¹Zvino rimwe zuvazve vanakomana vaMwari vakati vachindomira pamberi paJehovha, Satani akasvikawo pakati pavo, akamira pamberi paJehovha.

¹And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst to station himself by Jehovah.

²Jehovha akati kuna Satani, Wabvepiko? Satani akapindura Jehovha, akati, Ndabva pakupota-pota nenyika, napakufamba-famba pairi.

²And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Whence camest thou?` And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down in it.`

³Jehovha akati kuna Satani, Wacherekedza muranda wangu Jobho here? nekuti hakuna munhu akafanana naye panyika, munhu akakwana, akarurama, anotya Mwari, achinzvenga zvakaipa; nazvino anorambira pakururama kwake, kunyange iwe wakandikurudzira kuti ndimuparadze asine mhaka.

³And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!`

⁴Satani akapindura Jehovha, akati, Ganda rinotsihwa neganda, zvose zvaanazvo munhu angazviisira upenyu hwake.

⁴And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life.

⁵Asi tambanudzai ruoko rwenyu zvino, murove mafupa ake nenyama yake, ipapo achakushorai pachena.

⁵Yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike unto his bone and unto his flesh — if not: unto Thy face he doth bless Thee!`

⁶Jehovha akati kuna Satani, Tarira, iye ari paruoko rwako; asi koga urege upenyu hwake.

⁶And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Lo, he [is] in thy hand; only his life take care of.`

⁷Naizvozvo Satani akabva pamberi paJehovha, akarova Jobho namaronda akaipa, kubva patsoka dzake kusvikira pamusoro wake.

⁷And the Adversary goeth forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smiteth Job with a sore ulcer from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

⁸Jobho akatora chaenga akazvikwenya nacho; akagara pasi pakati pamadota.

⁸And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.

⁹Ipapo mukadzi wake akati kwaari, Ucharambira nazvino pakururama kwako here? Shora Mwari, ufe hako.

⁹And his wife saith to him, `Still thou art keeping hold on thine integrity: bless God and die.`

¹⁰Asi iye akati kwaari, Iwe unotaura sezvinotaura mumwe wavakadzi matununu. Tingagamuchira zvakanakacheteparuoko rwaMwari, tikasagamuchira zvakaipawo here? Pazvinhu izvi zvose Jobho haana kutadza nomuromo wake.

¹⁰And he saith unto her, `As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.` In all this Job hath not sinned with his lips.

¹¹Zvino shamwari nhatu dzaJobho dzakati dzichinzwa zvakaipa zvose zvakanga zvamuwira, dzikauya mumwe nomumwe achibva kwake, dzaiti Erifazi muTemani, naBhiridhadhi muShuhi, naZofari muNamati; vakatenderana kundomunzwira tsitsi nokumunyaradza.

¹¹And three of the friends of Job hear of all this evil that hath come upon him, and they come in each from his place — Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite — and they are met together to come in to bemoan him, and to comfort him;

¹²Zvino vakati vachitarira vachiri kure, vakasamuziva, vakachema kwazvo, mumwe nomumwe akabvarura nguvo yake, vakakushira guruva kudenga pamisoro yavo.

¹²and they lift up their eyes from afar and have not discerned him, and they lift up their voice and weep, and rend each his robe, and sprinkle dust on their heads — heavenward.

¹³Ipapo vakagara pasi naye mazuva manomwe nousiku hunomwe; asi hakuna nomumwe akataura naye kunyange shoko rimwe; nekuti vakaona kuti njodzi yake yakanga iri huru kwazvo.

¹³And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking unto him a word when they have seen that the pain hath been very great.