¹Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvikazve kwandiri, richiti,

¹The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying,

²Mwanakomana womunhu, kwakanga kuna vakadzi vaviri, vanasikana vamai vamwe;

²Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:

³ivo vakapata muEgipita, vakapata vachiri vaduku; mazamu avo akabatwa ipapo, minyato yohumhandara hwavo yakabatwa-batwapo.

³and they played the prostitute in Egypt; they played the prostitute in their youth; there were their breasts pressed, and there was handled the bosom of their virginity.

⁴Mazita avo akanga ari Ohora, mukuru, naOhoribha munin'ina wake; ivo vakazova vangu, vakabereka vanakomana navanasikana. Zvino kana ari mazita avo, Samaria ndiOhora, Jerusaremu ndiOhoribha.

⁴Their names were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister: and they became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.

⁵Ohora wakapata, ari wangu, akadana navadikamwi vake, ivo vaAsiria vaigara pedo naye,

⁵Oholah played the prostitute when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,

⁶vaifuka micheka mitema, vaiva vabati namadzishe, ose ari majaya anodikamwa, vatasvi vaifamba namabhiza.

⁶who were clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.

⁷Iye akapata navo, ivo varume vakatsaurwa vose pakati pevana vaAsiria, zvino waizvisvibisa nezvifananidzo zvavose vaidikamwa naye.

⁷She bestowed her prostitution on them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them; and on whoever she doted, with all their idols she defiled herself.

⁸Uye haana kuzorega kupata kwake kwaakabva nako Egipita; nekuti varume vakavata naye achiri muduku, vakabatabata minyato yohumhandara hwake, vakadurura hupombwe hwavo pamusoro pake.

⁸Neither has she left her prostitution since the days of Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her, and they handled the bosom of her virginity; and they poured out their prostitution on her.

⁹Naizvozvo ndakamuisa mumaoko avadikamwi vake, mumaoko avaAsiria, vaakadana navo.

⁹Therefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, on whom she doted.

¹⁰Ivo vakafukura kunyadza kwake, vakatora vanakomana navanasikana vake, vakamuuraya iye nomunondo, zita rake rikazosekwa pakati pavakadzi; nekuti vakamutonga.

¹⁰These uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters; and her they killed with the sword: and she became a byword among women; for they executed judgments on her.

¹¹Zvino munin'ina wake Ohoribha wakazviona hake, kunyange zvakadaro iye wakange akanyanya pakudana kwake navadikamwi, uye kupata kwake kwakapfuura kupata komukuru wake.

¹¹Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her prostitution which were more than the prostitution of her sister.

¹²Iye akadana navaAsiria, vaiva vabati namadzishe, vaigara pedo naye, vakafuka zvakaisvonaka kwazvo, vari vatasvi vanofamba namabhiza, ose ari majaya anodikamwa.

¹²She doted on the Assyrians, governors and rulers, her neighbors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

¹³Zvino ndakaona kuti wasvibiswa; ivo vose vakafamba nenzira imwe.

¹³I saw that she was defiled; they both took one way.

¹⁴Akawedzera kupata kwake; nekuti wakaona zvifananidzo zvavarume vakavezwa pamadziro, zviri zvifananidzo zvaKaradhea, zvakavezwa nomuti mutsvuku,

¹⁴She increased her prostitution; for she saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,

¹⁵vakasunga zviuno zvavo nebhanhire, vane ngowani dzemicheka pamisoro yavo, vose vakaita samachinda kana vachionekwa, vakafanana navaBhabhironi paKaradhea, iyo nyika yokuberekwa kwavo.

¹⁵dressed with girdles on their waists, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them princes to look on, after the likeness of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.

¹⁶Zvino wakati achivaona, akavada kwazvo, akatuma nhume kwavari paKaradhea.

¹⁶As soon as she saw them she doted on them, and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.

¹⁷VaBhabhironi vakauya kwaari ari panhovo dzorudo, vakamusvibisa nohupombwe hwavo, iye akasvibiswa pamwechete navo, mweya wake ukazorambana navo.

¹⁷The Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their prostitution, and she was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them.

¹⁸Zvino wakati afukura kupata kwake, nokufukura kunyadza kwake, mweya wangu ukarambana naye, mweya wangu sezvawakarambana nomukuru wake.

¹⁸So she uncovered her prostitution, and uncovered her nakedness: then my soul was alienated from her, like as my soul was alienated from her sister.

¹⁹Kunyange zvakadaro akaramba achiwedzera kupata kwake, achirangarira mazuva ohuduku hwake, aakapata nawo panyika yeEgipita.

