Jobho 12
1 Ipapo Jobho akapindura akati:
Then Job answered and said,
2 “Zvirokwazvo imi muri vanhu, uye uchenjeri huchafa nemi!
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
3 Asi neniwo ndinonzwisisa semi; handisi muduku kwamuri. Ndianiko asingazivi zvinhu zvose izvi?
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth 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 that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, [a man] that called upon God, and he answered him: the just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
5 Varume vagere zvakanaka vanoshora nhamo, vachiti ndiwo magumo avaya vane tsoka dzinotedzemuka.
In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
6 Matende amakororo haakanganiswe, uye vaya vanotsamwisa Mwari vagere zvakanaka, ivo vanotakura mwari wavo mumaoko avo.
The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly].
7 “Asi bvunza mhuka, uye dzichakudzidzisa, kana shiri dzedenga, idzo dzichakuudza;
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
8 kana taura kunyika, ichakudzidzisa, kana hove dzegungwa ngadzikuzivise.
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
9 Ndechipiko pane zvose izvi chisingazivi kuti ruoko rwaJehovha rwakaita izvi?
Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of LORD hath wrought this?
10 Upenyu hwezvisikwa zvose huri muruoko rwake, nokufema kwavanhu vamarudzi ose.
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
11 Ko, nzeve haiedzi mashoko sorurimi runoravira chokudya here?
Doth not the ear try words, even as the palate tasteth its meat?
12 Ko, uchenjeri hahuwanikwi pakati pavatana here? Ko, kuwanda kwoupenyu hakuuyisi kunzwisisa here?
With aged men is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.
13 “Uchenjeri nesimba ndezvaMwari; kudzidzisa nokunzwisisa ndezvake.
With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding.
14 Zvaanenge akoromora hakuna anozvivakazve; murume waanenge apfigira mujeri haangasunungurwi.
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
15 Kana akadzivisa kunaya kwemvura, kuoma kunovapo; kana akairegedzera, nyika inoparadzwa.
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
16 Simba nokukunda ndezvake; anonyengerwa nomunyengeri vose ndevake.
With him is strength and effectual working; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 Anodzinga makurukota asina nguo uye anoita kuti vatongi vave mapenzi.
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools.
18 Anobvisa zvisungo zvakaiswa namadzimambo agosunga zviuno zvavo nomucheka.
He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle.
19 Anodzinga vaprista vasina nguo uye anobvisa pachigaro vanhu vakanguri vadzika midzi.
He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
20 Anofumbira miromo yavapi vamazano vavanovimba navo, uye anobvisa kunzwisisa kwavakuru.
He removeth the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the elders.
21 Anodurura kushorwa pamakurukota uye anokutunura zvombo zvavane simba.
He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong.
22 Anobudisa pachena zvinhu zvakadzama zverima, uye anouyisa mimvuri mikuru kuchiedza.
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23 Anoita kuti ndudzi dzive huru, uye anodziparadza; anowanza ndudzi, uye anodziparadzira.
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he spreadeth the nations abroad, and bringeth them in.
24 Anotorera vatungamiri venyika kunzwisisa kwavo; anovaendesa vachingodzungaira pasina nzira.
He taketh away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25 Vanotsvanzvadzira murima vasina chiedza; anoita kuti vadzedzereke sezvidhakwa.
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
