Swededza Pedyo Kuti Uteerere
Enda kuimba yaMwari kunoteerera, kwete kunotaura; mashoko ako ngaave mashoma uye ripa zvaunopikira. Kuda mari hakumbogutsi, pfuma inogona kunyangarika mubhizimisi rimwe rakaipa, uye unoenda wakashama sezvawakauya. Kufarira mugove wako webasa chipo chaMwari.
5 1Rinda nhanho dzako paunopinda muimba yaMwari. Swededza pedyo kuti uteerere, kwete kuti upe chibayiro chamapenzi, nokuti haazivi kuti ari kuita zvakaipa. 2Usakurumidza nomuromo wako, uye usarega mwoyo wako uchimhanya kutaura pamberi paMwari, nokuti Mwari ari kudenga, iwe uri panyika, saka mashoko ako ngaave mashoma. 3Nokuti kurota kunobva pakuita zvakawanda, uye inzwi repenzi rinobva pamashoko mazhinji. 4Kana uchipika mhiko kuna Mwari, usanonoka kuiripa, nokuti haafariri mapenzi. Ripa zvaunopika. 5Zviri nani kusapika pane kupika uye usingazadzisi. 6Usarega muromo wako uchikutadzisa, kana kuudza nhume kuti kwakanga kuri kukanganisa. Mwari angatsamwireiko inzwi rako agoparadza basa ramaoko ako? a a v6 Nhume ndiye mukuru wetemberi kana mupristi aigamuchira nokunyora mhiko achimiririra Mwari. 7Nokuti mukurota kuzhinji nomumashoko mazhinji mune mhute inopfuura. Naizvozvo itya Mwari.
Kudzvinyirira Nezvibereko Zvenyika
8Kana ukaona varombo vachidzvinyirirwa, uye kururamisira nokururama zvichityorwa muruwa, usashamiswa, nokuti mukuru mumwe anotariswa nomumwe ari pamusoro, uye vari pamusoro vanovamirira. 9Asi zvibereko zvenyika ndezvomunhu wose, kunyange mambo anoshandirwa nomunda.
10Ani naani anoda mari haamboguti; ani naani anoda upfumi haamboguti nezvaanowana. Izviwo mhute inopfuura. 11Sokuwanda kwoupfumi, ndizvo zvinowandawo vanohupedza. Mwene wahwo anowaneiko kunze kwokuhutarisa nameso ake?
12Hope dzomushandi dzinotapira, angadya zvishoma kana zvizhinji; asi kuwanda kwezvinhu zvomupfumi hakumuregi achirara.
13Ndakaona chakaipa chinosemesa pasi pezuva: upfumi hwakachengetwa nomwene wahwo, hukazomukuvadza. 14Upfumi uhwo hwakarasika mubasa rakaipa, uye paakabereka mwanakomana haana kusara nechaangamusiira. 15Sokubuda kwaakaita mudumbu ramai vake, anodzokera akashama, achienda sokuuya kwaakaita, asingatakuri chinhu kubva mukushanda kwake chaangabata muruoko rwake. 16Izviwo chakaipa chinorwadza: sokuuya kwaakaita, ndizvo zvaanoenda. Anowaneiko pakutamburira mhepo? 17Mazuva ake ose anodya murima, aine kushushikana kuzhinji, hosha, nehasha.
18Izvi ndakazviona: zvakanaka uye zvakafanira kudya, kunwa, nokuona zvakanaka mukushanda kwose kunoshanda munhu pasi pezuva mumazuva mashoma oupenyu aanopiwa naMwari, nokuti ndiwo mugove wake. 19Uyezve, kana Mwari achipa munhu upfumi, pfuma, nesimba rokuzvifadza nazvo, kugamuchira mugove wake nokufara mukushanda kwake, ndicho chipo chaMwari. 20Haazorangariri kazhinji mazuva oupenyu hwake, nokuti Mwari anomubatidza nomufaro womwoyo wake.