¹Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

¹Teererai murayiro wangu, imwi vanhu vangu; Rerekerai nzeve dzenyu munzwe mashoko omuromo wangu.

²I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

²Ndichashamisa muromo wangu nditaure nomufananidzo; Ndichaparidza mashoko akavanzika ekare,

³Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

³Zvatakanzwa nezvatakaziva, Nezvatakaudzwa namadzibaba edu.

⁴We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

⁴Hatingazvivanziri vana vavo, Asi tichaudza rudzi runotevera mabasa angarumbidzwa aJehovha , Nesimba rake, namabasa ake, anoshamisa, aakaita.

⁵For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

⁵nekuti akamutsa chipupuriro pakati paJakove, Akatema murayiro pakati paIsiraeri, Akazviraira madzibaba edu, Kuti vazvizivise vana vavo;

⁶That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

⁶Kuti rudzi runotevera ruzvizive, ivo vana vachazoberekwa; Ivo vasimuke vazviudze vana vavo;

⁷That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

⁷Kuti tariro yavo ive kuna Mwari, Varege kukangamwa mabasa aMwari, Asi vachengete mirairo yake;

⁸And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

⁸Varege kufanana namadzibaba avo, Rwakanga ruri rudzi rusingateereri, rwakamukira Mwari. Rudzi rwakaramba kururamisa moyo yavo, Uye mweya yavo yakanga isina kutendeka kuna Mwari.

⁹The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

⁹Vana vaEfuraimu, kunyange vakanga vakashonga nhumbi dzokurwa nouta, Vakadzokera shure pazuva rokurwa.

¹⁰They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

¹⁰Havana kuchengeta sungano yaMwari, Vakaramba kufamba nomurayiro wake;

¹¹And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.

¹¹Vakakangamwa zvaakaita, Namabasa ake akashamisa, aakavaratidza.

¹²Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

¹²Wakaita zvinhu zvinoshamisa pamberi pamadzibaba avo, Panyika yeEgipita, pasango reZoani.

¹³He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

¹³Wakapamura gungwa, akavayambusa; Akamisa mvura ikafanana nomurwi.

¹⁴In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

¹⁴Masikatiwo wakavafambisa negore, Nousiku hwose nechiedza chomoto.

¹⁵He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

¹⁵Wakapamura matombo murenje, Akavamwisa zvakanaka kwazvo sapamvura inobva pakadzika.

¹⁶He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

¹⁶Akabudisawo hova dzemvura padombo, Akayererisa mvura zhinji yakaita senzizi.

¹⁷And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

¹⁷Kunyange zvakadaro vakaramba vachimutadzira, Nokumukira Wekumusoro-soro murenje.

¹⁸And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

¹⁸Vakaidza Mwari mumoyo mavo Vachikumbira zvokudya zvavakanga vachidawo.

¹⁹Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

¹⁹Zvirokwazvo vakapopotera Mwari Vakati, Mwari angatigadzirira chokudya murenje here?

²⁰Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

²⁰Tarirai, akarova dombo, mvura zhinji ikadzutuka, Hova dzakayerera; Ko angapa chingwawo here? Ungavigira vanhu vake nyama here?

²¹Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;

²¹Saka Jehovha akanzwa, akatsamwa; Moto ukaveserwa Jakove, Kutsamwa kukamukira Isiraeri.

²²Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

²²Nekuti havana kutenda Mwari, Havana kuvimba nokuponesa kwake.

²³Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

²³Kunyange zvakadaro wakaraira denga rose kumusoro, Akazarura mikova yokudenga;

²⁴And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

²⁴Akanisa mana*pamusoro pavo kuti vadye, Akavapa zviyo zvokudenga.

²⁵Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.

²⁵Vanhu vakadya chingwa chavatumwa; Akavatumira zvokudya kusvikira vaguta.

²⁶He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.

²⁶Akabudisa mhepo yakabva mabvazuva, ikarira kudenga; Akafambisa mhepo yakabva nyasi nesimba rake.

²⁷He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

²⁷Akanisawo nyama pamusoro pavo ikaita seguruva, Neshiri, dzina mapapiro, dzikaita sejecha regungwa;

²⁸And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.

²⁸Akazviwisira pakati pemisasa yavo, Pose-pose pavakanga vagere.

²⁹So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;

²⁹Ipapo vakadya, vakaguta kwazvo; Akavapa zvavakanga vachikarira.

³⁰They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

³⁰Vakanga vasati vanyaradza kukara kwavo, Zvokudya zvavo zvakanga zvichiri mumiromo yavo,

³¹The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

³¹Kutsamwa kwaMwari kukavamukira, Akauraya vakakoresa pakati pavo, Akaparadza majaya aIsiraeri.

³²For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.

³²Kunyange zvakadaro vakaramba vachitadza, Vakasatenda mabasa ake aishamisa.

³³Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

³³Saka akapedza mazuva avo panezvisina maturo, Namakore avo panezvinotyisa.

³⁴When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

³⁴Zvino akati achivauraya, ipapo vakamubvunza , vakashingaira kutsvaka Mwari.

³⁵And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

³⁵Vakarangarira kuti Mwari ndiye dombo ravo, NaMwari Wokumusoro-soro mudzikunuri wavo.

³⁶Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

³⁶Asi vakamubata kumeso nemiromo yavo, Vakamurevera nhema nendimi dzavo.

