¹Shoko, rakauya kuna Jeremiya pamusoro pavanhu vose vaJudha, negore rechina raJehoiakimu, mwanakomana waJosiya, mambo waJudha; ndiro gore rokutanga raNebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi,

¹The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (the same was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon),

²iro rakataurwa nomuporofita Jeremiya kuvanhu vose vaJudha, navose vagere Jerusaremu, achiti,

²which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:

³Kubva pagore regumi namatatu raJosiya mwanakomana waAmoni, mambo wavaJudha, kusvikira pazuva rino, makore awa ana makumi maviri namatatu, shoko raJehovha raiuya kwandiri, ndikakutaurirai, ndichimuka mangwanani, ndichitaura; asi imwi hamuna kuteerera.

³From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these twenty-three years, the word of Yahweh has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; but you have not listened.

⁴Jehovha wakatuma kwamuri varanda vake vose vaporofita, achimuka mangwanani, achivatuma, asi imwi hamuna kuteerera, kana kurerekera nzeve dzenyu kuti munzwe,

⁴Yahweh has sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them (but you have not listened, nor inclined your ear to hear)

⁵vachiti, Dzokai zvino mumwe nomumwe panzira yake yakaipa, napazvakaipa zvamunoita, mugare munyika yamakapiwa naJehovha, imwi namadzibaba enyu, kubva kare nakare kusvikira pakusingaperi,

⁵saying, Return now everyone from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Yahweh has given to you and to your fathers, from of old and even forevermore;

⁶regai kutevera vamwe vamwari kuti muvashumire, nokuvanamata, murege kunditsamwisa namabasa amaoko enyu; ini ndigorega kukuitirai zvakaipa.

⁶and don’t go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don’t provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no harm.

⁷Asi hamuna kunditeerera, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, kuti munditsamwise namabasa amaoko enyu, muitirwe zvakaipa.

⁷Yet you have not listened to me, says Yahweh; that you may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.

⁸Naizvozvo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo, zvamusina kunzwa mashoko angu,

⁸Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies: Because you have not heard my words,

⁹tarirai, ndichatuma shoko kumarudzi ose ari kurutivi rwokumusoro, ndivauyise, nokuna Nebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi, muranda wangu, ndivauyise varwe nenyika ino, navageremo, namarudzi awa ose akaipoteredza;ndichavaparadza chose, nokuvaita chishamiso nechinoridzirwa muridzo, namatongo nokusingaperi.

⁹behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says Yahweh, and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations around; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

¹⁰Ndichabvisawo kwavari inzwi rokuseka nenzwi rokufara, nenzwi rechikomba, nenzwi romwenga, nenzwi ramakuyo, nechiedza chomwenje.

¹⁰Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

¹¹Nyika ino yose richava dongo, nechishamiso, marudzi awa achabatira mambo weBhabhironi makore ana makumi manomwe.

¹¹This whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

¹²Zvino kana makore ana makumi manomwe apera ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha ndicharova mambo weBhabhironi, norudzi urwo pamusoro pezvakaipa zvavo, nenyika yavaKaradhea; ndichaiita matongo nokusingaperi.

¹²It shall happen, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, says Yahweh, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate forever.

¹³Ndichauyisa pamusoro penyika iyo mashoko angu ose andakataura pamusoro payo, zvose zvakanyorwa mubhuku iyi, zvakaporofitwa naJeremiya pamusoro pamarudzi ose.

¹³I will bring on that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.

¹⁴nekuti marudzi mazhinji namadzimambo makuru vachavasunga ivo vamene vave varanda vavo; ini ndichavaripira zvakaenzana nokubata kwavo, nezvakaenzana nebasa ramaoko avo.

¹⁴For many nations and great kings shall make bondservants of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.

¹⁵nekuti Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri, wakati kwandiri, Tora mukombe uyu wewaini yokutsamwa kwangu paruoko rwangu, umwisepo marudzi ose andinokutumira kwaari.

¹⁵For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to me: take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.

¹⁶Vachamwa, nokudzedzereka, nokupenga, nokuda komunondo wandichatuma pakati pavo.

¹⁶They shall drink, and reel back and forth, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

¹⁷Ipapo ndakatora mukombe paruoko rwaJehovha, ndikamwisa marudzi ose, andakatumirwa kwaari naJehovha;

¹⁷Then took I the cup at Yahweh’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Yahweh had sent me:

¹⁸vaiti Jerusaremu, namaguta aJudha, namadzimambo awo, namachinda awo, kuti vaitwe dongo, nechishamiso, nechinoridzirwa muridzo, nechinotukwa, sezvazvakaita nhasi.

