¹Shoko rakauya kuna Jeremiya richibva kuna Jehovha negore regumi raZedhekia mambo waJudha, riri gore regumi namasere raNebhukadhirezari.

¹The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

²Zvino nenguva iyo mambo wehondo yeBhabhironi wakange akakomberedza Jerusaremu; asi muporofita Jeremiya wakange akapfigirwa muruvazhe rwavarindi, rwakanga ruri mumba mamambo waJudha.

²Now at that time the king of Babylon’s army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah’s house.

³nekuti Zedhekia mambo waJudha wakange amupfigira, achiti, Unoporofitireiko uchiti, Zvanzi naJehovha, tarirai, ndichaisa guta rino muruoko rwamambo weBhabhironi, iye ucharikunda;

³For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Why do you prophesy, and say, Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

⁴Zedhekia mambo waJudha haangapukunyuki pamaoko avaKaradhea, asi uchaiswa zvirokwazvo muruoko rwamambo weBhabhironi, vachataurirana nemiromo yavo, nokuonana nameso avo;

⁴and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall see his eyes;

⁵iye uchandoisa Zedhekia Bhabhironi, agareko kusvikira ndichimushanyira, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; kunyange mukarwa navaKaradhea hamungakundi?

⁵and he shall bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and he shall be there until I visit him, says Yahweh: though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper?

⁶Jeremiya akati, Shoko raJehovha rakauya kwandiri, richiti,

⁶Jeremiah said, The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

⁷Tarira, Hanameri mwanakomana waSharumi, sekuru vako, uchauya kwauri, achiti, Zvitengere munda wangu uri paAnatoti, nekuti ndiwe une simba rokuudzikunura nokuutenga.

⁷Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle shall come to you, saying, Buy my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.

⁸Naizvozvo Hanameri mwanakomana wasekuru vangu wakauya kwandiri muruvazhe rwavarindi, sezvakarehwa neshoko raJehovha, akati kwandiri, Donditengera hako munda wangu uri paAnatoti, riri munyika yaBhenjamini, nekuti ndiwe unesimba rokugara nhaka, ndiwe unofanira kudzikunura; chizvitengera iwo. Ipapo ndakaziva kuti ishoko raJehovha.

⁸So Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Yahweh, and said to me, Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself. Then I knew that this was the word of Yahweh.

⁹Ndikatenga munda wakange uri paAnatoti kuna Hanameri mwanakomana wasekuru vangu, ndikamuyerera mari, mashekeri esirivha ane gumi namanomwe.

⁹I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.

¹⁰Ndikanyora rugwaro rwokutenga, ndikarunamatidza, ndikadana zvapupu, ndikamuyerera mari pachiyero.

¹⁰I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

¹¹Ipapo ndikatora rugwaro rwokutenga, irwo rwakanga rwakanamatidzwa, sezvakarehwa nomurayiro netsika, norumwe rwakanga rwakashama,

¹¹So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open;

¹²ndikapa Bharuki mwanakomana waNeria, mwanakomana waMaseia, rugwaro rwokutenga, Hanameri mwanakomana wasekuru vangu aripo, nezvapupu zvakanga zvasimbisa rugwaro rwokutenga zviripo, navaJudha vose vakanga vagere muruvazhe rwavarindi varipo.

¹²and I delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses who subscribed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the guard.

¹³Ndikaraira Bharuki pamberi pavo, ndichiti,

¹³I commanded Baruch before them, saying,

¹⁴Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Tora magwaro awa okutenga, rugwaro urwu rwokutenga rwakanamatidzwa, norugwaro urwu rwakashama, uzviise mumudziyo wevhu, zvigaremo mazuva mazhinji.

¹⁴Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase which is sealed, and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel; that they may continue many days.

¹⁵nekuti zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Dzimba neminda yemizambiringa zvichazotengwazve munyika ino.

¹⁵For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall yet again be bought in this land.

