¹Vane nhamo vanofunga zvakaipa vachiita zvisakarurama panhovo dzavo! Vanozviita mangwanani kana koedza, nekuti simba rokuzviita riri mumaoko avo.

¹Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

²Vanochiva minda, ndokuipamba, nedzimba, dzokuzvitorera idzo; vanomanikidza murume neimba yake, murume nenhaka yake.

²They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

³Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha, Tarirai, ndinofungira rudzi urwu zvakaipa, hamungagoni kubvisa mitsipa yenyu pazvivi, hamungafambi namanyawi, nekuti inguva yakaipa.

³Therefore thus says Yahweh: “Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster, from which you will not remove your necks, neither will you walk haughtily; for it is an evil time.

⁴Nezuva iro vachataura mufananidzo pamusoro penyu, nokuchema nokuchema kokurira, vachiti, Takaparadzwa chose, iye unopa vamwe mugove wavanhu vangu, aiwa wanditorera ini sei! Minda yedu anoigovera vanomumukira.

⁴In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, ‘We are utterly ruined! My people’s possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!’”

⁵Saka iwe uchashaiwa munhu anokukandira rwonzi rwokuyera nhaka yako paungano yaJehovha.

⁶Regai kuporofita ndizvo zvavanoporofita ivo. Kana vasingaporofiti pamusoro pezvinhu izvi, kushoora kwavo hakungaperi.

⁶“Don’t prophesy!” They prophesy. “Don’t prophesy about these things. Disgrace won’t overtake us.”

⁷Nhai imwi munonzi imba yaJakove, Mweya waJehovha wafupiswa here? Ndiwo mabasa ake here? Ko mashoko angu haangaitiri zvakanaka anofamba nokururama here?

⁷Shall it be said, O house of Jacob: “Is the Spirit of Yahweh angry? Are these his doings? Don’t my words do good to him who walks blamelessly?”

⁸Asi zuro vanhu vangu vakandimukira somuvengi; munozumbura jasi panguvo dzavanopfuura havo norugare vasingadi kurwa.

⁸But lately my people have risen up as an enemy. You strip the robe and clothing from those who pass by without a care, returning from battle.

⁹Munodzinga vakadzi vavanhu vangu padzimba dzavo dzinofadza; munoteerera vana vavo vaduku mbiri yangu nokusingaperi.

⁹You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my blessing forever.

¹⁰simukai, muende, nekuti haizi nzvimbo yokuzorora pano, nemhaka yetsvina inoparadza nokuparadza kwakaipa kwazvo.

¹⁰Arise, and depart! For this is not your resting place, because of uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction.

¹¹Kana munhu aripo, anofambira mhepo nenhema, anoreva nhema achiti, Ndichakuporofitira zvewaini nezvinomwiwa zvinobata, iye achava muporofita wavanhu ava.

¹¹If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies: “I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink”; he would be the prophet of this people.

¹²Zvirokwazvo ndichakuunganidza, Jakove, iwe wose; zvirokwazvo ndichaunganidza vakasara vaIsiraeri; ndichavaisa pamwechete samakwai muchirugu, seboka ramakwai pakati pamafuro awo; vachaita ruzha rukuru nokuwanda kwavanhu.

¹²I will surely assemble, Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the midst of their pasture; they will swarm with people.

¹³Mupasanuri wakavatungamirira; vakapasanura, vakapfuurira kusuwo, vakabuda napo; mambo wavo wakavatungamirira, Jehovha ari pamberi pavo.

¹³He who breaks open the way goes up before them. They break through the gate, and go out. And their king passes on before them, with Yahweh at their head.