1Ipapo Erifazi muTemani akapindura achiti:
2“Kana mumwe munhu akava neshoko newe,
3Funga kuti wakadzidzisa vazhinji sei,
4Mashoko ako akatsigira vaya vakagumburwa;
5Asi zvino nhamo yasvika kwauri, uye iwe waora mwoyo;
6Ko, kutya kwako Mwari hakuzi chivimbo chako,
7“Rangarira iye zvino: Ndianiko, asina mhaka, akamboparadzwa?
8Sezvandakaona, vaya vanodyara zvakaipa
9Vanoparadzwa nokufema kwaMwari;
10Shumba dzingaomba nokunguruma,
11Shumba inoparara nokuda kwokushaya nyama,
12“Shoko rakauyiswa kwandiri muchivande,
13Pakati pokurota hope dzinovhundutsa usiku,
14kutya nokudedera zvakandibata
15Mumwe mweya wakapfuura pamberi pechiso changu,
16Wakamira,
17‘Ko, munhu anofa, angava akarurama kupfuura Mwari here?
18Kana Mwari akasavimba navaranda vake,
19zvikuru sei kuna avo vanogara mudzimba dzevhu,
20Dzinoputsanyiwa pakati pamambakwedza namadekwana;
21Ko, mabote etende ravo haana kubviswa here