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

¹The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].

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

²He entereth into peace; they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness.

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

³But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

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

⁴Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

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

⁵ye that inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the 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 [stones] of the valley is thy portion; they, they are thy lot; even to them hast thou poured a drink-offering, thou hast offered an oblation. Shall I be appeased for these things?

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

⁷Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed; thither also wentest thou up to offer 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 doors and the posts hast thou set up thy memorial: for thou hast uncovered [thyself] to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them: thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.

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

⁹And thou wentest to the king with oil, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thine ambassadors far off, and didst debase thyself even unto Sheol.

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

¹⁰Thou wast wearied with the length of thy way; yet saidst thou not, It is in vain: thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not faint.

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 in fear, that thou liest, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of long time, and thou fearest me not?

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

¹²I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall 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 them that thou hast gathered deliver thee; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he that taketh refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.

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

¹⁴And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the 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 saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

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

¹⁶For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls that I have made.

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

¹⁷For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid [my face] and was wroth; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

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

¹⁸I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

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

¹⁹I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him.

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

²⁰But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

²¹Zvanzi naMwari wangu, Vakaipa havana rugare.

²¹There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.