¹⁹Yet she multiplied her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth, in which she had played the prostitute in the land of Egypt.

²⁰Akadana zvikuru navadikamwi vake, vane nyama yakaita senyama yembongoro, zvinodhachwa navo zvakaita sezvinodhachwa namabhiza.

²⁰She doted on their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

²¹Zvino ukayeudzwa zvakashata zvohuduku hwako, panguva yawakabatwa-batwa minyato yako navaEgipita nokuda kwamazamu ohumhandara hwako.

²¹Thus you called to memory the lewdness of your youth, in the handling of your bosom by the Egyptians for the breasts of your youth.

²²Naizvozvo iwe Ohoribha, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha tarira, ndichakumutsira vadikamwi vako, vakazorambwa nomweya wako, ndichavauyisa kwauri kuzorwa newe kumativi ose;

²²Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will raise up your lovers against you, from whom your soul is alienated, and I will bring them against you on every side:

²³vanoti, vaBhabhironi, navaKaradhea vose, Pekodhi naShoa naKoa, navaAsiria pamwechete navo, iwo majaya anodikamwa, vose vari vabati namadzishe, machinda navarume vane mbiri, vose vakatasva mabhiza.

²³the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them; desirable young men, governors and rulers all of them, princes and men of renown, all of them riding on horses.

²⁴Vachauya kuzorwa newe nenhumbi dzokurwa, nengoro, nezvinofamba namakumbo engoro, neboka ravanhu vazhinji; vachazvirongedza kuzorwa newe nenhovo huru nenhovo duku nengowani kumativi ose; ini ndichavapa simba rokutonga, vakutonge nokutonga kwavo.

²⁴They shall come against you with weapons, chariots, and wagons, and with a company of peoples; they shall set themselves against you with buckler and shield and helmet all around; and I will commit the judgment to them, and they shall judge you according to their judgments.

²⁵Ndichamutsa godo rangu kuzorwa newe, ivo vakuitire hasha; vachabvisa mhino dzako nenzeve dzako, vakasara kwauri vachaurawa nomunondo, vachatora vanakomana vako navanasikana vako; vakasara kwauri vachapera nomoto.

²⁵I will set my jealousy against you, and they shall deal with you in fury; they shall take away your nose and your ears; and your residue shall fall by the sword: they shall take your sons and your daughters; and your residue shall be devoured by the fire.

²⁶Vachakubvisirawo nguvo dzako, nokukutorera hukomba hwako hwakanaka.

²⁶They shall also strip you of your clothes, and take away your beautiful jewels.

²⁷Saizvozvo ndichakugumisira zvakashata zvako nokupata kwako kwawakabva nako kunyika yeEgipita, kuti urege kuzozvitarirazve nameso ako, kana kuzorangarira Egipita.

²⁷Thus will I make your lewdness to cease from you, and your prostitution brought from the land of Egypt; so that you shall not lift up your eyes to them, nor remember Egypt any more.

²⁸nekuti zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, ndichakuisa mumaoko avaunovenga, mumaoko aivo vakarambwa nomweya wako;

²⁸For thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will deliver you into the hand of them whom you hate, into the hand of them from whom your soul is alienated;

²⁹ivo vachakuitira ruvengo, vachakutorera zvose zvawakabatira, vakakurega usina chawakafuka wakashama; kunyadza kokupata kwako kuchafukurwa, zvakaipa zvako pamwechete nokupata kwako.

²⁹and they shall deal with you in hatred, and shall take away all your labor, and shall leave you naked and bare; and the nakedness of your prostitution shall be uncovered, both your lewdness and your prostitution.

³⁰Uchaitirwa zvinhu izvi nemhaka yokuti wakapata namarudzi avanhu, uye nemhaka yokuti wakasvibiswa nezvifananidzo zvavo.

³⁰These things shall be done to you, because you have played the prostitute after the nations, and because you are polluted with their idols.

³¹Iwe wakafamba nenzira yomukuru wako; saka ndichaisa mukombe wake muruoko rwako.

³¹You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore will I give her cup into your hand.

³²Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Uchamwira pamukombe womukuru wako, wakadzika mukuru; uchasekwa nokudadirwa, nekuti iwe une zvizhinji zvirimo.

³²Thus says the Lord Yahweh: You will drink of your sister’s cup, which is deep and large; you will be ridiculed and held in derision; it contains much.

³³Uchazara nokubatwa nokuchema; mukombe womukuru wako Samaria mukombe wokushamiswa nokuparadzwa.

