Jobho 33

¹“Asi zvino, Jobho, chinzwa mashoko angu;

²Ndava kuchizoshamisa muromo wangu;

³Mashoko angu anobva pamwoyo wakarurama;

⁴Mweya waMwari wakandiita;

⁵Ndipindure zvino, kana uchigona;

⁶Ini ndakangoita sewe pamberi paMwari;

⁷Kutyisa kwangu hakufaniri kukuvhundutsa,

⁸“Asi wakati ini ndichizvinzwa,

⁹‘Ndakachena uye handina chivi;

¹⁰Asi Mwari awana mhosva neni;

¹¹Anosunga makumbo angu nezvisungo;

¹²“Asi ndinokuudza kuti pachinhu ichi hauna kururama,

¹³Seiko uchimunyunyutira

¹⁴Nokuti Mwari anotaura zvino neimwe nzira,

¹⁵Mukurota, uye muchiratidzo chousiku,

¹⁶angangotaura munzeve dzavo uye

¹⁷kuti adzore munhu pakuita zvakaipa,

¹⁸kuti achengetedze mweya wake pagomba,

¹⁹Kana kuti munhu angarangwa panhoo yokurwadziwa,

²⁰saka upenyu hwake chaihwo hunosemburwa nezvokudya,

²¹Anoonda kusvikira apera,

²²Mweya wake unoswedera kugomba,

²³“Asi kana kurutivi rwake kuine mutumwa somurevereri,

²⁴kuti amunzwire tsitsi agoti,

²⁵ipapo nyama yake inovandudzwa ikafanana neyomwana;

²⁶Anonyengetera kuna Mwari agowana nyasha kwaari,

²⁷Ipapo anosvika kuvanhu agoti,

²⁸Akadzikinura mweya wangu pakupinda mugomba,

²⁹“Mwari anoita zvinhu zvose izvi kumunhu,

³⁰kudzora mweya wake pakupinda mugomba,

³¹“Chinzwa, Jobho, uye urerekere nzeve dzako kwandiri;

³²Kana unacho chokureva, ndipindure;

³³Asi kana zvisakadaro, chinzwa zvino kwandiri;