1 Ipapo Erifazi muTemani akapindura akati:
2 “Ko, munhu akangwara angapindura zvisina njere here, kana kuzadza dumbu rake nemhepo inopisa yokumabvazuva?
3 Ko, angakakavara namashoko asina maturo, nokutaura mashoko asina basa here?
4 Asi munotorwisa kururuma uye munodzivisa kunamata Mwari.
5 Chivi chako chinorunzira muromo wako; uye unotevera rurimi rwavanyengeri.
6 Muromo wako pachako ndiwo unokupa mhosva, kwete wangu, miromo yako pachako inokupupurira zvakaipa.