1Kumbirai kuna Jehovha mvura nenguva yemvura yokupedzisira, achavapa mvura inonaya kwazvo, mumwe nomumwe ave nezvinomera mumunda.
1Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time, Yahweh who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.
2nekuti terafimi dzakataura zvisina maturo, vavuki vakaona nhema, vakaudza vanhu kurota kwenhema, vanovaraidza pasina; saka vanozviindira samakwai, vanotambudzika nokushaiwa mufudzi.
2For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.
3Kutsamwa kwangu kwakamukira vafudzi, ndicharova mutungamiriri; nekuti Jehovha wehondo wakashanyira boka rake, iyo imba yaJudha, achavaita sebhiza rake rakanaka pakurwa.
3My anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the male goats; For Yahweh of Armies has visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his majestic horse in the battle.
4Kwaari kuchabva ibwe rekona, kwaari mbambo, kwaari uta bwehondo, kwaari vabati vose pamwechete.
4From him will come forth the cornerstone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.
5Vachava semhare dzinotsika vavengi vadzo pasi pakurwa mumatope enzira dzomumusha; vacharwa nekuti Jehovha anavo; vatasvi vamabhiza vachanyadziswa.
5They shall be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Yahweh is with them; and the riders on horses will be confounded.
6Ndichasimbisa imba yaJudha, ndichaponesa imba yaJosefa, nokuvadzoserazve, nekuti ndichavanzwira nyasha; vachava savanhu vasina kurashwa neni; nekuti ndini Jehovha Mwari wavo, ndichavanzwa.
6“I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy on them; and they will be as though I had not cast them off: for I am Yahweh their God, and I will hear them.
7VaEfuremu vachava segamba rehondo, mwoyo yavo ichafara savanhu vakabatwa newaini; zvirokwazvo vana vavo vachazviona, vakafara; mwoyo yavo ichafara munaJehovha.
7Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their heart will rejoice as through wine; yes, their children will see it, and rejoice. Their heart will be glad in Yahweh.
8Ndichavaridzira muridzo, ndivaunganidze; nekuti ndakavadzikunura; vachawanda sezvavaiwanda kare.
8I will signal for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they will increase as they have increased.
9Ndichavakusha pakati pendudzi dzavanhu; vachandirangarira kunyika dziri kure; vachararama pamwechete navana vavo, vakadzoka.
9I will sow them among the peoples; and they will remember me in far countries; and they will live with their children, and will return.
10Uye ndichavadzosa panyika ndichavaunganidza ndichavabvisa paAsiria; ndichavasvitsa kunyika yeGiriyadhi neRebhanoni; vachashaiwa pokugara.
10I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and there won’t be room enough for them.
11Vachafamba nomugungwa rokutambudzika, acharova mafungu mugungwa, pakadzika pose muNairi pachapwa; kuzvikudza kweAsira kuchaderedzwa, tsvimbo youshe yeEgipita ichabviswa.
11He will pass through the sea of affliction, and will strike the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the Nile will dry up; and the pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.
12Ndichavasimbisa muna Jehovha, vachafamba muzita rangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.
12I will strengthen them in Yahweh; and they will walk up and down in his name,” says Yahweh.