Mapisarema 17
1 Munyengetero waDhavhidhi. Inzwai, imi Jehovha, mukumbiro wangu wakarurama; inzwai kuchema kwangu. Rerekerai nzeve yenyu kumunyengetero wangu, usingabvi pamiromo inonyengera.
Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips.
2 Kururamiswa kwangu ngakubve kwamuri; meso enyu ngaaone zvakarurama.
Let my sentence come forth from your presence; let your eyes behold the things that are equal.
3 Kunyange mukaedza mwoyo wangu uye mukandiongorora usiku, kunyange mukandiedza, hamungawani chinhu; ndakazvisunga kuti muromo wangu urege kutadza.
You have proved mine heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
4 Kana ari mabasa avanhu, neshoko remiromo yenyu, ndakanzvenga nzira dzouyo anoita nechisimba.
Concerning the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
5 Nhambwe dzangu dzakarambira panzira dzenyu; tsoka dzangu hadzina kutedzemuka.
Hold up my activities in your paths, that my footsteps slip not.
6 Haiwa Mwari, ndinodana kwamuri, nokuti muchandipindura; rerekerai nzeve yenyu kwandiri, munzwe munyengetero wangu.
I have called upon you, for you will hear me, O God: incline your ear unto me, and hear my speech.
7 Ratidzai kushamisa kworudo rwenyu rukuru, imi munoponesa noruoko rwenyu rworudyi, avo vanovanda vavengi vavo mamuri.
Show your marvellous loving kindness, O you that save by your right hand them which put their trust in you from those that rise up against them.
8 Ndichengetei semboni yeziso renyu; ndivanzei pasi pomumvuri wamapapiro enyu,
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of your wings,
9 kubva kuno wakaipa anondirwisa, kubva kuvavengi vangu, vanoda kundiuraya, vakandikomberedza.
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
10 Vanodzivira mwoyo yavo yakavangarara, uye miromo yavo inotaura nokuzvikudza.
They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
11 Vakandironda, zvino vandikomba, vanocherechedza nameso avo kuti vandiwisire pasi.
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
12 Vakaita seshumba ine nzara yechokudya, seshumba huru yakavandira pakavanda.
Like a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
13 Haiwa, Jehovha, simukai, mirai pamberi pavo, vawisirei pasi; ndirwirei nomunondo wenyu pano wakaipa.
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is your sword:
14 Haiwa, Jehovha, ndiponesei noruoko rwenyu kubva kuvanhu vakadai, kubva kuvanhu venyika ino vano mubayiro uri muupenyu huno. Munopedza nzara yaavo vamunoda; vanakomana vavo vane zvakawanda, uye vanounganidzira vana vavo pfuma.
From men which are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
15 Zvino ini mukururama, ndichaona chiso chenyu; pandinomuka, ndichagutswa nokuona mufananidzo wenyu.
As for me, I will behold your face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with your likeness.
