¹Akarurama anoparara, asi hakuna munhu ane hanya nazvo; navanoda Mwari vanobviswa, kusina munhu anorangarira kuti vakarurama vanobviswa pazvakaipa.

¹The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying [it] to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one.

²Asi vakaipa vakafanana negungwa rakabvongodzwa; nekuti harigoni kuzorora, asi mvura yaro inobudisa matope namarara.

²He entereth into peace, they rest on their beds, [Each] is going straightforward.

³Asi swederai pano, imwi vanakomana vomuroyi, zvibereko zvemhombwe nechifeve.

³And ye, come near hither, O sons of a sorceress, seed of an adulterer, Even thou dost commit whoredom.

⁴Munofara pamusoro paani? Munoshamisira ani muromo wenyu, nokubudisa rurimi rwenyu? Ko hamuzi vana vokudarika, zvibereko zvenhema,

⁴Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom enlarge ye the mouth? Prolong ye the tongue? Are not ye children of transgression? a false seed?

⁵iyemi, munozvimutsa pakati pemiouki, napasi pomuti mumwe nomumwe mutema, imwi munobaya vana mumipata, pasi pemikaha yamatombo?

⁵Who are inflamed among oaks, under every green tree, Slaughtering the children in valleys, Under clefts of the rocks.

⁶Pakati pamabwe anotedza omupata ndipo panomugove wako; iwo, iwo ndizvo zvawakagoverwa; ndizvo zvawakadururira chipiriso chinodururwa, zvawakavigira chipo. Ko ini ndichayananiswa naizvozvo here?

⁶Among the smooth things of a brook [is] thy portion, They — they [are] thy lot, Also to them thou hast poured out an oblation, Thou hast caused a present to ascend, For these things am I comforted?

⁷Wakawadza nhovo dzako pamusoro pegomo rakareba rakakwirira; ndiko kwawakakwira kundobayira zvibayiro.

⁷On a mountain, high and exalted, Thou hast set thy couch, Also thither thou hast gone up to make a sacrifice.

⁸Wakaisa chirangaridzo chako shure kwemikova nezvivivo, nekuti wakazvifukurira mumwe, asati ari ini, ukakwira; wakakurisa nhovo dzako, ukaita sungano navo; wakada nhovo dzavo kwawakadziwana.

⁸And behind the door, and the post, Thou hast set up thy memorial, For from Me thou hast removed, and goest up, Thou hast enlarged thy couch, And dost covenant for thyself among them, Thou hast loved their couch, the station thou sawest,

⁹Ukaenda kuna mambo namafuta, ukawedzera zvinonhuhwira zvako, ukatuma nhume dzako kure, ukazvininipisa kusvikira paSheori.

⁹And goest joyfully to the king in ointment, And dost multiply thy perfumes, And sendest thine ambassadors afar off, And humblest thyself unto Sheol.

¹⁰Wakaneta norwendo rwako rukuru; kunyange zvakadaro hauna kuti, Hazvina maturo; wakawana simba rako richivandudzwa, naizvozvo hauna kupera simba.

¹⁰In the greatness of thy way thou hast laboured, Thou hast not said, `It is desperate.` The life of thy hand thou hast found, Therefore thou hast not been sick.

¹¹Wakatya nokuvhunduka aniko, zvawareva nhema, ukasandirangarira, nokuva nehanya? Ko ini handina kuramba ndinyerere nguva refu, ukasanditya here?

¹¹And of whom hast thou been afraid, and fearest, That thou liest, and Me hast not remembered? Thou hast not laid [it] to thy heart, Am not I silent, even from of old? And Me thou fearest not?

¹²Ndichaparidza kururama kwako; kana ari mabasa ako, haangakubatsiri.

¹²I declare thy righteousness, and thy works, And they do not profit thee.

¹³Kana uchidanidzira, avo vawakaunganidza, ngavakurwire; asi mhepo ichavatora, mweya uchavabvisa vose; asi anovimba neni, nyika ichava yake, achagara nhaka yegomo rangu dzvene.

¹³When thou criest, let thy gatherings deliver thee, And all of them carry away doth wind, Take away doth vanity, And whoso is trusting in Me inheriteth the land, And doth possess My holy mountain.

¹⁴Zvichanzi, Tutirai, tutirai, gadzirai nzira, bvisa chigumbuso panzira yavanhu vangu.

¹⁴And he hath said, `Raise up, raise up, prepare a way, Lift a stumbling-block out of the way of My people.`

¹⁵nekuti zvanzi nowakakwirira Arikumusoro, anogara mukusingaperi, ane zita rinonzi Dzvene, Ndinogara pakakwirira napanzvimbo tsvene, uye nowane mweya wakapwanyika anozvininipisa, kuti ndiponesezve mweya woanozvininipisa, ndiponesezve moyo wowakapwanyika.

¹⁵For thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and holy [is] His name: `In the high and holy place I dwell, And with the bruised and humble of spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of bruised ones,`

¹⁶nekuti handingarwisi nokusingaperi, uye handingatsamwi nguva dzose; nekuti mweya unofanira kupera simba pamberi pangu, nemweya yandakaita.

¹⁶For, not to the age do I strive, nor for ever am I wroth, For the spirit from before Me is feeble, And the souls I have made.

¹⁷Nokuda kokuipa kokunyengera kwake, ndakatsamwisisa ndikamurova; ndakazvivanza, ndikatsamwisisa; akaenderera mberi nenzira yemoyo wake.

¹⁷For the iniquity of his dishonest gain, I have been wroth, and I smite him, Hiding — and am wroth, And he goeth on turning back in the way of his heart.

¹⁸Ndaona nzira dzake, asi ndichamuporesa, ndichamutungamirirawo, nokudzosa nyaradzo kwaari navanomuchema.

¹⁸His ways I have seen, and I heal him, yea, I lead him, And recompense comforts to him and to his mourning ones.

¹⁹Ndinosika zvibereko zvemiromo; Rugare, rugare kunowari kure nokunowari pedo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, uye ndichamuporesa.

¹⁹Producing the fruit of the lips, `Peace, peace,` to the far off, and to the near, And I have healed him, said Jehovah.

²⁰Asi vakaipa vakafanana negungwa rakabvongodzwa; nekuti harigoni kuzorora, asi mvura yaro inobudisa matope namarara.

²⁰And the wicked [are] as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire.

²¹Zvanzi naMwari wangu, Vakaipa havana rugare.

²¹There is no peace, said my God, to the wicked!