Muparidzi 8
1 Ndiani akafanana nomunhu akachenjera? Ndiani anoziva tsananguro yezvinhu? Uchenjeri hunobwinyisa chiso chomunhu uye hunoshandura kuomarara kwechiso.
The wisdom of a man shineth in his countenance, and the most mighty will change his face.
2 Ndinoti, teerera murayiro wamambo, nokuti wakaita mhiko pamberi paMwari.
I observe the mouth of the king, and the commandments of the oath of God.
3 Usakurumidza kubva pamberi pamambo. Usamiririra zvinhu zvakaipa, nokuti iye achaita chinhu chipi zvacho chinomufadza.
Be not hasty to depart from his face, and do not continue in an evil work: for he will do all that pleaseth him:
4 Sezvo shoko ramambo riri pamusoro pamashoko ose, ndiani angati kwaari, “Munoiteiko?”
And his word is full of power: neither can any man say to him: Why dost thou so?
5 Ani naani zvake achateerera murayiro wake haangawani chinomukuvadza, uye mwoyo wakachenjera uchaziva nguva yakafanira namaitiro akafanira.
He that keepeth the commandments shall find no evil. The heart of a wise man understandeth time and answer.
6 Nokuti kune nguva yakafanira namaitiro akafanira pazvinhu zvose, kunyange nhamo yomunhu ichimuremera zvikuru.
There is a time and opportunity for every business, and great affliction for man:
7 Sezvo pasina munhu anoziva ramangwana, ndiani angamuzivisa zvichauya?
Because he is ignorant of things past, and things to come he cannot know by any messenger.
8 Hakuna munhu ane simba pamusoro pemhepo kuti aitonge; saizvozvowo hakuna munhu ane simba pamusoro pezuva rokufa kwake. Sezvo kusinawo munhu anoregedzeswa kurwa panguva yehondo, saizvozvowo zvakaipa hazvingaregedzi uyo anozviita.
It is not in man’s power to stop the spirit, neither hath he power in the day of death, neither is he suffered to rest when war is at hand, neither shall wickedness save the wicked.
9 Zvose izvi ndakazviona, pandakaisa pfungwa dzangu pane zvose zvinoitwa pasi pezuva. Pane nguva yokuti mumwe munhu anenge ane simba pamusoro pavamwe, asi achizvikuvadza pachake.
All these things I have considered, and applied my heart to all the works that are done under the sun. Sometimes one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
10 Zvino ndakaonazve vakaipa vachivigwa mumakuva, vose vaisiuya nokuenda kubva kunzvimbo tsvene uye vachirumbidzwa muguta mavaiitira izvi. Naizvozviwo hazvina maturo.
I saw the wicked buried: who also when they were yet living were in the holy place, and were praised in the city as men of just works: but this also is vanity.
11 Kana mhosva ikarega kukurumidza kutongwa, mwoyo yavanhu ichazara nezvirongwa zvokuita zvakaipa.
For because sentence is not speedily pronounced against the evil, the children of men commit evils without any fear.
12 Kunyange munhu akaipa akapara mhosva dzinosvika zana agorarama nguva refu, ndinoziva kuti zvichava nani kuna vanhu vanotya Mwari, avo vanokudza Mwari.
But though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and by patience be borne withal, I know from thence that it shall be well with them that fear God, who dread his face.
13 Asi nokuti vakaipa havatyi Mwari, hazvizovanakira, uye mazuva avo haangarebi somumvuri.
But let it not be well with the wicked, neither let his days be prolonged, but as a shadow let them pass away that fear not the face of the Lord.
14 Pane chimwezve chinhu chisina maturo chinoitika panyika: Vanhu vakarurama vanoitirwa zvakafanira kuitirwa vakaipa, uye vanhu vakaipa vanowana zvakafanira kuwanikwa navakarurama. Naizvozviwo ndinoti hazvina maturo.
There is also another vanity, which is done upon the earth. There are just men to whom evils happen, as though they had done the works of the wicked: and there are wicked men, who are as secure, as though they had the deeds of the just: but this also I judge most vain.
15 Saka ndinokurudzira vanhu kuti vafadzwe noupenyu, nokuti hapana chinhu chiri nani kumunhu pasi pezuva kupfuura kudya nokunwa nokufara. Ipapo mufaro uchamutevera mubasa rake mazuva ose oupenyu hwaakapiwa naMwari pasi pezuva.
Therefore I commended mirth, because there was no good for a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry, and that he should take nothing else with him of his labour in the days of his life, which God hath given him under the sun.
16 Pandakaisa pfungwa dzangu kuti ndizive uchenjeri nokuongorora mabasa omunhu panyika, maziso ake asingawani hope usiku namasikati,
And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to understand the distraction that is upon earth: for there are some that day and night take no sleep with their eyes.
17 ipapo ndakaona zvose zvakaitwa naMwari. Hapana munhu angazvinzwisisa zvinoitika pasi pezuva. Hazvinei kuti munhu anoedza sei kuzvitsvaka, munhu haangagoni kuziva zvazvinoreva. Kunyange munhu akachenjera akati anozviziva haangakwanisi kunyatsozvinzwisisa.
And I understood that man can find no reason of all those works of God that are done under the sun: and the more he shall labour to seek, so much the less shall he find: yea, though the wise man shall say, that he knoweth it, he shall not be able to find it.
