Ndichengetedzei
Nduri yaDhavhidhi.
Dhavhidhi haana chinhu chakanaka kunze kwaBaba vake, uye anoramba kudurura zvipiriso zvavamwari vamwe. Anoti miganhu yake inofadza uye nhaka yake yakanaka, uye anovimba kuti haazosiyiwa muguva. Nzira youpenyu inoguma nomufaro usingaperi.
16 1Ndichengetedzei, Baba vangu, nokuti ndinopotera mamuri.
2Ndinoti kuna Baba vangu: Ndimi Baba vangu, Ishe wangu; kunze kwenyu, handina chinhu chakanaka. 3Kana vari vatsvene vari munyika, ndivo vanoremekedzwa vandinofarira zvikuru. 4Kusuwa kwavaya vanomhanyira kune mumwe mwari kuchawanda; handingadururi zvipiriso zvavo zvinonwiwa zveropa, uye handingatauri mazita avo nomuromo wangu.
5Baba vangu ndivo mugove wangu wandakasarudza nomukombe wangu; imi munochengetedza nhaka yangu. 6Miganhu yakandiwira panzvimbo dzakanaka; zvirokwazvo ndine nhaka yakanaka.
7Ndicharumbidza Baba vangu, vanondipa mazano; kunyange usiku mwoyo wangu unondidzidzisa. 8Ndinoramba ndine Baba vangu nguva dzose pamberi pangu; nokuti vari kurudyi rwangu, handingazungunuswi.
9Naizvozvo mwoyo wangu unofara uye mweya wangu wose unopembera; muviri wanguwo uchazorora wakachengeteka. 10Nokuti hamungasiyi mweya wangu kuguva, uye hamungaregi mutsvene wenyu achiona kuora. a a v10 Petro paPendekosti (Mabasa 2:25-28) naPauro (Mabasa 13:35) vakashandisa mashoko aya pamusoro paJesu — kuvimba kwaDhavhidhi muna Baba vedu kwakava kumuka kwoMwanakomana kubva kurufu, muviri wake usingatongooni kuora. 11Munondiratidza nzira youpenyu; pamberi penyu pane mufaro wakazara, kurudyi rwenyu kune mafaro nokusingaperi.