Jobho 33
1 “Asi zvino, Jobho, chinzwa mashoko angu; rerekera nzeve yako pane zvose zvandinoreva.
“However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
2 Ndava kuchizoshamisa muromo wangu; mashoko angu ari pamuromo worurimi rwangu.
See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
3 Mashoko angu anobva pamwoyo wakarurama; muromo wangu uchataura chokwadi chandinoziva.
My words will utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.
4 Mweya waMwari wakandiita; kufema kwaWamasimba Ose kunondipa upenyu.
The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
5 Ndipindure zvino, kana uchigona; zvigadzirire ugomisidzana neni.
If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand up.
6 Ini ndakangoita sewe pamberi paMwari; neniwo ndakatorwa muvhu.
Behold, I am towards God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.
7 Kutyisa kwangu hakufaniri kukuvhundutsa, uye ruoko rwangu harufaniri kukuremera.
Behold, my terror will not make you afraid, neither will my pressure be heavy on you.
8 “Asi wakati ini ndichizvinzwa, ndakanzwa mashoko acho chaiwo,
“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
9 ‘Ndakachena uye handina chivi; ndakanaka uye handina mhosva.
‘I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
10 Asi Mwari awana mhosva neni; anonditi muvengi wake.
Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.
11 Anosunga makumbo angu nezvisungo; anocherechedza nzira dzangu dzose.’
He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks all my paths.’
12 “Asi ndinokuudza kuti pachinhu ichi hauna kururama, nokuti Mwari mukuru kukunda munhu.
“Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.
13 Seiko uchimunyunyutira kuti haasi kupindura mashoko omunhu?
Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?
14 Nokuti Mwari anotaura zvino neimwe nzira, pane imwe nguva neimwe nzira, kunyange munhu asingazvioni.
For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.
15 Mukurota, uye muchiratidzo chousiku, hope huru padzinowira vanhu, pavanotsimwaira pamibhedha yavo,
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed,
16 angangotaura munzeve dzavo uye agovavhundutsa neyambiro zhinji,
then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
17 kuti adzore munhu pakuita zvakaipa, uye nokuita kuti arege kuzvikudza,
that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
18 kuti achengetedze mweya wake pagomba, uye kuti upenyu hwake hurege kuparadzwa nomunondo.
He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
19 Kana kuti munhu angarangwa panhoo yokurwadziwa, achiramba achitambudzika mumapfupa ake,
“He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,
20 saka upenyu hwake chaihwo hunosemburwa nezvokudya, uye mweya wake unosema zvokudya zvakaisvonaka.
so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
21 Anoonda kusvikira apera, uye mapfupa ake, akanga asingaonekwi, zvino obuda kunze.
His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.
22 Mweya wake unoswedera kugomba, uye upenyu hwake kunhume dzorufu.
Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
23 “Asi kana kurutivi rwake kuine mutumwa somurevereri, mumwe kubva muchiuru, kuti audze munhu zvakamunakira,
“If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one amongst a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,
24 kuti amunzwire tsitsi agoti, ‘Murwirei kuti arege kuenda kugomba; ndamuwanira dzikinuro,’
then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’
25 ipapo nyama yake inovandudzwa ikafanana neyomwana; inovandudzwa ikaita sapamazuva oujaya hwake.
His flesh will be fresher than a child’s. He returns to the days of his youth.
26 Anonyengetera kuna Mwari agowana nyasha kwaari, anoona chiso chaMwari agopembera nomufaro; anodzoserwazve kururama kwake naMwari.
He prays to God, and he is favourable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.
27 Ipapo anosvika kuvanhu agoti, ‘Ndakatadza, uye ndakaminamisa zvakanga zvakarurama, asi handina kuwana zvaindikodzera.
He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.
28 Akadzikinura mweya wangu pakupinda mugomba, uye ndichararama ndichifadzwa nechiedza.’
He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life will see the light.’
29 “Mwari anoita zvinhu zvose izvi kumunhu, kaviri, kunyange katatu,
“Behold, God does all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man,
30 kudzora mweya wake pakupinda mugomba, kuti chiedza choupenyu chivhenekere paari.
to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
31 “Chinzwa, Jobho, uye urerekere nzeve dzako kwandiri; nyarara, uye ini ndichataura.
Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.
32 Kana unacho chokureva, ndipindure; taurisa, nokuti ndinoda kuti ururamisirwe.
If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.
33 Asi kana zvisakadaro, chinzwa zvino kwandiri; nyarara, uye ndichakudzidzisa uchenjeri.”
If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”
