Tinunure, Ah Jehovah,
Nokuti vanotevera Mwari
Nokukoshesa zvinoera
havasisipo pakati pedu;
Tinunure, Ah Jehovah,
Nokuti vanovimbika
Havasisipo pakati pavanhu vako;
Kwasara vanopambadza manyepo
pakati pavanhu vako;
kwasara vanotaura
nemiromo inonyengera;
kwasara vanotaura
zvokubata kumeso;
kwasara vanopika mhiko pamberi pavanhu
vanemwoyo miviri.
(Mapisarema 12 verses 1-2, Native Version)

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