Zvirevo 13

¹Mwanakomana akachenjera anoteerera kurayira kwababa vake,

²Kubva pazvibereko zvomuromo wake munhu achadya zvinhu zvakanaka,

³Uyo anobata muromo wake anochengeta upenyu hwake,

⁴Simbe inopanga asi igoshayiwa chinhu,

⁵Vakarurama vanovenga nhema,

⁶Kururama kunorinda munhu ane unhu hwakanaka,

⁷Mumwe munhu anozviti mupfumi, asi asina chinhu;

⁸Upfumi hwomunhu hunogona kudzikinura upenyu hwake,

⁹Chiedza cheakarurama chinopenya kwazvo;

¹⁰Kuzvikudza kunongouyisa kukakavara chete,

¹¹Mari yakawanikwa zvisakarurama ichakurumidza kupera,

¹²Tariro kana ichinonoka inoodza mwoyo,

¹³Uyo anozvidza kurayirwa achazozviripira izvozvo,

¹⁴Kudzidzisa kwowakachenjera itsime roupenyu,

¹⁵Kunzwisisa kwakanaka kunowanisa nyasha,

¹⁶Munhu wose akachenjera anoita zvinhu noruzivo,

¹⁷Nhume yakaipa inowira munjodzi,

¹⁸Uyo anozvidza kurayirwa achava murombo uye achanyadziswa,

¹⁹Chishuvo chazadziswa chinozipa pamweya,

²⁰Uyo anofamba navakachenjera achachenjerawo,

²¹Zvakaipa zvinotevera mutadzi,

²²Munhu akanaka anosiyira vana vevana vake nhaka,

²³Munda womurombo ungabereka zvokudya zvakawanda,

²⁴Anorega kushandisa shamhu anovenga mwanakomana wake,

²⁵Vakarurama vanodya zvinogutsa mwoyo yavo,