¹Zvino negore regumi, nomwedzi wegumi, nezuva regumi namaviri romwedzi, shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri, richiti,

¹In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

²Mwanakomana womunhu, rinzira chiso chako kuna Farao mambo weEgipita, uporofite pamusoro pake napamusoro peEgipita rose.

²“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

³Taura uti, zvanzi nalshe Jehovha, Tarira, ndine mhaka newe, iwe Farao mambo iwe shato huru uvete pakati penzizi dzako, ukati, Rwizi rwangu ndorwangu, ndakazviitira irwo.

³Speak and say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said, ‘My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.’

⁴Ndichaisa zvikokovonho mushaya dzako, ndichanamatidza hove dzenzizi dzako pamakwande ako, ndichakubvisa mukati menzizi dzako pamwechete nehove dzose dzenzizi dzako dzakanamatira pamakwande ako.

⁴I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales; and I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales.

⁵Ndichakurashira kurenje, iwe nehove dzose dzenzizi dzako, uchawira pasi pabani pakachena, haungakokerwi kana kuunganidzwa; ndakakuisa kuzvikara zvapasi neshiri dzokudenga, uve zvokudya zvavo.

⁵I’ll cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You’ll fall on the open field. You won’t be brought together, nor gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.

⁶Vose vagere Egipita vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha, nekuti vakanga vakaita setsvimbo yorutsanga kuimba yaIsiraeri.

⁶All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

⁷Vakati vachibata ruoko rwako, iwe ukavhunika, ukatsemura mafudzi avo ose; vakati vachisendama pamusoro pako, iwe ukavhunika, ukamisa zviuno zvavo zviri zvoga.

⁷When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, and paralyzed all of their thighs.”

⁸Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarira, ndinouyisa munondo pamusoro pako, ndichaparadza pakati pako vanhu nezvipfuwo.

⁸Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off man and animal from you.

⁹Nyika yeEgipita ichava dongo renzvimbo yakaparadzwa zvino vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha. Zvayakati, Rwizi ndorwangu, ndini ndakaruita,

⁹The land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am Yahweh. Because he has said, ‘The river is mine, and I have made it;’

¹⁰naizvozvo, tarira, ndine mhaka newe uye nenzizi dzako, ndichaita nyika yeEgipita nzvimbo yakaparadzwa chose nedongo, kubva pashongwe yeSevhene kusvikira pamuganhu weItiopia.

¹⁰therefore, behold, I am against you, and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even to the border of Ethiopia.

¹¹Hakuna munhu achapfuura napo norutsoka rwake, norutsoka rwechipfuo harungapfuuri napo, haingagarwi navanhu makore makumi mana.

¹¹No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of animal shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

¹²Nyika yeEgipita ndichaiita dongo pakati penyika dzakaitwa matongo, namaguta ayo achaitwa matongo makore makumi mana pakati pamaguta akaitwa matongo; ndichaparadzira vaEgipita pakati pamarudzi avanhu, nokuvadzingira kunyika dzose.

¹²I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.”

¹³nekuti zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Kana makore makumi mana apera, ndichaunganidza vaEgipita kumarudzi avanhu kwandakanga ndavaparadzira;

¹³For thus says the Lord Yahweh: “At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they were scattered;

¹⁴ndichadzosazve kutapwa kweEgipita, ndichavadzoserazve kunyika yePatirosi, kunyika kwavakaberekerwa; vachavapo hushe hwakazvidzwa.

¹⁴and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom.

¹⁵Huchava ushe hunozvidzwa kupfuura ushe hwose, hahungazozvimisizve kukunda mamwe marudzi, ndichavatapudza, varege kuzotongazve mamwe marudzi paushe hwavo.

¹⁵It shall be the base of the kingdoms; neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations: and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.

¹⁶Imba yalsiraeri haingazovimbi nahwo, huchindiyeudzira zvakaipa zvavo, kana vachicheuka kuvatevera; zvino vachaziva kuti ndini Ishe Jehovha.

¹⁶It shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to memory, when they turn to look after them: and they shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh.”’”

¹⁷Zvino negore ramakumi maviri namanomwe, nomwedzi wokutanga, nezuva rokutanga romwedzi, shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri, richiti,

¹⁷It came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

¹⁸Mwanakomana womunhu, Nebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi, wakabatisa hondo yake basa guru rokurwa neTire; misoro yose yakasvotorwa namafudzi ose akasvuuka; kunyange zvakadaro iye nehondo yake havana kupiwa mubayiro neTire pamusoro pebasa raakabata achirwa navo.

¹⁸Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.

¹⁹Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarirai, nyika yeEgipita ndichaipa Nebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi; iye uchatapa vanhu vayo vazhinji, nokutora zvaachapamba, nokutora zvaachatapa; ndizvo zvichava mubayiro wehondo yake.

¹⁹Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

²⁰Ndakamupa iye nyika yeEgipita, uve muripo wake wezvaakabatira, nekuti vakandibatira ini, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

²⁰I have given him the land of Egypt as his recompense for which he served, because they worked for me, says the Lord Yahweh.

²¹Nezuva iro ndichamedzera imba yaIsiraeri runyanga, newe ndichakupa muromo wakashamiswa pakati pavo; zvino vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha.

²¹In that day will I cause a horn to bud forth to the house of Israel, and I will give you the opening of the mouth in their midst; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.