Zvirevo 1

¹Zvirevo zvaSoromoni mwanakomana waDhavhidhi, mambo weIsraeri:

²kuti uwane uchenjeri nokurayirwa;

³kuti uve noupenyu hwokuzvibata hune uchenjeri

⁴kuti vasina mano vapiwe uchenjeri,

⁵vakachenjera ngavanzwe uye vagowedzera pakudzidza kwavo,

⁶kuti vanzwisise zvirevo nemifananidzo,

⁷Kutya Jehovha ndiwo mavambo ezivo,

⁸Mwanakomana wangu, teerera,

⁹Zvichava chishongo chakanaka pamusoro wako

¹⁰Mwanakomana wangu, kana vatadzi vachikukwezva,

¹¹Kana vakati, “Handei tose;

¹²ngativamedzei vari vapenyu, seguva,

¹³tichawana marudzi ose ezvinhu zvinokosha

¹⁴isa zvinhu zvako pamwe chete nesu,

¹⁵mwanakomana wangu, usabvumirana navo,

¹⁶nokuti tsoka dzavo dzinomhanyira muchivi,

¹⁷Hazvibatsiri sei kutambanudza mumbure

¹⁸Varume ava vanovandira ropa ravo vomene;

¹⁹Aya ndiwo magumo avaya vanotsvaka pfuma nenzira yakaipa;

²⁰Uchenjeri hunodanidzira nenzwi guru mumugwagwa,

²¹kumusoro kwemigwagwa ine ruzha hunodanidzira,

²²“Kusvikira riniko imi vasina mano, muchingoda kugara musina mano?

²³Dai makateerera kutsiura kwangu,

²⁴Asi sezvo makandiramba pandakakudanai

²⁵sezvo makashaya hanya nokurayira kwangu,

²⁶iniwo ndichaseka panguva yenjodzi yenyu;

²⁷dambudziko parichakukundai sedutu,

²⁸“Ipapo vachadana kwandiri asi ini handingavapinduri;

²⁹Sezvo vakavenga zivo

³⁰sezvo vasina kugamuchira yambiro yangu,

³¹vachadya zvibereko zvenzira dzavo

³²Nokuti kusateerera kwavasina mano kuchavaurayisa,

³³asi ani naani achanditeerera achagara murugare,