¹ Inini ndapinda mumunda wangu womafurori, hama yangu, mwenga yangu; inini nadavengezera mura yangu nozwinonuwira. Ndarha zinga rangu rouchi noutchi waro; ndamwa vinhu yangu nomukaka wangu. Chamwari dzetchireketa kuadhiwa: "Irhai, chamwari! Imwai uye raradzai norudho!". Djaya rirkudzireketera: ² Inini ndanga ndakawata, asi mwoyo wangu wanga wakapenya muhope. Ndikona kurira komudhiwa wangu, kuponda etchiti: 'Funungura musuwo, hama yangu, mudhiwa wangu, ndjiya yangu, mamdwe yangu, musoro wangu wakatota nobheto; bvudzi rangu, nobheto rousiku'. ³ Ndadhusa djira rangu; ndinodhikana kuti ndhiripfekezwe here? Ndasuaka murenje dzangu; ndinodhika kuti ndiziswipidzezwe here? '. ⁴ Mudhiwa wangu kanda nyara yako nopanofungurwa napo, uye mwoyo wangu wazunguzwa ndhiye. ⁵ Inini ndamuka kuti ndifunungurire musuwo mudhiwa wangu; nyara dzangu dzaidzudza mira, zwikunue zwangu nemira yakaita mbvura, nopatchibatiro tchomusuwo. ⁶ Inini ndafunungurira musuwo mudhiwa wangu, asi mudhiwa wangu wanga wawirira uye wanga waenda. Mwoyo wangu asukwara; ndogara ndisizi kufara. Ndamuswaga, asi andizi kumuwona; ndamudhaindza, asi azi kundi dhaira. ⁷ Watchengeti anga aripadhuze neguta akandiwona; awona akadhibhata kakundiponda kakundi kuwadza. Atchengeti emaswingo akadhusa matchira angu". Djaha retchireketa kuno anakazi emuguta: ⁸ "Ndinodha kuti mupike, AnaeDjerusarema, kana mukawona mudhiwa wangu, mumubvundze kuti ndirikurwara ngonyaya yorudho rangu naye". Anakadzi eDjerusarema etchireketa kuno djaha: ⁹ "Mudhiwa wako wakapinda mwanarume wese unodhiwa, iwewe wakarungamisa here pakati poanakadzi? Ngokuti mudhiwa wako wakapinda mudhiwa umweni, kuti utikumbire tipike kudhai?". Djaha retchireketera anakadzi emuguta: ¹⁰ "Mudhiwa wangu wakana, uye wakaswuka, kupinda gumi rezwiuru. ¹¹ Musoro wake wakatinga goridhe rakatchenesa; bvudzi rake rakamonyerekana uye ronyasa kuswipa tinga gunguwe. ¹² Madziso ako akatinga djiya dziri pabhopomo ronbvura, kurukutorwa tinga mukaka, kakugadzirwa tinga mapuwe anodhura. ¹³ Matama ake akatigana mubhede wozwinodhura, wetchidhusa zwiro zworudho. Muromo wake wakaita tingana maruwa, andhondha mura. ¹⁴ Muwoko dzake dzakatingana goride rakatcheneswa nomapuwe anodhura; dhiti rake inyanga dzo ndzoo yakafukizwa neSafira. ¹⁵ Mueenje dzake madziro emapuwe matchena, akakandwa pasi pegoride rakatchena; hope yaro yakaita tingana Ribano, rakasanangurwa tingana Ceduro. ¹⁶ Muromo wako unotapirisa; uwona unodhikaniswa. Uyu mudhiwa wangu, uye uyu itchamwari yangu, anaeDjerusamrema".