Muparidzi
3:1 Chinhu chimwe nechimwe chine musi wacho, uye chinangwa chimwe nechimwe chine musi wacho
kudenga:
3:2 Nguva yekuzvarwa, nenguva yekufa; nguva yokusima, nenguva yokuita
dzura chakasimwa;
nguva yokuuraya, nenguva yokuporesa; nguva yokuputsa, nenguva yokuita
vaka;
nguva yokuchema, nenguva yokuseka; nguva yokuchema, nenguva yokuchema
dance;
nguva yokurasha mabwe, nenguva yokuunganidza mabwe; nguva
nguva yokumbundikira, nenguva yokurega kumbundikira;
nguva yokuwana, nenguva yokurasikirwa; nguva yokuchengeta, nenguva yokukandira
away;
nguva yokubvarura, nenguva yokusona; nguva yokunyarara, nenguva yokuita
taura;
nguva yokuda, nenguva yokuvenga; nguva yokurwa, nenguva yorugare.
9 Ko iye anobata anobatsirwei nezvaanotamburira?
Ndakaona kutambudzika kwakapiwa vanakomana vavanhu naMwari, kuti vave
kudzidziswa mariri.
3:11 Akaita chinhu chimwe nechimwe chakanaka nenguva yacho;
Munyika mumwoyo mavo, kuti parege kuva nomunhu angaziva basa raMwari
anoita kubva pakutanga kusvikira pakupedzisira.
3:12 Ndinoziva kuti hakune chinhu chakanaka mavari, asi kuti munhu afare, uye kuti
kuita zvakanaka muupenyu hwake.
3:13 Uye kuti munhu wose adye, anwe, uye afadzwe nezvinhu zvakanaka zvevose
kubata kwake chipo chaMwari.
3:14 Ndinoziva kuti zvose zvinoitwa naMwari, zvichagara nokusingaperi;
chiisei pachiri, kana chingabviswa pachiri; Mwari anozviita kuti vanhu
vanofanira kutya pamberi pake.
3:15 Chakanga chiripo ikozvino; uye zvichazovapo zvakatovapo;
uye Mwari anotsvaka zvakaitika kare.
Uyezve, ndakaona pasi pezuva, panzvimbo yokururamisira, kuti zvakaipa
aivapo; nenzvimbo yokururama, zvakaipa zvakanga zviripo.
3:17 Ndakati mumoyo mangu, Mwari ndiye achatonga akarurama nowakaipa;
pane nguva iripo yeshoko rimwe nerimwe nebasa rimwe nerimwe.
3:18 Ndakati mumoyo mangu, pamusoro pevanakomana vevanhu, Mwari!
kuti vazviratidze, uye vaone kuti ndizvo zvavanoita
zvikara.
3:19 nekuti zvinoitirwa vanakomana vavanhu ndizvo zvinoitirwawo mhuka; kunyange mumwe
Mufiro womunhu ndiwo unofawo mumwe; hongu, ivo
vose vane mweya mumwe chete; kuti munhu haana paanopfuura mhuka;
nekuti zvose hazvina maturo.
3:20 Vose vanoenda kunzvimbo imwe; zvose zvinobva muvhu, uye zvose zvinodzokerazve kuvhu.
3:21 Ndiani anoziva mweya womunhu unokwira kumusoro, nomweya womunhu unokwira?
chikara chinoburukira pasi pasi?
3:22 Saka ndakaona kuti hapana chinhu chinopfuura izvozvo munhu
anofanira kufara mumabasa ake; nekuti ndiwo mugove wake;
Muuye naye kuti aone zvichazoitika shure kwake?