¹Pakuvamba kokubata ushe kwaJehoiakimu mwanakomwana waJosiya, mambo waJudha, shoko iri rakasvika kuna Jeremiya richibva kuna Jehovha, richiti,

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

²Zvanzi naJehovha kwandiri, Zviitire zvisungo namatanda uzviise pamutsipa wako;

²Thus says Yahweh to me: Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck;

³uzvitumire kuna mambo waEdhomu, nokuna mambo waMoabhu, nokuna mambo wavana vaAmoni, nokuna mambo weTire, nokuna mambo weSidhoni, noruoko rwenhume dzinouya Jerusaremu kuna Zedhekia mambo waJudha,

³and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah;

⁴utume shoko navo kuna tenzi wavo, uti, Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, mundoti kuna tenzi wenyu,

⁴and give them a command to their masters, saying, Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, You shall tell your masters:

⁵Ini ndakaita nyika, navanhu nezvipfuwo zviri pasi pose, nesimba rangu guru uye noruoko rwangu rwakatambanudzwa, zvino ndinozvipa wandinoti ndiye wakafanirwa nazvo.

⁵I have made the earth, the men and the animals that are on the surface of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it to whom it seems right to me.

⁶Zvino ini ndakaisa nyika idzi dzose muruoko rwaNebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi, muranda wangu; nemhuka dzose dzebundo ndakamupawo kuti dzimushumire.

⁶Now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the animals of the field also have I given him to serve him.

⁷Marudzi ose achamushumira, iye nomwanakomana wake, kusvikira nguva yenyika yake yasvikawo; ipapo marudzi mazhinji namadzimambo makuru achamuita muranda wavo.

⁷All the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondservant.

⁸Zvino rudzi rupi norupi noushe hwupi nohwupi vanoramba kushumira iye Nebukadhinezari mambo waBhabhironi, vanoramba kuisa mutsipa wavo pasi pejoko ramambo weBhabhironi, rudzi urwo ndicharurova nomunondo uye nenzara, nehosha yakaipa, kusvikira ndavapedza noruoko rwake ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

⁸It shall happen, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, says Yahweh, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

⁹Asi kana murimi, regai kuteerera vaporofita venyu, kana vauki venyu, kana kurota kwenyu, kana vafemberi venyu, kana varoyi venyu, vanotaura nemi, vachiti, Hamungashumiri mambo weBhabhironi;

⁹But as for you, don’t you listen to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon:

¹⁰nekuti vanokuporofitirai nhema, kuti muiswe kure nenyika yenyu, kuti ini ndikudzingirei kunze, muparare.

¹⁰for they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and you should perish.

¹¹Asi rudzi, ruchaisa mutsipa warwo pasi pejoko ramambo weBhabhironi, nokumushumira, rudzi urwo ndicharutendera kugara munyika yarwo, vachairima, nokugaramo ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹¹But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that nation will I let remain in their own land, says Yahweh; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

¹²Zvino ndikataura naZedhekia mambo waJudha mashoko awa ose, ndichiti, Isai mitsipa yenyu pasi pejoko ramambo weBhabhironi, mumushumire iye navanhu vake, murarame.

¹²I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

¹³Muchafireiko, imwi navanhu venyu, nomunondo, uye nenzara, nehosha yakaipa, sezvakataura Jehovha pamusoro porudzi runoramba kushumira mambo weBhabhironi?

¹³Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

¹⁴Regai kuteerera mashoko avaporofita vanotaura kwamuri vachiti, Hamungashumiri mambo weBhabhironi; nekuti vanokuporofitirai nhema.

¹⁴Don’t listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon; for they prophesy a lie to you.

¹⁵nekuti ini handina kuvatuma ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha asi vanoporofita nhema nezita rangu; kuti ndikudzingirei kunze, mupere, imwi navaporofita vanokuporofitirai.

¹⁵For I have not sent them, says Yahweh, but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that you may perish, you, and the prophets who prophesy to you.

¹⁶Ndakataurawo navapristi, uye navanhu ava vose, ndikati, Zvanzi naJehovha, Regai kuteerera mashoko avaporofita venyu vanokuporofitirai, vachiti, Tarirai, midziyo yeimba yaJehovha yodokudzoswa ichibva Bhabhironi; nekuti vanokuporofitirai nhema.

¹⁶Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus says Yahweh: Don’t listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of Yahweh’s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie to you.

¹⁷Regai kuvateerera; shumirai mambo weBhabhironi, murarame; guta rino richaitwa dongo neiko?

¹⁷Don’t listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city become a desolation?

¹⁸Asi kana vari vaporofita, kana shoko raJehovha rinavo, ngavanyengetere Jehovha wehondo zvino, kuti midziyo yakasara mumba maJehovha nomumba mamambo waJudha, napaJerusaremu, irege kuenda Bhabhironi.

¹⁸But if they be prophets, and if the word of Yahweh be with them, let them now make intercession to Yahweh of Armies, that the vessels which are left in the house of Yahweh, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, don’t go to Babylon.

¹⁹nekuti zvanzi naJehovha wehondo pamusoro pembiru, napamusoro pegungwa, napamusoro pezvigadziko, napamusoro pemidziyo yakasara muguta rino;

¹⁹For thus says Yahweh of Armies concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that are left in this city,

²⁰zvisina kutorwa naNebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi, panguva yaakatapa Jekonia, mwanakomana waJehoiakimu, mambo wavaJudha, paJerusaremu, akamuisa Bhabhironi, pamwechete navakuru vose vavaJudha naveJerusaremu;

²⁰which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon didn’t take, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

²¹nekuti zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, pamusoro pemidziyo yakasara mumba maJehovha, nomumba mamambo waJudha, napaJerusaremu,

²¹yes, thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of Yahweh, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem:

²²Ichandoiswa Bhabhironi, ikagarako, kusvikira zuva randichavashanyira ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; ipapo ndichavauyisazve, ndikavadzosera kunzvimbo ino.

²²They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be, until the day that I visit them, says Yahweh; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.