Jobho 22
1 Ipapo Erifazi muTemani akapindura akati:
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2 “Ko, munhu angabatsira Mwari here? Kunyange munhu akachenjera angamubatsira here?
Can a man be profitable unto God? surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.
3 Wamasimba Ose angawana mufaro weiko dai iwe wakarurama? Aibatsirwa neiko dai nzira dzako dzaiva dzakarurama?
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect?
4 “Imhaka yokumunamata kwako here zvaanokutsiura uyewo achikupa mhosva?
Is it for thy fear [of him] that he reproveth thee, that he entereth with thee into judgment?
5 Zvakaipa zvako hazvina kukura here? Handiti zvivi zvako hazviperi?
Is not thy wickedness great? neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
6 Wakakumbira rubatso kuhama dzako pasina; wakatorera vanhu nguo dzavo, uchivasiya vasina kupfeka.
For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 Wakanyima mvura vakaneta uye wakanyima vane nzara zvokudya,
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
8 kunyange wakanga uri munhu ane simba, ane minda yake, uri munhu anokudzwa, agere pairi.
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man, he dwelt in it.
9 Wakadzinga chirikadzi dzisina chinhu uye wakavhuna simba renherera.
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10 Ndokusaka misungo yakakukomberedza, ndokusaka njodzi ichikuvhundutsa,
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee,
11 ndokusaka kuine rima usingakwanisi kuona, uye mafashamu emvura achikufukidza.
Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters cover thee.
12 “Ko, Mwari haazi kumusoro kwokudenga here? Tarira kukwirira kwakaita nyeredzi dzokumusoro-soro!
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
13 Asi imi munoti, ‘Mwari anoziveiko? Ko, anotonga murima rakadai here?
And thou sayest, What doth God know? can he judge through the thick darkness?
14 Makore matema anomufukidza, saka haationi paanofamba-famba padenderedzwa ramatenga.’
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
15 Ko, iwe ucharambira munzira yakare iya yakatsikwa navanhu vakaipa here?
Wilt thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?
16 Ivo vakabvutwa nguva yavo isati yasvika, hwaro hwavo hwakakukurwa namafashamu.
Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream:
17 Vakati kuna Mwari, ‘Tisiyei takadaro! Wamasimba Ose angaiteiko kwatiri?’
Who said unto God, Depart from us; and, What can the Almighty do for us?
18 Sezvo ari iye akazadza dzimba dzavo nezvinhu zvakanaka, ndinomira kure namano avakaipa.
Yet he fired their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 “Vakarurama vanoona kuparadzwa kwavo vagofara, vasina mhaka vanovaseka vachiti,
The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
20 ‘Zvirokwazvo vadzivisi vedu vaparadzwa, uye moto unopedza pfuma yavo.’
[Saying], Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, and the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.
21 “Zviise pasi paMwari ugova norugare naye, nenzira iyi kubudirira kuchasvika kwauri.
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
22 Gamuchira kurayira kunobva mumuromo make uye uchengete mashoko ake mumwoyo.
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
23 Kana ukadzokera kuna Wamasimba Ose, uchadzoredzerwa: Kana ukabvisa zvakaipa uchizviisa kure netende rako,
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up; if thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.
24 uye ukaisa goridhe rako paguruva, iro goridhe rako rokuOfiri kumatombo okunzizi,
And lay thou [thy] treasure in the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the brooks;
25 ipapo Wamasimba Ose achava goridhe rako, iyo sirivha yako yakanyatsosanangurwa.
And the Almighty shall be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee.
26 Zvirokwazvo ipapo uchawana mufaro muna Wamasimba Ose, uye uchasimudzira chiso chako kuna Mwari.
For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
27 Uchanyengetera kwaari, uye achakunzwa, uye iwe uchazadzisa zvawakapika.
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee; and thou shalt pay thy vows.
28 Zvaunotaura sechirevo zvichaitika, uye chiedza chichavhenekera panzira dzako.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.
29 Vanhu pavanodzikiswa iwe ukati, ‘Vasimudzei!’ ipapo vakaderedzwa vachaponeswa.
When they cast [thee] down, thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; and the humble person he shall save.
30 Achadzikinura kunyange uyo ane mhosva, acharwirwa kubudikidza nokuchena kwamaoko ako.”
He shall deliver [even] him that is not innocent: yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thine hands.
