Isaya 31

1 Vane nhamo avo vanoburukira kuIjipiti kundotsvaka rubatsiro, vanovimba namabhiza, vanovimba nokuwanda kwengoro dzavo uye nesimba guru ravatasvi vavo vamabhiza, asi vasingatariri kuMutsvene waIsraeri, kana kutsvaka rubatsiro runobva kuna 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 YHWH!

2 Kunyange zvakadaro naiyewo akachenjera uye anogona kuuyisa njodzi; haangadzosi mashoko ake. Iye achamukira imba yavakaipa, naavo vanobatsira vanoita 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.

3 Asi vaIjipita vanhu uye havasi Mwari, mabhiza avo inyama uye haasi mweya. Zvino panotambanudza Jehovha ruoko rwake, uyo anobatsira achagumburwa, uyo achabatsirwa achawa; vose vachaparara pamwe chete.

Now the Egyptians are men, and not El; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When YHWH shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is helped shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

4 Zvanzi naJehovha kwandiri: “Sezvinoita shumba inoomba, seshumba huru pamusoro pechayabata, kunyange mhomho yose yavafudzi ikakokerwa pamwe chete kuzorwa neshumba iyi, iyo haingavhundutswi noruzha rwavo, kana kukanganiswa nemhere yavo, saizvozvo Jehovha Wamasimba Ose achaburukira pamusoro peGomo reZioni napazvikomo zvaro kuzorwa hondo.

For thus hath YHWH 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 YHWH of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.

5 Seshiri dzinobhururuka napamusoro, Jehovha Wamasimba Ose achadzivirira Jerusarema; acharidzivirira, acharirwira, achadarika pamusoro paro uye acharisunungura.”

As birds flying, so will YHWH of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

6 Dzokerai kuna iye wamakamukira zvikuru, imi vaIsraeri.

Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

7 Nokuti pazuva iro mumwe nomumwe wenyu acharamba zvifananidzo zvesirivha negoridhe zvakaitwa namaoko enyu akaipa.

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.

8 “Asiria ichawisirwa pasi nomunondo usati uri womunhu; munondo, kwete wavanhu, uchavapedza. Vachatiza pamberi pomunondo uye majaya avo achaiswa kuchibharo.

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.

9 Nhare dzavo dzakasimba dzichawa nokuda kwokutya; vatungamiri vavo vachavhundutswa pavachaona mureza wehondo,” ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, ane moto wake paZioni choto chake chiri muJerusarema.

And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith YHWH, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.