1. Ipapo Erifazi muTemani akapindura akati:
2. “Ko, munhu angabatsira Mwari here?
3. Wamasimba Ose angawana mufaro weiko dai iwe wakarurama? Aibatsirwa neiko dai nzira dzako dzaiva dzakarurama?
4. “Imhaka yokumutya kwako here zvaanokutsiura nokukupa mhosva?
5. Zvakaipa zvako hazvina kukura here? Handiti zvivi zvako hazviperi?
6. Wakakumbira rubatso kuhama dzako pasina; wakatorera vanhu nguo dzavo, uchivasiya vasina kupfeka.
7. Wakanyima mvura vasina simba uye wakanyima vane nzara zvokudya,
8. kunyange wakanga uri munhu ane simba, ane nyika yake, uri munhu anokudzwa, agere pairi.
9. Wakadzinga chirikadzi dzisina chinhu uye wakavhuna maoko enherera.
10. Ndokusaka misungo yakakukomberedza, sei kutambudzika pakarepo kuchivhundutsa,
11. sei kuine rima usingakwanisi kuona, uye sei mafashamu emvura achikufukidza.
12. “Ko, Mwari haazi kumusoro kwokudenga here? Uye anoona kukurira kwakaita nyeredzi dzokumusoro-soro!
13. Asi imi munoti, “Mwari anoziveiko? Ko, anotonga pakati perima rakadai here?
14. Makore matema anomufukidza, saka haationi sezvaanofamba-famba pakutenderera kwedenga.
15. Ko, iwe ucharambira munzira yakare iya yakatsikwa navanhu vakaipa here?
16. Ivo vakabvutwa nguva yavo isati yasvika, hwaro hwavo hwakakukurwa namafashamu.
17. Vakati kuna Mwari, ‘Tisiyei takadaro! Wamasimba Ose angaiteiko kwatiri?’
18. Asi ndiye akazadza dzimba dzavo nezvinhu zvakanaka, saka ndinomira kure namano avakaipa.
19. “Vakarurama vanoona kuparadzwa kwavo vagofara, vasina mhaka vanovaseka vachiti,
20. ‘Zvirokwazvo vadzivisi vedu vaparadzwa, uye moto unopedza pfuma yavo.’
21. “Zviise pasi paMwari ugova norugare naye, nenzira iyi kubudirira kuchasvika kwauri.
22. Gamuchira kurayira kunobva mumuromo make uye uise mashoko ake pamwoyo wako.
23. Kana ukadzokera kuna Wamasimba Ose, uchavandudzwa: Kana ukabvisa zvakaipa uchizviisa kure netende rako,
24. uye ukaisa goridhe rako paguruva, iro goridhe rako rokuOfiri kumatombo okunzizi,
25. ipapo Wamasimba Ose achava goridhe rako, iyo sirivha yako yakanyatsosanangurwa.
26. Zvirokwazvo ipapo uchawana mufaro muna Wamasimba Ose, uye uchasimudzira chiso chako kuna Mwari.
27. Uchanyengetera kwaari, uye achakunzwa, uye iwe uchazadzisa zvawakapika.
28. Zvaunofunga zvichaitwa, uye chiedza chichavhenekera panzira dzako.
29. Vanhu pavanodzikiswa imi mugoti, ‘Vasimudzei!’ ipapo achaponesa vakaraswa.
30. Iye achadzikinura kunyange iye zvake ane mhosva, iye acharwirwa kubudikidza nokuchena kwamaoko ako.”