Jobho 9

¹Ipapo Jobho akapindura akati:

²“Zvirokwazvo ndinoziva kuti ichokwadi.

³Kunyange dai mumwe aida kuita nharo naye,

⁴Uchenjeri hwake hwakadzika, simba rake iguru kwazvo.

⁵Anofambisa makomo iwo asingazivi

⁶Anozungunusa nyika ikabva panzvimbo yayo

⁷Anotaura kuzuva iro ndokurega kuvhenekera;

⁸Iye oga anotambanudza matenga

⁹Ndiye Muiti weNyeredzi dzeAkutiro neOrioni,

¹⁰Anoita minana isingagoni kunzwisisiswa,

¹¹Paanondipfuura, handigoni kumuona;

¹²Kana achibvuta, ndiani angamudzivisa?

¹³Mwari haadzori kutsamwa kwake;

¹⁴“Zvino ndingakakavadzana naye seiko?

¹⁵Kunyange ndakanga ndisina mhaka, handaigona kumupindura;

¹⁶Kunyange dai ndaimudana hangu uye akandipindura,

¹⁷Aizondiparadza nedutu

¹⁸Haaizonditenderazve kuti nditure mafemo,

¹⁹Kana zviri zvesimba, iye ane simba guru!

²⁰Kunyange dai ndisina mhosva, muromo wangu waizongondipa mhaka;

²¹“Kunyange ndisina mhosva,

²²Zvakangofanana; ndokusaka ndichiti,

²³Kana dambudziko rikauyisa rufu nokukurumidza,

²⁴Panowira nyika mumaoko avakaipa,

²⁵“Mazuva angu anokurumidza kupfuura mumhanyi;

²⁶Anopfuura sezvikepe zvenhokwe,

²⁷Kana ndikati, ‘Ndichakanganwa kunyunyuta kwangu,

²⁸ndinongotya kutambura kwangu,

²⁹Sezvo ndatopiwa hangu mhosva,

³⁰Kunyange dai ndikazvishambidza nesipo

³¹imi muchandinyudza mugomba rematope

³²“Iye haasi munhu akafanana neni kuti ndimupindure,

³³Dai chete paingova nomumwe angamira pakati pedu,

³⁴mumwe zvake angabvise shamhu yaMwari kwandiri,

³⁵Ipapo ndichataura ndisingamutyi,