1Shoko, rakataurwa nomuporofita Jeremiya kuna Bharuki mwanakomana waNeria, panguva yaakanyora mashoko awa mubhuku, zvichibva mumuromo waJeremiya, negore rechina raJehoiakimu mwanakomana waJosiya, mambo waJudha, richiti,
1The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
2Zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, kwauri, iwe Bharuki,
2Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to you, Baruch:
3iwe wakati, Ndine nhamo zvino, nekuti Jehovha wakawedzera kuchema pakurwadziwa kwangu; ndaneta nokugomera kwangu, ndinoshaiwa zororo.
3You said, Woe is me now! for Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.
4Zvino chiti, kwaari, Zvanzi naJehovha, tarira, chandakavaka ndichachikoromorazve, chandakasima ndichachidzurazve; ndizvo zvandichaitira nyika yose.
4You shall tell him, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.
5Iwe unozvitsvakira zvinhu zvikuru here? Usazvitsvaka; nekuti tarira, ndichauyisa zvakaipa pamusoro penyama yose ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; asi ndichakupa hupenyu hwako chive chinhu chakapambwa panzvimbo dzose kwaunoenda.
5Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh, says Yahweh; but your life will I give to you for a prey in all places where you go.