1Ndinzwirei tsitsi, Mwari nokuda kounyoro bwenyu; Dzimai kudarika kwangu nokuda kwetsitsi dzenyu zhinji.
1Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
2Ndisukei zvakaipa zvangu chose, Ndinatsei chivi changu.
2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.
3nekuti ndinoziva kudarika kwangu; Chivi changu chinogara chiri pamberi pangu.
3For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.
4Ndakatadza kwamuri, kwamuri moga, Ndakaita chinhu chakaipa pamberi penyu; Kuti munzi makarurama pakutaura kwenyu, Muve usina mhosva pakutonga kwenyu.
4Against you, and you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.
5Tarirai, ndakaberekerwa muzvakaipa; Mai vangu vakandigamuchira muzvivi.
5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me.
6Tarirai, munoda chokwadi pamoyo; Munoda kundidzidzisa uchenjeri mukati makavanda.
6Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
7Ndinatsei nehisopi, ndive akanaka, Ndishambidzei, ndichene kupfuura mazayi echando.
7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8Ndinzwisei mufaro ndive nomoyo muchena; Kuti mafupa amakavhuna afare.
8Let me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
9Vanzirai zvivi zvangu chiso chenyu, Dzimai zvakaipa zvangu zvose.
9Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all of my iniquities.
10Sikai mukati mangu moyo wakachena, Mwari; Vandudzai mukati mangu mweya wakarurama.
10Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.
11Regai kundirasha pamberi penyu; Musabvisa mweya wenyu mutsvene kwandiri.
11Don’t throw me from your presence, and don’t take your holy Spirit from me.
12Dzoseraizve kwandiri mufaro wokuponesa kwenyu; Nditsigirei nomweya, unoda.
12Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.
13Ipapo ndichadzidzisa vadariki nzira dzenyu; Uye vatadzi vachatendeukira kwamuri.
13Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners shall be converted to you.
14Ndirwirei pamhosva yeropa, Mwari, imwi Mwari muponesi wangu; Ipapo rurimi rwangu ruchaimbira kururama kwenyu kwazvo.
14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
15Ishe, zarurai miromo yangu; Ipapo muromo wangu uchaparidza kurumbidzwa kwenyu.
15Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise.
16nekuti imwi hamufariri zvibayiro; ndingadai ndaikupai izvo; Hamufadzwi nechipiriso chinopiswa.
16For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.
17Zvibayiro zvaMwari mweya wakaputsika; moyo wakaputsika nowakapwanyika, imwi Mwari hamungaushori.
17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
18Itirai Ziyoni zvakanaka nokuda kwenyu; Vakai masvingo eJerusaremu.
18Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.
19Ipapo muchafarira zvibayiro zvakarurama, nechipiriso chinopiswa nechipiriso chinopiswa chose; Ipapo vachabayira nzombe paaritari yenyu.
19Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.