¹Ipapo Zofari muNaamati akapindura, akati,

¹And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: —

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

²Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?

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

³Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!

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

⁴And thou sayest, `Pure [is] my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.`

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

⁵And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.

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

⁶And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, [Some] of thine iniquity.

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

⁷By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?

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

⁸Heights of the heavens! — what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! — what knowest thou?

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

⁹Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea.

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

¹⁰If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?

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

¹¹For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider [it]!

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

¹²And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.

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

¹³If thou — thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,

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

¹⁴If iniquity [is] in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.

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

¹⁵For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not.

¹⁶Nekuti uchakangamwa njodzi yako, Uchairangarira semvura yapfuura;

¹⁶For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.

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

¹⁷And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest — as the morning thou art.

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

¹⁸And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched — in confidence thou liest down,

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

¹⁹And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face;

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

²⁰And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!