¹Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri richiti,

¹The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

²Mwanakomana womunhu, taurira veimba yaIsiraeri chirabwe, ureve mufananidzo kwavari;

²Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

³uti, Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, gondo guru, rina mapapiro makuru neminhenga mirefu, rinamambava mazhinji ana mavara-mavara, rakasvika Rebhanoni, rikatora musoro womuSidhari,

³and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers, which had various colors, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:

⁴rikavhuna davi rokumusoro pamatavi aro manyoro, rikaenda naro kunyika yavashambadziri, ndokuriisa muguta ravatengesi.

⁴he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs of it, and carried it to a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

⁵Rakatorawo dzimwe mbeu dzenyika, ndokudzikavira pavhu rakaorera, rikadziisa parutivi rwemvura zhinji, rikadzisima semiti yemikonachando.

⁵He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow tree.

⁶Davi rikamera, rikaita muzambiringa unotanda wakapfupika, kuti matavi awo atarire kwariri, nemidzi yawo ive pasi pawo; saizvozvo rakaita muzambiringa, wakabudisa matavi nokutungira hutavi huduku.

⁶It grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

⁷Zvino kwakanga kune rimwe gondozve rina mapapiro makuru namambava mazhinji; zvino tarira muzambiringa uyu wakarerekera midzi yawo kwariri nokutungirawo matavi aro kwariri, zvichibva pandima pawakanga wakasimwa, kuti riudiridze.

⁷There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.

⁸wakange wakasimwa pavhu rakanaka pane mvura zhinji, kuti ubudise matavi, nokubereka michero, uve muzambiringa wakanaka.

⁸It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

⁹Zvino iwe uti, Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, muti ucharamba uchifara here? Ko gondo haringadzuri midzi yawo, nokugura michero yawo, kuti mashizha awo achangobukira, aome here? Hakungadikamwi ruoko rune simba, kana vanhu vazhinji, kuudzura nemidzi yawo.

⁹Say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or many people can it be raised from its roots.

¹⁰Zvirokwazvo, tarira, zvawasimwa ucharamba uchifara here? Haungaomi chose kana ukarohwa nemhepo inobva mabvazuva here? Uchaomera pandima pawakanga wamera.

¹⁰Yes, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind touches it? it shall wither in the beds where it grew.

¹¹Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvikazve kwandiri richiti,

¹¹Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

¹²Zvino uti kuimba inondimukira simba, Hamuzivi here kuti zvinhu izvi zvinoreveiko? Chivaudza, uti, Tarira mambo weBhabhironi wakasvika Jerusaremu, akabata mambo waro, namachinda aro, akandovaisa Bhabhironi kwaari.

¹²Say now to the rebellious house, Don’t you know what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon:

¹³Akatora mumwe worudzi rwamambo, akaita sungano naye; akamupikisawo, akabvisa vane simba venyika;

¹³and he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;

¹⁴kuti ushe huderere, kuti hurege kukura, asi hurambe huripo huchichengeta sungano yake.

¹⁴that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.

¹⁵Asi wakazomumukira achituma nhume dzake Egipita, kuti apiwe mabhiza navanhu vazhinji. Ko acharamba achingofara here? Anoita zvinhu zvakadai achapukunyuka here? Angaputsa sungano akapukunyuka here?

¹⁵But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape who does such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?

¹⁶Noupenyu hwangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha. Panzvimbo panogara mambo, akamuita mambo, waakashora kupika kwake, nokuputsa sungano yake, ipapo paari, pakati peBhabhironi, ndipo paachafira.

¹⁶As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

¹⁷Kunyange naFarao nehondo yake ine simba neboka rake guru haangamubatsiri pakurwa, kana vachitutira mirwi yokurwa nokuvaka nhare, kuti vaparadze vanhu vazhinji.

¹⁷Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons.

¹⁸nekuti wakashora kupika nokuputsa kwake sungano; tarira, akapika noruoko rwake, kunyange zvakadaro akaita izvozvi zvose haangapukunyuki.

¹⁸For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape.

¹⁹Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Noupenyu hwangu, kupika kwangu kwaakashora nesungano yangu yaakaputsa, zvirokwazvo ndichauyisa mhosva yazvo pamusoro pomusoro wake.

¹⁹Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: As I live, surely my oath that he has despised, and my covenant that he has broken, I will even bring it on his own head.

²⁰Ndichakanda mumbure wangu pamusoro pake, achabatwa nomusungo wangu, ndichamuisa Bhabhironi ndimutongeko pamusoro pokudarika kwake kwaakandidarikira nako.

²⁰I will spread my net on him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.

²¹Vose vanotiza vamapoka ake ose vachaurawa nomunondo, navakasara vachaparadzirwa kumativi mana enyika; zvino muchaziva kuti ini Jehovha ndini ndakataura izvozvo.

²¹All his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be scattered toward every wind: and you shall know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it.

²²Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Ndichatora ini rutavi padavi rokumusoro-soro romusidhari, ndirusime; pamatavi aro manyoro okumusoro ndichavhuna rumwe rutsva, ndirusime pamusoro pegomo refu rakakwirira;

²²Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain:

²³pagomo refu raIsiraeri ndipo pandicharusima; ruchabudisa matavi, nokubereka michero, nokuva musidhari wakanaka kwazvo, pasi pawo pachagara shiri dzinamapapiro amarudzi ose; dzichagara mumumvuri wamatavi awo.

²³in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade of its branches shall they dwell.

²⁴Zvino miti yose yokusango ichaziva kuti ini Jehovha ndakaderedza muti murefu, ndikakwiridza muti wakazvidzwa, nokuomesa muti munyoro, ndikameresa muti wakaoma. Ini Jehovha ndakazvitaura, ndikazviita.

²⁴All the trees of the field shall know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.