1Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
1Haiwa, dai maibvarura denga, mukaburuka, makomo akadedera pamberi penyu,
2As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
2sezvinoita moto kana uchipisa utsotso, nomoto kana uchivirisa mvura, kuti muzivise vadzivisi venyu zita renyu, kuti marudzi adedere pamberi penyu!
3When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
3Panguva yamakaita zvinhu zvinotyisa, zvatakanga tisina kutarira, mukaburuka, makomo akadedera pamberi penyu.
4For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
4nekuti kubva panguva yakare vanhu havana kunzwa, kana kunzwisisa nenzeve, kunyange neziso harina kuona Mwari kunze kwenyu, iye anobatira vanomumirira.
5Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
5Munosangana nowanofarira kuita zvakarurama, ivo vanokurangarirai panzira dzenyu; tarirai, makanga makatsamwa, nesu takatadza; takanga takadaro nguva refu, zvino tingaponeswa here?
6But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
6nekuti isu tose tava soune tsvina, kururama kwedu kose kwafanana nenguvo ine tsvina; isu tose tinooma seshizha, zvakaipa zvedu zvinotibvisa semhepo.
7And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
7Hakuna anodana zita renyu, anozvimutsa kuti akunamatireyi; nekuti makativanzira chiso chenyu, mukatinyungurusa nezvakaipa zvedu.
8But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
8Asi zvino Jehovha, muri baba vedu; isu tiri ivhu, imwi muri muumbi wedu, isu tose tiri basa roruoko rwenyu.
9Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
9Regai kutsamwa zvikuru, Jehovha, uye regai kurangarira zvakaipa zvedu nokusingaperi; tarirai, doonai, tiri vanhu venyu.
10Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
10Maguta enyu matsvene ashanduka renje, Ziyoni rava renje, Jerusaremu idongo.
11Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
11Imba yedu tsvene, yakanakisa, pamakarumbidzwa namadzibaba edu, yatsva nomoto; nzvimbo dzedu dzose, dzataifarira, dzaparadzwa.
12Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
12Jehovha, mungazvidzora nokuda kwezvinhu izvi here? Mucharamba munyerere, muchititambudza zvikuru here?