Job 37
1 “My heart pounds [DOU] when [I think about] that.
“Hana yangu inorova nokuda kwezvizvi, uye mwoyo wangu unotomuka uchibva panzvimbo yawo.
2 Listen, all of you, to the thunder, which is like God’s voice [DOU].
Teererai! Teererai kutinhira kwenzwi rake, nokuunga kunobva pamuromo wake.
3 He causes thunder to be heard all across the sky, and he causes lighting to flash to the most distant places on the earth.
Anoregedzera mheni yake pasi pedenga rose, agoituma kumigumo yenyika.
4 After [the lightning flashes], we hear the thunder which is like [MET] God’s majestic voice; he does not restrain the lightning when he speaks.
Shure kwaizvozvo inzwi rokutinhira kwake rinosvika; anotinhira nenzwi roumambo hwake.
5 When God speaks, it is awesome, like thunder; he does amazing things which we cannot [fully] understand.
Inzwi raMwari rinotinhira nenzira dzinoshamisa; iye anoita zvinhu zvikuru zvinopfuura kunzwisisa kwedu.
6 He commands the snow to fall on the ground, and [sometimes] he causes it to rain very hard.
Anoti kuchando, ‘Donhera panyika,’ nokumvura inonaya, ‘Naya nesimba.’
7 And [when God does that, ] it prevents people [SYN] from working, in order that all people may know that he is the one who has done that (OR, what he can do).
Kuitira kuti vanhu vose vaakasika vazive basa rake, anoita kuti munhu mumwe nomumwe ambomira kushanda.
8 [When it rains, ] animals go into their hiding places, and they remain there [until the rain stops].
Mhuka dzinovanda; dzinoramba dziri mumapako adzo.
9 The storms/hurricanes come from the place [in the south where they start], and the cold wind comes from the north.
Dutu rinobuda pakamuri yaro, chando chinobva pakuvhuvhuta kwemhepo.
10 [In the (winter/cold season), the cold north wind is like] God’s breath [that] causes [MET] water to freeze; he causes the lakes/streams to become ice.
Kufema kwaMwari kunobudisa mazaya echando, uye mvura zhinji inooma kuita chando.
11 God fills the clouds with moisture/hail, and lightning flashes from the clouds.
Anozadza makore nounyoro; anoparadzira mheni yake nomumakore.
12 He guides the clouds and causes them to move back and forth in order that they may accomplish all that he commands them to do, all over the world.
Anoafambisa sezvaanoda pamusoro penyika yose, kuti aite zvose zvaanoarayira.
13 Sometimes God sends rain to punish us, and sometimes he sends rain to show us that he acts kindly toward us.
Anouyisa makore kuzoranga vanhu, kana kuzodiridza nyika yake kuti aratidze rudo rwake.
14 “Job, listen to this; stop and think about the wonderful things that God does.
“Teerera izvi, Jobho; imbomira ugorangarira zvishamiso zvaMwari.
15 (Do you know how God commands the lightning to flash down from the clouds?/We do not know how God commands the lightning to flash down from the clouds.) [RHQ]
Unoziva here kudzorwa kwamakore naMwari nokupenyesa kwaanoita mheni yake?
16 Only God knows everything perfectly; so (do you know how he causes the clouds to (move/float) (amazingly/wonderfully) across the sky?/you certainly do not know how he causes the clouds to (move/float) (amazingly/wonderfully) across the sky!) [RHQ]
Unoziva maturikirwo akaitwa makore here, izvo zvishamiso zvaiye akakwana muruzivo?
17 No, you just sweat there in your clothes; [it is very oppressive] when the [hot] wind stops blowing from the south and [all the leaves on the trees] (become still/do not move).
Iyewe unopiswa nenguo dzako nyika painonyaradzwa nemhepo yezasi,
18 (Can you stretch out the skies like God does and make them as hard as [SIM] a sheet of polished brass?/You certainly cannot stretch out the skies like God does and make them as hard as [SIM] a sheet of polished brass!) [RHQ]
ko, ungagona kubatana naye pakutatamura matenga here, iwo akaoma kunge chionioni chendarira yakaumbwa.
19 “Job, tell us(exc) what we should say to God; we do not know anything [IDM]. As a result, we do not know what to say to him to defend ourselves.
“Tiudze zvatingareva kwaari; hatigoni kureva mhaka yedu nokuda kwerima redu.
20 Should I tell God that I want to speak to him? No, because [if I did that, ] he might destroy me.
Ko, anofanira kuudzwa kuti ndinoda kutaura here? Ko, pano munhu angakumbira kumedzwa here?
21 Now, people cannot look [directly] at the sun when it shines brightly in the sky after the wind has blown the clouds away; [so, we certainly cannot look at the brightness of God].
Zvino hakuna munhu angatarira kuzuva, nokuvhenekera kwaro riri mumatenga, mushure mokunge mhepo yaachenesa.
22 God comes out of the north with a light [that shines like] gold; his glory causes us to be afraid.
Anouya nokubwinya kunoyevedza achibva nokumusoro; Mwari anouya nokubwinya kunotyisa.
23 Almighty God is very powerful, and we cannot come near to him. He always acts righteously, and he will never oppress us.
Wamasimba Ose haasvikiki kwaari uye anokudzwa nesimba; mukururamisira uye nokururama kwake kukuru haadzvinyiriri.
24 That is the reason that we have an awesome respect for him; he does not pay attention to those who proudly, [but wrongly], think that they are wise.”
Naizvozvo, vanhu vanomutya, ko, haana hanya navose vakachenjera pamwoyo here?”
