Jobho 35
1 Ipapo Erihu akati:
And Elius resumed and said,
2 “Unofunga kuti izvi zvakarurama here? Iwe zvaunoti, ‘Ndichanzi ndakarurama naMwari.’
What is this that you think to be according to right? who are you that you have said, I am righteous before the Lord?
3 Kunyange zvakadaro unomubvunza uchiti, ‘Zvinondibatsirei, uye ndinowaneiko nokusatadza.’
I will answer you, and your three friends.
4 “Ndinoda kupindura iwe neshamwari dzako dzaunadzo.
Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high [they are] above you.
5 Tarira kumatenga uone; nanʼanidza makore ari pamusoro pako.
If you have sinned, what will you do?
6 Kana ukatadza, zvinomurwadza zvakadiniko? Kana zvivi zvako zvikawanda, zvinoita sei kwaari?
and if too you have transgressed much, what can you perform?
7 Kana wakarurama, unomupeiko iye, kana kuti anogamuchireiko kubva muruoko rwako?
And suppose you are righteous, what will you give him? or what shall he receive of your hand?
8 Kuipa kwako kunongobata munhu akaita sewe, uye kururama kwako ndekwomwanakomana wavanhu chete.
Your ungodliness [may affect] a man who is like to you; or your righteousness a son of man.
9 “Vanhu vanoridza mhere vari pasi pomutoro wokumanikidzwa; vanokumbira kusunungurwa kubva muruoko rwoune simba.
They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.
10 Asi hakuna munhu anoti, ‘Aripiko Mwari Muiti wangu, anopa nziyo panguva yousiku,
But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;
11 anodzidzisa zvakawanda kwatiri kupfuura mhuka dzenyika uye anotiita vakachenjera kupfuura shiri dzedenga.’
who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky?
12 Haapinduri kana vanhu vachiridza mhere, nokuda kwokuzvikudza kwavakaipa.
There they shall cry, and none shall listen, even because of the insolence of wicked men.
13 Zvirokwazvo, Mwari haateereri chikumbiro chavo chisina maturo; Wamasimba Ose haazviteereri izvozvo.
For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One.
14 Ndoda, zvino, haangateereri kana uchiti hausi kumuona, mhaka yako iri pamberi pake zvokuti unofanira kumumirira,
He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do you plead before him, if you can praise him, as it is [possible] even now.
15 uyezve, kuti kutsamwa kwake hakumborangi, uye haana hanya zvake nezvakaipa.
For he is not [now] regarding his wrath, nor has he noticed severely any trespass.
16 Saka Jobho anoshamisa muromo wake achitaura zvisina maturo; anowanza mashoko ake asina zivo.”
Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.
