¹Zvakaonekwa naIsaya, mwanakomana waAmozi, zvaakaona pamusoro paJudha neJerusaremu, pamazuva aUziya, naJotamu, naAhazi, naHezekia, madzimambo avaJudha.

¹The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

²Inzwa denga rose, teerera iwe nyika, nekuti Jehovha akataura, achiti, Ndakarera nokukurisa vana, asi vakandimukira.

²Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

³Nzombe inoziva muridzi wayo, nembongoro inoziva chidyiro chavatenzi vayo; asi Isiraeri havazivi, vanhu vangu havarangariri.

³The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel doesn’t know, my people don’t consider.”

⁴Haiwa, rudzi runotadza, vanhu vakaremerwa nezvakaipa, vana vavaiti vezvakaipa, vana vanoita zvakaora! Vakasiya Jehovha, vakashora Mutsvene waIsiraeri, vadzokera shure.

⁴Ah sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken Yahweh. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and backward.

⁵Munoda kugara muchiroverweiko, zvamunongoramba muchimukira Jehovha? Musoro wose unorwadza, nomoyo wose waziya.

⁵Why should you be beaten more, that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

⁶Kubvira parutsoka kusvikira kumusoro hapana pakukutu pauri; asi maronda, napakakuvara, namavanga matsva, haana kusvimwa, haana kuputirwa, kana kunyoroveswa namafuta.

⁶From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it: wounds, welts, and open sores. They haven’t been closed, neither bandaged, neither soothed with oil.

⁷Nyika yenyu yaparadzwa, maguta enyu apiswa nomoto, nyika yenyu yopedzwa navatorwa imwi muripo, yaparadzwa, sezvinoparadza vatorwa.

⁷Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

⁸Mukunda weZiyoni wasiiwa sedumba mumunda wemizambiringa, sechirindo mumunda wamagaka, seguta rakakombwa nehondo.

⁸The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a besieged city.

⁹Dai Jehovha wehondo asina kutisiira vakasara vashomashoma, tingadai takafanana neSodhoma, takaita seGomora.

⁹Unless Yahweh of Armies had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom; we would have been like Gomorrah.

¹⁰Inzwai shoko raJehovha, imwi vabati veSodhoma; teererai murayiro waMwari wedu, imwi vanhu veGomora.

¹⁰Hear the word of Yahweh, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” , you people of Gomorrah!

¹¹Zvanzi naJehovha, Zvibayiro zvenyu zvizhinji zvinondibatsirei? Ndagutisa zvipiriso zvenyu zvinopiswa zvamakondobwe, namafuta ezvipfuwo zvakakodzwa; handifadzwi neropa renzombe, kana ramakwayana, kana renhongo.

¹¹“What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?,” says Yahweh. “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals. I don’t delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.

¹²Kana muchiuya kuzondiona, ndianiko anoreva izvozvo pamaoko enyu, kuti mutsike mavazhe angu?

¹²When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?

¹³Musazouyazve nezvipo zvisina maturo; zvinonhuhwira zvinondinyangadza; nguva dzokugara komwedzi nedzamasabata, nedzokukokera ungano, handizvidi; zvakaipa, kunyange neungano tsvene.

¹³Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can’t bear with evil assemblies.

¹⁴Nguva dzenyu dzokugara komwedzi nemitambo yenyu zvinovengwa nomweya wangu; zvinondinetsa; ndaneta nokutambudzika nazvo.

¹⁴My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them.

¹⁵Kana muchitambanudza maoko enyu, ndichakuvanzirai chiso changu; zvirokwazvo, kana muchiwanza minyengetero, handinganzwi; maoko enyu azere neropa

¹⁵When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

¹⁶Shambai; muzvinatse; bvisai zvakaipa zvamabasa enyu pamberi pangu; regai kuramba muchiita zvakaipa;

¹⁶Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.

¹⁷dzidzai kuita zvakanaka; tsvakai kururamisira, batsirai vanomanikidzwa, ruramisirai nherera, mureverere chirikadzi.

¹⁷Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

¹⁸Chiuyai zvino, titaurirane, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; kunyange zvivi zvenyu zvikaita somucheka mutsvuku, zvichachena sechando; kunyange zviri zvishava somuti mushava, zvichaita samakushe amakwai.

¹⁸“Come now, and let us reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

¹⁹Kana muchida, muchiteerera, muchadya zvakanaka zvenyika;

¹⁹If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;

²⁰asi kana muchiramba, muchindimukira, muchaparadzwa nomunondo; nekuti muromo waJehovha wakataura izvozvo.

²⁰but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”

²¹Haiwa, guta rakatendeka rashanduka chifeve sei! Iro rakanga rizere nokururamisa! Kururama kwaigara mariri, asi zvino mogara vaurayi.

²¹How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

²²Sirivha yako ava marara, waini yako yakavhenganiswa nemvura.

²²Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.

²³Machinda ako akamukira Jehovha, ishamwari dzembavha; mumwe nomumwe anoda fufuro, anovinga mibairo; havaruramisiri nherera, mhaka yechirikadzi haitambwi navo.

²³Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don’t judge the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

²⁴Saka zvanzi naShe, Jehovha wehondo, iye Wamasimba wavaIsiraeri, Ndichapedza shungu dzangu pamusoro pavadzivisi vangu, ndichazvitsivira pamusoro pavavengi vangu;

²⁴Therefore the Lord, The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says: “Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, and avenge myself of my enemies;

²⁵ndichatambanudza ruoko rwangu kwauri, ndinatse chose marara ako, ndichabvisa tini yako.

²⁵and I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.

²⁶Ndichadzosera vatongi vako vave sapakutanga, namakurukota ako sapakutanga; shure kwaizvozvo uchanzi Guta rokururama, musha wakatendeka.

²⁶I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called ‘The city of righteousness, a faithful town.’

²⁷Ziyoni richadzikunurwa nokururamiswa, navanodzoka mariri nokururama.

²⁷Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.

²⁸Asi vadariki navatadzi vachaparadzwa pamwechete, vanosiya Jehovha, vachapedzwa.

²⁸But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed.

²⁹nekuti vachanyadziswa pamusoro pemiti yemiouki yamaifarira, muchava nenyadzi pamusoro peminda yamakasanangura.

²⁹For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.

³⁰nekuti muchava somouki wasvava mashizha, uye somunda usine mvura.

³⁰For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water.

³¹Ane simba achava sorwonzi, nebasa rake sesasaradzi dzomoto; zvose zviviri zvichatsva pamwechete, hakuna angazvidzimura.

³¹The strong will be like tinder, and his work like a spark. They will both burn together, and no one will quench them.”