1 “Asi zvino chinzwa, iwe Jakobho, muranda wangu,
2 Zvanzi naJehovha, iye akakuita,
3 Nokuti ndichadurura mvura panyika ine nyota,
4 Vachamera souswa mudekete,
5 Mumwe achati, ‘Ndiri waJehovha’;
6 “Zvanzi naJehovha,
7 Ndianiko zvino akafanana neni? Ngaazvitaure.
8 Musadedera, musatya.
9 Vose vanoita zvifananidzo havana maturo,
10 Ndiani anoveza mwari
11 Iye navamwe vake vachanyadziswa;
12 Mupfuri anotora chokupfurisa
13 Muvezi anoyera nerwodzi
14 Akatema misidhari,
15 Ndidzo huni dzomunhu dzokuvesa moto;
16 Hafu yehuni anopisa mumoto,
17 Nezvasara anoita nazvo chimwari,
18 Havana chavanoziva, havanzwisisi chinhu, meso avo akanamwa kuitira kuti varege kuona,
19 Hapana ane ruzivo
20 Anodya madota, mwoyo wakanyengerwa unomutsausa;
21 “Rangarira zvinhu izvi, iwe Jakobho,
22 Ndakadzima kudarika kwako segore,
23 Imbai nomufaro imi matenga, nokuti Jehovha akaita izvozvi;
24 “Zvanzi naJehovha,
25 “iye anokonesa zviratidzo zvavaprofita venhema,
26 anozadzisa mashoko omuranda wake,
27 iye anoti kumvura yakadzika, ‘Oma,
28 iye anoti pamusoro paSirasi,