Jeremiah 46
1 The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
Iri ndiro shoko raJehovha rakauya kuna Jeremia muprofita pamusoro pendudzi:
2 Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh-neco king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
Pamusoro peIjipiti: Iri ndiro shoko pamusoro pehondo yaFaro Neko mambo weIjipiti, yakakundwa paKarikemishi, paRwizi Yufuratesi naNebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi mugore rechina raJehoyakimi mwanakomana waJosia mambo weJudha:
3 Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
“Gadzirai nhoo dzenyu, dzose huru neduku, mubude kundorwa!
4 Harness the horses, and mount, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.
Sungai mabhiza, sungirirai zvigaro! Mirai panzvimbo yenyu makapfeka nguwani! Rodzai mapfumo enyu, pfekai nguo dzenyu dzokurwa!
5 Wherefore do I see them dismayed and turned backward? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and they are fled apace, and look not back; terror is on every side, saith the LORD.
Ndinooneiko? Vavhundutswa, vari kudzokera shure, mhare dzavo dzakundwa. Vari kutiza nokukurumidza vasingacheuki, uye pano kutya kumativi ose,” ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.
6 The swift cannot flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.
Vanogona kumhanya havangatizi, uye vakasimba havangapunyuki. Nechokumusoro paRwizi Yufuratesi vanogumburwa vagowa.
7 Who is this like the Nile that riseth up, like the rivers whose waters toss themselves?
Ndianiko uyu anozara serwizi Nairi, senzizi dzamapopopo emvura?
8 Egypt is like the Nile that riseth up, and like the rivers whose waters toss themselves; and he saith: 'I will rise up, I will cover the earth, I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.'
Ijipiti yazara seNairi, senzizi dzamapopopo. Inoti, “Ndichazara ndigofukidza nyika; ndichaparadza maguta navanhu vawo.”
9 Prance, ye horses, and rush madly, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield, and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow.
Virimai, imi mabhiza! Chairai nehasha, imi vatasvi vengoro! Fambirai mberi, imi mhare, varume veEtiopia nePuti vanoitakura nhoo, varume veRidhia vanowembura uta.
10 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall have on that day a day of vengeance, that He may avenge Him of His adversaries; and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall be made drunk with their blood; for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Asi zuva iro nderaShe, iye Jehovha Wamasimba Ose, iro zuva rokutsiva, rokutsiva vavengi vake. Munondo uchadya kusvikira waguta, kusvikira wapodza nyota yawo neropa. Nokuti Ishe, iye Jehovha Wamasimba Ose, achabayira chibayiro kunyika yokumusoro paRwizi Yufuratesi.
11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt; in vain dost thou use many medicines; there is no cure for thee.
“Kwidza kuGireadhi undotora bharimu, iwe Mwanasikana Mhandara yeIjipiti. Asi unongowanza mishonga pasina; kuporeswa kwako hapana.
12 The nations have heard of thy shame, and the earth is full of thy cry; for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.
Ndudzi dzichanzwa nezvokunyadziswa kwako; kuchema kwako kuchazadza nyika. Mhare ichabondera pane imwe mhare; vachawira pasi pamwe chete.”
13 The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.
Iri ndiro shoko rakataurwa naJehovha kuna Jeremia muprofita, pamusoro pokuuya kwaNebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi kuzorwa neIjipiti achiti:
14 Declare ye in Egypt, and announce in Migdol, and announce in Noph and in Tahpanhes; say ye: 'Stand forth, and prepare thee, for the sword hath devoured round about thee.'
“Zivisai izvi muIjipiti, mugozviparidza paMigidhori; zviparidzeiwo paNofi neTapanesi muchiti: ‘Torai nzvimbo yenyu uye muzvigadzirire, nokuti munondo unodya vakakupoteredzai.’
15 Why is thy strong one overthrown? He stood not, because the LORD did thrust him down.
Ko, mhare dzenyu dzingadzikisirwei? Havangagoni kumira, nokuti Jehovha achavadzikisa pasi.