¹⁸Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;

¹⁹NaFarao mambo navaranda vake, namachinda ake, navanhu vake vose;

¹⁹Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;

²⁰namarudzi ose akavhengana, namadzimambo ose enyika yeUzi, namadzimambo ose enyika yavaFirisitia, neAshikeroni, neGaza, neEkironi, navakasara veAshidhodhi;

²⁰and all the mixed people, and all the kings of the land of the Uz, and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

²¹naEdhomu, naMoabhu, navana vaAmoni;

²¹Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;

²²namadzimambo ose eTire, namadzimambo ose eSidhoni, namadzimambo echiwi chiri mhiri kwegungwa;

²²and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea;

²³neDhedhani, neTema, neBhuzi, navose vakaveurwa vhudzi ravo kumativi;

²³Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all who have the corners of their beard cut off;

²⁴namadzimambo ose eArabhia, namadzimambo ose amarudzi akavhengana vanogara kurenje;

²⁴and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people who dwell in the wilderness;

²⁵namadzimambo ose eZimiri, namadzimambo ose eEramu, namadzimambo ose avaMedhia;

²⁵and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;

²⁶namadzimambo ose okumusoro, kure napedo, mumwe nomumwe, noushe hwose bwenyika, huri pasi pose; mambo weSheshaki uchamwa shure kwazvo.

²⁶and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are on the surface of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

²⁷Zvino iwe uti kwavari, Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Imwai, mubatwe, murutse, muwe, murege kuzosimukazve, nokuda komunondo wandichatuma pakati penyu.

²⁷You shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Drink, and be drunk, vomit, fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

²⁸Zvino kana vachiramba kutora pamukombe paruoko rwako kuti vamwe, ipapo uti kwavari, Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, munofanira kumwa, zvirokwazvo!

²⁸It shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Armies: You shall surely drink.

²⁹nekuti tarirai ndinotanga kuitira zvakaipa guta rakatumidzwa nezita rangu; zvino imwi mungaregwa chose musingarohwi here? Hamungaregwi musingarohwi; nekuti ndichadana munondo pamusoro pavose vagere panyika, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo.

²⁹For, behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth, says Yahweh of Armies.

³⁰Naizvozvo iwe uvaporofitire mashoko awa ose, uti kwavari, Jehovha uchaomba ari kumusoro, uchabudisa inzwi rake ari pahugaro hwake hutsvene; uchaombera mafuro ake; uchapururudzira vose vagere panyika, sezvinoita vanotsika mazambiringa.

³⁰Therefore prophesy you against them all these words, and tell them, Yahweh will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as those who tread grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.

³¹Mubvumo uchasvika pamugumo wenyika pamene; nekuti Jehovha une gakava namarudzi; uchatonga nyama yose; kana vari vakaipa, uchavaisa kumunondo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

³¹A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, says Yahweh.

³²Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Tarirai, zvakaipa zvichabuda kuno rumwe rudzi zvichienda kuno rumwe rudzi, nedutu guru remhepo richamutswa kumigumo yenyika.

³²Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great storm shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

³³Nezuva iro vakaurawa naJehovha vachavapo kubva kunomumwe mugumo wenyika kusvikira kunomumwe mugumo wenyika; havangachemwi, kana kuunganidzwa, kana kuvigwa; vachava mupfudze pasi pose.

³³The slain of Yahweh shall be at that day from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung on the surface of the ground.

³⁴Wungudzai, imwi vafudzi, mucheme; wumburukai mumadota, imwi vakuru vamapoka; nekuti mazuva okuurawa kwenyu asvika kwazvo, nookuparadzirwa kwenyu, muchawira pasi somudziyo unodikamwa.

³⁴Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow in dust, you principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come, and you shall fall like a goodly vessel.

³⁵Vafudzi vachashaiwa matizire, navakuru vamapoka mupukunyukire.

³⁵The shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.

³⁶Inzwai inzwi rokuchema kwavafudzi, nokuwungudza kwavakuru vamapoka! nekuti Jehovha unoparadza mafuro avo.

³⁶A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the principal of the flock! for Yahweh lays waste their pasture.

³⁷Mafuro orugare anoparadzwa nokutsamwa kukuru kwaJehovha.

³⁷The peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Yahweh.

³⁸Wakabva paanovanda seshumba; nekuti nyika yavo yava chishamiso, nokuda kokunyanya komunondo unomanikidza, uye nokuda kokutsamwa kwake kukuru.

³⁸He has left his covert, as the lion; for their land has become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppression, and because of his fierce anger.