¹⁶Zvino ndakati ndapa Bharuki mwanakomana waNeria rugwaro rwokutenga, ndikanyengetera kuna Jehovha ndichiti,

¹⁶Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to Yahweh, saying,

¹⁷Haiwa,Ishe Jehovha tarirai imwi makaita denga rose napasi nesimba renyu guru noruoko rwenyu rwakatambanudzwa, hakuna chinhu chingakukonai imi;

¹⁷Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,

¹⁸imi, munonzwira tsitsi vane zviuru zvamazana, nokutsiva zvakaipa zvamadzibaba muchipfuva chavana vavo vanovatevera, iye mukuru, Mwari unesimba, Jehovha wehondo, ndiro zita rake;

¹⁸who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Yahweh of Armies is his name;

¹⁹wakakura panjere, unesimba pakubata, meso ake anosvinurira nzira dzose dzavana vavanhu, kuti ape mumwe nomumwe sezvaakabata, nezvakafanira zvibereko zvamabasa ake;

¹⁹great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

²⁰iye, wakaisa zviratidzo nezvishamiso panyika yeEgipita kusvikira pazuva ranhasi, pakati paIsiraeri napakati pavamwe vanhu; mukazviitira mbiri sezvazvakaita nezuva ranhasi;

²⁰who performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, both in Israel and among other men; and made yourself a name, as in this day;

²¹mukabudisa vanhu venyu vaIsiraeri panyika yeEgipita, nezviratidzo nezvishamiso nechanza chine simba, noruoko rwakatambanudzwa, uye nokutyisa kukuru;

²¹and brought forth your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;

²²mukavapa nyika ino, yamakapikira madzibaba avo kuti muchavapa, iri nyika inoyerera mukaka nohuchi;

²²and gave them this land, which you swore to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

²³vakapinda, vakaiita yavo; asi havana kuteerera inzwi renyu, kana kufamba nemirairo yenyu; havana kutongoita chinhu chimwe chezvose zvamakavaraira kuti vazviite; naizvozvo makauyisa izvi zvose pamusoro pavo.

²³and they came in, and possessed it, but they didn’t obey your voice, neither walked in your law; they have done nothing of all that you commanded them to do: therefore you have caused all this evil to come on them.

²⁴Tarirai, mirwi yokurwa yasvika paguta kuti varikunde; guta raiswa mumaoko avaKaradhea vanorwa naro, nokuda komunondo nenzara nehosha yakaipa, zvamakataura zvaitika, tarirai, munozviona.

²⁴Behold, the mounds, they have come to the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence; and what you have spoken has happened; and behold, you see it.

²⁵Zvino imwi Ishe Jehovha, makati kwandiri, Chizvitengera munda nemari, udane zvapupu, kunyange zvakadaro guta raiswa mumaoko avaKaradhea.

²⁵You have said to me, Lord Yahweh, Buy the field for money, and call witnesses; whereas the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

²⁶Ipapo shoko raJehovha rakasvika kuna Jeremiya, richiti,

²⁶Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying,

²⁷Tarira, ndini Jehovha, Mwari wenyama yose, kune chimwe chinhu chingandikona here?

²⁷Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?

²⁸Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha, Tarira ndichaisa guta rino mumaoko avaKaradhea, nomumaoko aNebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi, iye ucharikunda

²⁸Therefore thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:

²⁹VaKaradhea, vanorwa neguta rino, vachauya vachitungidza guta rino, vachiripisira, pamwechete nedzimba dzavakabayira pamatenga adzo zvinonhuhwira kuna Bhaari, nokudururira vamwe vamwari zvipiriso zvinodururwa, kuti vanditsamwise.

²⁹and the Chaldeans, who fight against this city, shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses, on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.

³⁰nekuti vana vaIsiraeri navana vaJudha vaingoita zvakaipa zvoga pamberi pangu kubva pahuduku hwavo; nekuti vana vaIsiraeri vakangonditsamwisachetenamabasa amaoko avo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

³⁰For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only that which was evil in my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, says Yahweh.

