¹Mweya wangu wapera, mazuva angu adzima, Hwiro hunondimirira.

¹“My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct, And the grave is ready for me.

²Zvirokwazvo, vanondiseka vaneni; Ziso rangu rinoramba richiona kutsamwa kwavo.

²Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.

³Zvino ndipikirei, muve rubatso rwangu kwamuri; Ndianiko achabatana maoko neni?

³“Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?

⁴nekuti makavanzira moyo yavo kunzwisisa; Naizvozvo hamungavakudzi.

⁴For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore you shall not exalt them.

⁵Iye, anokwirira shamwari dzake kuti dzitapwe, Meso avana vake achapera.

⁵He who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

⁶Iye akandiita shumo pakati pavanhu; Ndinosemwa pachena.

⁶“But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.

⁷Ziso rangu harichaoni nemhaka yokuchema, Mitezo yangu yose yafanana nomumvuri.

⁷My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.

⁸Vanhu vakarurama vachakanuka nazvo, Asine mhaka achamukira vasingadi Mwari.

⁸Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

⁹Kunyange zvakadaro wakarurama acharambira panzira yake, Uye ana maoko akanaka acharamba achisimba.

⁹Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

¹⁰Asi imwi mose dzokai, muuye zvino; nekuti handingawani munhu akangwara pakati penyu.

¹⁰But as for you all, come on now again; I shall not find a wise man among you.

¹¹Mazuva angu apfuura, zvandaivavarira zvakona, Iyo mifungo yomoyo wangu.

¹¹My days are past, my plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.

¹²Vanoisa rima pachinambo chechiedza; chiedza chiri pedo pamberi perima.

¹²They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

¹³Kana ndine tariro, Sheori ndiyo imba yangu; Ndakawadza nhovo yangu murima;

¹³If I look for Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,

¹⁴Ndakati kuhwiro, Ndiwe baba vangu; Nokuhonye, Ndiwe mai vangu nehanzvadzi yangu;

¹⁴If I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father;’ to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘my sister;’

¹⁵Zvino tariro yangu iripiko? Kana iri tariro yangu, ndianiko angaiona?

¹⁵where then is my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

¹⁶Ichaburukira kumazariro eSheori, Kana zororo yavapo paguruva.

¹⁶Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. , or descend together into the dust?”