Mapisarema 45

¹moyo wangu unotutuma namashoko akanaka; Ndinotaura zvinhu zvandakaita zvinoreva mambo; Rurimi rwangu ipeni yomunyori anokurumidza kunyora.My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

²Imi makanaka-naka kupfuura vana vavanhu; Nyasha yakadururirwa pamiromo yenyu; Saka Mwari wakakuropafadzai nokusingaperi.Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

³Sungai munondo wenyu pachiuno chenyu, imi wamasimba, Ukuru hwenyu nohumambo hwenyu.Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

⁴Fambai noumambo hwenyu muchikunda, Nokuda kwezvokwadi nounyoro nokururama; Ruoko rwenyu rworudyi ngarukudzidzisei zvinotyisa.And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

⁵Miseve yenyu inopinza; Vanhu vanokundwa nemi; Inobaya pamoyo yavavengi vamambo.Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

⁶Chigaro chenyu choushe, imi Mwari, chiripo nokusingaperi-peri; Tsvimbo youshe hwenyu itsvimbo yakarurama.Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

⁷Makada kururama, mukavenga kusarurama; Naizvozvo Mwari, Mwari wenyu wakakuzodzai Namafuta okufara kupfuura shamwari dzenyu.Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

⁸nguvo dzenyu dzose dzinonhuwira nemura nearosi neakasia; Madimbwa akakufadzai achiridzwa mudzimba dzamambo dzenyanga dzenzou.All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

⁹Vakunda vamadzimambo vari pakati pavanhukadzi venyu vanokudzwa; Paruoko rwenyu rworudyi vahosi vamire vakashonga ndarama yeOfiri.Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

¹⁰Teerera mukunda, rangarira, urereke nzeve yako; Kanganwawo vanhu vako, neimba yababa vako;Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;

¹¹Ipapo mambo achada kunaka kwako; Nokuti ndiye Ishe wako; unamate kwaari iwe.So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

¹²Uye mukunda weTiro achavapo nechipo; Vafumi pakati pavanhu vachakumbira ngoni dzako.And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

¹³Mukunda wamambo akanaka kwazvo-kwazvo mukati meimba yamambo; nguvo dzake dzakarukwa nendarama.The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

¹⁴Uchaperekwa kuna mambo nenguvo dzakarukwa dzinamavara; Mhandara, shamwari dzake dzinomutevera, Vachaiswa kwamuri.She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

¹⁵Vachaperekwa nomufaro nokufarisisa; Vachapinda mumba mamambo.With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace.

¹⁶Panzvimbo yamadzibaba ako vana vako vachavapo, Vauchaita machinda panyika yose.Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

¹⁷Ndichayeudzira zita renyu kusvikira kumarudzi ose; Naizvozvo ndudzi dzavanhu dzichakuvongai nokusingaperi-peri.I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.