Kuchema kwaDhavhidhi Achida Kununurwa
Kumutungamiriri wevaimbi. Nezviridzwa zvine tambo. Pisarema roungwaru raDhavhidhi, panguva iyo vaZifi vakaenda kuna Sauro vakati, “Ko, Dhavhidhi haasi kuvanda pakati pedu here?”
VaZifi vakanga vachangobva kuda kuisa Dhavhidhi mumaoko aSauro. Munyengetero wake ipfupi uye hauna mutsindo — ndiponesei nezita renyu — uye unozorora pachirevo chimwe chakasimba: zvirokwazvo Baba vangu ndivo mubatsiri wangu, ivo vanotsigira upenyu hwangu.
54 1Haiwa Baba vangu, ndiponesei nezita renyu, mundiruramisire nesimba renyu. 2Haiwa Baba vangu, inzwai munyengetero wangu; teererai mashoko omuromo wangu. 3Nokuti vatorwa vakandimukira, uye vanhu vane utsinye vanoda kundiuraya—havana hanya naBaba vedu.
4Zvirokwazvo Baba vangu ndivo mubatsiri wangu; Baba Changamire ndivo mutsigiri woupenyu hwangu. 5Vachadzosera zvakaipa pane avo vakandivandira; mukutendeka kwenyu, vaparadzei. 6Nechipiriso chokuzvidira ndichabayira kwamuri; ndicharumbidza zita renyu, Baba vangu, nokuti rakanaka. 7Nokuti vakandinunura pamatambudziko ose, uye ndakatarira vavengi vangu ndakakunda.