1The word of Yahweh which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
1Shoko raJehovha, rakasvika kumuporofita Jeremiya pamusoro pamarudzi.
2Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
2Pamusoro peEgipita; pamusoro pehondo yaFaraoneko mambo weEgipita, yakanga iri parwizi Yufuratesi paKarikemishi, yakakundwa naNebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi negore rechina raJehoiakimu mwanakomana waJosiya, mambo waJudha.
3Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!
3Gadzirai nhovo duku nenhovo huru, muswedere kunorwiwa.
4Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.
4Sungai mabhiza, kwirai imwi vatasvi mumire makadzika ngowani dzenyu; rodzai mapfumo, pfekai nguvo dzamatare.
5Why have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled apace, and don’t look back: terror is on every side, says Yahweh.
5Ndakazviwonereiko? Vakanganiswa, vadzokera shure; mhare dzavo dzakundwa, dzatiza, hadzicheukiri shure, kutya kuri pamativi ose, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.
6Don’t let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.
6Vanomhanyisa ngavarege kutiza, mhare ngadzirege kupukunyuka; kurutivi rwokumusoro, parwizi rwaYufuratesi, vakagumburwa vakawira pasi.
7Who is this who rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
7Ndianiko uyo unokwira sorwizi rwaNairi, mvura yarwo inotamba senzizi?
8Egypt rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he says, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and its inhabitants.
8Egipita rinokwira saNairi, mvura yarwo inotamba senzizi; rinoti, Ndichakwira, ndichafukidza nyika, ndichaparadza maguta navageremo.
9Go up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.
9Kwirai, imwi mabhiza, fambisai imwi ngoro, mhare ngadzibude, vanoti, Kushi naPuti vanoshonga nhovo, navaRudhi vanobata nokuwembura huta.
10For that day is of the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
10nekuti zuva iro izuva raShe, Jehovha wehondo, zuva rokutsiva kuti azvitsivire vadzivisi vake; munondo uchadya nokuguta, uchamwa ropa ravo ukaguta, nekuti Ishe, Jehovha wehondo, unechibayiro chake kunyika yokumusoro parwizi rwaYufuratesi.
11Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain do you use many medicines; there is no healing for you.
11Kwira uende Giriyadhi, undotorako muti webharisami, iwe mhandara, mukunda weEgipita; wawanza mishonga mizhinji isina maturo, hauporeswi.
12The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.
12Marudzi akanzwa zvokunyadziswa kwako, nyika izere nokuchema kwako; nekuti mhare dzakabonderana nemhare, vose vaviri vakawira pasi.
13The word that Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon should come and strike the land of Egypt.
13Shoko, rakaudzwa muporofita Jeremiya naJehovha, richireva muuyire waNebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi nomukundire wake nyika yeEgipita.
14Declare in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say, Stand forth, and prepare; for the sword has devoured around you.
14Paridzirai paEgipita, zivisai paMigidhori, zivisai paNofi napaTapanesi, muti, Simukai muzvigadzire, nekuti munondo wakadya zviri kumativi ako ose.
15Why are your strong ones swept away? they didn’t stand, because Yahweh pushed them.
15Mhare dzako dzakabviswa neiko? Havana kumira, nekuti Jehovha wakavadzinga.
16He made many to stumble, yes, they fell one on another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.
16Wakagumbusa vazhinji, zvirokwazvo mumwe wakawira pamusoro pomumwe; vakati, Simukai, tiendezve kuvanhu vedu, nokunyika kwatakaberekerwa, titize munondo unomanikidza.
17They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.
17Vakadanidzirako, vachiti, Farao mambo weEgipita iguhu zvaro, wakarega nguva yakatarwa ichipfuura.
18As I live, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
18Nohupenyu hwangu, ndizvo zvinotaura mambo une zita rinonzi Jehovha wehondo, Zvirokwazvo uchauya akaita seTabhori pakati pamakomo, uye seKarimeri pagungwa.
19You daughter who dwells in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant.
19Iwe mukunda unogara Egipita, zvigadzirire kutapwa, nekuti Nofi richaitwa dongo, richapiswa, risina unogaramo.
20Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; but destruction out of the north has come, it has come.
20Egipita imhorombe yakaisvonaka, asi vuvu rinobva kurutivi rwokumusoro rasvika, rasvika.
21Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they didn’t stand: for the day of their calamity has come on them, the time of their visitation.
21Navanhu varo vanoripirwa, vari mukati maro, vakafanana nemhuru dzomudanga, nekuti naivo vakadzoka, vakatiza pamwechete, havana kumira; nekuti zuva renjodzi yavo rakauya pamusoro pavo, iyo nguva yokurohwa kwavo.
22The sound of it shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.
22Mubvumo waro uchava sowenyoka, nekuti vachafamba nehondo, vachandorwa navo namatemo, savatemi vemiti.
23They shall cut down her forest, says Yahweh, though it can’t be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.
23Vachatema dondo raro, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, nekuti havanganzverwi, nekuti vakawanda kupfuura mhashu, havangaverengwi.
24The daughter of Egypt shall be disappointed; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
24Mukunda weEgipita uchanyadziswa, uchaiswa mumaoko avanhu vanobva kurutivi rwokumusoro.
25Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and those who trust in him:
25Jehovha wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, unoti, Tarirai, ndicharova Amoni weNo, naFarao, neEgipita navamwari varo, namadzimambo aro, iye Farao navose vanovimba naye.
26and I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says Yahweh.
26Ndichavaisa mumaoko avanotsvaka kuvauraya, nomumaoko aNebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi, nomumaoko avaranda vake; zvino pashure richagarwa, sapamazuva akare ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.
27But don’t you be afraid, Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
27Asi usatya hako, iwe Jakove, muranda wangu, usavhunduswa, iwe Isiraeri; nekuti tarira, ndichakuponesa uri kure, navana vako vari panyika kwavakatapirwa; Jakove uchadzoka, uchanyarara nokuzorora, hakuna ungamutyisa.
28Don’t you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; for I am with you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you; but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.
28Usatya hako, iwe Jakove, muranda wangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, nekuti ndinewe; nekuti ndichapedza kwazvo marudzi ose kwandakakudzingira; asi iwe handingakupedzi, asi ndichakuranga ndichiita nokururama, handingakuregi usina kurohwa.