1moyo wangu waneta noupenyu hwangu; Handingazvidzori pakunyunyuta kwangu; Ndichataura neshungu dzomoyo wangu.
1My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2Ndichati kuna Mwari, Musandipa mhosva. Ndiratidzei kuti munorwa neni nemhaka yeiko?
2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
3Zvinokufadzai here kumanikidza, Nokuzvidza basa ramaoko enyu, Muchivhenekera kurangana kwavakaipa here?
3Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
4Munameso enyama here, Kana munoona somunhu here?
4Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?
5Mazuva enyu akafanana namazuva omunhu here, Kana makore enyu namakore omunhu here?
5Are thy days as the days of man, Or thy years as man's days,
6Zvamunobvunza zvakaipa zvangu, Nokunzvera zvivi zvangu,
6That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin,
7Kunyange muchiziva kuti handizi wakaipa; Uye kuti hakuna anogona kurwira paruoko rwenyu here?
7Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?
8Maoko enyu akandiita nokundiumba, Nhivi dzangu dzose; kunyange zvakadaro moda kundiparadza.
8Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
9Rangarirai, ndizvo zvandinokumbira, kuti makandiumba sevhu; Zvino muchandidzosera kuguruva here?
9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?
10Hamuna kundidurura somukaka here, Nokundikodza somukaka wakafa?
10Hast thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese?
11Makandifadza neganda nenyama, Mukandisunganidza namafupa namarunda.
11Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews.
12Makandipa upenyu netsitsi, Hanya dzenyu dzakachengeta mweya wangu.
12Thou hast granted me life and lovingkindness; And thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
13Asi makavanza zvinhu izvi mumoyo menyu; Ndinoziva kuti chinhu ichi chaiva nemwi kare.
13Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this is with thee:
14Kana ndikatadza munondicherekedza, Hamudi kundikangamwira kudarika kwangu.
14If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
15Kana ndiri wakaipa, ndine nhamo; Kana ndiri wakarurama, kunyange zvakadaro handingasimudzi musoro wangu; Zvandizere nokunyadzwa Ndichangotarira kutambudzika kwangu.
15If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction.
16Kana ndikazvikudza, munondironda seshumba; Munopamhazve kundishamisa nesimba renyu.
16And if [my head] exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.
17Munowedzera zvapupu zvenyu kuzorwa neni, Nokuwanza kutsamwa kwenyu pamusoro pangu; Kushanduka nehondo zvineni.
17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: Changes and warfare are with me.
18Makandibudisireiko pachizvaro chamai? Ndingadai ndaifira hangumo, ndisati ndaonekwa neziso romunhu.
18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.
19Ndaiita hangu sendisina kuvapo; Ndaitakurirwa kuhwiro ndichibva pachizvaro chamai.
19I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
20Ko mazuva angu haazi mashoma here? Zvino gumai, Ndiregei henyu, kuti ndizorore zvishoma,
20Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
21Ndisati ndaenda kwandisingazodzoki, Kunyika yerima nomumvuri worufu;
21Before I go whence I shall not return, [Even] to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
22Iyo nyika yerima guru, rima chairo; Nyika yomumvuri worufu, panokukanganiswa, Ipapo chiedza chakafanana nerima.
22The land dark as midnight, [The land] of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.