Rwiyo rwoKukumikidza
Pisarema. Rwiyo rwokukumikidza imba. RwaDhavhidhi.
Rakanyorerwa kutsaurirwa mushure mokuporeswa. Dhavhidhi anobvuma kuti zvinhu pazvakanga zvichifamba zvakanaka akafunga kuti haazombozununguswi, ipapo chiso chaBaba vake chikavanzwa. Anoti guruva harigoni kurumbidza, uye anopedzisa nenguo dzokuchema dzichichinjwa nomufaro.
30 1Ndichakukudzai, Baba vangu, nokuti makandisimudza, uye hamuna kurega vavengi vangu vachifara pamusoro pangu.
2Baba vangu, ndakachema kwamuri kuti mundibatsire, uye makandiporesa. 3Baba vangu, makabudisa mweya wangu muguva; makandichengeta ndiri mupenyu, uye hamuna kundirega ndichiburukira mugomba.
4Imbirai Baba vedu, imi vakatendeka vavo, uye vongai zita ravo dzvene. 5nokuti kutsamwa kwavo kunongogara kwechinguva, asi nyasha dzavo dzinogara upenyu hwose; kuchema kungagara usiku hwose, asi mufaro unosvika mangwanani.
6Pandakanzwa kuchengeteka, ndakati, “Handingatongozununguswi.” 7Baba vangu, nenyasha dzenyu makaita kuti gomo rangu rimire rakasimba; asi pamakavanza chiso chenyu, ndakavhunduka.
8Kwamuri, Baba vangu, ndakadana; kuna Baba Changamire ndakakumbira ngoni: 9“Pane chinowanikwa chei kana ndikanyaradzwa, kana ndikaburukira mugomba? Ko guruva richakurumbidzai here? Ko richaparidza kutendeka kwenyu here? 10Ndinzwei, Baba vangu, uye mundinzwire nyasha; Baba vangu, ivai mubatsiri wangu.”
11Makashandura kuchema kwangu kukava kutamba; makandibvisa nguo dzangu dzokuchema, mukandipfekedza mufaro, 12kuti mwoyo wangu uimbe rumbidzo yenyu, urege kunyarara. Baba vangu, ndichakuvongai nokusingaperi.