¹Zvino pakuvamba kokubata ushe hwaJehoiakimu mwanakomana waJosiya, mambo waJudha, shoko iri rakabva kuna Jehovha, richiti,

¹In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word from Yahweh, saying,

²Zvanzi naJehovha, Mira paruvazhe rweimba yaJehovha, uudze maguta ose aJudha, anouya kuzonamata mumba maJehovha, mashoko ose andinokuraira kuti uvaudze; usatapudza kunyange neshoko rimwe.

²Thus says Yahweh: Stand in the court of Yahweh’s house, and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in Yahweh’s house, all the words that I command you to speak to them; don’t diminish a word.

³Zvimwe vangateerera, vakadzoka mumwe nomumwe panzira yake yakaipa; kuti ndizvidembe pamusoro pezvakaipa zvandinofunga kuvaitira nokuda kwezvakaipa zvavo zvavanoita.

³It may be they will listen, and turn every man from his evil way; that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do to them because of the evil of their doings.

⁴Uti kwavari, Zvanzi naJehovha, Kana musingadi kundinzwa, kuti mufambe nomurayiro wangu, wandakaisa pamberi penyu,

⁴You shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh: If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,

⁵kuti munzwe mashoko avaranda vangu vaporofita, vandinotuma kwamuri, ndichimuka mangwanani ndichivatuma, asi hamuna kunzwa;

⁵to listen to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I send to you, even rising up early and sending them, but you have not listened;

⁶zvino ndichaita imba ino ive seShiro, neguta rino ndichariita chinhu chinotukwa namarudzi ose enyika.

⁶then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.

⁷Vapristi navaporofita navanhu vose vakanzwa Jeremiya achitaura mashoko awa mumba maJehovha.

⁷The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Yahweh.

⁸Zvino Jeremiya wakati apedza kutaura zvose zvaakanga arairwa naJehovha kuti audze vanhu vose, vapristi navaporofita navanhu vose vakamubata, vachiti, Zvirokwazvo, uchafa iwe.

⁸It happened, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Yahweh had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying, You shall surely die.

⁹Wakaporofitirei nezita raJehovha, uchiti, Imba ino ichava seShiro, guta rino richava dongo, risina unogaramo? Vanhu vose vakaunganira Jeremiya mumba maJehovha.

⁹Why have you prophesied in the name of Yahweh, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? All the people were gathered to Jeremiah in the house of Yahweh.

¹⁰Zvino machinda aJudha akati anzwa zvinhu izvi, vakauya vachibva kuimba yamambo vakaenda kuimba yaJehovha, vakagara pasi panopindwa pasuwo idzva reimba yaJehovha.

¹⁰When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king’s house to the house of Yahweh; and they sat in the entry of the new gate of Yahweh’s house.

¹¹Ipapo vapristi navaporofita vakataura namachinda uye navanhu vose, vachiti, Munhu uyu wakafanira rufu, nekuti wakaporofitira guta rino zvakaipa, sezvamakanzwa nenzeve dzenyu.

¹¹Then spoke the priests and the prophets to the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy of death; for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.

¹²Ipapo Jeremiya wakataura namachinda ose uye navanhu vose, achiti, Jehovha ndiye wakandituma kuti ndiporofitire imba ino neguta rino mashoko ose amakanzwa.

¹²Then spoke Jeremiah to all the princes and to all the people, saying, Yahweh sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.

¹³Naizvozvo zvino natsai nzira dzenyu nezvamunoita, muteerere inzwi raJehovha Mwari wenyu; ipapo Jehovha uchazvidemba pamusoro pezvakaipa zvaakareva pamusoro penyu.

¹³Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of Yahweh your God; and Yahweh will repent him of the evil that he has pronounced against you.

¹⁴Asi kana ndirini, tarirai, ndiri mumaoko enyu; ndiitirei zvakanaka nezvakarurama pakuona kwenyu.

¹⁴But as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes.

¹⁵Asi muzive zvirokwazvo, kuti kana mukandiuraya ini, muchauyisa mhosva yeropa risina mhaka pamusoro penyu, napamusoro peguta rino, napamusoro pavageremo; nekuti zvirokwazvo Jehovha wakandituma kwamuri kuti nditaure mashoko awa ose munzeve dzenyu.

¹⁵Only know for certain that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city, and on its inhabitants; for of a truth Yahweh has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.

¹⁶Ipapo machinda navanhu vose vakati kuvapristi navaporofita, Munhu uyu haafaniri rufu, nekuti wakataura nesu nezita raJehovha Mwari wedu.

¹⁶Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets: This man is not worthy of death; for he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God.

¹⁷Zvino vamwe vavakuru venyika vakasimuka, vakataura neungano yose yavanhu, vachiti,

¹⁷Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,

¹⁸Mikaya muMorashitiri wakaporofita pamazuva aHezekia mambo waJudha; akataura navanhu vose vaJudha, achiti, Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Ziyoni richarimwa somunda, neJerusaremu richava mirwi yamabwe, negomo reimba richaita senzvimbo dzakakwirira dzedondo.

¹⁸Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

¹⁹Ko Hezekia mambo waJudha, navaJudha vose vakamuuraya here? Ko haana kutya Jehovha, akanyengetera Jehovha, Jehovha akazvidemba pamusoro pezvakaipa zvaakanga areva pamusoro pavo here? Saizvozvo tingatadzira mweya yedu kwazvo.

¹⁹Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Didn’t he fear Yahweh, and entreat the favor of Yahweh, and Yahweh relented of the disaster which he had pronounced against them? Thus should we commit great evil against our own souls.

²⁰Uyezve, kwakanga kuno munhu waiporofita nezita raJehovha, wainzi Uriya, mwanakomana waShemaia weKiriati-jearimi; iye wakaporofita zvakaipa pamusoro peguta rino nenyika ino zvakafanana namashoko ose aJeremiya.

²⁰There was also a man who prophesied in the name of Yahweh, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath Jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:

²¹Zvino mambo Jehoiakimu, navakuru vake vose, namachinda ose, vakati vanzwa mashoko ake, mambo akatsvaka kumuuraya; asi Uriya wakati achizvinzwa akatya, akatizira Egipita.

²¹and when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Uriah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt:

²²Mambo Jehoiakini akatuma vanhu Egipita, vaiti Erinatani mwanakomana waAkibhori, navamwe vanhu naye, vaende Egipita,

²²and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt;

²³akandotora Uriya Egipita, vakauya naye kuna mambo Jehoiakimu, iye ndokumuuraya nomunondo, akakandira chitunha chake mumarinda avanhu vasingakudzwi.

²³and they fetched forth Uriah out of Egypt, and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who killed him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.

²⁴Asi ruoko rwaAhikami mwanakomana waShafani rwakabatsira Jeremiya, vakasamuisa mumaoko avanhu kuti vamuuraye.

²⁴But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.