Jobho 6
1 Ipapo Jobho akapindura akati:
Then Job answered,
2 “Dai chete kurwadziwa kwangu kwaigona kuyerwa uye kusuwa kwangu kwaiiswa pachiyero!
“Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
3 Zvirokwazvo zvairema kupfuura jecha ramakungwa, hazvishamisi kana mashoko angu aiva okuvhurumuka.
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore my words have been rash.
4 Miseve yoWamasimba Ose iri mandiri, mweya wangu unonwa muchetura wayo; kutyisa kwaMwari kwagadzirira kurwa neni.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
5 Ko, mbizi ingachema kana ine bundo here? Ko, nzombe inokuma kana ine zvokudya here?
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
6 Ko, chokudya chisinganaki chingadyiwa chisina munyu here? Ko, chichena chezai chinonaka here?
Can that which has no flavour be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7 Ndinoramba kuzvibata; zvokudya zvakadai zvinondirwarisa.
My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.
8 “Haiwa, dai ndapiwa hangu zvandinokumbira kuti Mwari andipe zvandinotarisira,
“Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,
9 kuti dai Mwari aida hake kundipwanya, kuti aregere ruoko rwake rundiuraye!
even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10 Ipapo ndaizova hangu nokunyaradzwa uku, mufaro wangu mukurwadziwa kusingagumi, kuti handina kunge ndamboramba mashoko aiye Mutsvene.
Let it still be my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 “Ndinaro here simba, rokuti ndirambe ndine tariro? Tariro yacho ndeyeiko kuti nditsungirire?
What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
12 Ko, ndine simba rebwe here? Ko, nyama yangu indarira here?
Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of bronze?
13 Ko, ndine simba here rokuti ndione kuti ndabatsirika, sezvo zvino kubudirira kwakabviswa kwandiri?
Isn’t it that I have no help in me, that wisdom is driven away from me?
14 “Munhu asina tariro anofanira kuwana rudo rweshamwari dzake, kunyange iye arega kutya Wamasimba Ose.
“To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 Asi hama dzangu hadzivimbike sezvinongoita hova dzava kudira. Sezvinongoita hova dzopfachukira,
My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;
16 dzinosviba pakunyungudika kwamagwada echando, uye dzinozadzwa nokunyungudika kwamagwada echando,
which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.
17 asi dzinoguma kuyerera mumwaka wokupisa, uye mihoronga yadzo inopwa mukupisa.
In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18 Mihoronga inotsauka kubva munzira dzayo; inoenda kumakura ndokuparara.
The caravans that travel beside them turn away. They go up into the waste, and perish.
19 Vafambi veTema vanotsvaka mvura, vashambadziri veShebha vanomirira netariro.
The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them.
20 Vachaora mwoyo, nokuti vaivimba nesimba ravo; vasvikapo, vachashaya zvokuita.
They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.
21 Zvino nemiwo maratidza kusabatsira; munoti mukaona chinhu chinotyisa mobva matya.
For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid.
22 Ko, ndakamboti, ‘Ndipeiwo chipo, ndipei fufuro rinobva papfuma yenyu,
Did I ever say, ‘Give to me’? or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance’?
23 ndirwirei muruoko rwomuvengi, ndidzikinurei mumaoko avanhu vano utsinye’ here?
or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors’?
24 “Ndidzidzisei, uye ndichanyarara hangu; ndiratidzei pandakakanganisa.
“Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error.
25 Mashoko echokwadi anorwadza sei! Asi gakava renyu rinoratidzeiko?
How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?
26 Munoda kutsiura zvandareva, nokutora mashoko omunhu arasa tariro semhepo here?
Do you intend to reprove words, since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?
27 Muchada kana kukanda mijenya pamusoro penherera uye nokutengesa shamwari yenyu.
Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.
28 “Asi zvino chinditarirai netsitsi. Ko, ndingareva nhema pamberi penyu here?
Now therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I will not lie to your face.
29 Musadaro, musava vasakarurama; fungai zvakare, nokuti kururama kwangu kuchiripo.
Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.
30 Ko, pamiromo yangu pane zvakaipa here? Ko, muromo wangu haugoni kunzvera zvakaipa here?
Is there injustice on my tongue? Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?
