1Inzwai shoko iri, imwi vapristi, teererai imwi imba yaIsiraeri, rerekerai nzeve dzenyu, imwi imba yamambo; nekuti ndimi munotongwa; nekuti makanga muri musungo paMizipa, nomumbure wakadzikwa paRabhori.
1“Listen to this, you priests! Listen, house of Israel, and give ear, house of the king! For the judgment is against you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.
2Vakandimukira vakapinda kwazvo pakuora, asi ndichavatuka vose.
2The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I discipline all of them.
3Ndinoziva Efuremu, Isiraeri havana kuvanzika pamberi pangu; nekuti zvino iwe Efuremu, wakapata, Isiraeri vakasvibiswa.
3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute. Israel is defiled.
4Zvavakaita hazvivatenderi kudzokera kuna Mwari wavo; nekuti mweya wokufeva uri mukati mavo, havazivi Jehovha.
4Their deeds won’t allow them to turn to their God; for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they don’t know Yahweh.
5Kuzvikudza kwaIsiraeri kunovapupurira pachena; saka Isiraeri naEfuremu vachagumburwa pazvakaipa zvavo, Judha vachagumburwawo pamwechete navo.
5The pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah also will stumble with them.
6Vachaenda namakwai avo nemombe dzavo kundotsvaka Jehovha, asi havangamuwani; akaenda kure navo.
6They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh; but they won’t find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.
7Vakanyengera Jehovha, nekuti vakabereka vana vasati vari vavo; zvino mutambo wokugara komwedzi uchavapedza pamwechete neminda yavo.
7They are unfaithful to Yahweh; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.
8Ridzai mumanzi paGibhiyoni, nehwamanda paRama; ridzai mhere paBhetiavheni; vari shure kwako, iwe Bhenjamini!
8“Blow the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah! Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!
9Nyika yaEfuremu ichaitwa matongo nezuva rokutukwa; ndakazivisa pakati paIsiraeri zvichazovapo zvirokwazvo.
9Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.
10Machinda aJudha akafanana navanobvisa chiratidzo chemiganho; ndichadurura kutsamwa kwangu pamusoro pawo semvura.
10The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark. I will pour out my wrath on them like water.
11Efuremu wakamanikidzwa wakapwanyiwa nokutongwa, nekuti akanga achitenda kutevera murayiro wavanhu.
11Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; Because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.
12Naizvozvo ndichava kuna Efuremu sechipfunho, uye sokuora kuimba yaJudha.
12Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
13Efuremu akati achiona kurwara kwake, naJudha vanga rake, Efuremu akaenda Asiria, akatuma nhume kuna mambo Jarebhi; asi iye haagoni kukuporesai, kana kuporesa vanga renyu.
13“When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.
14nekuti ndichava seshumba kuna Efuremu, uye seshumba duku kuimba yaJudha; ini, iyeni, ndichabvambura ndokuenda; ndichavatapa, hakuna angavarwira.
14For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.
15Ndichaenda ndichidzokera kunzvimbo yangu, kusvikira vatenda kutadza kwavo, vakatsvaka chiso changu; pakutambudzika kwavo vachanditsvaka nomwoyo wose.
15I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.”