1Ipapo Jehovha akati kwandiri, Kunyange Mozisi naSamueri vamire pamberi pangu, moyo wangu haungavi nehanya navanhu ava; uvadzinge pamberi pangu, vaende.
1Then Yahweh said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
2Zvino kana vakati kwauri, Tichaendepiko? Uti kwavari, Zvanzi naJehovha vakafanirwa norufu ngavaende kurufu, vakafanirwa nenzara, kunzara, navakafanirwa nokutapwa, kukutapwa.
2It shall happen, when they tell you, Where shall we go forth? Then you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.
3Ndichavatumira njodzi dzamarudzi mana ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha munondo kuvauraya, nembwa kuvakwekweredza, neshiri dzokudenga nezvikara zvenyika kuvadya nokuvaparadza.
3I will appoint over them four kinds, says Yahweh: the sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the sky, and the animals of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
4Ndichavadzungaidza pakati poushe bwenyika, nemhaka yaManase, mwanakomana waHezekia, mambo waJudha, pamusoro pezvaakaita paJerusaremu.
4I will cause them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
5nekuti ndiani uchakunzwira tsitsi, iwe Jerusaremu? Ndiani uchakuchema? Ndianiko uchatsauka kuzobvunza mufaro wako?
5For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? or who will bemoan you? or who will turn aside to ask of your welfare?
6Zvanzi naJehovha, Wakandiramba, wakadzokera shure; saka ndakatambanudzira ruoko rwangu kurwa newe, ndikakuparadza; ndaneta nokuzvidemba:
6You have rejected me, says Yahweh, you have gone backward: therefore have I stretched out my hand against you, and destroyed you; I am weary with repenting.
7Ndakavandudza nechokurudza pamasuwo enyika; ndakavatorera vana vavo, ndakaparadza vanhu vangu; asi havana kudzoka panzira dzavo.
7I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them of children, I have destroyed my people; they didn’t return from their ways.
8Chirikadzi dzavo dzandiwandira kupfuura jecha regungwa; ndakauyisira mai namajaya muparadzi panguva yamasikati; ndakawisira mai kamwe-kamwe kurwadziwa nezvinotyisa.
8Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas; I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday: I have caused anguish and terrors to fall on her suddenly.
9Iye, wakabereka vanomwe, wapera simba, wabudisa mweya wake; zuva rake rakavira achiri masikati; wakanyadziswa nokukanganiswa; vakasara vavo ndichavaurayisa nomunondo pamberi pavavengi vavo ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.
9She who has borne seven languishes; she has given up the spirit; her sun is gone down while it was yet day; she has been disappointed and confounded: and their residue will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, says Yahweh.
10Ndine nhamo mai vangu, zvavakandibereka ndive munhu wenharo nomunhu wegakava panyika yose ! Handina kupa chikwereti, navanhu havana kutora chikwereti kwandiri; kunyange zvakadaro vanondituka vose.
10Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet everyone of them curses me.
11Jehovha akati, Zvirokwazvo, ndichakusimbisira zvakanaka; zvirokwazvo, ndichanyengeteresa muvengi wako kwauri nenguva yezvakaipa, uye nenguva yokutambudzika.
11Yahweh said, Most certainly I will strengthen you for good; most certainly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
12Ko dare ringavhuniwa here, iro dare rinobva kurutivi rwokumusoro, kana ndarira here?
12Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
13Nhumbi dzako nefuma yako ndichazviisa kukutapwa, zvisingatengwi, nokuda kwezvivi zvako zvose pamiganho yako yose.
13Your substance and your treasures will I give for a spoil without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your borders.
14Ndichakuendisa navavengi vako kunyika yausingazivi; nekuti moto wakabatidzwa nokutsamwa kwangu, uchapfuta pamusoro penyu.
14I will make them to pass with your enemies into a land which you don’t know; for a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn on you.
15Haiwa Jehovha, imwi munoziva; ndirangarirei, mundishanyire, munditsivire vatambudzi vangu; musandibvisa pakuitira kwenyu vamwe moyo murefu; zivai kuti ndakatukwa nokuda kwenyu.
15Yahweh, you know; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; don’t take me away in your longsuffering: know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.
16Mashoko enyu akawanikwa, ndikaadya; mashoko enyu akava mufaro wangu nokufadzwa komoyo wangu; nekuti ndakatumidzwa nezita renyu, imwi Jehovha, Mwari wehondo.
16Your words were found, and I ate them; and your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies.
17Handina kugara pakati peungano yavanoseka, kana kufara navo; ndakagara ndiri ndoga nokuda koruoko rwenyu, nekuti makandizadza nokutsamwa kwenyu.
17I didn’t sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand; for you have filled me with indignation.
18Kurwadziwa kwangu kunorambireiko kuripo nokusingaperi, vanga rangu rinorambirei kurapwa, risingadi kupora? Muchava kwandiri zvirokwazvo sorukova runonyengera, semvura inopwa here?
18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?
19Saka zvanzi naJehovha, Kana ukadzoka, ndichakudzosa, kuti umire pamberi pangu; kana ukatsaura zvakanaka uchizvibvisa pane zvakaipa, uchava somuromo wangu; ivo vachadzokera kwauri, asi iwe usadzokera kwavari.
19Therefore thus says Yahweh, If you return, then will I bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take forth the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth: they shall return to you, but you shall not return to them.
20Ndichakuita kuna vanhu ava rusvingo rwendarira rwakasimbiswa; vacharwa newe asi havangakukundi, nekuti ini ndinewe ndikuponese nokukurwira.
20I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall; and they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you to save you and to deliver you, says Yahweh.
21Ndichakurwira pamaoko avakaipa, nokukudzikunura pamaoko avanotyisa.
21I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.