1 “Ndakaita sungano nameso angu
2 Nokuti mugove womunhu unobva kumusoro kuna Mwari ndoweiko,
3 Ko, hakuzi kuparadzwa kwavakaipa,
4 Ko, iye haaoni nzira dzangu
5 “Kana ndakafamba nenzira yenhema
6 Mwari ngaandiyere pachiyero chakatendeka
7 kana tsoka dzangu dzakatsauka kubva pagwara,
8 ipapo vamwe ngavadye zvandakadyara,
9 “Kana mwoyo wangu wakanyengerwa nomukadzi,
10 ipapo mukadzi wangu ngaakuye zviyo zvomumwe murume,
11 Nokuti chingadai chiri chinhu chinonyadzisa,
12 Ndiwo moto unopfuta kusvikira pakuparadzwa;
13 “Kana ndichinge ndaramba kururamisira varanda vangu,
14 ndichaita sei pandichasangana naMwari?
15 Ko, iye akandiisa muchizvaro haazi iye akavaita here?
16 “Kana ndakaramba zvido zvevarombo
17 kana ndakazvidyira chingwa changu,
18 asi kubva paujaya hwangu ndakamurera sezvinoitwa nababa,
19 kana ndakaona mumwe achiparara nokuda kwokushaya zvokupfeka,
20 uye mwoyo wake ukasandiropafadza
21 kana ndakasimudzira nherera ruoko rwangu
22 ipapo ruoko rwangu ngaruwe papfudzi rangu,
23 Nokuti ndaitya kuparadza kunobva kuna Mwari,
24 “Kana ndakaisa chivimbo changu pagoridhe,
25 kana ndakafadzwa nepfuma yangu huru,
26 kana ndakava nehanya nezuva pakubwinya kwaro,
27 zvokuti mwoyo wangu wakanyengereka pakavanda,
28 zvino izvozviwo zvingangova zvivi zvinofanira kutongwa,
29 “Kana ndakafadzwa nokurasikirwa kwomuvengi wangu,
30 handina kutendera muromo wangu kutadza,
31 kana vanhu veimba yangu vasina kumboti,
32 Hapana mutorwa akavata usiku hwose munzira dzomumusha,
33 Kana ndakavanza chivi changu saAdhamu,
34 nokuda kwokuti ndaitya kwazvo vanhu vazhinji,
35 “Haiwa, dai ndaiva nomumwe angandinzwa!
36 Zvirokwazvo ndairutakura pamapfudzi angu,
37 Ndaimupa kuzvidavirira kwangu kwenhambwe imwe neimwe;
38 “Kana munda wangu ukadanidzira kwandiri uchindipa mhosva,
39 kana ndakadya zvibereko zvawo ndisingaripi,
40 ipapo rukato ngarumere pachinzvimbo chegorosi,