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Tinokutendai, Mwari, neMuporofita
Tinokutendai, Mwari, neMuporofita
1. Totenda Mwari nemuporofitaMumazuva ekupedzisira.Totenda nekutumira vhangeriKuvhenekera pfungwa dzedu.Totenda nemaropafadzoAtapihwa neruoko rwenyu.Tinofara kukushandiraiNokuda kukutererai.
2. Patinenge tave mudambudzikoRunyararo rwedu rwoparadzwa,Ruvimbo rwunopenya mberi kwedu,Toziva kupona kwava pedyo.Tinobvuma runako rwaSheTaka ona chokwadi kare.Vakai pa vanorwisa ZioniVachaparadzwa zvechokwadi.
3. Toimba runako netsitsi dzake.Tichamukudza panguva dzose,Tichafara muvhangeri rake,Todziya chiyedza cheupenyu.Kuutsvene hokusingaperiVakarurama vachaenda.Avovanoriramba shokoHavachazoziva rufaro.
Manzwi: William Fowler, 1830–1865
Mumhanzi: Caroline Sheridan Norton, 1808–ca. 1877