¹Ipapo Jehovha akapindura Jobho, ari pachamupupuri, akati,

¹And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —

²Ndianiko uya anodzima zano rangu achiriita rima Namashoko asine zivo here?

²Who [is] this — darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?

³Chizvisunga chiuno chako zvino somurume; nekuti ndichakubvunzisisa, iwe undidudzire.

³Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

⁴Iwe wakange uripiko panguva yandakateya nheyo dzenyika? Chidudzira, kana une zivo iwe.

⁴Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.

⁵Ndianiko akatara kukura kwayo, kana uchizviziva? Kana ndianiko akaiyera norwonzi?

⁵Who placed its measures — if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?

⁶Ko nheyo dzayo dzakateyiwa pamusoro pei? Kana ndianiko akateya ibwe rayo rekona?

⁶On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?

⁷Panguva yakaimba nyeredzi dzamambakwedza pamawa, Uye vanakomana vose vaMwari vachipururudza nomufaro?

⁷In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy,

⁸Kana ndianiko wakadzivira gungwa nemikova, Panguva yokudzutuka kwaro, richibuda pachizvaro;

⁸And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.

⁹Panguva yandakaita gore nenguva yaro, Uye rima guru uve mucheka wokuriputira nawo;

⁹In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,

¹⁰Panguva.yandakaritarira muganhu waro, Ndikariisira mazariro nemikova,

¹⁰And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,

¹¹Ndikati, Ungasvikira pano, asi haungapfuvuri; Mafungu ako, anozvikudza, achadzivirirwa pano?

¹¹And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.`

¹²Iwe wakatongoraira mangwanani kubva pakutanga kwamazuva ako here, Ukaratidza mambakwedza nzvimbo yawo here?

¹²Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?

¹³Kuti abate migumo yenyika, Vakaipa vazuzwe vabve pairi here?

¹³To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,

¹⁴Zvinoshanduka sevhu kana richitsikwa nechisimbiso, Zvinhu zvose zvichionekwa sapanguvo.

¹⁴It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.

¹⁵Vakaipa vanodzitirirwa chiedza chavo, Ruoko, runozvikudza, runovhuniwa.

¹⁵And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.

¹⁶Iwe wakatongopinda pamatsime egungwa here? Kana wakatongofamba pakadzikadzika pasi here?

¹⁶Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?

¹⁷Masuwo orufu akatongokuzarurirwa here? Kana wakatongoona masuwo omumvuri worufu here?

¹⁷Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?

¹⁸Wakatongonzwisisa upamhi bwenyika here? Dudzira, kana uchizviziva zvose.

¹⁸Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare — if thou hast known it all.

¹⁹Nzira iripiko inoenda kunogara chiedza, Kana riri rima, nzvimbo yaro iripiko?

¹⁹Where [is] this — the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where [is] this — its place?

²⁰Kuti undozviisa kumiganho yazvo, Uye kuti uzive nzira dzinoenda kumusha wazvo here?

²⁰That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house.

²¹Unenge unoziva hako, nekuti wakange wakazvarwa panguva iyo! Mazuva ako anenge akawanda kwazvo!

²¹Thou hast known — for then thou art born And the number of thy days [are] many!

²²Wakatongopinda panovigwa fuma yamazaya echando here, Kana wakatongoona panovigwa fuma yechimvuramabwe here?

²²Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see?

²³Izvo zvandakachengetera nguva yenhamo, Nezuva rokurwa nehondo here?

²³That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.

²⁴Chiedza chinoparadzaniswa nomutowo upiko, Uye mhepo inobva mabvazuva inopararira seiko panyika?

²⁴Where [is] this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth.

²⁵Ndianiko akacherera boporodzi remvura mugero, Kana kuratidzira mheni yomutinhiro nzira yayo;

²⁵Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices?

²⁶Kuti mvura iniswe panyika isina vanhu, Parenje pasina vanhu;

²⁶To cause [it] to rain on a land — no man, A wilderness — no man in it.

²⁷Kuti ivhu rakasiiwa nerakaparadzwa rigutswe; Uye bumhudza rimereswe here?

²⁷To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?

²⁸Ko mvura inonaya inababa here? Kana ndianiko wakazvara madonhedza edova?

²⁸Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

²⁹Mazaya echando akabuda muchizvaro chaaniko? Uye chando chokudenga ndianiko akachibereka?

²⁹From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?

³⁰Mvura inogwamba sebwe, Gungwa rakadzika rinogwamba pamusoro paro.

³⁰As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.

³¹Ko iwe ungasunga sumbu reChinyamutanhatu, Kana kusunungura zvisungo zveOrionhi here?

³¹Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?

³²Iwe ungabudisa Mazaroti panguva yawo here? Kana ungagona kufambisa Arikituro navanakomana vayo here?

³²Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort?

³³Iwe unoziva mitemo yokudenga here? Iwe ungagona kuraira ushe hwazvo panyika here?

³³Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?

³⁴Ko iwe ungasvitsa inzwi kumakore, Kuti ufukidzwe nemvura yakawanda here?

³⁴Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?

³⁵Iwe ungagona kutuma mheni, kuti dzifambe, Dzichiti kwauri, Tiri pano, here?

³⁵Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, `Behold us?`

³⁶Ndianiko akaisa uchenjeri mukati mamakore matema? Kana ndianiko akapa nyeredzi njere?

³⁶Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding?

³⁷Ndianiko angagona kuverenga makore nohuchenjeri hwake here? Kana ndianiko angagona kudurura hombodo dzemvura dzokudenga?

³⁷Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,

³⁸Kana guruva richiungana pamwechete, Namavhinga achinamatirana here?

³⁸In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?

³⁹Ko iwe ungavhimira shumbakadzi, Kana kugutsa vana veshumba here?

³⁹Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?

⁴⁰Kana idzo dzichitsivama panzvimbo dzadzo, Nokurambira pakavanda dzichivandira here?

⁴⁰When they bow down in dens — Abide in a thicket for a covert?

⁴¹Ndianiko anogadzirira gunguvo zvokudya zvaro,

⁴¹Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.