16 He made many to stumble; yea, they fell one upon another, and said: 'Arise, and let us return to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.'
Vacharamba vachingogumburwa; vachawa mumwe nomumwe pamusoro pomumwe. Vachati, ‘Simukai, ngatidzokerei kuvanhu vokwedu nokunyika yedu, kure nomunondo womumanikidzi wedu.’
17 They cried there: 'Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the appointed time pass by.'
Ikoko vachadanidzira vachiti, ‘Faro mambo weIjipiti anongova ruzha chete; akatadza kushandisa mukana wake.’
18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
“Zvirokwazvo noupenyu hwangu,” ndizvo zvinotaura Mambo, ane zita rinonzi Jehovha Wamasimba Ose, “pano mumwe achauya akaita seTabhori pakati pamakomo, seKarimeri pagungwa.
19 O thou daughter that dwellest in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity; for Noph shall become a desolation, and shall be laid waste, without inhabitant.
Rongedzai zvinhu zvenyu, nokuti muchaenda kuutapwa, imi munogara muIjipiti, nokuti Nofi richaitwa dongo, uye richava dongo risina anogaramo.
20 Egypt is a very fair heifer; but the gadfly out of the north is come, it is come.
“Ijipiti itsiru rakaisvonaka, asi vuvo riri kuuya kuzorwisa richibva kumusoro.
21 Also her mercenaries in the midst of her are like calves of the stall, for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they did not stand; for the day of their calamity is come upon them, the time of their visitation.
Varwi vanorwa kuti varipirwe mari chete vari mairi, vakaita semhuru dzakakodzwa. Naivowo vachatendeuka uye vachatiza pamwe chete, havangamiri panzvimbo yavo, nokuti zuva renjodzi riri kuuya pamusoro pavo, nguva yokurangwa kwavo.
22 The sound thereof shall go like the serpent's; for they march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Ijipiti ichashinyira senyoka inotiza pakuuya nechisimba kwomuvengi; vachauya kuzorwa nayo namatemo, savarume vanotema miti.
23 They cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.
Vachatemera sango raro pasi,” ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, “kunyange risingapindiki zvaro. Vakawanda kupfuura mhashu, havaverengeki.
24 The daughter of Egypt is put to shame; she is delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
Mwanasikana weIjipiti achanyadziswa, achaiswa mumaoko avanhu vokumusoro.”
25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and them that trust in him;
Jehovha Wamasimba Ose, Mwari weIsraeri, anoti, “Ndava pedyo nokuuyisa shamhu pamusoro paAmoni mwari weTebhesi, napamusoro paFaro, neIjipiti navamwari vayo namadzimambo ayo, napamusoro peavo vanovimba naFaro.
26 and I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.
Ndichavaisa mumaoko eavo vanotsvaka kuvauraya, nokuna Nebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi namachinda ake. Shure kwaizvozvo, Ijipiti ichagarwa sepamazuva akare,” ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.
27 But fear not thou, O Jacob My servant, neither be dismayed, O Israel; for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall again be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
“Usatya, iwe Jakobho muranda wangu; usavhunduka, iwe Israeri. Zvirokwazvo ndichakuponesa uri kunzvimbo iri kure, nezvizvarwa zvako kubva kunyika youtapwa hwavo, Jakobho achavazve norugare nokuchengetedzeka, uye hakuna achamutyisa.
28 Fear not thou, O Jacob My servant, saith the LORD, for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee, but I will not make a full end of thee; and I will correct thee in measure, but will not utterly destroy thee.
Usatya, iwe Jakobho muranda wangu, nokuti ndinewe,” ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha. “Kunyange ndikaparadza chose marudzi ose andakakuparadzirai pakati pawo, handizokuparadzei imi zvachose. Ndichakurangai, asi chete nokururamisira; handingakuregei musina kurangwa zvachose.”
