Mapisarema 73

¹Zvirokwazvo Mwari anoitira Isiraeri zvakanaka, Ivo vane moyo yakachena.Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

²Asi kana ndirini, tsoka dzangu dzakanga dzotsauka; Makumbo angu akanga otedzemuka.But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

³Nokuti ndakanga ndichigodora vana manyawi, Pakuona kwangu kufara kwavakaipa.For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

⁴Nokuti havatambudziki pakufa kwavo; Asi muviri wavo une simba.For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

⁵Havana njodzi savamwe vanhu; Havatambudzwi savamwe vanhuThey are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

⁶Saka kuzvikudza kwavo kwakafanana noruketani pamitsipa yavo; Kumanikidza kunovafukidza senguvo.Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

⁷Meso avo anobuda nokukora; Zvavanofunga pamoyo zvinofashamira;Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

⁸Vanoseka, vachireva pakuipa kwavo zvinomanikidza vamwe; Vanotaura vachizvikudza.They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

⁹Vakataurira kudenga nemiromo yavo, Ndimi dzavo dzinofamba-famba pasi.They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

¹⁰Saka vanhu vake vanodzokera ikoko; Vanosvinirwa mvura zhinji, mukombe uzere.Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

¹¹Zvino vanoti, Mwari angaziva seiko? Wokumusorosoro angava nokuziva here?And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

¹²Tarirai, ndizvo zvakaita vakaipa; Vanowedzera fuma yavo vachingogara vasingatamburi.Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

¹³Zvirokwazvo ndakanatsa moyo wangu pasina, Nokushambidza maoko angu ndisina mhosva;Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

¹⁴Nokuti ndakatambudzwa zuva rose, Ndakarangwa mangwanani ose.For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

¹⁵Kana ndaiti, ndichataura kudai; Tarirai, ndainyengera rudzi rwavana venyu.If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

¹⁶Zvino ndakaramba ndichifunga kuti ndizvinzwisise, Asi zvakandiremera kwazvo;When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

¹⁷Kusvikira ndapinda panzvimbo tsvene yaMwari, Ndikatarira kuguma kwavo.Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

¹⁸Zvirokwazvo munovaisa panotedza; Munovawisira pasi kuti vaparadzwe.Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

¹⁹Haiwa, vanoparadzwa kamwe-kamwe! Vanopedzwa chose nezvinotyisa.How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

²⁰Sezvakarotwa, kana munhu apepuka; Saizvozvo, Ishe, muchashora mufananidzo wavo, kana muchimuka.As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

²¹Nokuti moyo wangu wakachema, Ndakabayiwa patsvo dzangu.Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

²²Ndakanga ndiri benzi, ndisingazivi chinhu; Ndakanga ndakafanana nemhuka pamberi penyu.So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

²³Kunyange zvakadaro ndinoramba ndinemi; Makabata ruoko rwangu rworudyi.Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.

²⁴Muchandiperekedza nezano renyu, Ndokuzondigamuchira pakubwinya.Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

²⁵Ndianiko kudenga, kana musimi? Napasi hapana wandinoda kunze kwenyu.Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

²⁶Nyama yangu nomoyo wangu zvinopera; Asi Mwari ndiye dombo romoyo wangu nomugove wangu nokusingaperi.My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

²⁷Nokuti tarirai, vari kure nemi vachapera; Makaparadza vose vakakusiyai noupombwe hwavo.For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

²⁸Kana ndirini, kuswedera pedo naye ndizvo zvinondifadza; Ishe Mwari ndakamuita nhare yangu, Kuti ndiparidze mabasa enyu ose.But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.