Jeremia 45

¹Shoko, rakataurwa nomuporofita Jeremiya kuna Bharuki mwanakomana waNeria, panguva yaakanyora mashoko awa mubhuku, zvichibva mumuromo waJeremiya, negore rechina raJehoiakimu mwanakomana waJosia, mambo waJudha, richiti,The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

²Zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, kwauri, iwe Bharuki,Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;

³iwe wakati, `Ndine nhamo zvino, nokuti Jehovha wakawedzera kuchema pakurwadziwa kwangu; ndaneta nokugomera kwangu, ndinoshaiwa zororo.'Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

⁴Zvino chiti, kwaari, `Zvanzi naJehovha, tarira, chandakavaka ndichachikoromorazve, chandakasima ndichachidzurazve; ndizvo zvandichaitira nyika yose.'Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.

⁵Iwe unozvitsvakira zvinhu zvikuru here? Usazvitsvaka; nokuti tarira, ndichauyisa zvakaipa pamusoro penyama yose ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; asi ndichakupa hupenyu hwako chive chinhu chakapambwa panzvimbo dzose kwaunoenda.And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.