Jobho 24
1 “Seiko Wamasimba Ose asingatari nguva dzokutonga? Seiko avo vanomuziva vachitarisira mazuva akadai pasina?
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
2 Vanhu vanobvisa mabwe omuganhu; vanofudza makwai avakaba.
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
3 Vanotinha mbongoro dzenherera, uye vanotora nzombe yechirikadzi vachiita rubatso.
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
4 Vanodzinga vanoshayiwa kubva panzira, uye vanomanikidza varombo vose venyika kundovanda.
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
5 Sezvinoita mbizi murenje, varombo vanobuda vachienda kumabasa avo, okukwara-kwara zvokudya; gwenga rinopa vana varo zvokudya.
Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
6 Vanosunganidza uswa mumasango, uye vanononga mazambiringa muminda yavakaipa.
They reap every one his provender in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
7 Vashaya nguo, vagovata usiku hwose vasina zvavakapfeka uye vanoshayiwa zvokufuka muchando.
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
8 Vanototeswa nemvura inonaya mumakomo, uye vanombundikira matombo nokuda kwokushayiwa pokuvanda.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
9 Mwana nherera anobvutwa kubva pazamu; mwana mucheche womurombo anotorwa nokuda kwechikwereti.
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
10 Nokushayiwa zvokufuka, vanongofamba-famba havo vasina kupfeka; vanotakura zvisote, asi vane nzara.
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
11 Vanopwanya maorivhi pakati pemihoronga; vanotsika zvisviniro zvewaini, asi vanofa nenyota.
Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12 Kugomera kwavanhu vanofa kunonzwika muguta, uye mweya yavakakuvadzwa inochema kuti ibatsirwe. Asi Mwari haana munhu waanopa mhosva.
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
13 “Varipo vanomukira chiedza, vasingambozivi nzira dzacho kana kugara mumakwara acho.
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14 Panongovira zuva, muurayi anobva amuka, uye anouraya varombo navanoshayiwa; panguva dzousiku anonyahwaira sembavha.
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
15 Ziso remhombwe rinomirira rubvunzavaeni; anofunga achiti, ‘Hakuna ziso richandiona,’ uye anogara akavanza chiso chake.
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
16 Vanhu vanopaza dzimba murima, asi masikati vanozvipfigira mukati madzo; havana chokuita nechiedza.
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
17 Kwavari vose zvavo, rima guru ndiwo mangwanani avo; vanoita ushamwari nokutyisa kwerima.
For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors 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 as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
19 Kupisa nokuoma sezvakunobvisa chando chanyunguduka, saizvozvo guva rinobvuta vaya vakatadza. (Sheol h7585)
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
20 Chizvaro chinovakanganwa, honye inovadya; vanhu vakaipa havacharangarirwizve asi vakavhunwa somuti.
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
21 Vanovandira mukadzi asingabereki, asina mwana, uye havaitiri chirikadzi tsitsi.
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
22 Asi Mwari anokwekweredza vane simba nesimba rake; kunyange vakasimbiswa, havana chokwadi noupenyu hwavo.
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
23 Angavarega zvavo vakazorora vachifungidzira kuti vakachengetedzwa; asi meso ake ari panzira dzavo.
Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
24 Vanosimudzirwa kwechinguva chiduku, gare gare vaenda; vanodukupiswa vagounganidzwa savamwe vose, vanochekwa sehura dzezviyo.
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the heads of grain.
25 “Kana zvisina kudaro, ndiani anganditi ndinoreva nhema, agoshayisa mashoko angu simba?”
And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
