¹Kana Jehovha asingavaki imba, Vavaki vayo vanobata pasina; Kana Jehovha asingachengeti guta, Murindi anorindira pasina.

¹Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.

²Hazvina maturo kuti mumuke mangwanani nokunonoka kundovata, Nokudya zvokudya zvamakatamburira; nekuti anopa vadikamwi vake izvozvo vavete.

²It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

³Tarirai, vana inhaka inobva kuna Jehovha; Chibereko chechizvaro ndiwo mubayiro waanopa.

³Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

⁴Semiseve muruoko rwemhare, Ndizvo zvakaita vana voujaya.

⁴As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.

⁵Unomufaro iye murume anegoba rizere navo; Havanganyadziswi, Kana vachitaurirana navavengi vavo pasuwo.

⁵Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.