Mapisarema 31

¹Jehovha, ndinovimba nemi; ngandirege kutongonyadziswa; Ndirwirei pakururama kwenyu.In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

²Rerekerai nzeve yenyu kwandiri; kurumidzai kundirwira; Ivai dombo rangu rakasimba, neimba yenhare yokundiponesa.Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

³Nokuti ndimi dombo rangu nenhare yangu; Naizvozvo nditungamirirei mundifambise nokuda kwezita renyu.For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.

⁴Ndibvutei pamumbure wavakandidzikira pakavanda; Nokuti ndimi nhare yangu.Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

⁵Ndinoisa mweya wangu muruoko rwenyu; Makandidzikunura Jehovha, imi Mwari wazvokwadi.Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

⁶Ndinovenga vanokudza zvenhema zvisina maturo; Asi ndichavimba naJehovha.I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

⁷Ndichafara nokufarisisa netsitsi dzenyu; Nokuti makaona kutambudzika kwangu; Makaziva kumanikidzwa kwomweya wangu;I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

⁸Hamuna kundiisa muruoko rwomuvengi; Makamisa tsoka dzangu panzvimbo yakafarikana.And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

⁹Ndinzwirei tsitsi Jehovha, nokuti ndiri panjodzi; Ziso rangu rapera nokuchema, zvirokwazvo, nomweya wangu nomuviri wanguvo.Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

¹⁰Nokuti hupenyu hwangu hwapera nokuchema, namakore angu nokugomera; Simba rangu rapera nokuda kwokutadza kwangu, uye mapfupa angu asakara.For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

¹¹Ndava chinhu chinozvidzwa nemhaka yavadzivisi vangu vose, Zvirokwazvo, zvikuru kuna vandinogara navo, nechinotyisa kuvazikani vangu; Vakandiona kunze vakanditiza.I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

¹²Ndakanganikwa sowakafa asati achafungwa; Ndava somudziyo wakaputsika.I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

¹³Ndakanzwa vazhinji vachindipomera, Zvinotyisa kumativi ose; Pakurangana kwavo pamusoro pangu Vakafunga mano kuti vanditorere upenyu hwangu.For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

¹⁴Asi ndakavimba nemi Jehovha; Ndakati, Ndimi Mwari wangu.But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.

¹⁵Nguva dzangu dziri muruoko rwenyu; Ndirwirei paruoko rwavavengi vangu, nokuna vanonditambudza.My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

¹⁶Vhenekesai chiso chenyu pamusoro pomuranda wenyu; Ndiponesei nounyoro hwenyu.Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.

¹⁷Ngandirege kunyadziswa, Jehovha; nokuti ndakadana kwamuri; Vakaipa ngavanyadziswe, ngavanyarare paSheori.Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

¹⁸Miromo inoreva nhema ngainyarare; Iyo inotaura namanyawi kuna vakarurama, Ichizvikudza nokuvazvidza. Haiwa, zvakanaka zvenyu zvamakachengetera vanokutyai zvakakura sei, Zvamakaitira vanovimba nemi, pamberi pavanakomana vavanhu!Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

¹⁹Muchavavanza pakavanda pamberi penyu, vabve pamano avanhu;Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

²⁰Muchavachengeta pakavanda patende vabve panharo dzendimi.Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

²¹Jehovha ngaavongwe, Nokuti akandiratidza unyoro hwake hunoshamisa paguta rakasimba.Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.

²²Kana ndirini, ndakati pakukaruka kwangu, Ndabviswa pamberi penyu; Kunyange zvakadaro, makanzwa inzwi rokukumbira kwangu pakuchema kwangu kwamuri.For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

²³Idai Jehovha, imi vatsvene vake mose; Jehovha anochengeta vakatendeka, Anotsiva zvikuru munhu anozvikudza.O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

²⁴Ivai nesimba, uye moyo yenyu itsunge, Imi mose munorindira Jehovha.Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.