Jobho 24
1 “Seiko Wamasimba Ose asingatari nguva dzokutonga? Seiko avo vanomuziva vachitarisira mazuva akadai pasina?
But why have the seasons been hidden from the Lord,
2 Vanhu vanobvisa mabwe omuganhu; vanofudza makwai avakaba.
while the ungodly have passed over the bound, carrying off the flock with the shepherd?
3 Vanotinha mbongoro dzenherera, uye vanotora nzombe yechirikadzi vachiita rubatso.
They have led away, the ass of the fatherless, and taken the widow's ox for a pledge.
4 Vanodzinga vanoshayiwa kubva panzira, uye vanomanikidza varombo vose venyika kundovanda.
They have turned aside the weak from the right way: and the meek of the earth have hidden themselves together.
5 Sezvinoita mbizi murenje, varombo vanobuda vachienda kumabasa avo, okukwara-kwara zvokudya; gwenga rinopa vana varo zvokudya.
And they have departed like asses in the field, having gone forth on my account according to their own order: his bread is sweet to [his] little ones.
6 Vanosunganidza uswa mumasango, uye vanononga mazambiringa muminda yavakaipa.
They have reaped a field that was not their own before the time: the poor have laboured in the vineyards of the ungodly without pay and without food.
7 Vashaya nguo, vagovata usiku hwose vasina zvavakapfeka uye vanoshayiwa zvokufuka muchando.
They have caused many naked to sleep without clothes, and they have taken away the covering of their body.
8 Vanototeswa nemvura inonaya mumakomo, uye vanombundikira matombo nokuda kwokushayiwa pokuvanda.
They are wet with the drops of the mountains: they have embraced the rock, because they had no shelter.
9 Mwana nherera anobvutwa kubva pazamu; mwana mucheche womurombo anotorwa nokuda kwechikwereti.
They have snatched the fatherless from the breast, and have afflicted the outcast.
10 Nokushayiwa zvokufuka, vanongofamba-famba havo vasina kupfeka; vanotakura zvisote, asi vane nzara.
And they have wrongfully caused [others] to sleep without clothing, and taken away the morsel of the hungry.
11 Vanopwanya maorivhi pakati pemihoronga; vanotsika zvisviniro zvewaini, asi vanofa nenyota.
They have unrighteously laid wait in narrow places, and have not known the righteous way.
12 Kugomera kwavanhu vanofa kunonzwika muguta, uye mweya yavakakuvadzwa inochema kuti ibatsirwe. Asi Mwari haana munhu waanopa mhosva.
Who have cast forth [the] poor from the city and their own houses, and the soul of the children has groaned aloud.
13 “Varipo vanomukira chiedza, vasingambozivi nzira dzacho kana kugara mumakwara acho.
Why then has he not visited these? forasmuch as they were upon the earth, and took no notice, and they knew not the way of righteousness, neither have they walked in their [appointed] paths?
14 Panongovira zuva, muurayi anobva amuka, uye anouraya varombo navanoshayiwa; panguva dzousiku anonyahwaira sembavha.
But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: and in the night one will be as a thief:
15 Ziso remhombwe rinomirira rubvunzavaeni; anofunga achiti, ‘Hakuna ziso richandiona,’ uye anogara akavanza chiso chake.
and the eye of the adulterer has watched [for] the darkness, saying, Eye shall not perceive me, and he puts a covering on his face.
16 Vanhu vanopaza dzimba murima, asi masikati vanozvipfigira mukati madzo; havana chokuita nechiedza.
In darkness he digs through houses: by day they conceal themselves securely: they know not the light.
17 Kwavari vose zvavo, rima guru ndiwo mangwanani avo; vanoita ushamwari nokutyisa kwerima.
For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death, for [each] will be conscious of the terror of the shadow of death.
18 “Nyamba ivo ifuro riri pamusoro pemvura; mugove wavo wenyika wakatukwa, zvokuti hakuna munhu achaenda kuminda yemizambiringa.
He is swift on the face of the water: let his portion be cursed on the earth; and let their plants be laid bare.
19 Kupisa nokuoma sezvakunobvisa chando chanyunguduka, saizvozvo guva rinobvuta vaya vakatadza. (Sheol h7585)
[Let them be] withered upon the earth; for they have plundered the sheaves of the fatherless. (Sheol h7585)
20 Chizvaro chinovakanganwa, honye inovadya; vanhu vakaipa havacharangarirwizve asi vakavhunwa somuti.
Then is his sin brought to remembrance, and he vanishes like a vapour of dew: but let what he has done be recompensed to him, and let every unrighteous one be crushed like rotten wood.
21 Vanovandira mukadzi asingabereki, asina mwana, uye havaitiri chirikadzi tsitsi.
For he has not treated the barren woman well, and has had no pity on a feeble woman.
22 Asi Mwari anokwekweredza vane simba nesimba rake; kunyange vakasimbiswa, havana chokwadi noupenyu hwavo.
And in wrath he has overthrown the helpless: therefore when he has arisen, [a man] will not feel secure of his own life.
23 Angavarega zvavo vakazorora vachifungidzira kuti vakachengetedzwa; asi meso ake ari panzira dzavo.
When he has fallen sick, let him not hope to recover: but let him perish by disease.
24 Vanosimudzirwa kwechinguva chiduku, gare gare vaenda; vanodukupiswa vagounganidzwa savamwe vose, vanochekwa sehura dzezviyo.
For his exaltation has hurt many; but he has withered as mallows in the heat, or as an ear of corn falling off of itself from the stalk.
25 “Kana zvisina kudaro, ndiani anganditi ndinoreva nhema, agoshayisa mashoko angu simba?”
But if not, who is he that says I speak falsely, and will make my words of no account?
