¹Zvanzi naJehovha kwandiri, Enda undozvitengera bhanhire romucheka, uzvisunge chiuno naro; asi usariisa mumvura.

¹Thus says Yahweh to me, Go, and buy yourself a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and don’t put it in water.

²Ipapo ndakatenga bhanhire, sezvakarehwa neshoko raJehovha, ndikazvisunga chiuno naro.

²So I bought a belt according to the word of Yahweh, and put it on my waist.

³Zvino shoko raJehovha rakauya kwandiri rwechipiri, richiti,

³The word of Yahweh came to me the second time, saying,

⁴Tora bhanhire rawatenga, riri pachiuno chako, usimuke uende kurwizi rwaYufuratesi, undoriviga mumukaha wedombo.

⁴Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.

⁵Ipapo ndakaenda, ndikandoriviga parwizi Yufuratesi, sezvandakarairwa naJehovha.

⁵So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as Yahweh commanded me.

⁶Zvino mazuva mazhinji akati apfuura, Jehovha akati kwandiri, Simuka, uende kwaYufuratesi, utorepo bhanhire randakakuraira kuti urivigepo.

⁶It happened after many days, that Yahweh said to me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the belt from there, which I commanded you to hide there.

⁷Ipapo ndakaenda kwaYufuratesi, ndikachera, ndikatora bhanhire pandakanga ndariviga; zvino tarira, bhanhire rakanga raora, risina basa chose.

⁷Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the belt was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

⁸Zvino shoko raJehovha rakauya kwandiri, richiti,

⁸Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

⁹Zvanzi naJehovha, Saizvozvo ndichaodza kuzvikudza kwaJudha, nokuzvikudza kukuru kweJerusaremu.

⁹Thus says Yahweh, In this way I will mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

¹⁰Vanhu ava vakaipa, vanoramba kunzwa mashoko angu, vanofamba nohukukutu bwemoyo yavo, vakatevera vamwe vamwari kuti vavashumire nokuvanamata, vachafanana nebhanhire iri, risina basa chose.

¹⁰This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing.

¹¹nekuti bhanhire sezvarinonamatira pachiuno chomunhu, saizvozvo ndakanga ndanamatidza imba yalsiraeri yose neimba yaJudha kwandiri, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha kuti vave vanhu vangu, nembiri yangu, nokurumbidzwa kwangu, nokubwinya kwangu; asi vakaramba kuteerera.

¹¹For as the belt clings to the waist of a man, so have I caused to cling to me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, says Yahweh; that they may be to me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

¹²Naizvozvo unofanira kutaura shoko iri kwavari, Zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, Mudziyo mumwe nomumwe uchazadzwa newaini; zvino ivo vachati kwauri, Hatizivi kanhi kuti mudziyo mumwe nomumwe uchazadzwa newaini?

¹²Therefore you shall speak to them this word: Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall tell you, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?

¹³Ipapo uti kwavari, Zvanzi naJehovha tarirai, vose vagere munyika ino, iwo madzimambo agere pachigaro choushe chaDhavhidhi, navapristi navaporofita, navose vagere Jerusaremu, ndichavazadza nokubatwa newaini.

¹³Then you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings who sit on David’s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

¹⁴Ndichavagumirisana, madzibaba navanakomana vavo pamwechete ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha. Handinganzwiri tsitsi, handingadariki mumwe, kana kuva netsitsi, kuti ndirege kuvaparadza.

¹⁴I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, says Yahweh: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have compassion, that I should not destroy them.

¹⁵Inzwai, murerekere nzeve; musazvikudza, nekuti Jehovha wakataura.

¹⁵Hear, and give ear; don’t be proud; for Yahweh has spoken.

¹⁶Rumbidzai Jehovha, Mwari wenyu, asati auyisa rima, tsoka dzenyu dzisati dzagumburwa pamakomo erima, iye asati ashandura chiedza chamakamirira, akachiita mumvuri worufu, nokuchiita rima guru.

¹⁶Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.

¹⁷Asi kana musingadi kuzvinzwa, mweya wangu uchakuchema pakavanda nokuda kokuzvikudza kwenyu; meso angu achachema kwazvo, achayerera misodzi, nekuti boka raJehovha ratapwa.

¹⁷But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and my eye shall weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because Yahweh’s flock is taken captive.

¹⁸Iti kuna mambo nokuna mai vamambo, Garai pasi-pasi kwazvo, nekuti zvishongo zvemisoro yenyu zvawira pasi, iyo korona yokukudzwa kwenyu.

¹⁸Say to the king and to the queen mother, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your headdresses have come down, even the crown of your glory.

¹⁹Maguta okurutivi rwezasi akazarirwa, hakuna unowazarura; vaJudha vakatapwa vose, vakatapwa chose-chose.

¹⁹The cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them: Judah is carried away captive, all of it; it is wholly carried away captive.

²⁰Ringira meso ako, uone vanobva kurutivi rwokumusoro. Ko boka rawakapiwa, iro boka rako rakanaka kwazvo, riripi?

²⁰Lift up your eyes, and see those who come from the north: where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock?

²¹Uchati kudiniko kana achiisa pamusoro pako ivo vawakadzidzisa kuva shamwari dzako vave vabati vako? Haungabatwi nokurwadziwa sokomukadzi unopona here?

²¹What will you say, when he shall set over you as head those whom you have yourself taught to be friends to you? shall not sorrows take hold of you, as of a woman in travail?

²²Zvino kana ukati mumoyo mako, Izvozvi zvandiwira neiko? nguvo dzako dzakafukurwa nezvitsitsino zvako zvakuvadzwa nemhaka yohukuru bwezvakaipa zvenyu.

²²If you say in your heart, Why are these things come on me? for the greatness of your iniquity are your skirts uncovered, and your heels suffer violence.

²³Ko muItiopia ungashandura ganda rake, kana ingwe mavara ayo here? Kana zvaibvira, nemiwo maigona kuita zvakanaka, iyemi makarovera kuita zvakaipa.

²³Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

²⁴Saka ndichavaparadzira sehundi inopepereswa nemhepo murenje.

²⁴Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passes away, by the wind of the wilderness.

²⁵Ndizvo zvawakagoverwa, ndiwo mugove wawakayererwa neni ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; nekuti wakandikangamwa, ukavimba nezvehama.

²⁵This is your lot, the portion measured to you from me, says Yahweh; because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.

²⁶Saka ndichafukurawo nguvo dzako pamberi pako, kunyadziswa kwako kuonekwe.

²⁶Therefore will I also uncover your skirts on your face, and your shame shall appear.

²⁷Ndakaona kunyangadza kwako, ihwo hupombwe hwako, nokufembedza kwako, nokunyadza kokupombora kwako pazvikomo zvokubundo. Une nhamo, iwe Jerusaremu! Unoramba kunatswa; zvichadaro kusvikira rinhiko?

²⁷I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries, and your neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, Jerusalem! You will not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?