Jobho 16
1 Ipapo Jobho akapindura akati:
Then Job answered,
2 “Ndakanzwa zvinhu zvakawanda sezvizvi; mose muri vanyaradzi pasina!
“I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!
3 Ko, kutaura kwenyu kwamadzokorora kwenguva refu hakuperiwo here? Chii chinokurwadzai kuti murambe muchiita nharo?
Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
4 Neniwo ndaigona kutaura semi, dai imi manga muri pachinzvimbo changu; ndaigona kutaura mashoko okukupikisai uye ndigokudzungudzirai musoro wangu.
I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul’s place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,
5 Asi muromo wangu waizokukurudzirai: kunyaradza kunobva pamuromo wangu kwaizokuvigirai zororo.
but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.
6 “Asi kana ndikataura, kurwadziwa kwangu hakuperi; uye kana ndikanyarara, iko hakubvi.
“Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?
7 Zvirokwazvo, imi Mwari, mandipedza simba; maparadza imba yangu yose.
But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made all my company desolate.
8 Makandisunga ini, uye chava chapupu; kuondoroka kunondiwira uye kunopupurira zvinondirwisa.
You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.
9 Mwari anondirova uye anondibvambura mukutsamwa kwake, uye anondirumanyira meno ake; mudzivisi wangu anondidzvokorera meso ake anobaya.
He has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
10 Vanhu vanoshamisa miromo yavo kuti vandiseke; vanondirova padama pakundimhura kwavo, uye vanobatana pamwe chete kuzondirwisa.
They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.
11 Mwari akandidzorera mumaoko avanhu vakaipa, uye akandikanda mumaoko avakashata.
God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts 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 apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.
13 vapfuri vake vemiseve vakandikomba. Anobaya itsvo dzangu asina tsitsi, uye anodururira nduru yangu pasi.
His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my bile on the ground.
14 Nguva nenguva anondirwisa; anondidzingirira somurwi.
He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs at me like a giant.
15 “Ndakasona nguo dzamasaga kuti ndifukidze ganda rangu, uye ndaviga huma yangu muguruva.
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.
16 Chiso changu chatsvuka nokuchema, rima guru rakomberedza meso angu;
My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids,
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!
“Earth, don’t cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.
19 Kunyange iko zvino chapupu changu chiri kudenga; murevereri wangu ari kumusoro.
Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.
20 Murevereri wangu ndiye shamwari yangu, meso angu paanodurura misodzi kuna Mwari;
My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,
21 anomira pachinzvimbo chomunhu achikumbira kuna Mwari, somunhu anokumbirira shamwari yake.
that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!
22 “Makore mashoma bedzi asara, ndisati ndaenda parwendo rusingadzokwi.
For when a few years have come, I will go the way of no return.
