Zvirevo 19

¹Zviri nani kuva murombo ane mafambiro akarurama,

²Hazvibatsiri kushingaira usina zivo,

³Upenzi hwomunhu hunoparadza upenyu hwake,

⁴Pfuma inouyisa shamwari zhinji,

⁵Chapupu chenhema hachingaregi kurangwa,

⁶Vazhinji vanotsvaka nyasha kumutongi,

⁷Murombo anoraswa nehama dzake dzose,

⁸Uyo anowana uchenjeri anoda upenyu hwake;

⁹Chapupu chenhema hachingaregi kurangwa,

¹⁰Hazvina kufanira kuti benzi rigarike,

¹¹Uchenjeri hwomunhu hunomupa mwoyo murefu;

¹²Kutsamwa kwamambo kwakafanana nokuomba kweshumba,

¹³Mwanakomana benzi ndiko kuparara kwababa vake,

¹⁴Dzimba nepfuma inhaka inobva kuvabereki,

¹⁵Usimbe hunouyisa hope dzakadzama,

¹⁶Uyo anoteerera kurayira anochengetedza upenyu hwake,

¹⁷Uyo anonzwira varombo tsitsi anopa kuna Jehovha,

¹⁸Ranga mwanakomana wako, nokuti mukuranga ndimo mune tariro;

¹⁹Munhu ane hasha zvikuru anofanira kuripa mhosva yake;

²⁰Teerera zano ugamuchire kurayirwa,

²¹Mune urongwa huzhinji mumwoyo momunhu,

²²Chinodiwa nomunhu rudo rusingagumi;

²³Kutya Jehovha kunotungamirira kuupenyu:

²⁴Simbe inoisa ruoko rwayo mundiro;

²⁵Rova museki, ipapo vasina mano vachadzidzawo ungwaru;

²⁶Uyo anobira baba vake uye achidzinga mai vake

²⁷Mwanakomana wangu, ukasateerera kurayirwa,

²⁸Chapupu chakaipa chinoseka kururamisira,

²⁹Kurangwa kwakagadzirirwa vaseki, uye kurohwa misana yamapenzi.