1Zvino Zedhekia mwanakomana waJosiya wakabata ushe ari mambo panzvimbo yaKonia mwanakomana waJehoiakimu, wakange apiwa ushe munyika yaJudha naNebhukadhirezari mambo waBhabhironi.
1Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
2Asi iye, kunyange varanda vake, kana vanhu venyika, havana kuteerera mashoko aJehovha, aakataura nomuporofita Jeremiya.
2But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, listened to the words of Yahweh, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.
3Zvino mambo Zedhekia wakatuma Jehukari mwanakomana waSheremiya, naZefaniya mwanakomana womupristi Maaseia, kumuporofita Jeremiya, achiti, Tinyengeterere hako zvino kuna Jehovha Mwari wedu.
3Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now to Yahweh our God for us.
4Zvino Jeremiya wakange achingopinda nokubuda hake pakati pavanhu, nekuti vakanga vachigere kumusunga mutirongo.
4Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.
5Hondo yaFarao yakanga yabvawo Egipita; zvino vaKaradhea, vakanga vakakomba Jerusaremu, vakati vachinzwa zvavo, vakarega kukomba Jerusaremu.
5Pharaoh’s army had come forth out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they broke up from Jerusalem.
6Ipapo shoko raJehovha rakasvika kumuporofita Jeremiya, richiti,
6Then came the word of Yahweh to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
7Zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, itiyi kuna mambo waJudha wakakutumai kuzondibvunza, Tarirai, hondo yaFarao, yakauya kuzokubatsirai, ichadzokera Egipita kunyika yavo.
7Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, You shall tell the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
8VaKaradhea vachauyazve vachirwa neguta rino; vacharikunda, nokuripisa nomoto.
8The Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire.
9Zvanzi naJehovha, Musazvinyengera henyu, muchiti, Zvirokwazvo, vaKaradhea vachabva kwatiri, nekuti havangabvi.
9Thus says Yahweh, Don’t deceive yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.
10nekuti kunyange maikunda henyu hondo yose yavaKaradhea, vanorwa nemi, kukangosara kwavari vanhu vakakuvadzwa chete, kunyange zvakadaro vaisimuka, mumwe nomumwe mutende rake vakapisa guta rino nomoto.
10For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yes would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
11Zvino hondo yavaKaradhea yakati yarega kukomba Jerusaremu nemhaka yokutya hondo yaFarao,
11It happened that, when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
12Jeremiya akabuda Jerusaremu achida kuenda kunyika yavaBhenjamini, kuzopiwa mugove wakepo pakati pavanhu vake.
12then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.
13Zvino wakati ari pasuwo raBhenjamini, mumwe mukuru wavarindi akasvikapo, wainzi Irija mwanakomana waSheremiya, mwanakomana waHanania, iye akabata muporofita Jeremiya, achiti, Iwe wotishandukira uchienda kuvaKaradhea.
13When he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are falling away to the Chaldeans.
14Jeremiya akati, Inhema, handikushandukiriyi ndichienda kuvaKaradhea. Asi haana kumuteerera; ipapo Irija akabata Jeremiya, akandomuisa kumachinda.
14Then Jeremiah said, It is false; I am not falling away to the Chaldeans. But he didn’t listen to him; so Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
15Machinda akaitira Jeremiya hasha, akamurova, ndokumuisa mutirongo mumba momunyori Jonatani; nekuti vakanga vaiita tirongo.
15The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.
16Zvino Jeremiya wakati apinda mutirongo yegomba, nomumakamuri ayo, Jeremiya akagaramo mazuva mazhinji,
16When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
17mambo Zedhekia akatuma nhume kuzomutora, mambo akamubvunza chinyararire mumba make, achiti, Kune shoko rinobva kuna Jehovha here? Jeremiya akati, Ririko. Akatiwo, Imi muchaiswa muruoko rwamambo weBhabhironi.
17Then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from Yahweh? Jeremiah said, There is. He said also, You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
18Jeremiya akatiwo kuna mambo Zedhekia, Ndakakutadzirai neiko, imi, kana varanda venyu, kana vanhu ava, zvamakandisunga mutirongo?
18Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, Wherein have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?
19Ko zvino vaporofita venyu varipi, ivo vaikuporofitirai, vachiti, Mambo weBhabhironi haangauyi kuzorwa nemi, kana kurwa nenyika ino?
19Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
20Zvino chidonzwai henyu, ishe wangu mambo; kunyengetera kwangu ngakusvike pamberi penyu, kuti murege kundidzosazve kumba komunyori Jonatani, ndirege kufirapo.
20Now please hear, my lord the king: please let my supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
21Ipapo mambo Zedhekia wakatema chirevo, vakaisa Jeremiya kuruvazhe rwavarindi, vakamupa zuva rimwe nerimwe bundu rechingwa, raibva munzira yomuguta yainzi yavabiki vechingwa, kusvikira chingwa chose chapera muguta. Saizvozvo Jeremiya akagara muruvazhe rwavarindi.
21Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard; and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.