³⁷For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

³⁷Nekuti moyo yavo yakanga isina kururama kwaari, Uye vakanga vasina kutendeka pasungano yake.

³⁸But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

³⁸Asi iye, zvaakanga ane nyasha huru, akavakangamwira kuipa kwavo, akasavaparadza; Zvirokwazvo, kazhinji akadzora kutsamwa kwake, Akasamutsa hasha dzake dzose.

³⁹For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

³⁹Akarangarira kuti vakanga vari nyama chete; Nemhepo, inopfuura, isingadzokizve.

⁴⁰How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

⁴⁰Vakamumukira murenje kazhinji sei, Nokumunzwisa shungu mugwenga!

⁴¹Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

⁴¹Vakapamhidzazve, vakaidza Mwari, vakakuvadza Mutsvene waIsiraeri.

⁴²They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.

⁴²Havana kurangarira ruoko rwake, Kana zuva raakavadzikunura pamudzivisi.

⁴³How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan.

⁴³Panguva yaakavaratidza zviratidzo zvake Nezvishamiso zvake pasango reZoani;

⁴⁴And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.

⁴⁴Akashandura nzizi dzavo dzikava ropa, Nehova dzavo, vakakoniwa kumwa mvura yadzo.

⁴⁵He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

⁴⁵Akatuma pakati pavo mapupira enhunzi, dzakavaruma; Namatafi, akavaparadza.

⁴⁶He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

⁴⁶Zvibereko zvavo wakazvipa mhunduru, Zvavakabatira akazvipa mhashu.

⁴⁷He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.

⁴⁷Akaparadza mizambiringa yavo nechimvuramabwe, Nemionde yavo nechando.

⁴⁸He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

⁴⁸Mombe dzavo akadziisawo pachimvuramabwe, Zvipfuwo zvavo akazviisa pamheni.

⁴⁹He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

⁴⁹Akatuma pakati pavo kutsamwa kwake kukuru, Nehasha neshungu nokutambudza, Rikaita boka ravatumwa vezvakaipa.

⁵⁰He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

⁵⁰Akagadzirira kutsamwa kwake nzira; Haana kubvisa mweya wavo parufu, Asi akaisa upenyu hwavo kuhosha;

⁵¹And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

⁵¹Akarova matangwe ose paEgipita, Ivo vokutanga vesimba ravo pamatende aHami;

⁵²But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

⁵²Asi akabudisa vanhu vake samakwai, Akavaperekedza murenje seboka rezvipfuwo.

⁵³And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

⁵³Akavafambisa vakafara, vakasatya; Asi gungwa rakafukidza vavengi vavo.

⁵⁴And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

⁵⁴Akavasvitsa panyika yake tsvene, Pagomo iri, raakatenga noruoko rwake rworudyi.

⁵⁵He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

⁵⁵Akadzingawo ndudzi pamberi pavo, Akavaganhurira ivo vave nhaka yavo, Akagarisa vaIsiraeri pamatende avo.

⁵⁶Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

⁵⁶Kunyange zvakadaro vakaidza Mwari Wekumusoro-soro, vakamumukira, Vakasachengeta zvipupuriro zvake;

⁵⁷But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁷Asi vadzoka, vakaita zvinonyengera. Vakatsauka souta hunonyengera.

⁵⁸For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

⁵⁸Nekuti vakamutsa kutsamwa kwake namatunhu avo akakwirira, Vakamutsa godo rake nezvifananidzo zvavo zvakaveziwa.

⁵⁹When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

⁵⁹Zvino Mwari akati achizvinzwa, akatsamwa kwazvo, Akasema Isiraeri kwazvo-kwazvo.

⁶⁰So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;

⁶⁰Akabva patabhenakeri yeShiro, Tende raakanga akaisa pakati pavanhu;

⁶¹And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.

⁶¹Akaisa simba rake mukutapwa, Nokubwinya kwake muruoko rwomudzivisi.

⁶²He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

⁶²Vanhu vake wakavaisawo kumunondo; Akatsamwira nhaka yake kwazvo.

⁶³The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

⁶³Moto wakapedza majaya avo; Vasikana vavo havana kuimbirwa pakuwanikwa kwavo.

⁶⁴Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

⁶⁴Vapristi vavo vakaurawa nomunondo; Chirikadzi dzavo hadzina kuchema.

⁶⁵Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

⁶⁵Ipapo Ishe akapepuka somunhu akanga avete, Semhare inoridza mhere nokuda kwewaini.

⁶⁶And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.

⁶⁶Akarova vadzivisi vake, vakadzokera sure. Akavanyadzisa zvisingaperi.

⁶⁷Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

⁶⁷Akarambawo tende raJosefa, Akasanangura rudzi rwaEfuremu.

⁶⁸But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

⁶⁸Asi akasanangura rudzi rwaJudha, Negomo reZiyoni raakanga achida.

⁶⁹And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.

⁶⁹Akavaka nzvimbo yake tsvene senhare dzakakwirira, Sapasi paakateya nokusingaperi.

⁷⁰He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

⁷⁰Akasanangurawo Dhavhidhi muranda wake, Akamubvisa pamatanga amakwai;

⁷¹From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

⁷¹Akandomutora paaifudza matunzvi aimwisa, Kuti ave mufudzi wavanhu vake Jakove, naIsiraeri nhaka yake.

⁷²So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

⁷²Naizvozvo akavafudza nokururama komoyo wake; Akavaperekedza nouchenjeri hwamaoko ake.