¹Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

¹Ipapo Zofari muNaamati akapindura, akati,

²Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

²Ko mashoko mazhinji akadai haangapindurwi here? Munhu anoshoshoma angaruramisirwa here?

³Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

³Manyawi ako angafanira kunyaradza vanhu here? Kana uchidadira, hakuna ungakunyadza here?

⁴For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

⁴nekuti iwe unoti, Zvandinoparidza ndezvechokwadi, Ndakachena pamberi penyu.

⁵But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

⁵Asi, haiwa! Dai Mwari hake achitaura, Ashamise miromo yake pamusoro pako;

⁶And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

⁶Akuratidze zvakavanzwa zvokungwara, Kuti kuna mativi mazhinji. Uzive naizvozvo kuti Mwari anokangamwira zvimwe zvakaipa zvako.

⁷Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

⁷Unganzwisisa zvakadzika zvaMwari here? Ungakwanisa kunzwisisa iye waMasimbaose here?

⁸It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

⁸Zvakakwirira sokudenga; iwe ungaiteiko? Zvakadzika kupfuura hwiro; iwe ungaziveiko?

⁹The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

⁹Kureba kwazvo kunopfuura nyika, Uye upamhi hwazvo hunopfuura gungwa.

¹⁰If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

¹⁰Kana iye akapfuura, akapfigira mitongo, Akakokera vanhu kukutongwa, ndiani angamudzivisa?

¹¹For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

¹¹Nekuti iye anoziva vanhu venhema; Anoonawo zvakaipa, kunyange asingazvifungi.

¹²For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

¹²Asi munhu asakachenjera anoshaiwa kunzwisisa, Zvirokwazvo, munhu anozvarwa semhuru yembizi.

¹³If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

¹³Kana iwe ukaruramisa moyo wako, Ukatambanudzira maoko ako kwaari;

¹⁴If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

¹⁴Kana zvakaipa zviri muruoko rwako, uzviise kure, Kusarurama ngakurege kugara mumatende ako;

¹⁵For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

¹⁵Zvirokwazvo ipapo ungasimudza chiso chako, usine gwapa, Zvirokwazvo, uchasimba, usingatyi, chinhu.

¹⁶Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

¹⁶Nekuti uchakangamwa njodzi yako, Uchairangarira semvura yapfuura;

¹⁷And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

¹⁷Upenyu hwako huchavara kupfuura masikati makuru; Kunyange kune rima, kuchava samangwanani.

¹⁸And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

¹⁸Iwe uchasimba pamoyo, nekuti tariro ichavapo; Zvirokwazvo, ucharingaringa ndokuzorora hako wakachengetwa.

¹⁹Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

¹⁹Uchavata hako pasi, hakuna angakutyisa; Zvirokwazvo, vazhinji vachatsvaka kukufadza.

²⁰But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

²⁰Asi meso avakaipa achapera nokutarira, Vachashaiwa pokutizirapo, Tariro yavo ichava yokufa.