¹Zvino iwe Mwanakomana womunhu, tora chitinha uchigadzike pamberi pako, ufananidzirepo guta, iro reJerusaremu.

²Zvino urikombe nehondo, urivakire nhare dzokurwa naro, uritutire murwi wokurwa nawo; uriisire misasa, nokurikomberedza kumativi ose nezvokugumura kuriputsa.

³Zvino utore gango redare, urigadze pakati pako neguta, ruve rusvingo rwedare; zvino urinzire chiso chako kwariri, ipapo richava guta rakakombwa nehondo, iwe ndiwe ucharikomba. Ichi chichava chiratidzo kuimba yaIsiraeri.

⁴Uyezve, uvate pasi parutivi rwako rworuboshwe, uise pamusoro parwo zvakaipa zveimba yaIsiraeri; mazuva aunovata parutivi urwo ndiyo nguva yauchatakura zvakaipa zvavo.

⁵nekuti ndakatara makore ezvakaipa zvawo aenzane namazuva ako, mazuva ana mazana matatu namakumi mapfumbamwe; saizvozvo uchatakura zvakaipa zveimba yaIsiraeri.

⁶Zvino kana wapedza mazuva awa, uvate pasi norutivi rwako rworudyi, kuti utakure zvakaipa zveimba yaJudha; ndakakutarira mazuva ana makumi mana, zuva rimwe nerimwe rifananidze gore.

⁷Urinzire chiso chako wakatarira kukombwa kweJerusaremu ruoko rwako rwakafukurwa; ugoporofita pamusoro paro.

⁸Tarira, ndinokusunga nezvisungo, urege kutendeukira kuno rumwe rutivi, kusvikira wapedza mazuva okukomba kwako.

⁹Zvino utorewo gorosi nebhari nemarendiri* nenyemba namapfunde nesipereti uzviise mumudziyo mumwe, ugozviitira chingwa nazvo; unofanira kuchidya mazuva aunovata pasi parutivi rwako, iwo mazuva ana mazana matatu namakumi mapfumbamwe.

¹⁰Zvokudya zvako zvaunofanira kudya, zvichayerwa kurema kwazvo, mashekeri ana makumi maviri nezuva rimwe nerimwe; uchazvidya nguva nenguva.

¹¹Unofanira kumwawo mvura yakayerwa, chechitanhatu chehini; uchaimwa nguva nenguva.

¹²Unofanira kuzvidya zvakafanana nezvingwa zvebhari, unofanira kuzvibika pamberi pavo nendove inobudiswa navanhu.

¹³Jehovha akati, Saizvozvo vana valsiraeri vachadya zvokudya zvavo zvakanora pakati pamarudzi kwandichavadzingira.

¹⁴Ipapo ndikati, Aiwa, Ishe Jehovha! Tarirai mweya wangu hauna kumbosvibiswa; nekuti kubva pauduku hwangu kusvikira zvino, handina kumbodya chakafa choga, kana chakaurawa nezvikara, nenyama yakanora haina kumbopinda mumuromo mangu.

¹⁵Ipapo akati kwandiri, Tarira, ndakupa ndove yemombe panzvimbo yendove yavanhu, unofanira kugadzira zvokudya zvako nayo.

¹⁶Akatiwo kwandiri, Mwanakomana womunhu, tarira ndichavhuna mudonzvo wezvokudya paJerusaremu; vachadya zvokudya zvakayerwa vachitya, vachamwa mvura yakayerwa, vachivhunduka;

¹⁷kuti vashayiwe zvokudya nemvura, vavhunduke mumwe nomumwe, vavore muzvakaipa zvavo.