1Mwanakomana wangu, nyatsoteerera kuuchenjeri hwangu,
2kuti ugare wakachengeta kungwara
3Nokuti miromo yomukadzi chifeve inodonha uchi,
4asi pakupedzisira anovava senduru,
5Tsoka dzake dzinoenda kurufu;
6Haafungi pamusoro penzira youpenyu;
7Saka zvino, vanakomana vangu, nditeererei;
8Fambai nenzira iri kure naye,
9kuti murege kupa vamwe zvakanaka zvesimba renyu,
10kuti vatorwa varege kudya upfumi hwenyu,
11Pakupedzisira kwoupenyu hwako uchagomera,
12Uchazoti, “Mavengero andaiita kurayirwa!
13Ndakanga ndisingateereri vadzidzisi vangu,
14Ndasvika pakuparara chaiko
15Inwa mvura pachirongo chako chaicho,
16Ko, zvitubu zvako zvinofanira kuerera mumigwagwa here;
17Ngadzive dzako woga,
18Tsime rako ngariropafadzwe,
19Sehadzi yengururu inofadza, nehadzi yenondo yakanaka,
20Unosungirweiko, mwanakomana wangu, nomukadzi chifeve?
21Nokuti nzira dzomunhu dziri pachena pamberi paJehovha,
22Zviito zvakaipa zvomunhu akaipa zvichamusunga;
23Achafa nokuda kwokushayiwa kuzvibata kwake,