< Mapisarema 12 >
1 Kumutungamiri wokuimba. Nesheminiti. Pisarema raDhavhidhi. Batsirai, imi Jehovha, nokuti vanoda Mwari hapachina; vakatendeka vapera pakati pavanhu.
To the choirmaster on the sheminith a psalm of David. Save! O Yahweh for he has come to an end [the] faithful for they have vanished faithful [people] from [the] children of humankind.
2 Mumwe nomumwe anorevera wokwake nhema; miromo yavo inobata kumeso nokutaura zvinonyengera.
Falsehood - they speak each with neighbor his a lip of flatteri with a heart and a heart they speak.
3 Jehovha ngaagure miromo yose inobata kumeso, norurimi rumwe norumwe runozvikudza
May he cut off Yahweh all [the] lips of flatteri a tongue [which] speaks great [things].
4 ruchiti, “Tichakunda nendimi dzedu; miromo ndeyedu, tenzi wedu ndiani?”
Which they say - tongues our we will make strong lips our [are] with us who? [is] master of us.
5 “Nokuda kwokumanikidzwa kwavasina simba nokugomera kwavarombo, ndichasimuka zvino,” ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha. “Ndichavadzivirira kuna avo vanovaparadza.”
From [the] devastation of afflicted [people] from [the] groaning of needy [people] now I will arise he says Yahweh I will set in [the] safety [one who] he pants for it.
6 Uye mashoko aJehovha haana chaangapomerwa, sesirivha yakacheneswa muchoto chevhu, yakanatswa kanomwe.
[the] words of Yahweh [are] words pure silver refined in a crucible of the earth purified sevenfold.
7 Imi Jehovha, muchatichengeta murugare uye muchatidzivirira kubva kuvanhu vakadai nokusingaperi.
You O Yahweh you will keep them you will guard him - from the generation this for ever.
8 Vakaipa vanofamba-famba vakasununguka kana zvakashata zvichikudzwa pakati pavanhu.
All around wicked [people] they walk about! when is exalted vileness by [the] children of humankind.