1 “Ndinosema upenyu hwangu chaihwo,
2 Ndichati kuna Mwari: Musandiwanira mhosva
3 Ko, kundimanikidza kunokufadzai,
4 Ko, imi muna meso enyama here?
5 Ko, mazuva enyu akaita seavaya vanofa,
6 kuti muongorore mhosva yangu
7 kunyange muchiziva kuti handina mhosva,
8 “Maoko enyu akandiumba uye akandigadzira.
9 Rangarirai kuti makandiumba sevhu.
10 Hamuna kundidurura somukaka here
11 mukandifukidza neganda nenyama
12 Makandipa upenyu mukandinzwira ngoni,
13 “Asi izvi ndizvo zvamakaviga mumwoyo menyu,
14 Kana ndakatadza, imi maizenge makanditarisa,
15 Kana ndine mhosva, ndine nhamo!
16 Kana ndikasimudza musoro wangu, imi munondironda sezvinoita shumba,
17 Munouya nezvapupu zvenyu zvitsva kuzondipomera mhosva
18 “Ko, zvino makandibudisirei mudumbu?
19 Dai chete ndakanga ndisina kumbovapo hangu,
20 Ko, mazuva angu haasi mashoma ava kutopera here?
21 ndisati ndaenda kusingadzokwi,
22 kunyika yerima guru,