¹ Zwinoku dziunganidzei masodja, anaemasodja; tendererai mumutcheto medhu; mutchakuwadza mutongi woIziraeri nomutchamu kuhope. ² Iwewe, Bheterehema Efurata, kunyamgwe uri mudhoko pakati pomhuri yedJudha, kauri kutchabhudha utchaita mutungamiriri kuIziraeri; uye mabhudhiro ake anga ariyo pakutanga, pamatsiku okare. ³ Ndizwona utchaapasa dzamara nguwa yokubhara yaguma; nokuhdaro hamadzake dzimweni dzitchawhirira koogara noana eIziraeri. ⁴ Awona atchamukira, uye atchatonga nosimba raMwari, nokukura kozina raMwari Ishe wao; awona atchagarisika, ngokuti ayena utchatendwa dzamara kunoperera nyka. ⁵ Iyona itchaita rogare redhu; Assiriya ikauya kunyika yedhu, akatsika nyumba dedhu, titchaamukira afudzi anomwe, uye neatungamirir asere kuti amurwise pakati poanhu. ⁶ Atchatonga nyika yekuSiriya ngotsorora, uye nenyika yekuNinrode mumusuwo dzawo; maitire awona utchatiposomosa kuna Assiriya, akauya kunyika yedhu kotirwisa uye akapinda mumugano medhu. ⁷ Uye anosara ayani ekadJakobho aripakati peanhu azinji, tingana bheto raMwari, tingana dhondho pachango, asingaimiri zwiro zwakanaka, uye amboimirir anaeanhu. ⁸ Anosara ekadJakobho atchagara pakati peamarudzi, mkati peanhu akawanda, tingana mhondoro iri pakati poswinyama zwomuchango, tingana mhondoro idhoko iri pakati podhanga rogwayana, paino pinda, inotsika uye inodhimbura-dhimbura, maitire okuti apana unokwanisa kuipukunyusa. ⁹ Moko wako utchamukira awendgi ako, uye awengi ako ese atchaparadzwa. ¹⁰ Zwitchaitika tsiku irona, urikureketa Mwari, kuti nditchauraya mhomgoro dzako dziri pakati pako, uye nditchapedza ngoro dzako. ¹¹ Uye nditchaparadza maguta emunyika mako, uye nditchabwendza nyumba dzako huru. ¹² Nditchaparadzawo uroi mumoko mako, uye auzowonizwe anhu anofembera. ¹³ Uye inditchaparadza zwidori zwako uye nopamunokotamirira zwidori, uye amuzopfugamirezwe pamberi pobhasa ronyara dzenyu; ¹⁴ Nditchadhusazwe zwinyama zwomuchango pakati penyu, uye nditchaparadza maguta enyu. ¹⁵ Nokutsamwa uye nokunyanagadzwa nditchawira nyika dzisizi kundizwa.