1 Ipapo Jobho akapindura akati:
2 “Mucharamba muchinditambudza
3 Zvino kava kagumi kose muchingonditsoropodza;
4 Kana chiri chokwadi kuti ndakatsauka,
5 Kana zvechokwadi mungada henyu kuzvikudza pamusoro pangu
6 zvino muzive imi kuti Mwari akandikanganisira
7 “Kunyange ndikachema ndichiti, ‘Ndakakanganisirwa we-e!’ handiwani mhinduro;
8 Akadzivira nzira yangu kuti ndikonewe kupfuura;
9 Akandibvisira kukudzwa kwangu,
10 Anondibvamburanya kumativi ose kusvikira ndapera;
11 Kutsamwa kwake kunopfuta pamusoro pangu;
12 Mauto ake anouya nesimba;
13 “Akaisa hama dzangu kure neni;
14 Hama dzangu dzepedyo dzakaenda kure neni;
15 Vaenzi vangu navarandakadzi vangu vava kundiita mubvakure;
16 Ndinodana muranda wangu, asi haapinduri,
17 Kufema kwangu kunonyangadza kumukadzi wangu;
18 Kunyange nezvikomana zviduku zvinondiseka;
19 Shamwari dzangu dzepedyo dzinondisema;
20 Handisati ndichiri chinhu asi ndangova hangu ganda namapfupa;
21 “Ndinzwirei urombo, shamwari dzangu,
22 Seiko muchindidzingirira sezvinoita Mwari?
23 “Haiwa, dai mashoko angu ainyorwa hawo,
24 dai ainyorwa nechinyoreso chesimbi pamutobvu,
25 Ndinoziva kuti mudzikinuri wangu mupenyu,
26 Uye shure kwokunge ganda rangu raparara, kunyange zvakadaro ndichaona Mwari munyama yangu;
27 ini pachangu ndichamuona
28 “Kana muchiti, ‘Haiwa tichamutambudza sei,
29 munofanira kutya munondo imi pachenyu,