Isaya 7

¹Zvino pamazuva aAhazi, mwanakomana waJotamu, mwanakomana waUziya, mambo waJudha, Rezini mambo weSiria, naPeka, mwanakomana waRemaria, mambo waIsiraeri, vakaenda kundorwa neJerusaremu, asi vakakoniwa kurikunda.And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

²Zvino vakaudza imba yaDhavhidhi, vachiti, VaSiria vava pakati pavaEfuremu. moyo wake nemoyo yavanhu vake ikazununguswa sokuzununguswa kwemiti mudondo nemhepo.And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

³Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Isaya, Enda zvino undosangana naAhazi, iwe naShearijashubhi, mwanakomana wako, panoguma rukoronga rwedziva rokumusoro, panzira huru inoenda kumunda womusuki wenguvo;Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field;

⁴undoti kwaari, `Chenjera, unyarare hako; usatya, nomoyo wako urege kupera nokuda kwamatsiga awa maviri anopfungaira, nokuda kwokutsamwa kukuru kwaRezini nokwavaSiria, nokwomwanakomana waRemaria.'And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

⁵Nokuti vaSiria navaEfuremu, nomwanakomanwa waRemaria vakarangana kukuitira zvakaipa, vachiti,Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

⁶Hendei tindorwa navaJudha, tivatyise, tivakunde, tigadze mambo pakati pavo, iye mwanakomana waTabheeri.Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:

⁷Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, lzvozvi hazvingamiri, uye hazvingaitiki.Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

⁸Nokuti musoro weSiria ndiDhamasiko, nomusoro weDhamasiko ndiRezini; makore makumi matanhatu namashanu asati apera, vaEfuremu vachaputswa-putswa, kuti varege kuva rudzi;For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.

⁹musoro wavaEfuremu ndiSamaria, nomusoro weSamaria ndimwanakomana waRemaria. Kana musingadi kutenda, zvirokwazvo hamungasimbiswi.'And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

¹⁰Zvino Jehovha akataurazve naAhazi, achiti,Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,

¹¹Kumbira chiratidzo kuna Jehovha Mwari wako; uchikumbire kunyange pasi pakadzika, kana kumusoro kwakakwirira.Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

¹²Asi Ahazi akati, Handingakumbiri, uye handingaedze Jehovha.But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.

¹³Akati, Chinzwai zvino, imi imba yaDhavhidhi, chinhu chiduku kwamuri kuti munetse vanhu zvino modokunetsa Mwari wanguvo here?And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

¹⁴Naizvozvo Ishe amene achakupai chiratidzo. Tarirai, mhandara ichava napamuviri, ichabereka mwanakomana, ichamutumidza Imanueri.Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

¹⁵Achadya ruomba nouchi, panguva yaanoziva kuramba zvakaipa, nokusanangura zvakanaka.Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

¹⁶Nokuti mwana asati aziva kuramba zvakaipa nokusanangura zvakanaka, nyika iyo yaunotya madzimambo ayo maviri, ichashanduka dongo.For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

¹⁷Jehovha achauyisa pamusoro pako, napamusoro pavanhu vako, napamusoro peimba yababa vako, mazuva asina kumbovapo, kubvira pazuva rakaparadzana vaEfuremu navaJudha ndiye mambo weAsiria.The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.

¹⁸Zvino nezuva iro Jehovha acharidzira muridzo nhunzi dziri pamigumo yenzizi dzeIjipiti, nenyuchi dziri panyika yeAsiria.And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

¹⁹Dzichauya, dzichamhara dzose mumipata ina mawere, nomumikaha yamatombo, napamusoro peminzwa yose, napamusoro pamafuro ose.And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.

²⁰Nezuva iro Ishe achaveura nechisvo chakakumbirwa mhiri kwoRwizi, iye mambo weAsiria, musoro nemvere dzamakumbo; chichabvisawo ndebvu.In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

²¹Zvino nezuva iro munhu achapfuwa mhou imwe duku namakwai maviri;And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;

²²zvino nokuda kwomukaka muzhinji wadzichamupa, achadya ruomba; nokuti mumwe nomumwe akasiyiwa panyika iyo achadya ruomba nouchi.And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.

²³Zvino nezuva iro nzvimbo imwe neimwe paiva nemiti yemizambiringa ine chiuru chimwe, yaitengwa namasirivha ane chiuru chimwe, ichava norukato neminzwa.And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

²⁴Vachaendako nemiseve nouta, nokuti nyika yose ichamera rukato neminzwa.With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

²⁵Hakuna angasvika pazvikomo zvose zvairimwa namapadza nokutya rukato neminzwa; asi mombe dzichasundirwako, namakwai achatsikapo.And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.