¹Iwe unoziva nguva inobereka ngururu here? Kana iwe ungaona kana nondo dzichibereka here?

¹Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark!

²Iwe ungagona kuverenga mwedzi yokutora kwadzo mazamu here? Kana iwe unoziva nguva yadzinobereka nayo here?

²Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth!

³Dzinokotama, ndokubereka vana vadzo, Dzinorasha ushungu hwadzo.

³They bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth.

⁴Vana vadzo vanosimba, vanokurira kusango; Vanoenda vakasadzokazve.

⁴Safe are their young ones, They grow up in the field, they have gone out, And have not returned to them.

⁵Ndianiko akaregedza mbizi isina kusungwa? Kana ndianiko akasunungura zvisungo zvembizi?

⁵Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?

⁶Ndakaita renje imba yayo, Nenyika yebare hugaro hwayo.

⁶Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,

⁷Inozvidza bope romuguta, Hainzwi kuchaira komuchairi.

⁷He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.

⁸Nyika yamakomo ndiwo mafuro ayo, Inotsvaka mashizha ose matema.

⁸The range of mountains [is] his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh.

⁹Ko nyati ingatenda kukubatira here? Kana ingavata pachidyiro chemombe dzako here

⁹Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?

¹⁰Ko iwe ungasunga nyati negashu rayo mumuhoronga, Kana ingaputsa mavhinga ichikutevera here?

¹⁰Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow [with] his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?

¹¹Ungaitenda, zvaine simba guru here? Kana kuiregera basa rako here?

¹¹Dost thou trust in him because great [is] his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour?

¹²Ungavimba nayo kuti iise zviyo zvako kuguta, Nokuzviunganidzira paburiro rako here?

¹²Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And [to] thy threshing-floor doth gather [it]?

¹³Mhou inofara namapapiro ayo; Ko mapapiro ayo neminhenga yayo zvino hunyoro here?

¹³The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.

¹⁴nekuti inosiya mazai ayo pasi pavhu, Inowadziyisa muguruva,

¹⁴For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,

¹⁵Ichikangamwa kuti angapwanyiwa netsoka dzavanhu, Kana kuti angatsikwa nezvikara.

¹⁵And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.

¹⁶Inovangararira vana vayo savanenge vasati vari vayo; Kunyange yakatambudzikira pasina, haine hanya.

¹⁶Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain [is] her labour without fear.

¹⁷Nekuti Mwari wakaitorera huchenjeri, Haana kuipa njere.

¹⁷For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:

¹⁸Panguva yainosimuka kuti itize, Inoshora bhiza nomutasvi waro

¹⁸At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider.

¹⁹Iwe wakapa bhiza simba raro here? Ndiwe wakashongedza mutsipa waro nezenze rinopepereka here?

¹⁹Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck [with] a mane?

²⁰Iwe wakarichirikisa semhashu here? Simba rokupfeza kwaro rinotyisa.

²⁰Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting [is] terrible.

²¹Rinoteta pasi mumupata, richifarira simba raro; Rinobuda kundoshongana navarume vakashonga nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo.

²¹They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour.

²²Rinoseka kutya, harivhunduswi; Haridzoki kana richiona munondo.

²²He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword.

²³Goba rinorira pamusoro paro, Uye pfumo nebakatwa zvinopenya.

²³Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert.

²⁴Rinopedza pasi nokutsamwa nehasha; Harimiri kana richinzwa. inzwi rehwamanda.

²⁴With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet.

²⁵Nguva ipi neipi kana hwamanda ichirira, rinoti, Hekani! Rinofembedza kurwa kana kuchiri kure, kutinhira kwamachinda, nebope.

²⁵Among the trumpets he saith, Aha, And from afar he doth smell battle, Roaring of princes and shouting.

²⁶Ko ruvangu runoengerera nohuchenjeri bwako here, Ruchitambanudzira mapapiro arwo kurutivi rwezasi here?

²⁶By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?

²⁷Ko gondo rinokwira nokuraira kwako, Richindovaka dendere raro pakakwirira here?

²⁷At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?

²⁸Rinogara padombo, richivatapo, Pashongwe yedombo napanhare.

²⁸A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.

²⁹Rinonananidza zvokudya zvaro riripo, Meso aro anozviona zviri kure.

²⁹From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,

³⁰Vana varowo vanosveta ropa; Pane chakaurawa ndipo pariri.

³⁰And his brood gulph up blood, And where the pierced [are] — there [is] he!