¹Ndudzi dzinoitireiko bope, Navanhu vanofungireiko zvisina maturo?

¹Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?

²Madzimambo enyika anozvigadzira, Navabati vanorangana, Kuzorwa naJehovha nomuzodziwa wake, vachiti,

²Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah:

³Ngatidambure zvisungo zvavo, Ngatirashe mabote avo abve kwatiri.

³`Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.`

⁴Iye, agere kudenga-denga, achaseka; Ishe achavadadira.

⁴He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.

⁵Ipapo achataura kwavari pakutsamwa kwake, Nokuvavhundusa pahasha dzake huru;

⁵Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them:

⁶Kunyange zvakadaro ndakagadza mambo wangu paZiyoni, iro gomo rangu dzvene.

⁶`And I — I have anointed My King, Upon Zion — My holy hill.`

⁷Ndichaparidza chirevo, chinoti, Jehovha akati kwandiri, Ndiwe mwanakomana wangu; Nhasi ndakubereka.

⁷I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, `My Son Thou [art], I to-day have brought thee forth.

⁸Kumbira kwandiri, ndikupe ndudzi ive nhaka yako, Nemigumo yenyika zvive zvako.

⁸Ask of Me and I give nations — thy inheritance, And thy possession — the ends of earth.

⁹Muchavapwanya netsvimbo youtare; Muchavaputsanya sehari yomuumbi.

⁹Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.`

¹⁰Zvino chivai nenjere, imwi madzimambo; Munyeverwe, imwi vatongi venyika.

¹⁰And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,

¹¹Shumirai Jehovha nokutya, mufare muchidedera.

¹¹Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.

¹²Tsvodai mwanakomana, arege kutsamwa, mufire panzira, nekuti hasha dzake dzingakurumidza kumuka. Vakakomborerwa vose vanovimba naye.

¹²Kiss the Chosen One, lest He be angry, And ye lose the way, When His anger burneth but a little, O the happiness of all trusting in Him!