Job 21
1 Bvt Iob answered, and sayd,
Ipapo Jobho akapindura akati:
2 Heare diligently my wordes, and this shalbe in stead of your consolations.
“Teereresa mashoko angu; uku ngakuve kunyaradza kwaunondipa.
3 Suffer mee, that I may speake, and when I haue spoken, mocke on.
Ndiitire mwoyo murefu ndichitaura hangu, uye kana ndapedza kutaura, urambe uchiseka hako.
4 Doe I direct my talke to man? If it were so, how should not my spirit be troubled?
“Ko, kunyunyuta kwangu kwakanangana nomunhu here? Ndingatadza seiko kuora mwoyo?
5 Marke mee, and be abashed, and lay your hand vpon your mouth.
Nditarire ushamiswe; ufumbire muromo wako noruoko.
6 Euen when I remember, I am afrayde, and feare taketh hold on my flesh.
Ndinotya, pandinofunga izvi; kudedera kunobata muviri wangu.
7 Wherefore do the wicked liue, and waxe olde, and grow in wealth?
Nemhaka yeiko vakaipa vachirarama, vachikwegura uye vachiwedzerwa simba?
8 Their seede is established in their sight with them, and their generation before their eyes.
Vanoona vana vavo vachikura ivo vachiri vapenyu, zvizvarwa zvavo pamberi pavo.
9 Their houses are peaceable without feare, and the rod of God is not vpon them.
Misha yavo igere zvakanaka uye haina chainotya; shamhu yaMwari haisi pamusoro pavo.
10 Their bullocke gendreth, and fayleth not: their cow calueth, and casteth not her calfe.
Hando dzavo hadzikonewi kubereka, mhou dzavo dzinobereka mhuru dzisingasvodzi.
11 They send forth their children like sheepe, and their sonnes dance.
Vanobudisa vana vavo seboka ramakwai; vapwere vavo vanopembera vachitamba.
12 They take the tabret and harpe, and reioyce in the sound of the organs.
Vanoimba vachiridzirwa tambureni nembira; vanofarira kurira kwenyere.
Vanopedza makore avo mukubudirira uye vanopinda muguva nenguva isipi. (Sheol h7585)
14 They say also vnto God, Depart from vs: for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes.
Kunyange zvakadaro vanoti kuna Mwari, ‘Tisiyei takadaro! Hatina hanya nokuziva nzira dzenyu.
15 Who is the Almightie, that we should serue him? and what profit should we haue, if we should pray vnto him?
Wamasimba Ose ndianiko, kuti timushumire? Tinowaneiko kana tikamunamata?’
16 Lo, their wealth is not in their hand: therfore let the counsell of the wicked bee farre from me.
Asi kubudirira kwavo hakusi mumaoko avo, naizvozvo ndinomira kure nerangano yevakaipa.
17 How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put out? and their destruction come vpon them? he wil deuide their liues in his wrath.
“Kunyange zvakadaro, kanganiko kanodzimwa mwenje wevakaipa? Kanganiko vachiwirwa nenjodzi, magumo anotarwa naMwari mukutsamwa kwake?
18 They shall be as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme carieth away.
Vanofanana namakoto anopeperetswa nemhepo runganiko, sehundi inokukurwa nedutu?
19 God wil lay vp the sorowe of the father for his children: when he rewardeth him, hee shall knowe it.
Zvinonzi, ‘Mwari anochengetera vana vomunhu kutongwa.’ Ngaamutsive iye amene, kuitira kuti agozviziva!
20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drinke of the wrath of the Almightie.
Meso ake pachake ngaaone kuparadzwa kwake; iye ngaanwe kutsamwa kwoWamasimba Ose.
21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the nomber of his moneths is cut off?
Nokuti ane hanya yeiko nemhuri yaanosiya shure, mwedzi yaakagoverwa zvoyopera?
22 Shall any teache God knowledge, who iudgeth the highest things?
“Ko, pane munhu angagona kudzidzisa ruzivo kuna Mwari here, iye achitonga kunyange vari pamusoro-soro?
23 One dyeth in his full strength, being in all ease and prosperitie.
Mumwe munhu anofa achine simba rake rizere, akachengetedzeka uye akagadzikana,
24 His breasts are full of milke, and his bones runne full of marowe.
muviri wake wakagwinya, mapfupa ake azere nomwongo.
25 And another dieth in the bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
Mumwe munhu anofa ane shungu dzomwoyo, asina kumbonakidzwa nezvipi zvazvo zvakanaka.
26 They shall sleepe both in the dust, and the wormes shall couer them.
Vanovata muguruva pamwe chete, uye honye dzinovafukidza vose.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the enterprises, wherewith ye do me wrong.
“Ndinoziva chose zvamunofunga, iwo mano amungandikanganisa nawo.
28 For ye say, Where is the princes house? and where is the tabernacle of the wickeds dwelling?
Imi munoti, ‘Imba yomunhu mukuru iripiko zvino, iwo matende aigarwa navanhu vakaipa?’
29 May ye not aske the that go by the way? and ye can not deny their signes.
Hauna kumbobvunza vafambi vaya here? Hauna kuva nehanya nenhoroondo dzavo here,
30 But the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
dzokuti munhu akaipa anodarikwa pazuva renjodzi, kuti anorwirwa pazuva rokutsamwa?
31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall reward him for that he hath done?
Ndianiko anotsoropodza mafambiro ake pachena? Ndianiko anomuripira pane zvaakaita?
32 Yet shall he be brought to the graue, and remaine in the heape.
Iye anotakurwa achiendeswa kuguva, uye rinda rake rinorindwa.
33 The slimie valley shalbe sweete vnto him, and euery man shall draw after him, as before him there were innumerable.
Ivhu romunhika rinotapira kwaari; vanhu vose vanomutevera, uye anotungamirirwa navazhinji vasingaverengeki.
34 How then comfort ye me in vaine, seeing in your answeres there remaine but lyes?
“Saka mungandinyaradza sei nezvisina maturo? Hapana chasara pakupindura kwenyu asi nhema dzoga!”