³¹nekuti guta rino rakamutsa kutsamwa kwangu nehasha dzangu kubva pazuva ravakarivaka kusvikira zuva ranhasi, kuti ndiribvise pamberi pangu,

³¹For this city has been to me a provocation of my anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from before my face,

³²nokuda kwezvakaipa zvose zvavana vaIsiraeri navana vaJudha, zvavakaita vachinditsamwisa, ivo namadzimambo avo, namachinda avo, navapristi vavo, navaporofita vavo, navanhu vaJudha, navagere Jerusaremu.

³²because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

³³Vakandifuratira, havana kunditarira nezviso zvavo; kunyange ndaivadzidzisa, ndichimuka mangwanani ndichivadzidzisa, asi havana kuteerera nokutenda kurangwa.

³³They have turned to me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.

³⁴Asi vakaisa zvinonyangadza zvavo muimba yakatumidzwa zita rangu, kuti vaisvibise.

³⁴But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

³⁵Vakavaka mitunhu yaBhaari, iri mumupata womwanakomana waHinomi, kuti vapinzire Moreki vanakomana vavo navanasikana vavo mumoto, chinhu chandisina kuvaraira, kana chandisina kufunga mumoyo mangu, kuti vaite chinhu ichi chinonyangadza, vachitadzisa Judha.

³⁵They built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through fire to Molech; which I didn’t command them, neither did it come into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

³⁶Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha Mwari waIsiraeri pamusoro peguta rino, ramunoti rakaiswa muruoko rwamambo weBhabhironi nomunondo, nenzara uye nehosha yakaipa,

³⁶Now therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, concerning this city, about which you say, It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence:

³⁷Tarirai, ndichavaunganidza kunyika dzose kwandakanga ndavadzingira nokutsamwa kwangu nehasha dzangu, uye neshungu dzangu huru, ndichavadzoserazve kunzvimbo ino, nokuvagarisa vakachengetwa.

³⁷Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries, where I have driven them in my anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:

³⁸Ivo vachava vanhu vangu, neni ndichava Mwari wavo.

³⁸and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

³⁹Ndichavapa moyo mumwe nenzira imwe, kuti vanditye nokusingaperi, vaitirwe zvakanaka ivo, navana vavo vanovatevera.

³⁹and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good, and of their children after them:

⁴⁰Ndichaita navo sungano isingaperi, handingadzoki pakuvatevera kuti ndivaitire zvakanaka; ndichaisa kutya mumoyo yavo kuti vanditye, kuti varege kuzotsauka kwandiri.

⁴⁰and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.

⁴¹Zvirokwazvo, ndichavafarira kuti ndivaitire zvakanaka, ndichavasima zvirokwazvo munyika ino nomoyo wangu wose uye nomweya wangu wose.

⁴¹Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

⁴²nekuti zvanzi naJehovha, Sezvandakauyisa zvakaipa izvi zvikuru zvose pamusoro pavanhu ava, saizvozvowo ndichauyisa pamusoro pavo zvakanaka zvose zvandakavapikira.

⁴²For thus says Yahweh: Like as I have brought all this great evil on this people, so will I bring on them all the good that I have promised them.

⁴³Minda ichatengwa munyika ino yamunoti idongo, haina vanhu kana zvipfuwo, yaiswa mumaoko avaKaradhea.

⁴³Fields shall be bought in this land, about which you say, It is desolate, without man or animal; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

⁴⁴Vanhu vachatenga minda nemari, nokunyora magwaro okutenga, vaise rupauro, nokudana zvapupu, panyika yaBhenjamini, napanzvimbo dzakapoteredza Jerusaremu, nomumaguta aJudha, nomumaguta enyika yamakomo, nomumaguta amapani, nomumaguta orutivi rwezasi; nekuti ndichadzosa kutapwa kwavo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

⁴⁴Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, says Yahweh.