Jobho 12
1 Ipapo Jobho akapindura akati:
Then answered Job, and said,
2 “Zvirokwazvo imi muri vanhu, uye uchenjeri huchafa nemi!
Truly ye are indeed the [right kind of] people, and with you wisdom must die out.
3 Asi neniwo ndinonzwisisa semi; handisi muduku kwamuri. Ndianiko asingazivi zvinhu zvose izvi?
I also have sense like you; I do not fall short compared with you: and who possesseth not such things as these?
4 “Ndava chiseko kushamwari dzangu, kunyange ndakadana kuna Mwari akapindura, ndava chiseko zvacho, kunyange ndakarurama uye ndisina chandingapomerwa!
I am as one laughed at by his friend, who calleth upon God, while he answered him: [yea, ] a laughing-stock though righteous and innocent.
5 Varume vagere zvakanaka vanoshora nhamo, vachiti ndiwo magumo avaya vane tsoka dzinotedzemuka.
To the unfortunate there is given contempt— according to the thoughts of him that is at ease— prepared [also] for those whose foot slippeth.
6 Matende amakororo haakanganiswe, uye vaya vanotsamwisa Mwari vagere zvakanaka, ivo vanotakura mwari wavo mumaoko avo.
Prosperous are the tents of robbers, and security is given to those that provoke God. to him who carrieth his god in his hand.
7 “Asi bvunza mhuka, uye dzichakudzidzisa, kana shiri dzedenga, idzo dzichakuudza;
Yet, do only ask of the beasts, and they will instruct thee; and the fowls of the heavens, and they will tell it thee;
8 kana taura kunyika, ichakudzidzisa, kana hove dzegungwa ngadzikuzivise.
Or speak to the earth, and she will instruct thee; and the fishes of the sea will inform thee
9 Ndechipiko pane zvose izvi chisingazivi kuti ruoko rwaJehovha rwakaita izvi?
Who knoweth not through all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?
10 Upenyu hwezvisikwa zvose huri muruoko rwake, nokufema kwavanhu vamarudzi ose.
[He] in whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all the bodies of men?
11 Ko, nzeve haiedzi mashoko sorurimi runoravira chokudya here?
Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food for itself?
12 Ko, uchenjeri hahuwanikwi pakati pavatana here? Ko, kuwanda kwoupenyu hakuuyisi kunzwisisa here?
So It with the ancients wisdom, and with [those of] length of days understanding,
13 “Uchenjeri nesimba ndezvaMwari; kudzidzisa nokunzwisisa ndezvake.
That with him are wisdom and strength, his are counsel and understanding.
14 Zvaanenge akoromora hakuna anozvivakazve; murume waanenge apfigira mujeri haangasunungurwi.
Behold, he pulleth down, and there can be no rebuilding: he locketh [the prison] upon a man, and there can be no opening,
15 Kana akadzivisa kunaya kwemvura, kuoma kunovapo; kana akairegedzera, nyika inoparadzwa.
Behold, he restraineth the waters, and they dry up; or he suffereth them to flow, and they overturn the earth.
16 Simba nokukunda ndezvake; anonyengerwa nomunyengeri vose ndevake.
With him are strength and counsel: his are the deceived and the deceiver.
17 Anodzinga makurukota asina nguo uye anoita kuti vatongi vave mapenzi.
He leadeth counsellors away bereft of sense, and maketh the judges fools.
18 Anobvisa zvisungo zvakaiswa namadzimambo agosunga zviuno zvavo nomucheka.
He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth a girdle around their loins.
19 Anodzinga vaprista vasina nguo uye anobvisa pachigaro vanhu vakanguri vadzika midzi.
He leadeth priests away bereft of sense, and the powerful he causeth to walk on crooked paths.
20 Anofumbira miromo yavapi vamazano vavanovimba navo, uye anobvisa kunzwisisa kwavakuru.
He removeth the speech from trusty speakers, and taketh away the intelligence of the aged.
21 Anodurura kushorwa pamakurukota uye anokutunura zvombo zvavane simba.
He poureth contempt upon princes, and the belt of the mighty be looseneth.
22 Anobudisa pachena zvinhu zvakadzama zverima, uye anouyisa mimvuri mikuru kuchiedza.
He layeth open deep things from the midst of darkness, and bringeth out unto light the shadow of death.
23 Anoita kuti ndudzi dzive huru, uye anodziparadza; anowanza ndudzi, uye anodziparadzira.
He permitteth the nations to become great, and destroyeth them: he spreadeth out the nations, and leadeth them away.
24 Anotorera vatungamiri venyika kunzwisisa kwavo; anovaendesa vachingodzungaira pasina nzira.
He taketh away the sense of the chiefs of the people of the land, and causeth them to wander astray in a wilderness when there is no way.
25 Vanotsvanzvadzira murima vasina chiedza; anoita kuti vadzedzereke sezvidhakwa.
They grope in the dark without light, and he causeth them to wander astray like a drunken man.
