akare, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo.

¹¹But now I will not be unto the remnant of this people as in the former days, saith Jehovah of hosts;

¹²nekuti mbeu yorugare ichavapo; muzambiringa uchabereka zvibereko zvawo, nyika ichabereka zvayo, denga richabudisa dova raro; vanhu ava vakasara ndichavagarisa nhaka yezvinhu izvi zvose.

¹²for the seed shall be prosperous, the vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its produce, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these [things].

¹³Zvino sezvamaiva chinhu chakatukwa pakati pendudzi dzavanhu, imwi imba yaJudha nemwi imba yaIsiraeri, saizvozvo ndichakuponesai, muve chinhu chinoropafadza. Regai kutya, asi maoko enyu asimbe.

¹³And it shall come to pass, like as ye were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear ye not, let your hands be strong.

¹⁴nekuti zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Sezvandakafunga kukuitirai zvakaipa, nguva yandakatsamwiswa namadzibaba enyu, ini ndikasazvidemba ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo;

¹⁴For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Like as I thought to do you evil when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I repented not;

¹⁵saizvozvowo ndakafunga mazuva ano kuitira Jerusaremu zvakanaka uye neimba yaJudhawo; regai kutya.

¹⁵so again have I thought in these days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

¹⁶Hezvi zvinhu zvamunofanira kuita: Mumwe nomumwe ngaareve zvokwadi kunowokwake; tongai nezvokwadi norugare mumasuwo enyu;

¹⁶These are the things that ye shall do: Speak truth every one with his neighbour; execute truth and the judgment of peace in your gates;

¹⁷kurege kuva nomumwe wenyu anofungira wokwake zvakaipa mumwoyo make; musada kupika kwenhema; nekuti zvinhu izvi zvose ndinozvivenga, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹⁷and let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are [things] that I hate, saith Jehovah.

¹⁸Zvino shoko raJehovha wehondo rakasvika kwandiri, richiti,

¹⁸And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying,

¹⁹Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Kutsanya nomwedzi wechina, nokutsanya nomwedzi wechishanu, nokutsanya nomwedzi wechinomwe, nokutsanya nomwedzi wegumi, zvinofanira kuva kuimba yaJudha mufaro nokufarisisa, nemitambo inomufaro; saka idai zvokwadi norugare.

¹⁹Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The fast of the fourth [month] and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful gatherings. Love ye then truth and peace.

²⁰Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Ndudzi dzavanhu dzichauyazve, navagere mumaguta mazhinji;

²⁰Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;

²¹vagere muguta rimwe vachaenda kune rimwe, vachiti, Handei, tichimbidzike kundokumbira nyasha kuna Jehovha, tindotsvaka Jehovha wehondo; neni ndichaendawo.

²¹and the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to supplicate Jehovah, and to seek Jehovah of hosts: I will go also.

²²Zvirokwazvo, ndudzi zhinji dzavanhu namarudzi anesimba achauya kuzotsvaka Jehovha wehondo paJerusaremu, nokukumbira nyasha kuna Jehovha.

²²And many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek Jehovah of hosts in Jerusalem, and to supplicate Jehovah.

²³Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Namazuva iwayo varume vane gumi pandimi dzose dzendudzi dzavanhu vachabata nguvo yomunhu ari muJudha, vachiti, Tichaenda newe, nekuti takanzwa kuti Mwari anemi.

²³Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: In those days shall ten men take hold, out of all languages of the nations, shall even take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you; for we have heard [that] God is with you.