Muparidzi 7

¹Zita rakanaka rinopfuura mafuta anonhuhwira zvakanaka kwazvo,

²Zviri nani kuenda kuimba yokuchema

³Kusuwa kunopfuura kuseka,

⁴Mwoyo womuchenjeri uri mumba yokuchema,

⁵Zviri nani kuteerera kutsiura kwomunhu akachenjera,

⁶Sokuputika kweminzwa pasi pehari,

⁷Udzvinyiriri hunoshandura muchenjeri achiva benzi,

⁸Magumo echinhu anopfuura mavambo acho,

⁹Usakurumidza kutsamwa pamweya wako

¹⁰Usati, “Sei mazuva akare ari nani kupfuura azvino?”

¹¹Uchenjeri chinhu chakanaka senhaka,

¹²Uchenjeri hunodzivirira sokudzivirira kunoita mari,

¹³Cherechedza zvakaitwa naMwari:

¹⁴Kana zvinhu zvakanaka, fara;

¹⁵Muupenyu hwangu husina maturo ndakaona zvose izvi:

¹⁶Usava munhu akanyanyisa kururama,

¹⁷Usava munhu akanyanyisa kuipa,

¹⁸Zvakanaka kubatisisa chimwe chinhu,

¹⁹Uchenjeri hunoita kuti mumwe munhu akachenjera

²⁰Hapana munhu akarurama panyika,

²¹Usava nehanya namashoko ose anotaurwa navanhu,

²²nokuti unoziva mumwoyo mako

²³Zvose izvi ndakazviedza nouchenjeri ndikati,

²⁴Chii zvacho chingava uchenjeri,

²⁵Saka ndakashandura pfungwa dzangu ndikatanga kutsvaka kunzwisisa,

²⁶Ndakawana chinhu chinovava kupfuura rufu,

²⁷Muparidzi anoti, “Tarira, izvi ndizvo zvandakawana:

²⁸pandakanga ndichiri kutsvaka

²⁹Chinhu ichi chete ndicho chandakawana chokuti: