Jobho 11

1 Ipapo Zofari muNaamati akapindura akati:

And Zophar the Naamathite answers and says:

2 “Mashoko aya ose haangapindurwi here? Ko, mutauri uyu anofanira kushayirwa mhosva here?

“Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?

3 Ko, kubvotomoka kwako kunganyaradza vanhu here? Ko, pangashaya anokutsiura paunenge uchituka here?

Your boastings make men keep silent, You scorn, and none is causing blushing!

4 Iwe unoti kuna Mwari, ‘Zvandinotenda zvakarurama uye ndakachena pamberi penyu.’

And you say, My discourse [is] pure, And I have been clean in Your eyes.

5 Haiwa, ndinoda sei kuti dai Mwari ataura, kuti dai ashamisa hake muromo wake pamusoro pako,

And yet, O that God had spoken! And opens His lips with you.

6 uye akuzarurire zvakavanzika zvouchenjeri, nokuti uchenjeri hwechokwadi huri paviri. Uzive izvi: Mwari akatokanganwa kare zvimwe zvivi zvako.

And declares to you secrets of wisdom, for counsel has foldings. And know that God forgets of your iniquity for you.

7 “Ko, unganzwisisa zvakavanzika zvaMwari here? Unganzwisisa panogumira Wamasimba Ose here?

Do you find out God by searching? To perfection find out the Mighty One?

8 Zvakakwirira kupfuura matenga, iwe ungaiteiko? Zvakadzika kupfuura kudzika kwebwiro, iwe ungaziveiko? (Sheol h7585)

Heights of the heavens—what [can] you do? Deeper than Sheol—what [can] you know? (Sheol h7585)

9 Chiero chazvo chakareba kupfuura nyika uye zvakapamhama kupfuura gungwa.

Its measure [is] longer than earth, and broader than the sea.

10 “Kana iye akasvika akakupfigira mujeri uye akakoka dare remhosva, ndianiko angapikisana naye?

If He passes on, and shuts up, and assembles, Who then reverses it?

11 Zvirokwazvo anoziva vanhu vanonyengera; uye paanoona chakaipa, anoshaya hanya here?

For He has known men of vanity, And He sees iniquity, And one does not consider [it]!

12 Asi munhu asina kuchenjera haangagoni kuva akangwara sezvo zvisingagoneki kuti mwana wembizi angaberekwa nomunhu.

And empty man is bold, And man is born [as] the colt of a wild donkey.

13 “Asi kana mwoyo wako ukazvipira kwaari, uye ukatambanudzira maoko ako kwaari,

If you have prepared your heart, And have spread out your hands to Him,

14 kana ukaisa kure chivi chiri muruoko rwako, uye ukasatendera chakaipa kugara mutende rako,

If iniquity [is] in your hand, put it far off, And do not let perverseness dwell in your tents.

15 ipapo uchasimudza chiso chako usina nyadzi, uchamira wakasimba uye usingatyi.

For then you lift up your face from blemish, And you have been firm, and do not fear.

16 Zvirokwazvo uchakanganwa nhamo yako, uchangoirangarira semvura yakaerera.

For you forget misery, As waters passed away you remember.

17 Upenyu huchajeka kupfuura masikati makuru, uye rima richaita samangwanani.

And age rises above the noon, You fly—you are as the morning.

18 Iwe uchagara zvakanaka, nokuti tariro iriko; ucharinga-ringa ugozorora murugare.

And you have trusted because there is hope, And searched—in confidence you lie down,

19 Uchavata hako pasi, pasina munhu anokuvhundutsa, uye vazhinji vachakumbira nyasha dzako.

And you have rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have begged [at] your face;

20 Asi meso avakaipa achaneta, uye vachashayiwa kwokutizira; tariro yavo ichava yokufa.”

And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge has perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!”