1Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
1Hakuna kufondoka kumunhu panyika here? Mazuva ake haana kufanana namazuva omubatiri here?
2As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
2Somuranda anoshuva mumvuri, Nomubatiri anotarira mubairo wake;
3So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
3Saizvozvo ini ndakapiwa mwedzi isina maturo, Ndakatarirwa usiku bwenjodzi.
4When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
4Kana ndovata, ndinoti, Ndichamuka rinhiko? Asi usiku hwakareba; Ndinoramba ndichishanduka-shanduka kusvikira koedza.
5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
5Nyama yangu yakafukidzwa nehonye namavhinga evhu., Ganda rangu rinofunuka, richiputika hurwa.
6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
6Mazuva angu anokunda chirukiso chomuruki pakukurumidza, Anopera ndisine tariro.
7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
7Rangarirai henyu kuti upenyu hwangu imhepo hayo; Ziso rangu harichazooni zvakanaka.
8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
8Ziso romunhu unondiona harichazonditaririzve; Meso ako achanditarira, asi handichazovepo.
9As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
9Sokupera kwegore nokunyangarika kwaro, Saizvozvo munhu, anoburukira kuSheori, haangazokwirizve.
10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
10Haangazodzokeri kumba kwake, Nenzvimbo yake haingazomuzivi
11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
11Saka handinganyarari nomuromo wangu; Ndichataura pakutambudzika komweya wangu; Ndichanyunyuta neshungu dzangu dzomoyo.
12Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
12Ndiri gungwa kanhi, kana zimhuka regungwa, Zvamunoisa vanondirindira?
13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints;
13Kana ndikati, nhovo yangu ichandinyaradza, Mubhedha wangu uchazorodza kunyunyuta
14Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
14Ipapo mondivhundusa nokurota hope, Mondityisa nezvandinoona;
15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
15Naizvozvo moyo wangu unotsaura kudzipwa,Nokufa kupfuura mafupa angu awa.
16I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
16Ndinosema upenyu hwangu; handidi kurarama nokusingaperi; Ndiregei; nekuti mazuva angu akafanana nokufema.
17What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
17Munhu chinyiko, zvamunomukudza, Nokumuda nomoyo wenyu wose,
18And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
18Zvamunomushanyira mangwanani ose Nokumuidza nguva dzose?
19How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
19Mucharega rinhiko kundicherekedza, Nokundirega kusvikira ndamedza mate angu?
20I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
20Kana ndichinge ndatadza, ndingakuiteiko imi, mucherekedzi wavanhu? Makandiitireiko chinhu chamunovavarira, Kuti lni ndizviremekedze.
21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
21Munoregereiko kukangamwira kudarika kwangu, nokubvisa kutadza kwangu? Nekuti zvino ndichavata pasi muguruva; Muchanditsvaka zvikuru, asi handichazovepo.