1.Chirevo pamusoro peEgipita.Tarirai, Jehovha akatasva gore rinomhanya, oswedera Egipita; zvifananidzo zvichadedera pamberi pake, nomoyo weEgipita uchanyauka mukati mawo.
1The burden of Egypt: “Behold, Yahweh rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.
2Ndichamutsa moyo yavaEgipita vamukire vaEgipita; mumwe nomumwe acharwa nehama yake, mumwe nomumwe nowakavakirana naye; guta richa mukira guta, ushe huchamukira ushe.
2I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians, and they will fight everyone against his brother, and everyone against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
3Mweya weEgipita uchapera mukati mawo; ndichaparadza kufunga kwawo; vachandobvunza zvifananidzo, navanamazango, navauki nen'anga.
3The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst. I will destroy its counsel. They will seek the idols, the charmers, those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards.
4Ndichaisa vaEgipita muruoko rwamambo ane hasha; mambo anomoyo mukukutu achavabata ushe, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe, Jehovha wehondo.
4I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord. A fierce king will rule over them,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
5Mvura ichapwa mugungwa, rwizi ruchaderera nokuoma.
5The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted and become dry.
6Vacharamba nzizi, nehova dzeEgipita dzichava shoma nokupwa; tsanga nenhokwe dzichaoma.
6The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.
7Mafuro kunhivi dzaNairi, pamahombekombe aNairi, neminda yose yakadzvarwa yaNairi, zvichaoma, zvichatorwa nemhepo, hazvichazovipo.
7The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
8Vabati vehove vachachema, vose vanokandira zviredzo maNairi vachaungudza, vanokanda hutava hwavo mumvura vachapera simba.
8The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.
9Uye vanobata neshinda yakanatswa, navanoruka micheka michena, vachanyadziswa.
9Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, will be confounded.
10Mbiru dzichaputswa-putswa; vose vanobatira mubayiro vachava neshungu pamweya.
10The pillars will be broken in pieces. All those who work for hire will be grieved in soul.
11Machinda eZoani mapenzi kwazvo; mano amakota akaisvochenjera aFarao ashanduka upenzi; munoreva seiko kuna Farao, muchiti, Ndini mwanakomana wavakachenjera, mwanakomana wamadzimambo akare?
11The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?”
12Varipiko zvino ivo vanhu vako vakachenjera? Ngavakuudze zvino; ngavazivise zvakafungwa naJehovha wehondo pamusoro peEgipita.
12Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you now; and let them know what Yahweh of Armies has purposed concerning Egypt.
13Machinda eZoani ava mapenzi, machinda eNofi akanyengerwa; vakarasisa Egipita nzira, ivo vaiva ibwe rekona ramarudzi avo.
13The princes of Zoan have become fools. The princes of Memphis are deceived. They have caused Egypt to go astray, who are the cornerstone of her tribes.
14Jehovha akadira mweya wokuramba mukati mavo; vakarasisa Egipita nzira pamabasa avo vose, somunhu akabatwa nedoro anodzedzereka pakurutsa kwake.
14Yahweh has mixed a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in all of its works, like a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
15Saka Egipita haingazovi nebasa chose, ringaitwa nomusoro kana nomuswe, kana nedavi romuchindwe kana nenhokwe.
15Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do.
16Nezuva iro vaEgipita vachafanana navakadzi; vachadedera nokutya nokuda kokusimudzwa koruoko rwaJehovha wehondo; rwaanosimudza pamusoro pavo.
16In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Yahweh of Armies, which he shakes over them.
17Nyika yaJudha ichava chityiso cheEgipita; mumwe nomumwe anozviudzwa achatya nokuda komutemo waJehovha wehondo, waakatema pamusoro pavo.
17The land of Judah will become a terror to Egypt. Everyone to whom mention is made of it will be afraid, because of the plans of Yahweh of Armies, which he determines against it.
18Nezuva iro maguta mashanu achavapo panyika yeEgipita, anotaura rurimi rweKanani, vachipika naJehovha wehondo; mumwe achaidzwa Guta rokuparadzwa.
18In that day, there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Yahweh of Armies. One will be called “The city of destruction.”
19Nezuva iro pakati penyika yeEgipita pachava nearitari kuna Jehovha, nembiru pamuganhu waro kuna Jehovha.
19In that day, there will be an altar to Yahweh in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to Yahweh at its border.
20Zvichava chiratidzo nechapupu chaJehovha wehondo panyika yeEgipita; nekuti vachadanidzira kuna Jehovha nemhaka yavamanikidzi, uye achavatumira muponesi nemurwiri, iye achavaponesa.
20It will be for a sign and for a witness to Yahweh of Armies in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to Yahweh because of oppressors, and he will send them a savior and a defender, and he will deliver them.
21Jehovha achazviratidza kuEgipita, navaEgipita vachaziva Jehovha nezuva iro; zvirokwazvo vachamunamata nezvibayiro nezvipo, vachapikira Jehovha mhiko, nokuzviita.
21Yahweh will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know Yahweh in that day. Yes, they will worship with sacrifice and offering, and will vow a vow to Yahweh, and will perform it.
22Jehovha acharova Egipita, achirova nokuporesazve; zvino vachadzokera kuna Jehovha, iye achanzwa kunyengetera kwavo achivaporesa.
22Yahweh will strike Egypt, striking and healing. They will return to Yahweh, and he will be entreated by them, and will heal them.
23Nezuva iro nzira huru ichavapo inobva Egipita ichienda Asiria; vaAsiria vachaenda Egipita, navaEgipita vachaenda Asiria; vaEgipita vachanamata pamwechete navaAsiria.
23In that day there will be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria; and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
24Nezuva iro vaIsiraeri vachava rudzi rwechitatu vachitevera Egipita neAsiria, vachava ruropafadzo pakati penyika;
24In that day, Israel will be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth;
25nekuti Jehovha wehondo akavaropafadza, achiti, VaEgipita, vanhu vangu, navaAsiria, basa ramaoko angu, navaIsiraeri, nhaka yangu, ngavaropafadzwe.
25because Yahweh of Armies has blessed them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance.”