¹Ipapo Jehovha akati kwandiri, Kunyange Mozisi naSamueri vamire pamberi pangu, moyo wangu haungavi nehanya navanhu ava; uvadzinge pamberi pangu, vaende.

²Zvino kana vakati kwauri, Tichaendepiko? Uti kwavari, Zvanzi naJehovha vakafanirwa norufu ngavaende kurufu, vakafanirwa nenzara, kunzara, navakafanirwa nokutapwa, kukutapwa.

³Ndichavatumira njodzi dzamarudzi mana ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha munondo kuvauraya, nembwa kuvakwekweredza, neshiri dzokudenga nezvikara zvenyika kuvadya nokuvaparadza.

⁴Ndichavadzungaidza pakati poushe bwenyika, nemhaka yaManase, mwanakomana waHezekia, mambo waJudha, pamusoro pezvaakaita paJerusaremu.

⁵nekuti ndiani uchakunzwira tsitsi, iwe Jerusaremu? Ndiani uchakuchema? Ndianiko uchatsauka kuzobvunza mufaro wako?

⁶Zvanzi naJehovha, Wakandiramba, wakadzokera shure; saka ndakatambanudzira ruoko rwangu kurwa newe, ndikakuparadza; ndaneta nokuzvidemba:

⁷Ndakavandudza nechokurudza pamasuwo enyika; ndakavatorera vana vavo, ndakaparadza vanhu vangu; asi havana kudzoka panzira dzavo.

⁸Chirikadzi dzavo dzandiwandira kupfuura jecha regungwa; ndakauyisira mai namajaya muparadzi panguva yamasikati; ndakawisira mai kamwe-kamwe kurwadziwa nezvinotyisa.

⁹Iye, wakabereka vanomwe, wapera simba, wabudisa mweya wake; zuva rake rakavira achiri masikati; wakanyadziswa nokukanganiswa; vakasara vavo ndichavaurayisa nomunondo pamberi pavavengi vavo ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹⁰Ndine nhamo mai vangu, zvavakandibereka ndive munhu wenharo nomunhu wegakava panyika yose ! Handina kupa chikwereti, navanhu havana kutora chikwereti kwandiri; kunyange zvakadaro vanondituka vose.

¹¹Jehovha akati, Zvirokwazvo, ndichakusimbisira zvakanaka; zvirokwazvo, ndichanyengeteresa muvengi wako kwauri nenguva yezvakaipa, uye nenguva yokutambudzika.

¹²Ko dare ringavhuniwa here, iro dare rinobva kurutivi rwokumusoro, kana ndarira here?

¹³Nhumbi dzako nefuma yako ndichazviisa kukutapwa, zvisingatengwi, nokuda kwezvivi zvako zvose pamiganho yako yose.

¹⁴Ndichakuendisa navavengi vako kunyika yausingazivi; nekuti moto wakabatidzwa nokutsamwa kwangu, uchapfuta pamusoro penyu.

¹⁵Haiwa Jehovha, imwi munoziva; ndirangarirei, mundishanyire, munditsivire vatambudzi vangu; musandibvisa pakuitira kwenyu vamwe moyo murefu; zivai kuti ndakatukwa nokuda kwenyu.

¹⁶Mashoko enyu akawanikwa, ndikaadya; mashoko enyu akava mufaro wangu nokufadzwa komoyo wangu; nekuti ndakatumidzwa nezita renyu, imwi Jehovha, Mwari wehondo.

¹⁷Handina kugara pakati peungano yavanoseka, kana kufara navo; ndakagara ndiri ndoga nokuda koruoko rwenyu, nekuti makandizadza nokutsamwa kwenyu.

¹⁸Kurwadziwa kwangu kunorambireiko kuripo nokusingaperi, vanga rangu rinorambirei kurapwa, risingadi kupora? Muchava kwandiri zvirokwazvo sorukova runonyengera, semvura inopwa here?

¹⁹Saka zvanzi naJehovha, Kana ukadzoka, ndichakudzosa, kuti umire pamberi pangu; kana ukatsaura zvakanaka uchizvibvisa pane zvakaipa, uchava somuromo wangu; ivo vachadzokera kwauri, asi iwe usadzokera kwavari.

²⁰Ndichakuita kuna vanhu ava rusvingo rwendarira rwakasimbiswa; vacharwa newe asi havangakukundi, nekuti ini ndinewe ndikuponese nokukurwira.

²¹Ndichakurwira pamaoko avakaipa, nokukudzikunura pamaoko avanotyisa.