Jobho 6

¹Ipapo Jobho akapindura akati:

²“Dai chete kurwadziwa kwangu kwaigona kuyerwa

³Zvirokwazvo zvairema kupfuura jecha ramakungwa,

⁴Miseve yoWamasimba Ose iri mandiri,

⁵Ko, mbizi ingachema kana ine bundo here?

⁶Ko, chokudya chisinganaki chingadyiwa chisina munyu here?

⁷Ndinoramba kuzvibata;

⁸“Haiwa, dai ndapiwa hangu zvandinokumbira

⁹kuti dai Mwari aida hake kundipwanya,

¹⁰Ipapo ndaizova hangu nokunyaradzwa uku,

¹¹“Ndinaro here simba, rokuti ndirambe ndine tariro?

¹²Ko, ndine simba rebwe here?

¹³Ko, ndine simba here rokuti ndione kuti ndabatsirika,

¹⁴“Munhu asina tariro anofanira kuwana rudo rweshamwari dzake,

¹⁵Asi hama dzangu hadzivimbike sezvinongoita hova dzava kudira.

¹⁶dzinosviba pakunyungudika kwamagwada echando,

¹⁷asi dzinoguma kuyerera mumwaka wokupisa,

¹⁸Mihoronga inotsauka kubva munzira dzayo;

¹⁹Vafambi veTema vanotsvaka mvura,

²⁰Vachaora mwoyo, nokuti vaivimba nesimba ravo;

²¹Zvino nemiwo maratidza kusabatsira;

²²Ko, ndakamboti, ‘Ndipeiwo chipo,

²³ndirwirei muruoko rwomuvengi,

²⁴“Ndidzidzisei, uye ndichanyarara hangu;

²⁵Mashoko echokwadi anorwadza sei!

²⁶Munoda kutsiura zvandareva,

²⁷Muchada kana kukanda mijenya pamusoro penherera

²⁸“Asi zvino chinditarirai netsitsi.

²⁹Musadaro, musava vasakarurama;

³⁰Ko, pamiromo yangu pane zvakaipa here?