Jobho 7
1 “Ko, munhu haashandi zvakaoma panyika here? Ko, mazuva ake haana kuita seomushandi here?
Is there not a limited time of service to a mortal upon the earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired laborer?
2 Somuranda anoshuva mimvuri yamadekwana, kana mushandi akamirira kwazvo mubayiro wake,
As a servant eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hired laborer hopeth for his reward:
3 saizvozvo ndakagoverwa mwedzi isina maturo, uye usiku hwokutambudzika hwakagoverwa kwandiri.
So was I compelled to possess months of vanity, and nights of trouble were counted out unto me.
4 Pandinovata pasi ndinofunga kuti, ‘Ndichamuka riniko?’ Usiku hunononoka, uye ndinoshanduka-shanduka kusvikira mambakwedza.
When I He down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am wearied with tossings about till the dawn of day.
5 Muviri wangu wakafukidzwa nehonye uye nemaronda, ganda rangu rakatsemuka uye raora.
My flesh is covered with worms and clods of dust: my skin is burst open, and become loathsome.
6 “Mazuva angu ari kukurumidza kufamba kukunda chokurukisa chomuruki, uye anosvika kumagumo asina tariro.
My days hasten away more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end in the absence of hope.
7 Rangarirai henyu, imi Mwari, kuti upenyu hwangu hunongova mweya wokufema; meso angu haachazoonizve mufaro.
Oh remember that nothing but a breath is my life; that my eye will not again see happiness;
8 Ziso rinondiona zvino harichazondionizve; muchanditsvaka, asi handichazovapozve.
The eye of him that seeth me now will not behold me again: [thou fixest] thy eyes upon me, and I am no more.
9 Sokunyangarika kunoita gore ndokuenda, saizvozvo uyo anoburukira kubwiro haadzokizve. (Sheol h7585)
As the cloud vanisheth and passeth away: so will he that goeth down to the nether world not come up again. (Sheol h7585)
10 Haachazouyi kumba kwakezve; nzvimbo yake haichazomuzivizve.
He will return no more to his house, and his place will not recognize him any more.
11 “Naizvozvo handinganyarari; ndichataura pakurwadza kwomweya wangu, ndichanyunyuta mushungu dzomwoyo wangu,
Therefore will I also not restrain my mouth: I will speak in the anguish of my spirit: I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Ko, ndiri gungwa kanhi, kana chikara chokwakadzika, zvamunondiisa pasi pomurindi?
Am I a sea, or a monster, that thou settest a watch over me?
13 Pandinofunga kuti mubhedha wangu uchandivaraidza, uye kuti mubhedha wangu uchadzikamisa kunyunyuta kwangu,
For should I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall help me bear my complaint:
14 ipapo munondityisidzira nezviroto uye munondivhundutsa nezviratidzo,
Then wouldst thou frighten me with dreams, and with visions wouldst thou terrify me;
15 zvokuti ndinosarudza kuti ndidzipwe ndife hangu, pachinzvimbo chomuviri wangu uno.
So that my soul would choose strangling, death rather than these limbs of mine.
16 Ndinozvidza upenyu hwangu, handidi kurarama nokusingaperi. Ndiregei nokuti mazuva angu haana zvaanoreva.
I loathe it; I cannot live for ever: let me alone; for my days are but nought.
17 “Munhu chiiko zvamunomukoshesa kudai, zvamunomurangarira zvakadai,
What is the mortal, that thou shouldst make him great? and that thou shouldst direct thy heart toward him?
18 zvamunomunzvera mangwanani ose uye muchimuedza nguva dzose?
And that thou shouldst visit him every morning, probe him every moment?
19 Hamusi kuzombotarirawo kudivi here, kana kumbondisiyawo ndakadaro kwechinguva?
How long wilt thou not turn thy regard from me, nor let; me loose till I swallow down my spittle?
20 Kana ndakatadza, ndakaiteiko kwamuri, imi mutariri wavanhu? Makaitireiko kuti ini ndive munhu wamunovavarira? Ko, ini ndava mutoro kwamuri here?
If I have sinned, what [injury] can I cause unto thee, O thou Guardian of men? why hast thou set me as an object for thee to strike at, so that I am become a burden to myself?
21 Nemhaka yeiko musingandikanganwiri mhaka dzangu uye musingandiregereri zvivi zvangu? Nokuti ndichavata muguruva nokukurumidza. Muchanditsvaka, asi handichazovapozve.”
And why wilt thou not forgive my transgression, and let my iniquity pass away? for soon must I lie down in the dust; and thou wilt seek for me, but I shall be no more.
