¹Zvino Jehovha akapfuura kupindura Jobho, akati,

¹And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: —

²Ko munhu, anokakavara, angaita nharo nowaMasimbaose here? Anoita nharo naMwari ngaapindure.

²Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.

³Ipapo Jobho akapindura Jehovha, akati

³And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: —

⁴Tarirai, ndakaderera; ndingakupindurai here? Ndinofumbira muromo wangu.

⁴Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.

⁵Ndakataura kamwe, asi handingapindurizve; Zvirokwazvo kaviri, asi handingapamhidzizve.

⁵Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.

⁶Ipapo Jehovha akapindura Jobho ari muchamupupuri, akati,

⁶And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —

⁷Chizvisunga chiuno chako zvino somurume; Ndichakubvunzisisa, iwe undipindure.

⁷Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

⁸Ko iwe unoda kukanganisa kutonga kwangu, Unoda kundipa mhosva, kuti iwe ururamiswe here?

⁸Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?

⁹Iwe unoruoko rwakafanana norwaMwari here? Iwe ungatinhira nenzwi rakafanana nerake here?

⁹And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?

¹⁰Chizvishongedza zvino noukuru nokukudzwa; Ufukidze nokurumbidzwa noumambo.

¹⁰Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.

¹¹Durura hasha dzako dzinopfachuka; Utarire mumwe nomumwe anozvikudza, umuninipise.

¹¹Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.

¹²Tarira mumwe nomumwe anozvikudza, umuderedze. Tsika pasi vakaipa ipapo pavamire.

¹²See every proud one — humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.

¹³Uvavige pamwechete paguruva; Sunga zviso zvavo pakavanda.

¹³Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.

¹⁴Ipapo ndichareurura kwauri, Ndichiti ruoko rwako rworudyi rungakuponesa.

¹⁴And even I — I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.

¹⁵Tarira zvino mvuu, yandakaita pamwechete newe; Inodya uswa senzombe.

¹⁵Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.

¹⁶Tarira zvino simba rayo riri muchiuno chayo; Kusimba kwayo kuri pamakakava edumbu rayo.

¹⁶Lo, I pray thee, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.

¹⁷Inotsvikidza muswe wayo somusidhari; Marunda ezvitumbi zvayo akarukwa-rukwa.

¹⁷He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,

¹⁸mafupa ayo akafanana nendarira ine mhango; Mbabvu dzayo dzakafanana namazariro amatare.

¹⁸His bones [are] tubes of brass, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.

¹⁹Ndiyo huru pamabasa aMwari; Iye, akaiita, akaipa munondo wayo.

¹⁹He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;

²⁰Zvirokwazvo, makomo anoivigira zvokudya zvayo; Ipapo panotamba mhuka dzose dzesango.

²⁰For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.

²¹Inovata pasi pemiti yemirotusi, Pamumvuri wetsanga napamurove.

²¹Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.

²²Miti yemirotusi inoifukidza nomumvuri wayo; Mikondachando yomurukova inoipoteredza.

²²Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.

²³Tarira, kana rwizi rukafema nokunze, haidederi; Haityi, kunyange Joridhani rukazara kusvikira pamuromo wayo.

²³Lo, a flood oppresseth — he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.

²⁴Ko munhu ungaibata kana yakarindira here, Kana kuurura mhino dzayo norwauro here?

²⁴Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose?