1 Ipapo Erifazi muTemani akapindura achiti:
2 “Kana mumwe munhu akava neshoko newe,
3 Funga kuti wakadzidzisa vazhinji sei,
4 Mashoko ako akatsigira vaya vakagumburwa;
5 Asi zvino nhamo yasvika kwauri, uye iwe waora mwoyo;
6 Ko, kutya kwako Mwari hakuzi chivimbo chako,
7 “Rangarira iye zvino: Ndianiko, asina mhaka, akamboparadzwa?
8 Sezvandakaona, vaya vanodyara zvakaipa
9 Vanoparadzwa nokufema kwaMwari;
10 Shumba dzingaomba nokunguruma,
11 Shumba inoparara nokuda kwokushaya nyama,
12 “Shoko rakauyiswa kwandiri muchivande,
13 Pakati pokurota hope dzinovhundutsa usiku,
14 kutya nokudedera zvakandibata
15 Mumwe mweya wakapfuura pamberi pechiso changu,
16 Wakamira,
17 ‘Ko, munhu anofa, angava akarurama kupfuura Mwari here?
18 Kana Mwari akasavimba navaranda vake,
19 zvikuru sei kuna avo vanogara mudzimba dzevhu,
20 Dzinoputsanyiwa pakati pamambakwedza namadekwana;
21 Ko, mabote etende ravo haana kubviswa here