Jobho 19
1 Ipapo Jobho akapindura akati:
Then Job replied:
2 “Mucharamba muchinditambudza uye muchindipwanya namashoko kusvikira riniko?
“How long will you [three] torment me and crush my spirit by saying to me [that I am wicked]?
3 Zvino kava kagumi kose muchingonditsoropodza; munondirwisa musina nenyadzi dzose.
You have already insulted me many [HYP] times; (are you not ashamed for saying these things to me?/you should be ashamed for saying these things to me.) [RHQ]
4 Kana chiri chokwadi kuti ndakatsauka, kukanganisa kwangu kuchava dambudziko rangu ndoga.
Even if it were true that I have done things that are wrong, I have not injured you!
5 Kana zvechokwadi mungada henyu kuzvikudza pamusoro pangu mukashandisa kuderedzwa kwangu pakundirwisa,
If you truly think that you are better than I am, and you think that my being miserable now proves that I (am guilty/have committed many sins),
6 zvino muzive imi kuti Mwari akandikanganisira uye akandikomberedza nomumbure wake.
you need to realize that it is God who has caused me to suffer. [It is as though] he has trapped me with his net.
7 “Kunyange ndikachema ndichiti, ‘Ndakakanganisirwa we-e!’ handiwani mhinduro; kunyange ndikadanidzira kuti ndibatsirwe, kururamisirwa hakupo.
“I cry out, ‘Help me!’, but no one answers me. I call out loudly, but there is no one, [not even God, ] who acts fairly toward me.
8 Akadzivira nzira yangu kuti ndikonewe kupfuura; akaisa rima munzira dzangu.
[It is as though] [MET] God has blocked my way, with the result that I cannot go where I want to; [it is as though] he has forced me to try to find my way in the darkness.
9 Akandibvisira kukudzwa kwangu, uye akabvisa korona mumusoro mangu.
He has (taken away my good reputation/caused people not to honor me any more); [it is as though] he removed [MET] a crown from my head.
10 Anondibvamburanya kumativi ose kusvikira ndapera; anodzura tariro yangu kunge muti,
He batters me from every side, and I will soon die. He has caused me to no longer confidently expect [him to do good things for me].
11 Kutsamwa kwake kunopfuta pamusoro pangu; anondiverenga pakati pavavengi vake.
He attacks me because he is extremely angry with me [MET], and he considers that I am his enemy.
12 Mauto ake anouya nesimba; anovaka muchinjiziri wokurwa neni, anokomba tende rangu.
[It is as though] he sends his army to attack me; they surround my tent, preparing to attack me.
13 “Akaisa hama dzangu kure neni; vazikani vangu vakaparadzaniswa neni zvachose.
“God has caused my brothers to abandon me, and all those who know me act like strangers to me.
14 Hama dzangu dzepedyo dzakaenda kure neni; shamwari dzangu dzandikanganwa.
All my relatives and good friends have left me.
15 Vaenzi vangu navarandakadzi vangu vava kundiita mubvakure; vanondiona somutorwa.
The people who were guests in my house have forgotten me, and my female servants consider that I am a stranger or that I am a foreigner.
16 Ndinodana muranda wangu, asi haapinduri, kunyange ndikamukumbirisa nomuromo wangu chaiwo.
When I summon my servants, they do not answer; I plead with them to come [to help me, but they do not come].
17 Kufema kwangu kunonyangadza kumukadzi wangu; ndinosemesa kuhama dzangu chaidzo.
My wife does not want to come close to me because my breath [smells very bad], and even my brothers detest me.
18 Kunyange nezvikomana zviduku zvinondiseka; pandinosvika vanondituka.
Even young children despise me; when I stand up [to talk to them], they laugh at me.
19 Shamwari dzangu dzepedyo dzinondisema; vaya vandinoda vandishandukira.
My dearest friends detest me, and those whom I love [very much] have turned against me.
20 Handisati ndichiri chinhu asi ndangova hangu ganda namapfupa; ndangopunyuka napaburi retsono.
My body is [only] skin and bones; I am barely alive [IDM].
21 “Ndinzwirei urombo, shamwari dzangu, ndinzwirei urombo nokuti ruoko rwaMwari rwandirova.
[“I plead with] you, my [three] friends, pity me, because God has (struck [EUP] me with his hand/caused me to suffer greatly).
22 Seiko muchindidzingirira sezvinoita Mwari? Ko, hamungaguti nenyama yangu here?
Why do you cause me to suffer like God does? Why do you continue to slander [MET] me?
23 “Haiwa, dai mashoko angu ainyorwa hawo, dai ainyorwa hawo mubhuku,
“I wish/desire that someone would take these words of mine and write them permanently in a book [in order that people can read them].
24 dai ainyorwa nechinyoreso chesimbi pamutobvu, kana kuti ainyorwa padombo nokusingaperi!
Or else, I wish that he would carve them on a rock with (a chisel/an iron tool) in order that they would last forever.
25 Ndinoziva kuti mudzikinuri wangu mupenyu, uye kuti pakupedzisira achamira pamusoro penyika.
But I know that the one who vindicates/defends me in court is alive, and that some day he will stand [here] on the earth [and make the final decision about whether I deserve to be punished].
26 Uye shure kwokunge ganda rangu raparara, kunyange zvakadaro ndichaona Mwari munyama yangu;
And even after diseases have eaten away my skin, while I still have my body, I will see God.
27 ini pachangu ndichamuona nameso angu pachangu, iyeni kwete mumwe. Haiwa, mwoyo wangu unopanga sei mukati mangu!
I will see him myself; I will see him with my own eyes! I am overwhelmed [as I think about that]!
28 “Kana muchiti, ‘Haiwa tichamutambudza sei, sezvo mudzi wenhamo uri maari,’
“If you three men say, ‘What more can we do to cause Job to suffer?’ and if you say, ‘He has caused his own [troubles],’
29 munofanira kutya munondo imi pachenyu, nokuti hasha dzichauyisa kurangwa nomunondo, ipapo muchaziva kuti pano kutongwa.”
you should be afraid that God will punish [MTY] you; he punishes those [like you] with whom he is angry; and when that happens, you will know that there is [someone who] judges [people].”
