1 Waini museki uye doro mupopoti;
2 Kutsamwa kwamambo kwakafanana nokuomba kweshumba;
3 Munhu achakudzwa kana akagara kure nokukakavara,
4 Simbe hairimi mumwaka wokurima;
5 Zvinangwa zvomwoyo womunhu imvura yakadzika,
6 Vanhu vazhinji vanoti vane rudo rusingagumi,
7 Munhu akarurama anorarama upenyu hwakanaka;
8 Kana mambo achinge agara pachigaro chake kuti atonge,
9 Ndiani angati, “Ndakachengeta mwoyo wangu wakachena;
10 Zviereso zvakasiyana nezvipimo zvakasiyana
11 Kunyange mwana anozivikanwa nezvaanoita,
12 Nzeve dzinonzwa nameso anoona,
13 Usafarira kurara kana kuti uchava murombo;
14 “Hazvina kunaka, hazvina kunaka!” ndizvo zvinotaura mutengi;
15 Goridhe riripo, uye matombo anokosha amarubhi azere,
16 Mutorerei nguo yake, uyo anoitira mutorwa rubatso;
17 Zvokudya zvakawanikwa nokunyengera zvinonaka kumunhu,
18 Ita urongwa nokutsvaga mazano;
19 Guhwa rinoputsa chivimbo;
20 Kana munhu akatuka baba vake kana mai vake,
21 Nhaka yakakurumidza kuwanikwa pakutanga
22 Usati, “Ndichatsiva zvawanditadzira izvi!”
23 Jehovha anovenga zviereso zvinosiyana,
24 Kufamba kwomunhu kunotungamirirwa naJehovha.
25 Musungo kumunhu kuti akumikidze chimwe chinhu nokukurumidza
26 Mambo akachenjera anopepeta zvakaipa;
27 Mwenje waJehovha unonzvera mweya womunhu;
28 Rudo nokutendeka zvinochengetedza mambo;
29 Kukudzwa kwamajaya ndiro simba ravo,
30 Kurohwa nokukuvadzwa zvinobvisa zvakaipa,