Jobho 16
1 Ipapo Jobho akapindura akati:
Then Job answered and said:
2 “Ndakanzwa zvinhu zvakawanda sezvizvi; mose muri vanyaradzi pasina!
I have heard many such things; sorry comforters are ye all.
3 Ko, kutaura kwenyu kwamadzokorora kwenguva refu hakuperiwo here? Chii chinokurwadzai kuti murambe muchiita nharo?
Shall windy words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
4 Neniwo ndaigona kutaura semi, dai imi manga muri pachinzvimbo changu; ndaigona kutaura mashoko okukupikisai uye ndigokudzungudzirai musoro wangu.
I also could speak as ye do; if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you.
5 Asi muromo wangu waizokukurudzirai: kunyaradza kunobva pamuromo wangu kwaizokuvigirai zororo.
I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips would assuage your grief.
6 “Asi kana ndikataura, kurwadziwa kwangu hakuperi; uye kana ndikanyarara, iko hakubvi.
Though I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and though I forbear, what am I eased?
7 Zvirokwazvo, imi Mwari, mandipedza simba; maparadza imba yangu yose.
But now He hath made me weary; Thou hast made desolate all my company.
8 Makandisunga ini, uye chava chapupu; kuondoroka kunondiwira uye kunopupurira zvinondirwisa.
And Thou hast shrivelled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness riseth up against me, it testifieth to my face.
9 Mwari anondirova uye anondibvambura mukutsamwa kwake, uye anondirumanyira meno ake; mudzivisi wangu anondidzvokorera meso ake anobaya.
He hath torn me in His wrath, and hated me; He hath gnashed upon me with His teeth; mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10 Vanhu vanoshamisa miromo yavo kuti vandiseke; vanondirova padama pakundimhura kwavo, uye vanobatana pamwe chete kuzondirwisa.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek scornfully; they gather themselves together against me.
11 Mwari akandidzorera mumaoko avanhu vakaipa, uye akandikanda mumaoko avakashata.
God delivereth me to the ungodly, and casteth me into the hands of the wicked.
12 Zvose zvakanga zvakanaka hazvo kwandiri, asi iye akandivhuna; akandibata napahuro akandipwanya-pwanya. Akandivavarira;
I was at ease, and He broke me asunder; yea, He hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces; He hath also set me up for His mark.
13 vapfuri vake vemiseve vakandikomba. Anobaya itsvo dzangu asina tsitsi, uye anodururira nduru yangu pasi.
His archers compass me round about, He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14 Nguva nenguva anondirwisa; anondidzingirira somurwi.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.
15 “Ndakasona nguo dzamasaga kuti ndifukidze ganda rangu, uye ndaviga huma yangu muguruva.
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.
16 Chiso changu chatsvuka nokuchema, rima guru rakomberedza meso angu;
My face is reddened with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17 asi zvazvo maoko angu haana kuita chisimba, uye munyengetero wangu wakachena.
Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
18 “Iwe nyika, rega kufukidza ropa rangu; kuchema kwangu ngakurege kuwana zororo!
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no resting-place.
19 Kunyange iko zvino chapupu changu chiri kudenga; murevereri wangu ari kumusoro.
Even now, behold, my Witness is in heaven, and He that testifieth of me is on high.
20 Murevereri wangu ndiye shamwari yangu, meso angu paanodurura misodzi kuna Mwari;
Mine inward thoughts are my intercessors, mine eye poureth out tears unto God;
21 anomira pachinzvimbo chomunhu achikumbira kuna Mwari, somunhu anokumbirira shamwari yake.
That He would set aright a man contending with God, as a son of man setteth aright his neighbour!
22 “Makore mashoma bedzi asara, ndisati ndaenda parwendo rusingadzokwi.
For the years that are few are coming on, and I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
