1Vane nhamo vagere zvakanaka paZiyoni, navagere pakasimba mugomo reSamaria, ivo vanhu vane mbiri vorudzi rukuru pakati pamarudzi, kunoenda imba yaIsiraeri!
1Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!
2Pfuurirai Karine, muone; kubva ipapo endai Hamati, iro guta guru; zvino muende Gati ravaFirisitia; ivo vakakurira ushe hwohuno here? Nyika yavo ihuru kune yenyu here?
2Go to Calneh, and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border?
3Iyemi, munoti zuva rakaipa richiri kure, muchiswededza zvigaro panoitwa nesimba;
3Those who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
4imwi, munovata pamibhedha yenyanga dzenzou, muchizamura pauvato bwenyu, muchidya makwayana amapoka, nemhuru dziri mukati mechirugu;
4Who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
5munoimba nziyo dzisina maturo mbira dzichiridzwa, munozviitira zvinoridzwa saDhavhidhi;
5who strum on the strings of a harp; who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
6imi, munomwa waini nemidziyo yokubayira, muchizora mafuta akaisvonaka; asi hamune hanya nokukuvadzwa kwaJosefa.
6who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7Naizvozvo zvino vachatapwa nowokutanga vanotapwa; ipapo ruzha rwavanozamura ruchapfuura.
7Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive; and the feasting and lounging will end.
8Ishe Jehovha wakapika naiye amene ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, iye Mwari wehondo achiti, Ndinosema kuzvikudza kwaJakove, ndinovenga dzimba dzavo dzoushe; naizvozvo ndinoisa guta nezvose zvirimo kuvavengi vavo.
8“The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
9Zvino kana varume vane gumi vakasara muimba imwe vachafa.
9It will happen, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
10Kana hama yomunhu wakafa ichiuya kumutora iye anozomupisa, ichibvisa mafupa mumba, ikati kuno ari mukati-kati meimba, Kuchinomumwe newe here? Iye akati Kwete! ipapo uchati nyarara, nekuti hazvina kufanira kuti tireve zita raJehovha.
10“When a man’s relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, ‘Is there yet any with you?’ And he says, ‘No;’ then he will say, ‘Hush! Indeed we must not mention the name of Yahweh.’
11nekuti tarirai, Jehovha anoraira, iye achakoromora imba huru, neimba duku ichaita mitswe.
11“For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.
12Ko mabhiza angamhanya paruware here? Ko pangarimwa nemombe here? nekuti makashandura kururamisa mukakuita nduru, nezvibereko zvokururama mukazviita gavakava;
12Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;
13iyemi, munofarira chinhu chisina maturo, muchiti, Hatina kuzviwanira nyanga nesimba redu here?
13you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, ‘Haven’t we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?’
14nekuti tarirai, ndichakumutsirai rumwe rudzi, imwi imba yaIsiraeri, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, iye Mwari wehondo; ruchakutambudzai kubva pavanopinda paHamati kusvikira kurukova rwerenje.
14For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies; “and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”