Dombo Rangu, Utiziro Hwangu
Pisarema raDhavhidhi.
Dhavhidhi anotanga nemaoko akadzidziswa kurwa uye pakarepo anobvuma kuti munhu mudiki sei — mweya unofemwa, mumvuri unopfuura. Anokumbira Baba vake kuti vakotamise denga uye vamununure kubva kunevanyepi, ozotsanangura rugare rwaanoda: matura azere nevana vanobudirira.
144 1Ngavakudzwe Baba vangu, dombo rangu, vanodzidzisira maoko angu hondo, minwe yangu kurwa, 2rudo rwangu nenhare yangu, shongwe yangu nomununuri wangu, nhoo yangu yandinovanda mairi, vanokunda marudzi vachiaisa pasi pangu.
3Baba vangu, munhu chiiko zvamunomucherechedza, mwanakomana womunhu zvamunomufunga? 4Munhu akafanana nemhepo; mazuva ake akaita somumvuri unopfuura.
5Baba vangu, rerekai matenga enyu muburuke; batai makomo, agopfungaira utsi. 6Penyesai mheni yenyu muparadzire ivo; pfurai miseve yenyu muvaparadze. 7Tambanudzai ruoko rwenyu kubva kumusoro; ndirwirei mundinunure pamvura ine simba, paruoko rwavatorwa, 8vane miromo inotaura nhema, uye ruoko rwavo rworudyi runopika nhema.
9Baba vangu, ndichakuimbirai rwiyo rutsva; norudimbwa rune tambo gumi ndichakuridzirai mimhanzi, 10kuna imi munopa madzimambo kukunda, munonunura Dhavhidhi muranda wenyu pabakatwa rino utsinye.
11Ndirwirei mundinunure paruoko rwavatorwa, vane miromo inotaura nhema, uye ruoko rwavo rworudyi runopika nhema.
12Ipapo vanakomana vedu vachaita sezvirimwa zvakakura pauduku hwazvo, vanasikana vedu sembiru dzekona dzakavezerwa muzinda. 13Matura edu achazara, achipa mhando dzose dzezvibereko; makwai edu achawanda nezviuru, nemakumi ezviuru muminda yedu; 14mombe dzedu dzakazvitakura, pasina kupwanywa kwamasvingo, pasina kupinda muutapwa, uye pasina kuchema kwenhamo munzira dzedu. 15Vakaropafadzwa vanhu vane zvinhu zvakadai; vakaropafadzwa vanhu vane Baba vedu savavo.