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