Jobho 14
1 “Munhu akazvarwa nomukadzi ane mazuva mashoma azere nokutambudzika.
Man, that is born of woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.
2 Anobuda seruva agosvava; anotiza somumvuri, haagari.
He cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down; He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3 Ko, munotarisisa munhu akadai here? Ko, muchamuuyisa kuzotongwa pamberi penyu here?
And dost thou fix thine eyes upon such a one? And dost thou bring me into judgment with thee?
4 Ndianiko angabudisa chinhu chakachena kubva pane chine tsvina? Hakuna!
Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean? Not one.
5 Mazuva omunhu akatarwa; makatema kuwanda kwemwedzi yake, mukamutarira miganhu yaasingagoni kudarika.
Seeing that his days are determined, And the number of his months, with thee, And that thou hast appointed him bounds which he cannot pass,
6 Naizvozvo regai kumutarisa uye mumusiye ari oga, kusvikira apedza nguva yake somunhu anoshanda.
O turn thine eyes from him, and let him rest, That he may enjoy, as a hireling, his day!
7 “Asi kumuti kune tariro: Kana ukatemwa, unobukirazve, uye mabukira awo matsva haasvavi.
For there is hope for a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that its tender branches will not fail;
8 Midzi yawo ingava yakwegura hayo muvhu uye hunde yawo ichifa muvhu,
Though its root may have grown old in the earth, And though its trunk be dead upon the ground,
9 asi uchabukira pakunhuhwira kwemvura ugomera somuti uchangotanga kumera.
Through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs, like a young plant.
10 Asi munhu anofa agoradzikwa pasi; anofema kokupedzisira uye haazovapozve.
But man dieth, and he is gone! Man expireth, and where is he?
11 Sokupera kunoita mvura mugungwa, kana kupwa nokuoma kworwizi,
The waters fail from the lake; And the stream wasteth and drieth up;
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, he shall not awake, Nor be roused from his sleep.
13 “Haiwa, dai mandiviga henyu muguva chete, uye mandiviga kusvikira kutsamwa kwenyu kwapfuura! Dai chete manditarira nguva, uye ipapo mugondirangarira! (Sheol h7585)
O that thou wouldst hide me in the under-world! That thou wouldst conceal me till thy wrath be past! That thou wouldst appoint me a time, and then remember me! (Sheol h7585)
14 Kana munhu akafa, angazoraramazve here? Mazuva ose okushanda kwangu kwakaoma, ndicharindira kusvikira kuvandudzwa kwangu kwasvika.
If a man die, can he live again? All the days of my war-service would I wait, Till my change should come.
15 Muchadana uye ini ndichakupindurai; muchashuva chisikwa chamakaita namaoko enyu.
Thou wilt call, and I will answer thee; Thou wilt have compassion upon the work of thy hands!
16 Zvirokwazvo muchaverenga nhambwe dzangu ipapo, asi musingarondi chivi changu.
But now thou numberest my steps; Thou watchest over my sins.
17 Kudarika kwangu kuchasungirwa musaga; muchafukidzira chivi changu.
My transgression is sealed up in a bag; Yea, thou addest unto my iniquity.
18 “Asi sokupfupfunyuka kunoita gomo rigoondomoka, uye sokubviswa kwedombo panzvimbo yaro,
As the mountain falling cometh to nought, And the rock is removed from its place;
19 semvura inochera mabwe, uye sokuyerera kwemvura zhinji inokukura ivhu, saizvozvo munoparadza tariro yomunhu.
As the waters wear away the stones, And the floods 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 against him continually, and he perisheth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21 Kana vanakomana vake vachikudzwa, iye haazvizivi; kana vakadzikisirwa pasi, iye haazvioni.
His sons come to honor, but he knoweth it not; Or they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not.
22 Anongonzwa kurwadza kwomuviri wake chete, agozvichema iye pachake bedzi.”
But his flesh shall have pain for itself alone; For itself alone shall his soul mourn.
