Jobho 14
1 “Munhu akazvarwa nomukadzi ane mazuva mashoma azere nokutambudzika.
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
2 Anobuda seruva agosvava; anotiza somumvuri, haagari.
He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3 Ko, munotarisisa munhu akadai here? Ko, muchamuuyisa kuzotongwa pamberi penyu here?
And dost Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with Thee?
4 Ndianiko angabudisa chinhu chakachena kubva pane chine tsvina? Hakuna!
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
5 Mazuva omunhu akatarwa; makatema kuwanda kwemwedzi yake, mukamutarira miganhu yaasingagoni kudarika.
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with Thee, and Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
6 Naizvozvo regai kumutarisa uye mumusiye ari oga, kusvikira apedza nguva yake somunhu anoshanda.
Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
7 “Asi kumuti kune tariro: Kana ukatemwa, unobukirazve, uye mabukira awo matsva haasvavi.
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
8 Midzi yawo ingava yakwegura hayo muvhu uye hunde yawo ichifa muvhu,
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
9 asi uchabukira pakunhuhwira kwemvura ugomera somuti uchangotanga kumera.
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.
10 Asi munhu anofa agoradzikwa pasi; anofema kokupedzisira uye haazovapozve.
But man dieth, and lieth low; yea, man perisheth, and where is he?
11 Sokupera kunoita mvura mugungwa, kana kupwa nokuoma kworwizi,
As the waters fail from the sea, and the river is drained dry;
12 saizvozvo munhu anovata pasi asingazomuki; kusvikira matenga asisiko, vanhu havazomukizve kana kumutswa pakuvata kwavo.
So man lieth down and riseth not; till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.
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 nether-world, that Thou wouldest keep me secret, until Thy wrath be past, that Thou wouldest appoint me a set time, 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, may he live again? All the days of my service would I wait, till my relief should come —
15 Muchadana uye ini ndichakupindurai; muchashuva chisikwa chamakaita namaoko enyu.
Thou wouldest call, and I would answer Thee; Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of Thy hands.
16 Zvirokwazvo muchaverenga nhambwe dzangu ipapo, asi musingarondi chivi changu.
But now Thou numberest my steps, Thou dost not even wait for my sin;
17 Kudarika kwangu kuchasungirwa musaga; muchafukidzira chivi changu.
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity.
18 “Asi sokupfupfunyuka kunoita gomo rigoondomoka, uye sokubviswa kwedombo panzvimbo yaro,
And surely the mountain falling crumbleth away, and the rock is removed out of its place;
19 semvura inochera mabwe, uye sokuyerera kwemvura zhinji inokukura ivhu, saizvozvo munoparadza tariro yomunhu.
The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man.
20 Munomukunda kamwe chete zvachose, uye akasazovapo; munoshandura chiso chake mobva mamudzinga.
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21 Kana vanakomana vake vachikudzwa, iye haazvizivi; kana vakadzikisirwa pasi, iye haazvioni.
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he regardeth them not.
22 Anongonzwa kurwadza kwomuviri wake chete, agozvichema iye pachake bedzi.”
But his flesh grieveth for him, and his soul mourneth over him.
