¹Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;

¹Zvanzi naJehovha, Nemhaka yokuti Moabhi vakadarika katatu, zvimwe kana, handingadzori kurohwa kwavo; nekuti vakapisa mafupa amambo waEdhomu kusvikira aita madota.

²but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;

²Asi ndichatuma moto kuvaMoabhi, uchapedza dzimba dzoushe dzeKerioti; Moabhi vachafa nebope nokudanidzira uye nokurira kwehwamanda;

³and I will cut off the judge from their midst, and will kill all its princes with him,” says Yahweh.

³ndichaparadza vatongi pakati pavo; nokuuraya machinda avo ose pamwechete navo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

⁴Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected Yahweh’s law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked;

⁴Zvanzi naJehovha, Nemhaka yokuti Judha vakadarika katatu, zvimwe kana, handingadzori kurohwa kwavo; nekuti vakaramba murayiro waJehovha, vakasachengeta mitemo yake, vakarashiswa nenhema dzavo dzakateverwa namadzibaba avo.

⁵But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”

⁵Asi ndichatuma moto kuna Judha, uchapedza dzimba dzoushe dzeJerusaremu.

⁶Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;

⁶Zvanzi naJehovha, Nemhaka yokuti Isiraeri vakadarika katatu, zvimwe kana, handingadzori kurohwa kwavo; nekuti vakatengesa vakarurama nesirivha, uye anoshaiwa, vachipiwa shangu mbiri;

⁷They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;

⁷ndivo vanoshuva kuona guruva rapasi pamusoro womurombo, vachitsausa nzira yomunhu munyoro; munhu nababa vake vachienda vose kumusikana mumwe, kuti vamhure zita rangu dzvene;

⁸and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

⁸vanovata pasi pamaaritari ose panguvo dzakatorwa dzichiitwa rubatso, vanomwa waini yavakaripiswa mumba maMwari wavo.

⁹Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

⁹Kunyange zvakadaro ndakaparadza vaAmori pamberi pavo, ivo vakanga vakareba semisidhari, vane simba semioki; kunyange zvakadaro ndakaparadza zvibereko zvavo kumusoro nemidzi yavo pasi.

¹⁰Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

¹⁰Ndakakubudisaiwo munyika yeEgipita, ndikakufambisai murenje makore makumi mana, kuti mundopiwa nyika yavaAmori.

¹¹I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn’t this true, you children of Israel?” says Yahweh.

¹¹Ndakamutsawo vaporofita pakati pavanakomana venyu, navaNaziri pakati pavanakomana venyu, navaNaziri pakati pamajaya enyu. Handizvo here, imwi vana vaIsiraeri?

¹²“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Don’t prophesy!’

¹²Asi makapa vaNaziri waini vamwe, nokuraira vaporofita, muchiti, Regai kuporofita.

¹³Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.

¹³Tarirai, ndichakutsikirirai pasi, sezvinotsikirira ngoro izere nemwanda.

¹⁴Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won’t strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

¹⁴Anomhanyisa achakoniwa kutiza, anesimba haangasimbisi simba rake, kunyange nemhare haingazvirwiri.

¹⁵neither shall he stand who handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot won’t escape; neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;

¹⁵Kunyange anobata uta haangamiri, anetsoka dzinomhanyisa haangazvirwiri; kunyange akatasva bhiza haangarwiri hupenyu hwake;

¹⁶and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day,” says Yahweh.

¹⁶ane mwoyo mukuru pakati pemhare achatiza akashama nezuva iro, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.