Jobho 31

¹“Ndakaita sungano nameso angu

²Nokuti mugove womunhu unobva kumusoro kuna Mwari ndoweiko,

³Ko, hakuzi kuparadzwa kwavakaipa,

⁴Ko, iye haaoni nzira dzangu

⁵“Kana ndakafamba nenzira yenhema

⁶Mwari ngaandiyere pachiyero chakatendeka

⁷kana tsoka dzangu dzakatsauka kubva pagwara,

⁸ipapo vamwe ngavadye zvandakadyara,

⁹“Kana mwoyo wangu wakanyengerwa nomukadzi,

¹⁰ipapo mukadzi wangu ngaakuye zviyo zvomumwe murume,

¹¹Nokuti chingadai chiri chinhu chinonyadzisa,

¹²Ndiwo moto unopfuta kusvikira pakuparadzwa;

¹³“Kana ndichinge ndaramba kururamisira varanda vangu,

¹⁴ndichaita sei pandichasangana naMwari?

¹⁵Ko, iye akandiisa muchizvaro haazi iye akavaita here?

¹⁶“Kana ndakaramba zvido zvevarombo

¹⁷kana ndakazvidyira chingwa changu,

¹⁸asi kubva paujaya hwangu ndakamurera sezvinoitwa nababa,

¹⁹kana ndakaona mumwe achiparara nokuda kwokushaya zvokupfeka,

²⁰uye mwoyo wake ukasandiropafadza

²¹kana ndakasimudzira nherera ruoko rwangu

²²ipapo ruoko rwangu ngaruwe papfudzi rangu,

²³Nokuti ndaitya kuparadza kunobva kuna Mwari,

²⁴“Kana ndakaisa chivimbo changu pagoridhe,

²⁵kana ndakafadzwa nepfuma yangu huru,

²⁶kana ndakava nehanya nezuva pakubwinya kwaro,

²⁷zvokuti mwoyo wangu wakanyengereka pakavanda,

²⁸zvino izvozviwo zvingangova zvivi zvinofanira kutongwa,

²⁹“Kana ndakafadzwa nokurasikirwa kwomuvengi wangu,

³⁰handina kutendera muromo wangu kutadza,

³¹kana vanhu veimba yangu vasina kumboti,

³²Hapana mutorwa akavata usiku hwose munzira dzomumusha,

³³Kana ndakavanza chivi changu saAdhamu,

³⁴nokuda kwokuti ndaitya kwazvo vanhu vazhinji,

³⁵“Haiwa, dai ndaiva nomumwe angandinzwa!

³⁶Zvirokwazvo ndairutakura pamapfudzi angu,

³⁷Ndaimupa kuzvidavirira kwangu kwenhambwe imwe neimwe;

³⁸“Kana munda wangu ukadanidzira kwandiri uchindipa mhosva,

³⁹kana ndakadya zvibereko zvawo ndisingaripi,

⁴⁰ipapo rukato ngarumere pachinzvimbo chegorosi,