Mweya Wangu Waputsika
Mweya waJobho wakaputsika uye guva rinonzwika serakawaridzirwa somubhedha. Anobvunza kuti ndiani achamumirira somurevereri, sezvo pasina kana shamwari imwe ine uchenjeri hwokupa. Kana achifanira kudaidza gomba kuti baba vake nehonye kuti mai vake, tariro yake iripi?
17 1“Mweya wangu waputsika, mazuva angu adzimwa, guva rakandigadzirira. 2Zvirokwazvo vaseki vanondikomba, uye meso angu haagoni kutarisa kure nokutuka kwavo.
3“Ndiisirei rubatso imi pachenyu; ndiani mumwe angabvuma kundimiririra? 4Nokuti makavhara pfungwa dzavo kuti dzisanzwisise; naizvozvo hamungavabvumiri kuti vakunde. 5Munhu anotengesa shamwari dzake kuti awane mubayiro—meso evana vake achapofumara.
6“Akandiita chiseko pakati pamarudzi, munhu wavanopfira mate kumeso. 7Ziso rangu rasviba nokuda kweshungu, uye mitezo yangu yose yakaita somumvuri. 8Vakarurama vanoshamiswa nazvo, uye asina mhosva anomukira asingadi Mwari. 9Kunyange zvakadaro akarurama anobatirira panzira yake, uye ane maoko akachena anoramba achiwedzera simba.
10“Asi dzokai, imi mose, uyai zvino—handiwani kana munhu mumwe akachenjera pakati penyu. 11Mazuva angu apfuura, zvirongwa zvangu zvaputswa, uye pamwe chete nazvo zvido zvomwoyo wangu. 12Vanoshandura usiku kuva masikati; ‘chiedza,’ vanoti, ‘chava pedyo’—pamberi perima. 13Kana ndikatarisira guva kuti imba yangu, kana ndikawaridza mubhedha wangu murima, 14kana ndikati kugomba, ‘Ndimi baba vangu,’ uye kuhonye, ‘Mai vangu’ uye ‘Hanzvadzi yangu,’ 15zvino tariro yangu iripiko? Ndiani angaona tariro ipi zvayo kwandiri? 16Ichaburukira kumasuo eguva here? Tichaburukira pamwe chete muguruva here?”