¹Unganai, zvirokwazvo unganai, imwi rudzi rusinganyari;

¹Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation that has no shame,

²chirevo chisati chabereka, zuva risati rapfuura sehundi, kutsamwa kukuru kwaJehovha kusati kwauya pamusoro penyu, zuva rokutsamwa kwaJehovha risati rauya pamusoro penyu.

²before the appointed time when the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Yahweh comes on you, before the day of Yahweh’s anger comes on you.

³Tsvakai Jehovha, imwi mose vanyoro venyika, imwi makachengeta mitemo yake; tsvakai kururama, tsvakai unyoro; zvimwe mungavanzika nezuva rokutsamwa kwaJehovha.

³Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh’s anger.

⁴nekuti Gaza richasiiwa, Ashikeroni richaitwa dongo; vachadzinga Ashidhodhi masikati makuru, Ekironi richadzurwa.

⁴For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up.

⁵Vane nhamo vagere panyika iri pagungwa, irwo rudzi rwavaKeteti! Shoko raJehovha rinokutuka, iwe Kanani, nyika yavaFirisitia; ndichakuparadza, kuti parege kuzova anogarapo.

⁵Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of Yahweh is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines. I will destroy you, that there will be no inhabitant.

⁶mahombekombe egungwa aichava mafuro anamapako avafudzi nezvirugu zvamakwai.

⁶The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.

⁷Mahombekombe achava evakasara veimba yaJudha; vachafudzapo makwai avo; vachavata pasi madekwana mudzimba dzeAshikeroni; nekuti Jehovha Mwari wavo achavashanyira nokudzosa kutapwa kwavo.

⁷The coast will be for the remnant of the house of Judah. They will find pasture. In the houses of Ashkelon, they will lie down in the evening, for Yahweh, their God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” , will visit them, and restore them.

⁸Ndakanzwa kuzvidzwa kwaMoabhi, nokutuka kwavana vaAmoni, kwavakazvidza nako vanhu vangu, vachiita manyawi pamuganhu wavo.

⁸I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

⁹Naizvozvo noupenyu hwangu ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo, Mwari walsiraeri, Zvirokwazvo, Moabhi vachaita seSodhoma, navana vaAmoni seGomora, nyika yorukato, namakomba omunyu, namatongo nokusingaperi; vanhu vangu vakasara vachavaita chinhu chakatapwa, vakasara vorudzi rwangu vachavagara nhaka.

⁹Therefore as I live, says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them.

¹⁰Ndizvo zvavachapiwa nokuda kokuzvikudza kwavo, nekuti vakazvidza vanhu vaJehovha wehondo nokuzvikudza kwavari.

¹⁰This they will have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Yahweh of Armies.

¹¹Jehovha achavatyisa kwazvo, nekuti achaparadza vamwari vose venyika; vanhu vachamunamata iye, mumwe nomumwe achibva panzvimbo yake, naizvo zviwi zvose zvendudzi.

¹¹Yahweh will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations.

¹²Nemiwo veItiopia, muchaurawa nomunondo wangu.

¹²You Cushites also, you will be killed by my sword.

¹³Achatambanudzira ruoko rwake kurutivi rwokumusoro, ndokuparadza Asiria; Ninivhe achariita dongo, riome serenje.

¹³He will stretch out his hand against the north, destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as the wilderness.

¹⁴Zvipfuwo zvichavata pasi mukati maro, idzo mhuka dzamarudzi ose; hukurwizi nenungu zvichavata pamisoro yembiru dzaro; izwi rokurira kwazvo richanzwika pamahwindo; kuparadzwa kuchavapo pazvikumbaridzo, nekuti wakafukunura zvakavezwa zvemisidhari.

¹⁴Herds will lie down in the midst of her, all the animals of the nations. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the cedar beams.

¹⁵Iri ndiro guta raigara nomufaro risina hanya, raiti mumwoyo maro, Ndini, hakuchino mumwe kunze kwangu! Haiwa, raitwa dongo sei, nzvimbo inovata mhuka! Mumwe nomumwe anopfuura napo acharidza muridzo, achizunungusa ruoko rwake.

¹⁵This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, “I am, and there is none besides me.” How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss, and shake their fists.