Mapisarema 141

¹Jehovha, ndakadana kwamuri; kurumidzai kuuya kwandiri; Teererai inzwi rangu kana ndichidana kwamuri.LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

²Munyengetero wangu ngauve pamberi penyu sezvinonhuwira; Nokusimudzwa kwamaoko angu sechipiriso chamadekwana.Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

³Jehovha, isai murindi pamberi pomuromo wangu; Chengetai mukova wemiromo yangu.Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

⁴Regai kurerekesa moyo wangu kuchinhu chakaipa, Kuti ndiite zvakaipa Pamwechete navanhu vanoita zvisina kururama.Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

⁵Akarurama ngaandirove netsitsi; Ngaandituke, ave mafuta pamusoro wangu; Musoro wangu haungaarambi; Nokuti ndicharamba ndichinyengetera pamusoro pokuipa kwavo.Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

⁶Vatongi vavo vakawisirwa kumawere edombo; Vachanzwa kuti mashoko angu akanaka.When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

⁷Sezvakaita pasi kana parimwa nokuparurwa, Saizvozvo mapfupa edu akaparadzirwa pamuromo weSheori.Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

⁸Nokuti meso angu anotarira kwamuri, Jehovha Ishe; Ndinovimba nemi; regai kudurura upenyu hwangu.But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

⁹Ndichengetei pamusungo wavakanditeyera, Naparugombe rwavanoita zvisina kururama.Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

¹⁰Vakaipa ngavabatwe nemimbure yavo vamene, Asi ini ndidarike hangu.Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.