¹Zvino shoko raJehovha rakauya kwandiri, richiti,

¹The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

²Enda, undodana munzeve dzaveJerusaremu, uti zvanzi naJehovha, Ndakarangarira pamusoro pako hunyoro hwohuduku hwako norudo rwenguva yokuwanikwa kwako, kuti wakanditevera murenje, munyika yakanga isina kudzvarwa.

²“Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “I remember for you the kindness of your youth, the love of your weddings; how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

³Isiraeri vakanga vari rudzi rutsvene kuna Jehovha, zvibereko zvitsva zvaakazviwanira; vose vanomudya vachava nemhosva; vachawirwa nezvakaipa ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

³Israel was holiness to Yahweh, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him shall be held guilty. Evil shall come on them,”’ says Yahweh.”

⁴Inzwai shoko raJehovha, imwi imba yaJakove, nemhuri dzose dzeimba yaIsiraeri,

⁴Hear the word of Yahweh, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!

⁵Zvanzi naJehovha, Madzibaba enyu akawana zvisakarurama zvipiko kwandiri, zvavakaenda kure neni, zvavakatevera zvisina maturo, ivo vamene vakava vasina maturo?

⁵Thus says Yahweh, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

⁶Uye havana kureva, vachiti, Uripiko Jehovha wakatibudisa panyika yeEgipita, akatifambisa murenje, munyika ina masango namakomba, munyika yakaoma neyomumvuri worufu, munyika isingafambi nomunhu achipfuurapo, musingagari munhu?

⁶Neither did they say, ‘Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man lived?’

⁷Ndakakusvitsai munyika ineminda yakaorera, kuti mudye zvibereko zvayo nezvakanaka zvayo; asi makati mapinda, mukasvibisa nyika yangu, mukaita nhaka yangu chinhu chinonyangadza.

⁷I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

⁸Vapristi havana kuti, Jehovha uripiko? Vaifambisa mirairo vakanga vasingandizivi, vafudzi vaindidarikira, vaporofita vaiporofitira Bhaari, vachitevera zvinhu zvisingabatsiri.

⁸The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh?’ and those who handle the law didn’t know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

⁹Saka zvanzi naJehovha, Ndicharamba ndichikakavara nemi, ndichakakavara navana vavana venyu.

⁹“Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says Yahweh, “and I will contend with your children’s children.

¹⁰nekuti yambukirai kuzviwi zveKitimi, muone; tumai vanhu Kedhari, mufungisise zvakanaka, muone kana kwakambovapo chinhu chakadai.

¹⁰For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there has been such a thing.

¹¹Ko rudzi ruripo rwakatsinhanhisa vamwari varwo, ivo vasati vari vamwari here? Asi vanhu vangu vakatsinhanisa kukudzwa kwavo nezvinhu zvisingabatsiri.

¹¹Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.

¹²Shamiswa nechinhu ichi, iwe denga rose, utye zvikuru, uvhunduswe kwazvo ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹²“Be astonished, you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate,” says Yahweh.

¹³nekuti vanhu vangu vakaita zvinhu zviviri zvakaipa. Vakandisiya, ini tsime remvura mhenyu, vakazvicherera mativi, mativi akaputsika, asingagoni kuchengeta mvura.

¹³“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

¹⁴Isiraeri muranda here? Ko ndiye muranda wakaberekerwa mumba matenzi wake here? Ko zvino wapambwa seiko?

¹⁴Is Israel a servant? Is he a native-born slave? Why has he become a prey?

¹⁵Vana veshumba vakamuombera, vakarira, nokuparadza nyika yake; maguta ake akapiswa, hakuna unogaramo.

¹⁵The young lions have roared at him, and yelled. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

¹⁶Vana veNofi naveTapanesi vakapedza vhudzi romusoro wako.

¹⁶The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.

¹⁷Ko hauna kuzvitsvaira izvozvo, zvawakasiya Jehovha Mwari wako panguva yaakakufambisa panzira yake here?

¹⁷“Haven’t you procured this to yourself, in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” , when he led you by the way?

¹⁸Zvino unondotsvakei panzira inoenda Egipita, kundomwa mvura yeSihori here? Unondotsvakei panzira inoenda Asiria, kundomwa mvura yoRwizi here?

¹⁸Now what have you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or what have you to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

¹⁹Zvakaipa zvako zvinokurova, kudzokera kwako shure kunokutuka; naizvozvo zvanzi nalshe Jehovha wehondo, Ziva, uone kuti chinhu chakaipa chinovava kuti wakasiya Jehovha Mwari wako, uye kuti haundityi.

