Jobho 19

¹Ipapo Jobho akapindura akati:

²“Mucharamba muchinditambudza

³Zvino kava kagumi kose muchingonditsoropodza;

⁴Kana chiri chokwadi kuti ndakatsauka,

⁵Kana zvechokwadi mungada henyu kuzvikudza pamusoro pangu

⁶zvino muzive imi kuti Mwari akandikanganisira

⁷“Kunyange ndikachema ndichiti, ‘Ndakakanganisirwa we-e!’ handiwani mhinduro;

⁸Akadzivira nzira yangu kuti ndikonewe kupfuura;

⁹Akandibvisira kukudzwa kwangu,

¹⁰Anondibvamburanya kumativi ose kusvikira ndapera;

¹¹Kutsamwa kwake kunopfuta pamusoro pangu;

¹²Mauto ake anouya nesimba;

¹³“Akaisa hama dzangu kure neni;

¹⁴Hama dzangu dzepedyo dzakaenda kure neni;

¹⁵Vaenzi vangu navarandakadzi vangu vava kundiita mubvakure;

¹⁶Ndinodana muranda wangu, asi haapinduri,

¹⁷Kufema kwangu kunonyangadza kumukadzi wangu;

¹⁸Kunyange nezvikomana zviduku zvinondiseka;

¹⁹Shamwari dzangu dzepedyo dzinondisema;

²⁰Handisati ndichiri chinhu asi ndangova hangu ganda namapfupa;

²¹“Ndinzwirei urombo, shamwari dzangu,

²²Seiko muchindidzingirira sezvinoita Mwari?

²³“Haiwa, dai mashoko angu ainyorwa hawo,

²⁴dai ainyorwa nechinyoreso chesimbi pamutobvu,

²⁵Ndinoziva kuti mudzikinuri wangu mupenyu,

²⁶Uye shure kwokunge ganda rangu raparara, kunyange zvakadaro ndichaona Mwari munyama yangu;

²⁷ini pachangu ndichamuona

²⁸“Kana muchiti, ‘Haiwa tichamutambudza sei,

²⁹munofanira kutya munondo imi pachenyu,