1Tarirai, Jehovha anobvisa zvose panyika nokuiparadza, nokuitsindikira, nokuparadzira vagere mairi.
1Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.
2Vanhu vachaitirwa zvinoitirwa mupristi, muranda zvinoitirwa tenzi wake, mushandiri zvinoitirwa vahosi vake, mutengi zvinoitirwa mutengesi, anopa chikwereti zvinoitirwa anokwereta, anoripa mhindu zvinoitirwa anoreva mhindu.
2It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.
3Nyika ichabvisirwa zvose zvayo, ichaparadzwa chose; nekuti Jehovha akataura shoko iro.
3The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word.
4Nyika inochema nokuoma, pasi pose panopera simba nokuoma, vanhu vakakudzwa venyika vanopera simba.
4The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.
5Nyika yakasvibiswawo navagere mairi; nekuti vakadarika mirayiro, vakakanganisa mitemo, nokuputsa sungano isingaperi.
5The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.
6Saka kutuka kwaMwari kwapedza nyika, navageremo vava nemhosva; saka vagere munyika vapiswa, vangosara vanhu vashoma.
6Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
7Waini itsva inochema, muzambiringa wapera simba, vose vanomoyo unofara vanogomera.
7The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.
8Kufara kwengoma konyarara, inzwi ravanofara ropera, mufaro wembira wopera.
8The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.
9Havangamwi waini vachiimba; zvinobata zvichavava kuna vanozvimwa.
9They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
10Guta, rava dongo, rakoromorwa; dzimba dzose dzakapfigwa, kuti kurege kuva nomunhu angapindamo.
10The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
11Kuchema kunonzwikwa panzira dzomumisha nokuda kwewaini; mufaro wose wasviba, kufara kwenyika kwaenda.
11There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.
12Muguta masara mangova dongo, suwo raputswa nokuparadzwa.
12The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.
13nekuti ndizvo zvazvichaita panyika pakati pamarudzi avanhu, zvichafanana nokuzuzwa komuorivhi, nezvakasara kana mazambiringa akohwiwa.
13For it will be so in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.
14Ivo vachadanidzira, vachapururudza; nokuda koumambo hwaJehovha vanodanidzira vari pagungwa.
14These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of Yahweh. They cry aloud from the sea.
15Saka rumbidzai Jehovha kumabvazuva, iro zita raJehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, pazvitsuwa zvegungwa.
15Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!
16Takanzwa nziyo dzichiimbwa kumigumo yenyika, dzichiti, Vakarurama ngavakudzwe! Asi ini ndakati, Ndinoonda, ndinoonda, ndine nhamo! vanyepedzeri vakaita nokunyengera; zvirokwazvo, vanyepedzeri vakaita nokunyengera kukuru.
16From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous! But I said, “I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!” The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
17Kutya, negomba, nomusungo zvichakuwira, iwe ugere panyika.
17Fear, the pit, and the snare, are on you who inhabitant the earth.
18Zvino, anotiza bope rokutyisa, achawira mugomba; anokwira achibva mukati megomba, achabatwa nomusungo; nekuti mahwindo okumusoro azaruka, nenheyo dzenyika dzinodedera.
18It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
19Nyika yaputswa-putswa chose, nyika yodedera chose, nyika yozununguswa chose.
19The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently.
20Nyika ichadzedzereka somunhu akabatwa, ichadengenyeka sedumba; kudarika kwayo kuchairemedza kwazvo, ichawa, ikasasimukazve.
20The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not rise again.
21Zvino nezuva iro Jehovha acharova hondo yavakakudzwa vari kumusoro, namadzimambo enyika panyika.
21It shall happen in that day that Yahweh will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.
22Vachaunganidzwa pamwechete, sezvinounganidzwa vasungwa mugomba, vachapfigirwa mutirongo; zvino kana mazuva mazhinji apfuura vachashanyirwa.
22They shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.
23Ipapo mwedzi uchanyadziswa, nezuva richanyara; nekuti Jehovha wehondo achabata ushe pagomo reZiyoni, napaJerusaremu, pamberi pavakuru vake pachava nokukudzwa.
23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Armies will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders will be glory.