1Ipapo Erifazi muTemani akapindura akati:
2“Ko, munhu angabatsira Mwari here?
3Wamasimba Ose angawana mufaro weiko dai iwe wakarurama?
4“Imhaka yokumunamata kwako here
5Zvakaipa zvako hazvina kukura here?
6Wakakumbira rubatso kuhama dzako pasina;
7Wakanyima mvura vakaneta
8kunyange wakanga uri munhu ane simba, ane minda yake,
9Wakadzinga chirikadzi dzisina chinhu
10Ndokusaka misungo yakakukomberedza,
11ndokusaka kuine rima usingakwanisi kuona,
12“Ko, Mwari haazi kumusoro kwokudenga here?
13Asi imi munoti, ‘Mwari anoziveiko?
14Makore matema anomufukidza,
15Ko, iwe ucharambira munzira yakare
16Ivo vakabvutwa nguva yavo isati yasvika,
17Vakati kuna Mwari, ‘Tisiyei takadaro!
18Sezvo ari iye akazadza dzimba dzavo nezvinhu zvakanaka,
19“Vakarurama vanoona kuparadzwa kwavo vagofara,
20‘Zvirokwazvo vadzivisi vedu vaparadzwa,
21“Zviise pasi paMwari ugova norugare naye,
22Gamuchira kurayira kunobva mumuromo make
23Kana ukadzokera kuna Wamasimba Ose, uchadzoredzerwa:
24uye ukaisa goridhe rako paguruva,
25ipapo Wamasimba Ose achava goridhe rako,
26Zvirokwazvo ipapo uchawana mufaro muna Wamasimba Ose,
27Uchanyengetera kwaari, uye achakunzwa,
28Zvaunotaura sechirevo zvichaitika,
29Vanhu pavanodzikiswa iwe ukati, ‘Vasimudzei!’