Jobho 14
1 “Munhu akazvarwa nomukadzi ane mazuva mashoma azere nokutambudzika.
Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.
2 Anobuda seruva agosvava; anotiza somumvuri, haagari.
He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.
3 Ko, munotarisisa munhu akadai here? Ko, muchamuuyisa kuzotongwa pamberi penyu here?
And yet thou openest thine eyes vpon such one, and causest me to enter into iudgement with thee.
4 Ndianiko angabudisa chinhu chakachena kubva pane chine tsvina? Hakuna!
Who can bring a cleane thing out of filthinesse? there is not one.
5 Mazuva omunhu akatarwa; makatema kuwanda kwemwedzi yake, mukamutarira miganhu yaasingagoni kudarika.
Are not his dayes determined? the nober of his moneths are with thee: thou hast appointed his boundes, which he can not passe.
6 Naizvozvo regai kumutarisa uye mumusiye ari oga, kusvikira apedza nguva yake somunhu anoshanda.
Turne from him that he may cease vntill his desired day, as an hyreling.
7 “Asi kumuti kune tariro: Kana ukatemwa, unobukirazve, uye mabukira awo matsva haasvavi.
For there is hope of a tree, if it bee cut downe, that it will yet sproute, and the branches thereof will not cease.
8 Midzi yawo ingava yakwegura hayo muvhu uye hunde yawo ichifa muvhu,
Though the roote of it waxe olde in the earth, and the stocke thereof be dead in ye ground,
9 asi uchabukira pakunhuhwira kwemvura ugomera somuti uchangotanga kumera.
Yet by the sent of water it will bud, and bring foorth boughes like a plant.
10 Asi munhu anofa agoradzikwa pasi; anofema kokupedzisira uye haazovapozve.
But man is sicke, and dyeth, and man perisheth, and where is he?
11 Sokupera kunoita mvura mugungwa, kana kupwa nokuoma kworwizi,
As the waters passe from the sea, and as the flood decayeth and dryeth vp,
12 saizvozvo munhu anovata pasi asingazomuki; kusvikira matenga asisiko, vanhu havazomukizve kana kumutswa pakuvata kwavo.
So man sleepeth and riseth not: for hee shall not wake againe, nor be raised from his sleepe till the heauen be no more.
13 “Haiwa, dai mandiviga henyu muguva chete, uye mandiviga kusvikira kutsamwa kwenyu kwapfuura! Dai chete manditarira nguva, uye ipapo mugondirangarira! (Sheol h7585)
Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the graue, and keepe me secret, vntill thy wrath were past, and wouldest giue me terme, and remember me. (Sheol h7585)
14 Kana munhu akafa, angazoraramazve here? Mazuva ose okushanda kwangu kwakaoma, ndicharindira kusvikira kuvandudzwa kwangu kwasvika.
If a man die, shall he liue againe? All the dayes of mine appointed time will I waite, till my changing shall come.
15 Muchadana uye ini ndichakupindurai; muchashuva chisikwa chamakaita namaoko enyu.
Thou shalt call me, and I shall answere thee: thou louest the worke of thine own hands.
16 Zvirokwazvo muchaverenga nhambwe dzangu ipapo, asi musingarondi chivi changu.
But nowe thou nombrest my steppes, and doest not delay my sinnes.
17 Kudarika kwangu kuchasungirwa musaga; muchafukidzira chivi changu.
Mine iniquitie is sealed vp, as in a bagge, and thou addest vnto my wickednesse.
18 “Asi sokupfupfunyuka kunoita gomo rigoondomoka, uye sokubviswa kwedombo panzvimbo yaro,
And surely as the mountaine that falleth, commeth to nought, and the rocke that is remooued from his place:
19 semvura inochera mabwe, uye sokuyerera kwemvura zhinji inokukura ivhu, saizvozvo munoparadza tariro yomunhu.
As the water breaketh the stones, when thou ouerflowest the things which growe in the dust of ye earth: so thou destroyest ye hope of man.
20 Munomukunda kamwe chete zvachose, uye akasazovapo; munoshandura chiso chake mobva mamudzinga.
Thou preuailest alway against him, so that he passeth away: he changeth his face when thou castest him away.
21 Kana vanakomana vake vachikudzwa, iye haazvizivi; kana vakadzikisirwa pasi, iye haazvioni.
And he knoweth not if his sonnes shall be honourable, neither shall he vnderstand concerning them, whether they shalbe of lowe degree,
22 Anongonzwa kurwadza kwomuviri wake chete, agozvichema iye pachake bedzi.”
But while his flesh is vpon him, he shall be sorowfull, and while his soule is in him, it shall mourne.
