¹Shoko, rakauya kuna Jeremiya richibva kuna Jehovha, richiti,

¹The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

²Zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, Nyora mashoko ose andakakuudza mu bhuku.

²Thus speaks Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.

³Nokuti, tarirai, mazuva anouya, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, andichadzosa vanhu vangu vaIsiraeri naJudha pakutapwa kwavo ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; ndichavadzosera kunyika yandakapa madzibaba avo, ive yavo.

³For, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, says Yahweh; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

⁴Awa ndiwo mashoko akataura Jehovha pamusoro paIsiraeri napamusoro paJudha.

⁴These are the words that Yahweh spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

⁵nekuti zvanzi naJehovha, Takanzwa inzwi rinodederesa, rinotyisa, risati riri rorugare.

⁵For thus says Yahweh: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

⁶Bvunzai zvino muwone kana murume ungagona kusurumuka; ndinowonereiko murume mumwe nomumwe akaisa maoko ake pachiuno chake somukadzi unosurumuka, nezviso zvose zvakacheneruka?

⁶Ask now, and see whether a man does travail with child: why do I see every man with his hands on his waist, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

⁷Maiwe! nekuti zuva iro iguru, hakuna rakafanana naro; inguva yokutambudzika kwaJakove; asi uchasunungurwa pazviri.

⁷Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

⁸Zvino nezuva iro ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo ndichavhuna joko rake pamutsipa wako, ndichadambura zvisungo zvako; vatorwa havangazomuiti muranda wavo;

⁸It shall come to pass in that day, says Yahweh of Armies, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondservant;

⁹asi vachashumira Jehovha Mwari wavo, naDhavhidhi mambo wavo, wandichavamutsira.

⁹but they shall serve Yahweh their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.

¹⁰Naizvozvo usatya hako, iwe Jakove muranda wangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; usavhunduka hako, iwe Isiraeri; nekuti tarira, ndichakuponesa uri kure, navana vako kunyika kwavakatapirwa; Jakove uchadzoka, uchagara akagadzikana anorugare, hakuna ungamutyisa.

¹⁰Therefore don’t you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

¹¹nekuti ndinewe, kuti ndikuponese, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; nekuti ndichagumisa chose marudzi ose kwandakakuparadzira, asi iwe handingakugumisi chose; asi ndichakuranga nokururama, handingatongokuregi usina kurohwa.

¹¹For I am with you, says Yahweh, to save you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.

¹²nekuti zvanzi naJehovha, Kukuvadzwa kwako hakubviri kuporeswa, vanga rako rakaipa kwazvo.

¹²For thus says Yahweh, Your hurt is incurable, and your wound grievous.

¹³Hakuna unoreverera mhaka yako, kuti urapwe; hauna mishonga inoporesa.

¹³There is none to plead your cause, that you may be bound up: you have no healing medicines.

¹⁴Vose vaikuda vakukangamwa, havakuvingi, nekuti ndakakukuvadza nevanga romuvengi, uye nokurova koune hasha, nokuda kohukuru bwezvakaipa zvako, nekuti zvivi zvako zvakanga zvawanda.

¹⁴All your lovers have forgotten you; they don’t seek you: for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins were increased.

¹⁵Unochemeiko pamusoro pokukuvadzwa kwako? Kurwadziwa kwako hakubviri kuporeswa. Ndakakuitira zvinhu izvi, nokuda kohukuru bwezvakaipa zvako, nekuti zvivi zvako zvakanga zvawanda.

¹⁵Why do you cry for your hurt? Your pain is incurable: for the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins were increased, I have done these things to you.

¹⁶Naizvozvo vose vanokudya vachadyiwawo; vadzivisi vako vose, mumwe nomumwe wavo, vachatapwa; vanokupamba vachapambwa, vose vanokuparadza, ndichavaisa kukuparadzwa.

¹⁶Therefore all those who devour you shall be devoured; and all your adversaries, everyone of them, shall go into captivity; and those who despoil you shall be a spoil, and all who prey on you will I give for a prey.

¹⁷nekuti ndichakudzosera mufaro pamuviri, ndichakuporesa mavanga ako, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, zvavakakutumidza zita rinonzi Murashwa, vachiti, NdiZiyoni zvaro, hakuna munhu une hanya naro.

¹⁷For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says Yahweh; because they have called you an outcast, saying, It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.

¹⁸Zvanzi naJehovha, Ndichadzosazve kutapwa kwamatende aJakove, nokunzwira hugaro hwake tsitsi; guta richavakwa pamusoro pegomo raro, imba yamambo ichagarwa sezvakafanira.

¹⁸Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have compassion on his dwelling places; and the city shall be built on its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited in its own way.

¹⁹Kuwonga nenzwi ravanofara richabudapo; ndichavawanza, havangavi vashoma, ndichavakudza varege kuva vaduku.

¹⁹Out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

²⁰Vana vavo vachava sakare, neungano yavo ichamiswa pamberi pangu, ndicharova vose vanovamanikidza.

²⁰Their children also shall be as before, and their congregation shall be established before me; and I will punish all who oppress them.

²¹Muchinda wavo uchava mumwe wavo, mubati wavo uchabuda pakati pavo; ndichamuswededza, aswedere kwandiri; nekuti ndianiko wakatsunga kuswedera kwandiri? Ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

²¹Their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from their midst; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach to me: for who is he who has had boldness to approach to me? says Yahweh.

²²imwi muchava vanhu vangu, neni ndichava Mwari wenyu.

²²You shall be my people, and I will be your God.

²³Tarirai, dutu guru remhepo yaJehovha, idzo hasha dzake, rabuda, riri dutu guru rine simba; richaputsikira pamisoro yavakaipa.

²³Behold, the storm of Yahweh, his wrath, has gone forth, a sweeping storm: it shall burst on the head of the wicked.

²⁴Kutsamwa kukuru kwaJehovha hakungadzoki, kusvikira apedza, kusvikira aita zvose zvaakafunga mumoyo make; muchazvinzwisisa pamazuva okupedzisira.

²⁴The fierce anger of Yahweh will not return, until he has executed, and until he has performed the intentions of his heart. In the latter days you will understand it.