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