¹Zvino chidana hako; panomumwe angakupindura here?

¹Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

²nekuti kutsamwa kunouraya benzi, Uye shungu dzinoparadza asina zivo.

²For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

³Ndakaona benzi richiita midzi; Asi pakarepo ndakatuka nzvimbo yaro.

³I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.

⁴Vana varo havatongoponeswi, Vanopwanyiwa musuwo; Hapana anovarwira.

⁴His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:

⁵Zvaakacheka zvinodyiwa navane nzara, Vanozvitora kunyange napakati pemhinzwa; Vane nyota vanomwa fuma yavo.

⁵Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.

⁶Nekuti kutambudzika hakubudi paguruva. Uye nhamo haibvi pasi.

⁶For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

⁷Asi munhu anoberekerwa nhamo, Sebaribari dzomoto dzinokwira kumusoro.

⁷But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.

⁸Asi kana ndirini, ndaitsvaka Mwari, Ndaiisa mhosva yangu kuna Mwari;

⁸But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

⁹Iye anoita zvinhu zvikuru zvisinganzverwi; Zvinhu zvinoshamisa zvisingaverengwi;

⁹Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:

¹⁰Iye anonisa mvura panyika, Anotuma mvura paminda;

¹⁰Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;

¹¹Ndiye anokwiridza vakaderera; Vanochema vanokundiswa.

¹¹So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.

¹²Anokanganisa mano avanyepedzeri, Maoko avo arege kuita zvavakanga vachida kuita.

¹²He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

¹³Vakachenjera anovabata pamano avo, Nokurangana kwavasakarurama kunoputsirwa pasi.

¹³He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

¹⁴Vanosangana nerima masikati. Vanotsvanzvadzira masikati makuru sapausiku.

¹⁴They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.

¹⁵Asi iye anorwira paminondo yemiromo yavo, Anorwira anoshaiwa pamaoko avane simba.

¹⁵But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

¹⁶Saka murombo ane tariro, Kuipa kunozvifumbira murumo.

¹⁶So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

¹⁷Tarirai, munhu, anorairwa naMwari, ano mufaro; Saka usazvidza kuranga kowaMasimbaose.

¹⁷Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

¹⁸Nekuti iye anokuvadza, ndokusungazve vanga, Unopwanya, maoko ake ndokupodzazve.

¹⁸For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.

¹⁹Iye achakurwira panjodzi nhanhatu; Kunyange panomwe hakuna chakaipa chingakubata.

¹⁹He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

²⁰Panzara achakudzikunura parufu; Napakurwa achakudzikunura pasimba romunondo.

²⁰In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword.

²¹Iwe uchavanziwa pakurohwa norurimi; Haungatyi kuparadza kana kuchisvika.

²¹Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

²²Uchaseka kuparadza nokushaiwa; Haungatyi zvikara zvenyika.

²²At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

²³Nekuti iwe uchaita sungano namabwe esango; Zvikara zvesango zvichaita rugare newe.

²³For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

²⁴Iwe uchaziva kuti tende rako rino rugare; Uchandotarira zvipfuwo zvako, ukasashaiwa chimwe chazvo.

²⁴And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing.

²⁵Uchazivawo kuti vana vako vachawanda, Navazukuru vako vachaita souswa bwenyika.

²⁵Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

²⁶Uchasvika pahwiro hwako wakwegura kwazvo, Sechisote chezviyo chinosvika panguva yacho.

²⁶Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.

²⁷Tarira izvozvi takazvinzvera, ndizvozvo; Chizvinzwa, uzvizive iwe umene.

²⁷Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.