1Ipapo akadanidzira munzeve dzangu nenzwi guru, achiti, Swededzai vatariri veguta, mumwe nomumwe ane nhumbi yake yokuparadza muruoko rwake.
1Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause those who are in charge of the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
2Zvino tarira, varume vatanhatu vakabva nenzira yesuwo rokumusoro, riri kurutivi rwokumusoro, mumwe nomumwe ane zvombo zvake muruoko rwake, nomumwe murume pakati pavo akafuka mucheka, ano runyanga rweingi rwomunyori pachiuno chake. Vakapinda, vakandomira parutivi rwearitari yendarira.
2Behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lies toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in their midst clothed in linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side. They went in, and stood beside the bronze altar.
3Zvino kubwinya kwaMwari waIsiraeri kwakanga kwakwira kuchibva pakerubhi, pakwakanga kuri, kukasvika kuchikumbaridzo cheimba; akadana murume akanga akafuka mucheka, akanga anorunyanga rweingi rwomunyori pachiuno chake.
3The glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house: and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer’s inkhorn by his side.
4Jehovha akati kwaari, Pfuura napakati peguta, napakati peJerusaremu, uise chiratidzo pahuma dzavanhu vanogomera nokuchema pamusoro pezvinonyangadza zvose zvinoitwa mukati maro.
4Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in its midst.
5Asi kuna vamwe wakati, ini ndichizvinzwa, Pfuurai nomuguta muchimutevera, muuraye; ziso renyu ngarirege kupembedza, musava netsitsi;
5To the others he said in my hearing, Go through the city after him, and strike: don’t let your eye spare, neither have pity;
6urayai vose vatana namajaya nemhandara navanana navakadzi; asi regai kuswedera kunomumwe anechiratidzo; mutange panzvimbo yangu tsvene. Ipapo vakatanga navatana vakanga vari pamberi peimba.
6kill utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but don’t come near any man on whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.
7Akati kwavari, Svibisai imba, muzadze mavanze navakaurawa; chibudai. Vakabuda, vakauraya muguta.
7He said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth! They went forth, and struck in the city.
8Zvino vakati vachiuraya, ini ndasiiwa ndiri ndoga, ndikawira pasi nechiso changu, ndikachema, ndichiti, Aiwa, Ishe Jehovha! Ko munoparadza vose vakasara vaIsiraeri pakudurura kwenyu hasha dzenyu pamusoro peJerusaremu here?
8It happened, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell on my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your wrath on Jerusalem?
9Ipapo akati kwandiri, Zvakaipa zveimba yaIsiraeri naJudha zvakakura kwazvo, nyika izere neropa, neguta rizere nezvisakarurama; nekuti vanoti, Jehovha akabva panyika, Jehovha haaoni.
9Then he said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perversion: for they say, Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh doesn’t see.
10Neni, kana ndirini, ziso rangu haringapembedzi, handingavi netsitsi, asi ndichauyisa zvavakaita pamisoro yavo.
10As for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way on their head.
11Zvino tarira, murume akanga akafuka mucheka, akanga anorunyanga rweingi pachiuno chake, akadzoka neshoko, akati, Ndaita sezvamakandirayira.
11Behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as you have commanded me.