Mapisarema 73
1 Pisarema raAsafi. Zvirokwazvo Mwari akanaka kuna Israeri, kuna avo vakachena pamwoyo.
A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.
2 Asi kana ndirini, tsoka dzangu dzakapotsa dzatsvedza; ndakasara paduku kupunzika.
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3 Nokuti ndakaitira shanje vanozvikudza, pandakaona kubudirira kwavakaipa.
For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 Havatambudziki; miviri yavo ino utano uye vakasimba.
For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm.
5 Vakasununguka pamitoro inowanikwa muvanhu; havatambudzwi nezvinotambudza vanhu.
They [are] not in trouble [as other] men; neither are they afflicted like [other] men.
6 Naizvozvo kuzvikudza ndiko ruketani rwemitsipa yavo; vanozvishongedza nechisimba.
Therefore pride encompasseth them as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.
7 Mumwoyo yavo makasindimara munobuda chitadzo; mifungo yakaipa yendangariro dzavo haina magumo.
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
8 Vanoseka, uye vanotaura noutsinye mukuzvikudza kwavo, vanoti vachadzvinyirira vamwe.
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.
9 Miromo yavo inoti denga nderavo, uye ndimi dzavo dzinotora nyika.
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Naizvozvo vanhu vavo vanodzokera kwavari, uye vanonwa mvura yakawanda.
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full [cup] are wrung out to them.
11 Vanoti, “Mwari angazviziva sei? Ko, Wokumusoro-soro ane ruzivo here?”
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
12 Ndizvo zvakaita vakaipa, havana hanya nguva dzose, vanowedzera pfuma yavo.
Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.
13 Zvirokwazvo ndakanatsa mwoyo wangu, asi pasina; ndakashamba maoko angu ndisina mhosva, asi pasina.
Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocence.
14 Zuva rose ndanga ndichitambudzwa; ndinorangwa mangwanani ose.
For all the day long have I been afflicted, and chastened every morning.
15 Dai ndakanga ndati, “Ndichataura zvakadai,” ndingadai ndakapandukira vana venyu.
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.
16 Pandakaedza kunzwisisa izvi zvose, zvakandiremera kwazvo
When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;
17 kusvikira ndapinda munzvimbo tsvene yaMwari; ipapo ndikazonzwisisa magumo avo.
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] I understood their end.
18 Zvirokwazvo makavaisa munzira inotsvedza; makavakanda pasi kuti vaparare.
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou didst cast them down into destruction.
19 Haiwa, vanoparadzwa kamwe kamwe, vanopedzwa chose nezvinotyisa!
How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 Sezvakaita kurota panopepuka munhu, saizvozvo pamunomuka, imi Ishe, muchavashora savanhu vanorotomoka.
As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O LORD, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
21 Mwoyo wangu pawakachema uye mweya wangu ukashungurudzika,
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22 ndakanga ndava benzi uye ndisingazivi; ndakanga ndava mhuka inotyisa pamberi penyu.
So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee.
23 Kunyange zvakadaro ndinogara nemi nguva dzose; munondibata noruoko rwenyu rworudyi.
Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast held [me] by my right hand.
24 Munondisesedza nezano renyu, uye pashure muchazonditora mondipinza mukubwinya kwenyu.
Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me [to] glory.
25 Ndianiko wandinaye kudenga kana musirimi? Uye nyika haina chandinoshuva kunze kwenyu.
Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire besides thee.
26 Nyama yangu nomwoyo wangu zvingapera hazvo, asi Mwari isimba romwoyo wangu nomugove wangu nokusingaperi.
My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
27 Avo vari kure nemi vachaparara; munoparadza vose vasina kutendeka kwamuri.
For lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go astray from thee.
28 Asi kana ndirini, zvakanaka kuva pedyo naMwari. Ndakaita Ishe Jehovha utiziro hwangu; ndichataura zvamabasa 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.
