Isaya 31

¹Vane nhamo vanoburukira Ijipiti kundotsvaka kubatsirwa, vanotenda mabhiza, vanovimba nengoro dzokurwa nokuti izhinji, uye navatasvi vamabhiza nokuti vane simba kwazvo, asi havatariri kuno Mutsvene waIsiraeri, kana kutsvaka Jehovha.Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

²Kunyange zvakadaro naiye akachenjera, achauyisa nhamo, haangadzosi mashoko ake, asi achamukira imba yavanoita zvakaipa, navanobatsirana navanoita zvakaipa.Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

³Zvino vaIjipiti vanhu, havazi Mwari, namabhiza avo inyama, haazi mweya; zvino kana Jehovha achitambanudza ruoko rwake, anobatsira achagumburwa noanobatsirwa achawira pasi, vose vachapera pamwechete.Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

⁴Nokuti zvanzi naJehovha kwandiri, Zvakaita seshumba nomwana weshumba zvinoombera chayabata; kunyange vafudzi vazhinji vakakokerwa kuzorwa nayo, haingavhunduswi namanzwi avo. haingavi nehanya nokupopota kwavo; saizvozvo Jehovha wehondo achaburukira pamusoro pegomo reZiyoni napamusoro pechikomo charo kuzorwa navo.For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.

⁵Seshiri dzinodzengerera, saizvozvo Jehovha achatavirira Jerusaremu; acharitavirira nokurirwira, acharidarika nokurisunungura.As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

⁶Dzokerai kuna iye wamakamukira zvikuru, imi vana vaIsiraeri.Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

⁷Nokuti nezuva iro mumwe nomumwe ucharasha zvifananidzo zvake zvesirivha nezvifananidzo zvake zvendarama, zvamakazviitira namaoko enyu, zvikava zvivi kwamuri.For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.

⁸Ipapo muAsiria achawa nomunondo usati uri womunhu; munondo usati uri wavanhu uchamudya; achatiza pamberi pomunondo, namajaya ake achabatirwa chibharo.Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.

⁹Dombo rake richatiza nokutya, machinda ake achavhunduswa nomureza, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, anomoto wake paZiyoni, nechoto chake paJerusaremu.And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.