Zvirevo 8

¹Ko, uchenjeri hahudanidziri here?

²Panzvimbo dzakakwirira panzira,

³parutivi rwamasuo okupinda muguta, pamikova,

⁴“Kwamuri, imi varume, ndinodanidzira;

⁵Imi vasina mano, wanai uchenjeri;

⁶Teererai, nokuti ndine zvinhu zvinokosha zvokutaura;

⁷Muromo wangu unotaura zvokwadi,

⁸Mashoko ose omuromo wangu akarurama;

⁹Kune ane njere ose zvawo akarurama,

¹⁰Sarudza kurayira kwangu panzvimbo yesirivha,

¹¹nokuti uchenjeri hunokosha kupfuura marubhi,

¹²“Ini, uchenjeri ndinogara pamwe chete navakachenjera;

¹³Kutya Jehovha ndiko kuvenga zvakaipa;

¹⁴Zano nokutonga kwakanaka ndezvangu;

¹⁵Madzimambo anobata ushe neni

¹⁶machinda anofambisa ushe neni,

¹⁷Ndinoda avo vanondida,

¹⁸Pfuma nokukudzwa zvineni,

¹⁹Chibereko changu chakanaka kupfuura goridhe rakaisvonaka;

²⁰Ndinofamba munzira dzokururama,

²¹ndichipa upfumi kuna avo vanondida,

²²“Jehovha akandibudisa sebasa rake rokutanga pamabasa ake,

²³ndakagadzwa kubva pakusingaperi,

²⁴Makungwa asati avapo, ndakaberekwa,

²⁵makomo asati aiswa munzvimbo dzawo,

²⁶asati aita nyika neminda

²⁷Ndakanga ndiripo paakaisa matenga munzvimbo dzawo,

²⁸paakaita makore kudenga

²⁹paakapa gungwa miganhu yaro

³⁰Ipapo ndini ndaiva mhizha parutivi rwake.

³¹ndichifadzwa nenyika yake yose

³²“Saka zvino, vanakomana vangu, teererai kwandiri;

³³Teererai kurayira kwangu mugova vakachenjera;

³⁴Akaropafadzwa munhu anoteerera kwandiri,

³⁵Nokuti ani naani anondiwana anowana upenyu

³⁶Asi ani naani asingandiwani anozvikuvadza;