¹⁹“Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

²⁰nekuti yatova nguva huru yawakavhuna joko nokudambura zvisungo zvako ukati,handidi kubatira;nokuti wakafugama pachikomo chipi nechipi chakakwirira pasi pomuti upi noupi mutema uchifeva.

²⁰“For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.

²¹kunyange zvakadaro ndakanga ndakusima uri muzambiringa wakaisvonaka, mbeu kwayo yazvokwadi; zvino wandishandukira sei ukava matavi akaipa omuzambiringa worumwe rudzi?

²¹Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?

²²nekuti kunyange ukashamba nesoda, ukatora sipo zhinji, kunyange zvakadaro zvakaipa zvako zvakaita segwapa pamberi pangu; ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

²²For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me,” says the Lord Yahweh.

²³Ungareva seiko, uchiti, Handina kusvibiswa, handina kutevera vaBhaari? Cherekedza nzira yako pamupata, uzive chawakaita; uri hadzi yekamera inomhanya, inofamba nenzira dzayo;

²³“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

²⁴uri hadzi yembizi yakarovera renje, inofembedza mhepo nokushuva kwayo; ndiani ungaidzora pakuviga kwayo? Dzose, dzinoitsvaka, hadzinganeti; pamwedzi wayo dzinoiwana.

²⁴a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in her desire. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.

²⁵Usatendera rutsoka rwako kufamba usina shangu, nehuro dzako kuva nenyota. Asi iwe wakati, Hazvina maturo; kwete, nekuti ndakada vatorwa, ndivo vandichatevera.

²⁵“Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.’

²⁶Mbavha sezvainonyadziswa kana yaonekwa, saizvozvo imba yaIsiraeri yanyadziswa, ivo, namadzimambo avo, namachinda avo, navapristi vavo, navaporofita vavo;

²⁶As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;

²⁷ivo, vanoti kudanda, Uri baba vangu; nokubwe, Ndiwe wakandibereka; nekuti vakandifuratira, havana kunditarira nezviso zvavo; asi panguva yokutambudzika kwavo vachati, Simukai, mutiponese.

²⁷who tell wood, ‘You are my father;’ and a stone, ‘You have brought me out:’ for they have turned their back to me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise, and save us.’

²⁸Zvino varipiko vamwari venyu vamakazviitira? Ngavasimuke kana vachigona kukuponesai panguva yokutambudzika; nekuti kuwanda kwavamwari vako, iwe Jakove, kwakaenzana namaguta ako.

²⁸“But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble: for according to the number of your cities are your gods, Judah.

²⁹Munokakavara neni neiko? imwi mose makandidarikira ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

²⁹“Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says Yahweh.

³⁰Ndakarova vana venyu pasina, havana kuteerera kurangwa; munondo wenyu ndiwo wakauraya vaporofita venyu, seshumba inoparadza.

³⁰“I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

³¹Haiwa, imwi rudzi rwakadai! Wonai shoko raJehovha. Ko ini ndakanga ndiri renje kuna Isiraeri here? Kana nyika yerima guru here? Vanhu vangu vanorevereiko vachiti, Tinongomberereka hedu, hatichazouyizve kwamuri?

³¹Generation, consider the word of Yahweh. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will come to you no more?’

³²mhandara ingakangamwa zvishongo zvayo, kana mwenga mukonde wake here? Asi vanhu vangu vakandikangamwa mazuva asingaverengwi.

³²“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.

³³Haiwa, unoziva zvakanaka sei kunatsa nzira yako, kuti utsvake kudikamwa! Saka wakadzidzisa navakadzi vakaipawo nzira dzako.

³³How well you prepare your way to seek love! Therefore you have taught even the wicked women your ways.

³⁴Pamipendero yenguvo dzako pakawanikwawo ropa ravarombo vasina mhaka; handina kuvawana vachipaza, asi pane zvizvi zvose.

³⁴Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You did not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.

³⁵Kunyange zvakadaro iwe wakati, Handina mhaka; zvirokwazvo kutsamwa kwake kwakadzorwa kwandiri. Tarira, ndichakutonga, zvaunoti, Handina kutadza.

³⁵“Yet you said, ‘I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.’ “Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

³⁶Unofambireiko pose-pose, uchishandura nzira yako? Uchanyadziswa neEgipita, sezvawakanyadziswa neAsiria.

³⁶Why do you go about so much to change your way? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.

³⁷Naipapowo uchabva wakaisa maoko ako pamusoro wako; nekuti Jehovha wakaramba vaunovimba navo, newe haungabatsirwi navo.

³⁷From there also you shall go forth, with your hands on your head; for Yahweh has rejected those in whom you trust, and you shall not prosper with them.