¹Lei tungah mihing adin kidouna a om kei mo? huan a nite kilohmi nite bang ahi ka hia?

¹Hakuna kufondoka kumunhu panyika here? Mazuva ake haana kufanana namazuva omubatiri here?

²Lim deih mahmah sikha bangin, a loh lamen kilohmi bangin:

²Somuranda anoshuva mumvuri, Nomubatiri anotarira mubairo wake;

³Huaibangin bangmahlou khate nei dinga bawl ka hi, huan kei adingin jan chimhuaite seh ahi hi.

³Saizvozvo ini ndakapiwa mwedzi isina maturo, Ndakatarirwa usiku bwenjodzi.

⁴Ka lup chiangin, Chikchiangin ka thou dia? ka chi a; himahleh jan a sawt hi; huan khatlam khatlamah ni suah matan kilumlehnain ka dim hi.

⁴Kana ndovata, ndinoti, Ndichamuka rinhiko? Asi usiku hwakareba; Ndinoramba ndichishanduka-shanduka kusvikira koedza.

⁵Ka sa than leh leivui khalin a tuama; ka vun a kimata a puakkham thak hi.

⁵Nyama yangu yakafukidzwa nehonye namavhinga evhu., Ganda rangu rinofunuka, richiputika hurwa.

⁶Ka nite siamganmi khohthei sangin a kin jawa, lametna beia zatbei ahi.

⁶Mazuva angu anokunda chirukiso chomuruki pakukurumidza, Anopera ndisine tariro.

⁷Aw ka hinna huih ahi chih theigige in: ka mitin hoih a mu nawn kei ding hi.

⁷Rangarirai henyu kuti upenyu hwangu imhepo hayo; Ziso rangu harichazooni zvakanaka.

⁸Kei honmu mitin honen thei nawn takei dinga; na mitte ka tugnah a om ding ua, himahleh ka omta kei ding hi.

⁸Ziso romunhu unondiona harichazonditaririzve; Meso ako achanditarira, asi handichazovepo.

⁹Meipi a mangthanga a omta kei bangin, huchiin kuapeuh Seola pai suk a hongpai tou nawnta kei uhi.

⁹Sokupera kwegore nokunyangarika kwaro, Saizvozvo munhu, anoburukira kuSheori, haangazokwirizve.

¹⁰A in ah a kik nawnta kei dinga, a munin amah a thei nawnta kei ding hi.

¹⁰Haangazodzokeri kumba kwake, Nenzvimbo yake haingazomuzivi

¹¹Huaijiakin ka kam ka khou kei dinga; ka lungsim gimnaah thu ka gen ding; ka kha haksatna ah ka phun ding hi.

¹¹Saka handinganyarari nomuromo wangu; Ndichataura pakutambudzika komweya wangu; Ndichanyunyuta neshungu dzangu dzomoyo.

¹²Tuipi ka hi hia, a hihkeileh tuipiganhinglian, huchia kei na honchin nak?

¹²Ndiri gungwa kanhi, kana zimhuka regungwa, Zvamunoisa vanondirindira?

¹³Ka lupnain honlungmuan dinga, ka tutna nemin ka phunna a jangkhaisak ding, ka chih chiangin;

¹³Kana ndikati, nhovo yangu ichandinyaradza, Mubhedha wangu uchazorodza kunyunyuta

¹⁴Huaichiangin mangtein na honlau saka, mengmuhnatein na honmulkimsak hi:

¹⁴Ipapo mondivhundusa nokurota hope, Mondityisa nezvandinoona;

¹⁵Huchiin ka khain heklup leh sihna a tela, hiai ka guhte sangin.

¹⁵Naizvozvo moyo wangu unotsaura kudzipwa,Nokufa kupfuura mafupa angu awa.

¹⁶Ka hinna ka chimtaka; ka hing gige kei ding: honom sak maimai un; ka nite lah bangmahlou ahi ngala.

¹⁶Ndinosema upenyu hwangu; handidi kurarama nokusingaperi; Ndiregei; nekuti mazuva angu akafanana nokufema.

¹⁷Mihing bang ahi, amah na hihlet dinga, amah tunga na lungtang na koih dinga.

¹⁷Munhu chinyiko, zvamunomukudza, Nokumuda nomoyo wenyu wose,

¹⁸Jingsang tenga amah na veh dinga, mitphiat chiha amah na ettel ding?

¹⁸Zvamunomushanyira mangwanani ose Nokumuidza nguva dzose?

¹⁹Bangtan vei kei honlehngatsan lou ding na hia, bangtanvei ka chil ka nawmvalh matan honomsak maimai lou ding na hia?

¹⁹Mucharega rinhiko kundicherekedza, Nokundirega kusvikira ndamedza mate angu?

²⁰Na khial hita leng, na tungah bang ka hiha, Aw mite chingpa nang? bangdia nang adia chiamtehna banga konkoih na hia, huchia keimaha dia puakgik ka hih maimah?Huan bangdia ka tatlekna ngaidam loua, ka thulimlohna la mang lou oi? Kei tuin leivuia lum ding ka hi a; kuhkaltakin na honzong dia, himahleh ka omta kei ding.

²⁰Kana ndichinge ndatadza, ndingakuiteiko imi, mucherekedzi wavanhu? Makandiitireiko chinhu chamunovavarira, Kuti lni ndizviremekedze.

²¹Huan bangdia ka tatlekna ngaidam loua, ka thulimlohna la mang lou oi? Kei tuin leivuia lum ding ka hi a; kuhkaltakin na honzong dia, himahleh ka omta kei ding.

²¹Munoregereiko kukangamwira kudarika kwangu, nokubvisa kutadza kwangu? Nekuti zvino ndichavata pasi muguruva; Muchanditsvaka zvikuru, asi handichazovepo.