1Vane nhamo vanoburukira Egipita kundotsvaka kubatsirwa, vanotenda mabhiza, vanovimba nengoro dzokurwa nekuti izhinji, uye navatasvi vamabhiza nekuti vane simba kwazvo, asi havatariri kuno Mutsvene waIsiraeri, kana kutsvaka Jehovha.
1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek Yahweh!
2Kunyange zvakadaro naiye akachenjera, achauyisa nhamo, haangadzosi mashoko ake, asi achamukira imba yavanoita zvakaipa, navanobatsirana navanoita zvakaipa.
2Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.
3Zvino vaEgipita vanhu, havazi Mwari, namabhiza avo inyama, haazi mweya; zvino kana Jehovha achitambanudza ruoko rwake, anobatsira achagumburwa nowanobatsirwa achawira pasi, vose vachapera pamwechete.
3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When Yahweh stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.
4nekuti zvanzi naJehovha kwandiri, Zvakaita seshumba nomwana weshumba zvinoombera chayabata; kunyange vafudzi vazhinji vakakokerwa kuzorwa nayo, haingavhunduswi namanzwi avo. haingavi nehanya nokupopota kwavo; saizvozvo Jehovha wehondo achaburukira pamusoro pegomo reZiyoni napamusoro pechikomo charo kuzorwa navo.
4For thus says Yahweh to me, “As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds is called together against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for their noise, so Yahweh of Armies will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its heights.
5Seshiri dzinodzengerera, saizvozvo Jehovha achatavirira Jerusaremu; acharitavirira nokurirwira, acharidarika nokurisunungura.
5As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it.”
6Dzokerai kuna iye wamakamukira zvikuru, imwi vana vaIsiraeri.
6Return to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel.
7nekuti nezuva iro mumwe nomumwe ucharasha zvifananidzo zvake zvesirivha nezvifananidzo zvake zvendarama, zvamakazviitira namaoko enyu, zvikava zvivi kwamuri.
7For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold—sin which your own hands have made for you.
8Ipapo muAsiria achawa nomunondo usati uri womunhu; munondo usati uri wavanhu uchamudya; achatiza pamberi pomunondo, namajaya ake achabatirwa chibharo.
8“The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor.
9Dombo rake richatiza nokutya, machinda ake achavhunduswa nomureza, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, anomoto wake paZiyoni, nechoto chake paJerusaremu.
9His rock will pass away by reason of terror, and his princes will be afraid of the banner,” says Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.