1 Wakapusa ati mumwoyo make, Hakuna munhu ati amboona Mwari. Nokuti havazviratidze kwatiri, nokudaro hakuna Mwari. Tarisai, vane hunhubu; vakaita mabasa anonyangadza zvikuru, uye hapana mumwechete wavo anoita zvakanaka.

2 Nokuti Ishe vakatarisa pasi vari kudenga vachitarisa vana vevanhu, uye nezwi ravo vakati kumuranda wavo, Tsvakai imi mukati mevana vevanhu, kuti muone kana muine vamwe vanonzwisisa Mwari. Uye akazarura muromo wake kuna Ishe, uye akati, Tarisai, vose ava vanoti ndevako.

3 Ishe vakapindura vakati, Vose vakarasika, vave netsvina pamwechete, hausi kuona mumwechete wavo arikuita zvakanaka, kwete kana mumwechete.

4 Vose vavainavo sevadzidzisi vavo vashandi vezvakaipa, uye hamuna ruzivo mavari. Ivava ndivo vanodya vanhu vangu. Vanodya chingwa uye vasingadaidzire kuna Mwari.

5 Vari mukutya kukuru, nokuti Mwari vanogara muzvizvarwa zvevakarurama. Ndiye murairi wevarombo, nokuti vanonyara vakaipa, uye votizira kuna Ishe, kunohwanda.

6 Vanonyara kurairwa kwemurombo nokuti Ishe ndivo vanomudzivirira.

7 Dai Zioni yakaiswa kunze kwedenga, ruponiso rwa Israeri. Ishe, muchamisa Zioni rinhi? Kana Ishe vave kuunza vanhu vavo kubva muhunhapwa, Jakobo achave nemufaro, Israeri achafara.