Dai Chete Waiteerera
Kumutungamiri wokuimba; neGititi. Pisarema raAsafi.
Mimhanzi yemutambo — hwamanda, ngoma, mwedzi mutsva — inopindirwa nenzwi raBaba vedu pachavo. Vanoyeuka kubvisa dengu pamapfudzi avo uye vanoti, shamisa muromo wako zvikuru ndigouzadza. Ipapo kurwadziwa: dai vanhu vangu vaingoteerera.
81 1Imbirai Baba vedu nomufaro, ivo simba redu; danidzirai zvikuru kuna Mwari waJakobho! 2Tangai rwiyo, muridze tambureni, mbira inonaka nomutengeranwa. 3Ridzai hwamanda pakugara kwomwedzi, pajenaguru, pazuva romutambo wedu. 4Nokuti ndiwo mutemo wavaIsraeri, murau waMwari waJakobho.
5Akachiisa chive chapupu kuna Josefa paakabuda achirwa nenyika yeIjipiti. Ndakanzwa rurimi rwandakanga ndisingazivi:
6“Ndakabvisa mutoro pabendekete rake; maoko ake akasunungurwa padengu.
7“Pakutambudzika kwako wakadana, ndikakununura iwe; ndakakupindura ndiri munzvimbo yakavanda yokutinhira; ndakakuedza pamvura yeMeribha. 8Inzwa, iwe vanhu vangu, ndichakuyambira iwe—Israeri, dai chete waiteerera kwandiri! 9Ngaparege kuva namwari wavatorwa pakati pako; haufaniri kupfugamira mumwe mwari upi zvake.
10“Ndini Baba vako, vakakubudisa kubva munyika yeIjipiti. Shamisa muromo wako zvakakura, uye ndichauzadza. 11Asi vanhu vangu havana kuda kuteerera inzwi rangu; Israeri haana kuda kuzviisa pasi pangu. 12Saka ndakavaisa kumwoyo yavo yakaoma, kuti vatevere zvirongwa zvavo pachavo. 13Dai chete vanhu vangu vaiteerera kwandiri, dai Israeri aifamba munzira dzangu! 14Ndaikurumidza sei kukunda vavengi vavo ndigopidigura ruoko rwangu kuvadzivisi vavo! 15Avo vanovenga Baba vedu vaizodedera pamberi pavo, uye kuparadzwa kwavo kwaizogara nokusingaperi. 16Asi ivo vaizovadyisa gorosi rakanakisisa; nouchi hunobva padombo ndaizokugutsa.”