¹Isu kwete, Jehovha, isu kwete, Asi zita renyu ngarikudzwe, Nokuda kwetsitsi dzenyu, uye nokuda kokutendeka kwenyu.

¹Not to us, O Jehovah, not to us, But to Thy name give honour, For Thy kindness, for Thy truth.

²Vahedheni vachareverei, vachiti, Ko Mwari wavo zvino uripi?

²Why do the nations say, `Where, pray, [is] their God.

³Asi Mwari wedu ari kudenga-denga; Akaita zvose zvaakada.

³And our God [is] in the heavens, All that He hath pleased He hath done.

⁴Zvifananidzo zvavo sirivha nendarama, Basa ramaoko avanhu.

⁴Their idols [are] silver and gold, work of man`s hands,

⁵Zvinemiromo, asi hazvitauri; nameso zvinawo, asi hazvioni;

⁵A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,

⁶Zvinenzeve, asi hazvinzwi; Nemhino zvinadzo, asi hazvinhuwhidzi;

⁶Ears they have, and they hear not, A nose they have, and they smell not,

⁷zvina maoko, asi hazvibati; Namakumbo zvinawo, asi hazvifambi; Hazvitauri napahuro pazvo.

⁷Their hands, but they handle not, Their feet, and they walk not;

⁸Ivo vanozviita vachafanana nazvo; Zvirokwazvo, navose vanovimba nazvo.

⁸Nor do they mutter through their throat, Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.

⁹lwe Isiraeri, vimba naJehovha; Ndiye mubatsiri wavo nenhovo yavo.

⁹O Israel, trust in Jehovah, `Their help and their shield [is] He.`

¹⁰Iwe imba yaAroni, vimba naJehovha; Ndiye mubatsiri wavo nenhovo yavo.

¹⁰O house of Aaron, trust in Jehovah, `Their help and their shield [is] He.`

¹¹imwi munotya Jehovha, vimbai naJehovha; Ndiye mubatsiri wavo nenhovo yavo.

¹¹Ye fearing Jehovah, trust in Jehovah, `Their help and their shield [is] He.`

¹²Jehovha akatirangarira; iye achatiropafadza; Acharopafadza imba yaIsiraeri, Acharopafadza imba yaAroni.

¹²Jehovah hath remembered us, He blesseth, He blesseth the house of Israel, He blesseth the house of Aaron,

¹³Acharopafadza vanotya Jehovha, Vaduku navakuru vose.

¹³He blesseth those fearing Jehovah, The small with the great.

¹⁴Jehovha acharamba achikuwanzai, imwi navana venyu.

¹⁴Jehovah addeth to you, to you, and to your sons.

¹⁵imwi makaropafadzwa naJehovha, Iye akaita kudenga napasi.

¹⁵Blessed [are] ye of Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,

¹⁶Kudenga-denga ndiko kudenga-denga kwaJehovha; Asi pasi akapa vanakomana vavanhu.

¹⁶The heavens — the heavens [are] Jehovah`s, And the earth He hath given to sons of men,

¹⁷Vakafa havarumbidzi Jehovha, Kunyange ani naani anoburukira kwakanyarara;

¹⁷The dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to silence.

¹⁸Asi isu hedu tichakudza Jehovha Kubva panguva ino kusvika pakusingaperi. Hareruya!

¹⁸And we, we bless Jah, From henceforth, and unto the age. Praise ye Jah!