Jeremia 10

¹Inzwai shoko rinotaura Jehovha kwamuri, imi imba yaIsiraeri,Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

²zvanzi naJehovha, Regai kudzidza tsika dzamarudzi avanhu, musavhunduswa nezviratidzo zvokudenga; nokuti marudzi avanhu anovhunduswa nazvo.Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

³Nokuti tsika dzavanhu hadzina maturo; nokuti mumwe unotema muti mudondo, riri basa ramaoko omunhu unoveza nedemo.For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

⁴Vanoushongedza nesirivha nendarama, vanourovera nembambo nenyundo, kuti urege kuzununguka.They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

⁵Zvakafanana nembiru dzakavezwa, dzisingatauri; zvinofanira kutakurwa, nokuti hazvigoni kufamba. Musazvitya, nokuti hazvigoni kuita zvakaipa, kunyange kuita zvakanaka, hazvigoni.They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

⁶Hakuna wakafanana nemi Jehovha; imi muri mukuru, zita renyu iguru nesimba raro.Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

⁷Ndianiko ungarega kukutyai, imi Mambo wamarudzi avanhu? Nokuti makafanira izvozvi; nokuti pakati pavakachenjera vose vamarudzi avanhu, napaushe hwavo hwose, hakuna wakafanana nemi.Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

⁸Asi vose pamwechete havane njere, mapenzi; dzidzo yezvifananidzo idanda zvaro.But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

⁹Isirivha yakapfurwa ikaita bope, yakatorwa Tarishishi, nendarama inobva Ufazi, riri basa remhizha neramaoko omupfuri wendarama; zvakafukidzwa nguvo dzemicheka mitema nemitsvuku; zvose ibasa ravanhu venjere.Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.

¹⁰Asi Jehovha ndiye Mwari wazvokwadi; ndiye Mwari mupenyu, naMambo wokusingaperi; kana iye atsamwa nyika inodedera, marudzi avanhu haagoni kumira pahasha dzake.But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

¹¹ltiyi kwavari, Vamwari vasina kuita denga nenyika, ndivo vachapera panyika napasi pedenga rose.Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

¹²Ndiye wakaita nyika nesimba rake, wakateya nyika nohuchenjeri hwake, wakatatamura denga rose nenjere dzake.He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

¹³Kana achibudisa inzwi rake, kunomubvumo wemvura zhinji kudenga; unokwidza makore pamigumo yenyika, unoita mheni kuuyisa mvura, unobudisa mhepo panovigwa fuma yake.When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

¹⁴Munhu mumwe nomumwe wava usina njere, haane zivo; mupfuri mumwe nomumwe wendarama unonyadziswa nechifananidzo chake chaakaveza, nokuti chifananidzo chake chaakaumba, ndechenhema, hakuna mweya mazviri.Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

¹⁵Hazvina maturo, ibasa rinonyengera; panguva yokurohwa kwazvo zvichapera.They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

¹⁶Mugove waJakobho haufanani naizvozvo, nokuti ndiye muumbi wazvose; Isiraeri ndirwo rudzi rwenhaka yake; Jehovha wehondo ndiro zita rake.The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.

¹⁷Unganidza nhumbi dzako, ubve panyika, iwe unogara wakakombwa.Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.

¹⁸Nokuti zvanzi naJehovha, Tarirai, nguva ino ndichaposhera kure vanhu vagere munyika ino, ndichavamanikidza, kuti vawanikwe.For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.

¹⁹Ndine nhamo nokuda kwokurwadziwa kwangu! Vanga rangu rakaipa kwazvo; asi ndakati, Zvirokwazvo ndihwo hurwere hwangu, ndinofanira kuhutakura hangu.Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.

²⁰Tende rangu rakaputswa, mabote angu ose akadamburwa; vana vangu vabva kwandiri, havachiripo; hakuchina ungatatamura tende rangu, kana kumisazve micheka yetende rangu.My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

²¹Nokuti vafudzi vava vasina njere, havana kubvunza Jehovha; naizvozvo havana kuzofara, namapoka avo ose akapararira.For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

²²Inzwai, mukurumbira! Tarirai, bope guru rinouya richibva kunyika yokumusoro, kushandura maguta aJudha ave matongo, panogara makava.Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.

²³Haiwa, Jehovha, ndinoziva kuti nzira yomunhu haizi yake amene; munhu, unofamba, haagoni kururamisa nhano dzake.O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

²⁴Haiwa, Jehovha, ndirangei henyu asi muite nokururama; musazviita nokutsamwa kwenyu, kuti murege kundipedza chose.O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

²⁵Dururirai kutsamwa kwenyu pamusoro pamarudzi avanhu vasingakuziviyi, napamusoro pamarudzi asingadani zita renyu; nokuti vakadya Jakobho, zvirokwazvo, vakamudya nokumupedza, vakaparadza hugaro hwakePour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.