¹Kwakanga kuno munhu panyika yeUzi, ainzi Jobho; munhu uyu aka­nga akakwana, akarurama, aitya Mwari achinzvenga zvakaipa

¹A man there hath been in the land of Uz — Job his name — and that man hath been perfect and upright — both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.

²Iye wakabereke­rwa vanakomana vanomwe navakunda vatatu.

²And there are borne to him seven sons and three daughters,

³Uye fuma yake yakasvika ma­kwai ane zviuru zvinomwe, nemakamera zviuru zvitatu, nemombe dzakaringana majoko ana mazana mashanu, namakadzi embongoro ana mazana mashanu, nava­nhu vazhinji paimba yake; naizvozvo munhu uyu akanga ari mukuru pakati pavana vamabvazuva.

³and his substance is seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pairs of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a service very abundant; and that man is greater than any of the sons of the east.

⁴Vanakomana vake vaisienda ku­ndoita mutambo paimba yomumwe no­mumwe wavo pazuva rake; vaituma kundodana hanzvadzi dzavo nhatu kuzo­dya nokumwa navo.

⁴And his sons have gone and made a banquet — the house of each [in] his day — and have sent and called to their three sisters to eat and to drink with them;

⁵Zvino kana ma­zuva okutamba kwavo apera Jobho ai­tuma nhume kuvadana vanatswe, zvino iye ndokumuka mangwanani, ndokupisa zvipiriso zvinopiswa zvaivaringanira vose; nekuti Jobho wakati, Zvimwe vanakomana vangu vakatadza, vaka­shora Mwari pamoyo yavo; Jobho aisidaro nguva dzose.

⁵and it cometh to pass, when they have gone round the days of the banquet, that Job doth send and sanctify them, and hath risen early in the morning, and caused to ascend burnt-offerings — the number of them all — for Job said, `Perhaps my sons have sinned, yet blessed God in their heart.` Thus doth Job all the days.

⁶Zvino rimwe zuva vanakomana va­Mwari vakati vachindomira pamberi pa­Jehovha, Satani akasvikawo pakati pavo.

⁶And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst.

⁷Jehovha akati kuna Satani, Wabve­piko? Satani akapindura Jehovha, akati, Ndabva pakupota-pota nenyika, napaku­famba-famba pairi.

⁷And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Whence comest thou?` And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down on it.`

⁸Jehovha akati kuna Satani, Wache­rekedza muranda wangu Jobho here? Nekuti hakuna munhu akafanana naye panyika, munhu akakwana, akarurama, anotya Mwari, achinzvenga zvakaipa.

⁸And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Hast thou set thy heart against My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God, and turning aside from evil?`

⁹Ipapo Satani akapindura Jehovha, akati, Jobho anotya Mwari pasina here?

⁹And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `For nought is Job fearing God?

¹⁰Hamuna kumupoteredza here noru­mhanda, iye neimba yake, nezvose zvaa­nazvo, pamativi ose? Makaropafadza ma­basa amaoko ake, uye fuma yake yakawanda panyika.

¹⁰Hast not Thou made a hedge for him, and for his house, and for all that he hath — round about?

¹¹Asi tambanudzai henyu ruoko rwenyu, zvino, murove zvose zvaanazvo, ipapo iye achakushorai pachena.

¹¹The work of his hands Thou hast blessed, and his substance hath spread in the land, and yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike against anything that he hath — if not: to Thy face he doth bless Thee!`

¹²Jehovha akati kuna Satani, Ta­rira, zvose zvaanazvo zviri paruoko rwako; asi usatambanudzira ruoko rwako kwaari. Naizvozvo Satani akabva pa­mberi paJehovha.

¹²And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Lo, all that he hath [is] in thy hand, only unto him put not forth thy hand.` And the Adversary goeth out from the presence of Jehovah.

¹³Zvino rimwe zuva vanakomana vake navanasikana vake vakati vachidya nokumwa waini paimba yomukuru wavo,

¹³And the day is, that his sons and his daughters are eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their brother, the first-born.

¹⁴nhume ikasvika kuna Jobho, ikati, Mombe dzakanga dzichirima, nembo­ngoro dzichichera kurutivi rwadzo,

¹⁴And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, `The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,

¹⁵vaSabea vakadziwira, ndokudzitora, navafudziwo vakavauraya neminondo inopinza; ini ndoga ndakapukunyuka, ndauya kuzokuudzai.

¹⁵and Sheba doth fall, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped — only I alone — to declare [it] to thee.`

¹⁶Iye akati achitaura, mumwe aka­svikawo, akati, Moto waMwari waka­bva kudenga, ukapisa makwai navafudzi, ukavapedza; ini ndoga ndapukunyuka, ndauya kuzokuudzai.

¹⁶While this [one] is speaking another also hath come and saith, `Fire of God hath fallen from the heavens, and burneth among the flock, and among the young men, and consumeth them, and I am escaped — only I alone — to declare [it] to thee.`

¹⁷Iye akati achitaura, mumwe aka­svikawo, akati, VaKaradhea vakaita ma­poka matatu, vakawira makamera, vakamatora, navafudziwo vakavauraya neminondo inopinza; ini ndoga ndapuku­nyuka, ndauya kuzokuudzai.

¹⁷While this [one] is speaking another also hath come and saith, `Chaldeans made three heads, and rush on the camels, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped — only I alone — to declare [it] to thee.`

¹⁸Iye akati achitaura, mumwe aka­svikawo, akati, Vanakomana venyu navanasikana venyu vakanga vachidya nokumwa waini mumba momukuru wavo,

¹⁸While this [one] is speaking another also hath come and saith, `Thy sons and thy daughters are eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their brother, the first-born.

¹⁹dutu guru ndokubva kurutivi rwerenje, ndokurova pamusoro pavana, vakafa; ini ndoga ndapukunyuka, ndauya kuzokuudzai.

¹⁹And lo, a great wind hath come from over the wilderness, and striketh against the four corners of the house, and it falleth on the young men, and they are dead, and I am escaped — only I alone — to declare [it] to thee.`

²⁰Ipapo Jobho akasimuka, akabva­rura nguvo yake, akaveura vhudzi rake akazviwisira pasi, akanamata,

²⁰And Job riseth, and rendeth his robe, and shaveth his head, and falleth to the earth, and doth obeisance,

²¹akati, Ndakabuda mumimba mamai vangu ndiri musvi, ndichadzokerapo ndiri musvi; Jehovha wakapa, Jehovha waka­tora, zita raJehovha ngarikudzwe.

²¹and he saith, `Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.`

²²pazvinhu izvi zvose Jobho haana kutadza, haana kuti Mwari akaita noupenzi.

²²In all this Job hath not sinned, nor given folly to God.