1I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”
1Ndakati, Ndichachenjerera nzira dzangu, Kuti ndirege kutadza norurimi rwangu; Ndichachengeta muromo wangu netomu, Kana wakaipa ari pamberi pangu.
2I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.
2Ndakanga ndiri mbeveve ndisingatauri, Ndakanyarara hangu, ndiri kure nezvakanaka. Kuchema kwangu kukamutswa.
3My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:
3moyo wangu wakange uchipisa mukati mangu; Ndakati ndichifunga, moto ukapfuta; Ipapo ndakataura norurimi rwangu, ndikati,
4“Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
4Jehovha, ndizivisei mugumo wangu, Uye mwero wamazuva angu, kuti akadini; Ndizivisei kuti ndinongopfuura hangu.
5Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.
5Tarirai, makaita mazuva angu sohupamhi bwechanza; Uye nguva yokurarama kwangu sechinhu chisipo pamberi penyu; Zvirokwazvo, munhu mumwe nomumwe kunyange akasimba kwazvo, mweya chete.
6“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.
6Zvirokwazvo, munhu mumwe nomumwe anofamba-famba somumvuri; Zvirokwazvo, vanoita bope pasina; Anounganidza fuma, asi haazivi kuti ndiani achaidya.
7Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
7Zvino Ishe, ndakarindireiko? Tariro yangu iri kwamuri.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.
8Ndirwirei pakudarika kwangu kose; Regai kundiita munhu anosekwa namapenzi.
9I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.
9Ndakanga ndiri mbeveve, handina kushamisa muromo wangu; nekuti ndimi makazviita.
10Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
10Bvisai shamhu yenyu kwandiri; Ndapera nokurohwa noruoko rwenyu.
11When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.
11Kana muchiraira munhu muchimuranga pamusoro pezvakaipa, Munopedza kunaka kwake sechifusi; Zvirokwazvo munhu mumwe nomumwe mweya hake.
12“Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
12Inzwai munyengetero wangu, Jehovha, rerekerai nzeve yenyu munzwe kuchema kwangu; Musanyarara muchiona misodzi yangu, nekuti ndiri mweni kwamuri, Mutorwa, sezvakanga zvakaita madzibaba angu ose.
13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more.”
13Regai kunditarira, kuti ndimbonaya hangu, Ndisati ndabva pano, ndikasazovapo.