¹Tarirai, mambo achabata ushe nokururama, machinda achabata achiruramisira.

¹Lo, for righteousness doth a king reign, As to princes, for judgment they rule.

²Munhu mumwe nomumwe achava seutiziro pamhepo, sechivando pakunaya kukuru kwemvura, senzizi dzemvura panzvimbo yakaoma, somumvuri wedombo guru panyika yafa nenyota.

²And each hath been as a hiding-place [from] wind, And as a secret hiding-place [from] inundation, As rivulets of waters in a dry place, As a shadow of a heavy rock in a weary land.

³Meso avanoona haangatsinzini, nzeve dzavanonzwa dzichateerera.

³And not dazzled are the eyes of beholders, And the ears of hearers do attend.

⁴moyo yavanotaura vasingarangariri zvakanaka ichanzwisisa ruzivo, marimi avanokakamira achaziva kutaura zvakanaka.

⁴And the heart of those hastened Understandeth to know, And the tongue of stammerers hasteth to speak clearly.

⁵Benzi harichazonzi munhu akakudzwa, munyengeri haanganzi mukomboreri.

⁵A fool is no more called `noble,` And to a miser it is not said, `rich;`

⁶nekuti benzi rinotaura zvohupenzi, moyo waro unoita zvakaipa, zvaanoita zvinomhura Mwari, nokureva zvingarasha vanhu pamusoro paJehovha, zvaanorega kugutisa mweya wavane nzara, nokushaisa vane nyota chinomwiwa.

⁶For a fool speaketh folly, And his heart doth iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak concerning Jehovah error, To empty the soul of the hungry, Yea, drink of the thirsty he causeth to lack.

⁷Mitoo yomunyengeri yakaipa; anofunga mano akaipa, kuti aparadze vanyoro namashoko enhema, kunyange anoshaiwa achitaura zvakanaka.

⁷And the miser — his instruments [are] evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaketh justly.

⁸Asi akarurama anofunga zvinhu zvakarurama; anorambira panzira yezvakarurama.

⁸And the noble counselled noble things, And he for noble things riseth up.

⁹Simukai, imwi vakadzi vagere zvakanaka, munzwe inzwi rangu; imwi vakunda vasine hanya, teererai kutaura kwangu.

⁹Women, easy ones, rise, hear my voice, Daughters, confident ones, give ear [to] my saying,

¹⁰nekuti kana kwapfuura gore namazuva, muchatambudzika, imwi vasine hanya; nekuti kukohwiwa kwamazambiringa kuchakona, nguva yokuunganidza haingasviki.

¹⁰Days and a year ye are troubled, O confident ones, For consumed hath been harvest, The gathering cometh not.

¹¹Dederai, imwi vakadzi vagere zvakanaka; tambudzikai, imwi vasine hanya; zvifukurei, mubvise nguvo dzenyu, muzvisunge zviuno namakudza.

¹¹Tremble ye women, ye easy ones, Be troubled, ye confident ones, Strip and make bare, with a girdle on the loins,

¹²Vachazvirova zvipfuva nokuda kweminda yaifadza, nomuzambiringa waibereka zvakanaka.

¹²For breasts they are lamenting, For fields of desire, for the fruitful vine.

¹³Panyika yavanhu vangu pachamera mhinzwa norukato; zvirokwazvo, pamusoro pedzimba dzose dzomufaro muguta romufaro.

¹³Over the ground of my people thorn — brier goeth up, Surely over all houses of joy of the exulting city,

¹⁴nekuti imba yamambo ichasiiwa, guta rina vanhu vazhinji richaita dongo; chikomo nenhare zvichashanduka mapako nokusingaperi, panofara mbizi, namafuro ezvipfuwo;

¹⁴Surely the palace hath been left, The multitude of the city forsaken, Fort and watch-tower hath been for dens unto the age, A joy of wild asses — a pasture of herds;

¹⁵kusvikira mweya uchidururwa pamusoro pedu uchibva kumusoro, renje rikaita munda unobereka zvakanaka, nomunda unobereka zvakanaka uchinzi idondo.

¹⁵Till emptied out on us is the Spirit from on high, And a wilderness hath become a fruitful field, And the fruitful field for a forest is reckoned.

¹⁶Ipapo kururamisira kuchagara murenje, kururama kuchagara mumunda unobereka zvakanaka.

¹⁶And dwelt in the wilderness hath judgment, And righteousness in the fruitful field remaineth.

¹⁷Basa rokururama richava rugare, zvibereko zvokururama zvichava kunyarara nokutenda nokusingaperi.

¹⁷And a work of the righteousness hath been peace, And a service of the righteousness — Keeping quiet and confidence unto the age.

¹⁸Vanhu vangu vachagara paugaro vane rugare, napadzimba dzakasimba, napanzvimbo dzokuzorora dzakadzikama.

¹⁸And dwelt hath My people in a peaceful habitation, And in stedfast tabernacles, And in quiet resting-places.

¹⁹Asi chimvuramabwe chichavapo kana dondo richiwa, neguta richaparadzwa chose.

¹⁹And it hath hailed in the going down of the forest, And in the valley is the city low.

²⁰Makaropafadzwa imwi munokusha pose panemvura, munosundira makumbo enzombe neembongoro.

²⁰Happy [are] ye sowing by all waters, Sending forth the foot of the ox and the ass!