Zvirevo 20

¹Waini museki uye doro mupopoti;

²Kutsamwa kwamambo kwakafanana nokuomba kweshumba;

³Munhu achakudzwa kana akagara kure nokukakavara,

⁴Simbe hairimi mumwaka wokurima;

⁵Zvinangwa zvomwoyo womunhu imvura yakadzika,

⁶Vanhu vazhinji vanoti vane rudo rusingagumi,

⁷Munhu akarurama anorarama upenyu hwakanaka;

⁸Kana mambo achinge agara pachigaro chake kuti atonge,

⁹Ndiani angati, “Ndakachengeta mwoyo wangu wakachena;

¹⁰Zviereso zvakasiyana nezvipimo zvakasiyana

¹¹Kunyange mwana anozivikanwa nezvaanoita,

¹²Nzeve dzinonzwa nameso anoona,

¹³Usafarira kurara kana kuti uchava murombo;

¹⁴“Hazvina kunaka, hazvina kunaka!” ndizvo zvinotaura mutengi;

¹⁵Goridhe riripo, uye matombo anokosha amarubhi azere,

¹⁶Mutorerei nguo yake, uyo anoitira mutorwa rubatso;

¹⁷Zvokudya zvakawanikwa nokunyengera zvinonaka kumunhu,

¹⁸Ita urongwa nokutsvaga mazano;

¹⁹Guhwa rinoputsa chivimbo;

²⁰Kana munhu akatuka baba vake kana mai vake,

²¹Nhaka yakakurumidza kuwanikwa pakutanga

²²Usati, “Ndichatsiva zvawanditadzira izvi!”

²³Jehovha anovenga zviereso zvinosiyana,

²⁴Kufamba kwomunhu kunotungamirirwa naJehovha.

²⁵Musungo kumunhu kuti akumikidze chimwe chinhu nokukurumidza

²⁶Mambo akachenjera anopepeta zvakaipa;

²⁷Mwenje waJehovha unonzvera mweya womunhu;

²⁸Rudo nokutendeka zvinochengetedza mambo;

²⁹Kukudzwa kwamajaya ndiro simba ravo,

³⁰Kurohwa nokukuvadzwa zvinobvisa zvakaipa,