Habhakuki 2

¹Ndichandomira panzvimbo yangu yokurindira, ndichazviisa panharire yangu, ndichatarira ndione zvaachataura neni, uye zvandingapindura pamusoro pokuchema kwangu.I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

²Jehovha akandipindura, akati, `Nyora zvawaratidzwa, zvionekwe kwazvo pamahwendefa, kuti zvigone kurahwa noanomhanya.And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

³Nokuti zvakaratidzwa izvi ndezvenguva yakatarwa, zvovavarira kuguma, hazvingarevi nhema; kunyange zvikanonoka, uzvimirire, nokuti zvichauya zvirokwazvo, hazvingaiti nguva huru.For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

⁴Tarirai, mweya wavo una manyawi, hauna kururama mukati mavo; asi akarurama achararama nokutenda kwake.Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

⁵Uyezve, zvirokwazvo, waini inonyengera, murume anozvikudza, asingagari kumba kwake, akashamisa kukara kwake seSheori, akafanana norufu; haangaguti, asi anozviunganidzira marudzi ose, unozvikokerera marudzi ose avanhu.'Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

⁶Ko ava vose havangaimbi rwiyo pamusoro pake, nokumudadira nechirabwe, vachiti, `Ane nhamo anowanza zvisati zviri zvake! Kusvikira riniko? Uye anozviremedza nezvikwereti!'Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

⁷Vachakurumai havangasimuki pakarepo, vanokumanikidzai havangamuki here, imi mukapambwa navo?Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

⁸Imi zvamakapamba marudzi mazhinji, vose vakasara vamarudzi avanhu vachakupambai nemhaka yeropa ravanhu, uye nemhaka yokuti makaitira nyika simba, neguta navose vageremo.Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

⁹Ane nhamo unozviwanira imba yake fuma yakaipa, kuti aise dendere rake kwakakwirira, kuti arwirwe paruoko rwezvakaipa!Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

¹⁰Makaranganira imba yenyu zvinonyadza, zvamakaparadza marudzi mazhinji avanhu, mukatadzira mweya wenyu.Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.

¹¹Nokuti ibwe richadanidzira riri parusvingo, danda riri mudenga richapindura.For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

¹²Ane nhamo anovaka musha neropa, anovamba guta nezvakaipa!Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

¹³Tarirai, hazvina kubva kuna Jehovha wehondo here kuti vanhu vabatire moto, uye kuti marudzi avanhu azvinetse nokuda kwezvisina maturo?Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

¹⁴Nokuti nyika yose ichazadzwa nokuziva kubwinya kwaJehovha, mvura sezvainofukidza pasi pegungwa.For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

¹⁵Ane nhamo anopa wokwake zvinobata azvinwe, anovhenganisiramo uturu hwenyu, muchimudhakisawo, kuti muone kushama kwavo !Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

¹⁶Mazvigutisa nezvinonyadzisa panzvimbo yezvinokudzwa; chinwai nemiwo, muve soasina kudzingiswa; mukombe worudyi rwaJehovha uchasvikira kwamuri, zvinonyadzisa zvakaipa zvichauya pamusoro pokukudzwa kwenyu.Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD’S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

¹⁷Nokuti zvakaipa zvakaitirwa Rebhanoni zvichakufukidzai imi, uye kuparadzwa kwezvipfuwo kwakazvityisa; nemhaka yeropa ravanhu, nemhaka yezvakaipa zvakaitirwa nyika, neguta, navose vageremo.For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

¹⁸Mufananidzo wakavezwa unobatsireiko, zvawavezwa nomuvezi wawo; kana mufananidzo wakaumbwa, iwo mudzidzisi wenhema, iye wakauumba zvaanovimba nawo, zvaakaita zvifananidzo zvisingagoni kutaura?What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

¹⁹Ane nhamo anoti kudanda, `Muka! Kana kubwe risingagoni kutaura. Simuka! Zvinhu izvi zvingadzidzisa here?' Tarirai, zvakanamirwa nendarama nesirivha, asi hakuna mweya mukati mazvo napaduku.Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

²⁰Asi Jehovha ari mutemberi yake tsvene, nyika yose ngairambe inyerere pamberi pake.But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.