¹Zvino Shefatia mwanakomana waMatani, naGedharia mwanakomana waPashuri, naJukari mwanakomana waSheremiya, naPashuri mwanakomana waMarikija, vakanzwa mashoko akataurwa naJeremiya kuvanhu vose, achiti,

¹Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,

²Zvanzi naJehovha, Ani naani unorambira muguta rino uchaurawa nomunondo, nenzara, uye nehosha yakaipa, asi unobuda akaenda kuvaKaradhea uchararama, hupenyu hwake huchava kwaari chinhu chakapambwa, uchararama.

²Thus says Yahweh, He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.

³Zvanzi naJehovha, Zvirokwazvo guta rino richaiswa mumaoko ehondo yamambo weBhabhironi, iye acharikunda.

³Thus says Yahweh, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.

⁴Ipapo machinda akati kuna mambo, Tinokumbira kuti munhu uyu aurawe, nekuti unoshaisa simba maoko avarwi vakasara muguta rino, namaoko avanhu vose nokutaura kwake mashoko akadai kwavari; nekuti munhu uyu haatsvaki mufaro wavanhu ava asi kuti vave nenjodzi.

⁴Then the princes said to the king, “Please let this man be put to death; because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man doesn’t seek the welfare of this people, but the hurt.”

⁵Mambo Zedhekia ndokuti, Tarirai, uri pamaoko enyu, nekuti mambo haangaiti chinhu chamusingadi.

⁵Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he who can do anything against you.

⁶Ipapo vakatora Jeremiya, vakamukandira mugomba raMarikija mwanakomana wamambo, rakanga riri muruvazhe rwavarindi; vakaburusa Jeremiya namabote. Mugomba makanga musina mvura asi matope; Jeremiya akanyura mumatope.

⁶Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

⁷Zvino multiopia Ebhedhimereki, waiva muranda mumba mamambo, wakati anzwa kuti vakaisa Jeremiya mugomba (zvino mambo wakange agere musuwo raBhenjamini).

⁷Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),

⁸Ebhedhimereki akabuda mumba mamambo, akataura namambo, achiti,

⁸Ebedmelech went forth out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying,

⁹Ishe wangu mambo, vanhu ava vakaita zvakaipa pazvose zvavakaitira muporofita Jeremiya, wavakakandira mugomba; zvino iye unenge uchafira panzvimbo iyo paari, nemhaka yenzara; nekuti hakuchina chingwa muguta.

⁹My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.

¹⁰Ipapo mambo akaraira muItiopia Ebhedhimereki, akati, Tora pano vanhu vana makumi matatu, unobudisa muporofita Jeremiya mugomba asati afa.

¹⁰Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from here thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies.

¹¹Ipapo Ebhedhimereki akatora vanhu ivavo, akaenda navo mumba mamambo pasi pechivigiro chefuma, akatorapo mamvemve nenguvo dzakasakara, akazviburusira namabote mugomba kuna Jeremiya.

¹¹So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

¹²Multiopia Ebhedhimereki akati kuna Jeremiya, Zvino chiisai mamvemve awa nenguvo dzakasakara muhapwa dzenyu munyasi. mamabote. Jeremiya akaita saizvozvo.

¹²Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under your armpits under the cords. Jeremiah did so.

¹³Naizvozvo vakakwidza Jeremiya namabote, vakamubudisa mugomba, Jeremiya akagara muruvazhe rwavarindi.

¹³So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

¹⁴Ipapo mambo Zedhekia akatuma nhume akauyisa muporofita Jeremiya kwaari pamukova wechitatu uri mumba maJehovha; mambo akati kuna Jeremiya, Ndichakubvunza shoko; usandivanzira chinhu.

¹⁴Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entry that is in the house of Yahweh: and the king said to Jeremiah, I will ask you something. Hide nothing from me.

¹⁵Ipapo Jeremiya akati kuna Zedhekia, Kana ndikakuzivisai izvozvo, hamungatongondiurayi here? Kana ndikakupai zano, hamunganditeereri.

¹⁵Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? and if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.

¹⁶Naizvozvo mambo Zedhekia wakapikira Jeremiya chinyararire, akati, NaJehovha mupenyu, wakatipa hupenyu uhwu, handingakuurayi, kana kukuisa mumaoko avanhu ava vanotsvaka kukuuraya.

¹⁶So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As Yahweh lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.

¹⁷Ipapo Jeremiya akati kuna Zedhekia, Zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Kana mukatenda kuenda kumachinda amambo weBhabhironi, mweya wenyu uchararama, neguta rino haringapiswi nomoto; imwi muchararama, neimba yenyu.

¹⁷Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, the God of Israel: If you will go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then your soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and you shall live, and your house.

¹⁸Asi kana mukaramba kuenda kumachinda amambo mumaoko avaKaradhea, ivo vacharipisa nomoto, nemwi hamungapukunyuki pamaoko avo.

¹⁸But if you will not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape out of their hand.

¹⁹Ipapo mambo Zedhekia akati kuna Jeremiya, Ndinotya vaJudha, vakatishandukira vakaenda kuvaKaradhea, zvimwe vangandiisa mumaoko avo, ivo vakandiseka.

¹⁹Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews who are fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.

²⁰Asi Jeremiya wakati, Havangakusiiyi kwavari. Chiteererai henyu inzwi raJehovha, sezvandinokuudzai; ipapo muchava nomufaro, nomweya wenyu uchararama.

²⁰But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the voice of Yahweh, in that which I speak to you: so it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live.

²¹Asi kana mukaramba kuenda, heri shoko randakaziviswa naJehovha,

²¹But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that Yahweh has shown me:

²²Tarirai, vakadzi vose vakasara mumba mamambo waJudha, vachabudisirwa kumachinda amambo weBhabhironi, zvino vakadzi avo vachati, Shamwari dzenyu dzinodikamwa nemwi ndidzo dzakakunyengerai, dzikakukundai, zvino tsoka dzenyu zvadzanyura mumatope, vokufuratirai.

²²behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Your familiar friends have set you on, and have prevailed over you. Your feet are sunk in the mire, they have turned away back.

²³Vachabudisira vakadzi venyu vose navana venyu kuvaKaradhea; nemiwo hamungapukunyuki pamaoko avo asi muchabatwa noruoko rwamambo weBhabhironi; imwi muchapisisa guta rino nomoto.

²³They shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans; and you shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.

²⁴Ipapo Zedhekia akati kuna Jeremiya, Ngakurege kuva nomunhu unoziviswa mashoko awa, ipapo iwe haungaurawi.

²⁴Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.

²⁵Asi kana machinda akanzwa kuti ndakataura newe, vakauya kwauri, vachiti, Chitizivisa zvino zvawaudza mambo, usativanzira izvozvo, isu tigosakuuraya; uyewo zvose zvawakaudzwa namambo.

²⁵But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and tell you, Declare to us now what you have said to the king; don’t hide it from us, and we will not put you to death; also what the king said to you:

²⁶Ipapo uti kwavari, Ndakasvitsa munyengetero wangu kuna mambo, kuti arege kundidzosa kumba kwaJonatani, kuti ndifireko.

²⁶then you shall tell them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.

²⁷Zvino machinda ose akauya kuna Jeremiya, akamubvunza, akavaudza mashoko awa ose sezvakanga zvarairwa namambo. Naizvozvo vakarega kuzotaura naye, nekuti shoko rakanga risina kuzikamwa.

²⁷Then came all the princes to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

²⁸Naizvozvo Jeremiya wakaramba agere muruvazhe rwavarindi kusvikira zuva rakakundwa Jerusaremu.

²⁸So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.