³³You shall be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of your sister Samaria.

³⁴Uchaumwa nokuupedza chose, uchatsenga zvaenga zvawo, nokudzura mazamu ako; nekuti ndini ndakataura izvozvo, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

³⁴You shall even drink it and drain it out, and you shall gnaw the broken pieces of it, and shall tear your breasts; for I have spoken it, says the Lord Yahweh.

³⁵Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Zvawakandikangamwa, ukandirasira shure kwako, naizvozvo chiva nemhosva yezvakashata zvako, neyokupata kwako.

³⁵Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you have forgotten me, and cast me behind your back, therefore you also bear your lewdness and your prostitution.

³⁶Jehovha akatiwo kwandiri, Mwanakomana womunhu, chitonga Ohora naOhoribha, uvazivise zvinonyangadza zvavo.

³⁶Yahweh said moreover to me: Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? then declare to them their abominations.

³⁷nekuti wakafeva, ropa riri pamaoko avo; wakafeva nezvifananidzo zvavo; vakapinzawo vanakomana vavo vavakandiberekera mumoto, kuti zvidyiwe nazvo.

³⁷For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands; and with their idols have they committed adultery; and they have also caused their sons, whom they bore to me, to pass through the fire to them to be devoured.

³⁸Vakandiitirawo chinhu ichi, vakasvibisawo nzvimbo yangu tsvene nezuva iro, vakamhura masabata angu.

³⁸Moreover this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my Sabbaths.

³⁹nekuti vakati vabayira zvifananidzo zvavo vana vavo, vakapinda nezuva iro munzvimbo yangu tsvene kuti vaimhure; tarirai, ndizvo zvavakaita mukati meimba yangu.

³⁹For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and behold, thus have they done in the midst of my house.

⁴⁰Makatumawo nhume kundodana varume vanobva kure nhume yakatumwako kwavari ivo vakauya, iwe ukazvishamba nokuda kwavo, ukazodza meso ako nomuti, nokuzvishongedza nezvishongo,

⁴⁰Furthermore you have sent for men who come from far, to whom a messenger was sent, and behold, they came; for whom you did wash yourself, paint your eyes, and decorate yourself with ornaments,

⁴¹ukagara panhovo dzakaisvonaka, dzakanga dzakagadzirirwa tafura pamberi padzo, pawakagadzika zvinonhuhwira zvangu namafuta angu.

⁴¹and sit on a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon you set my incense and my oil.

⁴²Inzwi ravazhinji vakanga vachifara rakanga rinaye; zvino pamwechete navarume vakabva kuvazhinji, vakauya nevakariri vedoro, vaibva kurenje, vakaisa zvishongo pamaoko avo, nekorona dzakanaka pamisoro yavo.

⁴²The voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with men of the common sort were brought drunkards from the wilderness; and they put bracelets on their hands twain, and beautiful crowns on their heads.

⁴³Zvino ndakati kuna iye akanga apera nokufeva kwake, Zvino vachaita hupombwe naye, naiye navo.

⁴³Then I said of her who was old in adulteries, Now will they play the prostitute with her, and she with them.

⁴⁴Ipapo vakapinda kwaari, sezvavanopinda kuchifeve; saizvozvo vakapinda kuna Ohora naOhoribha, ivo vakadzi vakashata.

⁴⁴They went in to her, as they go in to a prostitute: so went they in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.

⁴⁵Naizvozvo varume vakarurama vachavatonga sezvinotongwa zvifeve, sezvinotongwa vakadzi vakateura ropa, nekuti zvifeve, ropa riri pamaoko avo.

⁴⁵Righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women who shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

⁴⁶nekuti zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Ndichauyisa boka ravarwi kuzorwa navo, ndichavaregera kuti vadzungaidzwe kose-kose vapambwe.

⁴⁶For thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will bring up a company against them, and will give them to be tossed back and forth and robbed.

⁴⁷Boka iro richavataka namabwe, nokuvabaya neminondo yavo; vachauraya vanakomana vavo navanasikana vavo, nokupisa dzimba dzavo nomoto.

⁴⁷The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.

⁴⁸Saizvozvo ndichagumisa zvakashata panyika, kuti vakadzi vose vadzidziswe kuti varege kutevera zvakashata zvenyu.

⁴⁸Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

⁴⁹Vachakutsivirai zvakashata zvenyu, imwi muchava nezvivi zvezvifananidzo zvenyu, zvino muchaziva kuti ndini Ishe Jehovha.

⁴⁹They shall recompense your lewdness on you, and you shall bear the sins of your idols; and you shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh.