1 Ipapo Zofari muNaamati akapindura akati:
2 “Mashoko aya ose haangapindurwi here?
3 Ko, kubvotomoka kwako kunganyaradza vanhu here?
4 Iwe unoti kuna Mwari, ‘Zvandinotenda zvakarurama
5 Haiwa, ndinoda sei kuti dai Mwari ataura,
6 uye akuzarurire zvakavanzika zvouchenjeri,
7 “Ko, unganzwisisa zvakavanzika zvaMwari here?
8 Zvakakwirira kupfuura matenga, iwe ungaiteiko?
9 Chiero chazvo chakareba kupfuura nyika
10 “Kana iye akasvika akakupfigira mujeri
11 Zvirokwazvo anoziva vanhu vanonyengera;
12 Asi munhu asina kuchenjera haangagoni kuva akangwara
13 “Asi kana mwoyo wako ukazvipira kwaari,
14 kana ukaisa kure chivi chiri muruoko rwako,
15 ipapo uchasimudza chiso chako usina nyadzi,
16 Zvirokwazvo uchakanganwa nhamo yako,
17 Upenyu huchajeka kupfuura masikati makuru,
18 Iwe uchagara zvakanaka, nokuti tariro iriko;
19 Uchavata hako pasi, pasina munhu anokuvhundutsa,
20 Asi meso avakaipa achaneta,