Mapisarema 78

¹Haiwa vanhu vangu, inzwai kudzidzisa kwangu;

²Ndichashamisa muromo wangu nditaure nomufananidzo,

³zvatakanzwa nezvatakaziva,

⁴Hatingazozvivanziri vana vavo;

⁵Akatema zvirevo zvaJakobho

⁶kuti rudzi runotevera ruzvizive,

⁷Ipapo vachavimba naMwari wavo

⁸Havazofanani namadzitateguru avo,

⁹Vanhu vokwaEfuremu, kunyange vakanga vakapakata uta,

¹⁰havana kuchengeta sungano yaMwari,

¹¹Vakakanganwa zvaakaita,

¹²Akaita zviratidzo pamberi pamadzibaba avo

¹³Akapamura gungwa akavayambutsa napakati;

¹⁴Akavatungamirira negore masikati,

¹⁵Akapamura ruware mugwenga

¹⁶akabudisa hova dzemvura paruware

¹⁷Asi vakaramba vachingomutadzira,

¹⁸Vakaedza Mwari nobwoni

¹⁹Vakapopotera Mwari, vachiti,

²⁰Paakarova dombo, mvura yakatubuka,

²¹Jehovha akati avanzwa, akatsamwa zvikuru kwazvo;

²²nokuti havana kutenda muna Mwari

²³Asi akarayira matenga kumusoro

²⁴akanayisa mana kuti vanhu vadye,

²⁵Vanhu vakadya chingwa chavatumwa;

²⁶Akazarura mhepo yokumabvazuva kubva kudenga,

²⁷Akavanayisira nyama pamusoro pavo seguruva,

²⁸Akaita kuti dziburukire mumisasa yavo,

²⁹Vakadya kusvikira vaguta kwazvo,

³⁰Asi vasati vafuratira chokudya chavaikarira,

³¹kutsamwa kwaMwari kwakavamukira;

³²Kunyange zvakadaro, vakaramba vachingotadza;

³³Saka akagumisa mazuva avo nezvisina maturo,

³⁴Pose pavaiurayiwa naMwari, ndipo pavaimutsvaka;

³⁵Vakarangarira kuti Mwari ndiye Dombo ravo,

³⁶Asizve vaingomubata kumeso nemiromo yavo,

³⁷mwoyo yavo yakanga isina kutendeka kwaari,

³⁸Kunyange zvakadaro

³⁹Akarangarira kuti ivo vaingova nyama bedzi,

⁴⁰Vakamumukira mugwenga kazhinji sei,

⁴¹Vakaedza Mwari vamuedzazve;

⁴²Havana kurangarira simba rake,

⁴³zuva raakaratidza zviratidzo zvake zvinoshamisa muIjipiti,

⁴⁴Akashandura nzizi dzavo dzikava ropa;

⁴⁵Akavatumira mapupira enhunzi dzikavaparadza,

⁴⁶Akapa zviyo zvavo kumagutaguta

⁴⁷Akaparadza mazambiringa avo nechimvuramabwe,

⁴⁸Mombe dzavo akadziisa kuchimvuramabwe,

⁴⁹Akaregedzera kutsamwa kwake kukuru pamusoro pavo,

⁵⁰Akagadzira nzira yokutsamwa kwake;

⁵¹Akauraya matangwe ose eIjipiti,

⁵²Asi akabudisa vanhu vake seboka ramakwai;

⁵³Akavafambisa norugare,

⁵⁴Saizvozvo akavasvitsa kumuganhu wenyika yake tsvene,

⁵⁵Akadzinga ndudzi mberi kwavo,

⁵⁶Asi vakaedza Mwari

⁵⁷Vakanga vasingazvirereki uye vasina kutendeka samadzibaba avo,

⁵⁸Vakamutsamwisa nenzvimbo dzavo dzakakwirira;

⁵⁹Mwari akati avanzwa akatsamwa zvikuru kwazvo;

⁶⁰Akasiya tabhenakeri yeShiro,

⁶¹Akaendesa areka yesimba rake kuutapwa,

⁶²Akaisa vanhu vake kumunondo;

⁶³Moto wakaparadza majaya avo,

⁶⁴vaprista vavo vakanga vaiswa kumunondo,

⁶⁵Ipapo Ishe akamuka somunhu anga akakotsira,

⁶⁶Akarova vavengi vake vakadzokera shure;

⁶⁷Ipapo akaramba matende aJosefa,

⁶⁸asi akasarudza rudzi rwaJudha,

⁶⁹Akavaka nzvimbo yake tsvene senhare yakakwirira,

⁷⁰Akasarudza Dhavhidhi muranda wake,

⁷¹akamubvisa pakufudza makwai

⁷²Uye Dhavhidhi akavafudza nokururama kwomwoyo;