Zvirevo 24

¹Usachiva vanhu vakaipa,

²nokuti mwoyo yavo inoronga kuita nechisimba,

³Nouchenjeri imba inovakwa,

⁴kubudikidza nezivo makamuri ayo anozadzwa nezvinhu

⁵Munhu akachenjera ane simba guru,

⁶nokuti kundorwa hondo kunoda kutungamirirwa,

⁷Uchenjeri hahusvikirwi nebenzi;

⁸Uyo anoronga kuita zvakaipa

⁹Mufungo woupenzi chivi,

¹⁰Kana ukapera simba panguva dzokutambudzika,

¹¹Nunurai avo vari kuiswa kurufu;

¹²Asi kana mukati, “Hapana zvataiziva pamusoro paizvozvi?”

¹³Idya uchi, mwanakomana wangu, nokuti hwakanaka;

¹⁴Uzivewo zvakare kuti uchenjeri hunozipa kumweya wako;

¹⁵Usavandira sezvinoita akaipa paimba yomunhu akarurama,

¹⁶nokuti kunyange munhu akarurama achiwa runomwe, anosimukazve,

¹⁷Usafara kana muvengi wako achiwa;

¹⁸kana kuti Jehovha achazviona akasafara nazvo

¹⁹Usashungurudzika nokuda kwavanhu vakaipa,

²⁰nokuti vanhu vakaipa havana tariro yeramagwana,

²¹Itya Jehovha namambo, mwanakomana wangu,

²²nokuti vaviri ivavo vanouyisa kuparadzwa kwavari nokukurumidza,

²³Izviwo zvirevo zvomuchenjeri:

²⁴Ani naani anoti kune ane mhosva, “Hauna mhosva,”

²⁵Asi zvichanakira vaya vanopa mhosva kune vane mhosva,

²⁶Mhinduro yechokwadi

²⁷Pedza basa rako rapanze

²⁸Usava chapupu chinopomera muvakidzani wako pasina mhaka,

²⁹Usati, “Ndichamuitirawo zvaakandiitira;

³⁰Ndakapfuura napamunda wesimbe,

³¹minzwa yakanga yamera pose pose,

³²Ndakafungisisa zvandakanga ndacherechedza

³³Kumbovata zvishomanana, kumbotsumwaira,

³⁴ipapo urombo huchauya pauri segororo