¹It happened the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of Yahweh, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

¹Zvino pagore irero, pakuvamba kokubata ushe kwaZedhekia mambo waJudha, pagore rechina, nomwedzi wechishanu, Hanania mwanakomana waAzuri muporofita, waiva weGibhiyoni, akataura neni mumba maJehovha, vapristi navanhu vose varipo, akati,

²Thus speaks Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

²Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Ndavhuna joko ramambo weBhabhironi.

³Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of Yahweh’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried to Babylon:

³Makore maviri asati apera kwazvo, ndichadzoserazve kunzvimbo ino midziyo yose yeimba yaJehovha, yakatorwa naNebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi panzvimbo ino, akaiisa Bhabhironi;

⁴and I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, who went to Babylon, says Yahweh; for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

⁴ndichadzoserazve kunzvimbo ino Jekonia mwanakomana waJehoiakimu mambo waJudha, pamwechete navatapwa vose vaJudha, vakaenda Bhabhironi ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; nekuti ndichavhuna joko ramambo weBhabhironi.

⁵Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people who stood in the house of Yahweh,

⁵Ipapo muporofita Jeremiya akati kumuporofita Hanania, vapristi navanhu vose varipo vamire mumba maJehovha,

⁶even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: Yahweh do so; Yahweh perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring again the vessels of Yahweh’s house, and all them of the captivity, from Babylon to this place.

⁶iye muporofita Jeremiya akati, Ameni, Jehovha ngaaite zvakadaro; Jehovha ngaasimbise mashoko ako awakaporofita, adzoserezve midziyo yeimba yaJehovha, navose vakatapwa, vabve Bhabhironi vauye kunzvimbo ino.

⁷Nevertheless hear you now this word that I speak in your ears, and in the ears of all the people:

⁷Asi zvino chinzwa shoko iri randinotaura munzeve dzako, nomunzeve dzavanhu vose.

⁸The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.

⁸Vaporofita, vakanditangira ini newe, vakaporofitira nyika zhinji, noushe hukuru, vachireva zvokurwa, nenzara, nehosha yakaipa.

⁹The prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet shall happen, then shall the prophet be known, that Yahweh has truly sent him.

⁹Muporofita, unoporofita zvorugare, kana shoko romuporofita uyo rikaitika, muporofita uyo uchazikamwa kuti wakatumwa naJehovha zvirokwazvo.

¹⁰Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and broke it.

¹⁰Ipapo muporofita Hanania wakabvisa joko pamutsipa womuporofita Jeremiya, akarivhuna.

¹¹Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus says Yahweh: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon within two full years from off the neck of all the nations. The prophet Jeremiah went his way.

¹¹Zvino Hanania akataura pamberi pavanhu vose, achiti, Zvanzi naJehovha, Saizvozvo ndichavhuna joko raNebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi pamitsipa yamarudzi ose makore maviri asati apera kwazvo. Muporofita Jeremiya ndokuenda zvake.

¹²Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the bar from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

¹²Ipapo shoko raJehovha rakauya kuna Jeremiya, muporofita Hanania apedza kuvhuna joko pamutsipa womuporofita Jeremiya, zvichinzi,

¹³Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus says Yahweh: You have broken the bars of wood; but you have made in their place bars of iron.

¹³Enda undoudza Hanania, uti, Zvanzi naJehovha, wavhuna majoko amatanda, asi waita panzvimbo yazvo majoko esimbi.

¹⁴For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the animals of the field also.

¹⁴nekuti zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Ndakaisa joko resimbi pamitsipa yamarudzi awa ose, kuti ashumire Nebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi; achamushumira, uye ndakamupawo mhuka dzebundo.

¹⁵Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah: Yahweh has not sent you; but you make this people to trust in a lie.

¹⁵Ipapo muporofita Jeremiya wakati kumuporofita Hanania, Chinzwa zvino, Hanania, Jehovha haana kukutuma, asi iwe unotendisa vanhu ava nhema.

¹⁶Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will send you away from off the surface of the earth: this year you shall die, because you have spoken rebellion against Yahweh.

¹⁶Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha, Tarira, ndichakudzinga pasi pose; uchafa nhaka, nekuti wakataura zvinomukira Jehovha.

¹⁷So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.

¹⁷Naizvozvo muporofita Hanania wakafa negore iro nomwedzi wechinomwe.