Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said,
Ipapo Jobho akapindura akati:
2 “Even today my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy because of my groaning.
“Kunyange nanhasi ndinonyunyuta ndine shungu; ruoko rwake runondiremera kunyange ndiri pakugomera kwangu.
3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him! Oh, that I might come to his place!
Dai chete ndaiziva kwandingamuwana; dai chete ndaigona kuenda kwaanogara!
4 I would lay my case in order before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
Ndaitaura hangu mhaka yangu pamberi pake, uye ndaizadza muromo wangu nenharo.
5 I would learn the words with which he would answer me and would understand what he would say to me.
Ndaizoziva hangu zvaaizondipindura, uye ndaizocherechedza zvaaizoreva.
6 Would he argue against me in the greatness of his power? No, he would pay attention to me.
Kuti aizondidzivisa nesimba guru here? Kwete, haaizondipomera mhaka.
7 There the upright person might argue with him. In this way I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
Ipapo munhu akarurama aigona kuzotaura mhaka yake pamberi pake, uye ndaizosunungurwa kubva pamutongi wangu nokusingaperi.
8 See, I go eastward, but he is not there, and westward, but I cannot perceive him.
“Asi kana ndikaenda kumabvazuva, iye haako; kana ndikaenda kumavirira, handimuwani.
9 To the north, where he is at work, but I cannot see him, and to the south, where he hides himself so that I cannot see him.
Paanenge ari pabasa nechokumusoro, handimuoni; paanotsaukira zasi, handikwanisi kumuona.
10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come out like gold.
Asi iye anoziva nzira yandinofamba nayo; kana apedza kundiedza, ndichabuda ndava segoridhe.
11 My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept to his way and turned not aside.
Tsoka dzangu dzakanyatsotevera paakatsika; ndakarambira panzira dzake ndisingambotsaukiri parutivi.
12 I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
Handina kumbobva pamirayiro yemiromo yake; ndakakoshesa mashoko omuromo wake kupfuura chingwa changu chamazuva ose.
13 But he is one of a kind, who can turn him back? What he desires, he does.
“Asi iye anomira oga, uye ndiani angapikisana naye? Anoita zvaanoda.
14 For he carries out his decree against me; there are many like them.
Anoita zvaakatema pamusoro pangu, uye urongwa huzhinji hwakadai achinahwo mudura rake.
15 Therefore, I am terrified in his presence; when I think about him, I am afraid of him.
Ndokusaka ndichitya pamberi pake; pandinofunga nezvose izvi, ndomutya.
16 For God has made my heart weak; the Almighty has terrified me.
Mwari akaita kuti mwoyo wangu unete; Wamasimba Ose akandivhundutsa.
17 I have not been brought to an end by darkness, because of the thick darkness that covers the gloom of my face.
Kunyange zvakadaro rima harina kuita kuti ndinyarare, iro rima guru rinofukidza chiso changu.
