1Munhu akazvarwa nomukadzi anamazuva mashoma, azere nokutambudzika.
1Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.
2Anobuda seruva, ndokusvava; Anotizawo somumvuri, haagari.
2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3Ko munotarira munhu akadai nameso enyu, Muchinditonga here?
3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?
4Ndianiko angabudisa chinhu chakanaka pane chakaipa? Hakuna.
4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
5Mazuva ake zvaakatarwa, mwedzi yake yakaverengwa nemi, Makamutarira miganho yaasingatenderwi kudarika;
5Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
6Regai kumucherekedza, azorore, Kusvikira apedza zuva rake somubatiri.
6Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
7nekuti kana muti uchinge watemwa, kune tariro kuti uchabudazve, Uye kuti davi rawo nyoro haringaperi.
7For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
8Kunyange mudzi wawo ukakwegurira muvhu, Nehunde yawo ikafa pasi;
8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;
9Kunyange zvakadaro uchabukira kana wanzwa kunhuhwira kwemvura, Ndokubudisa matavi somuti muduku.
9Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.
10Asi munhu anofa, akaparara hake; Zvirokwazvo munhu anorega kufema, zvino aripiko?
10But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
11Mvura inopera pagungwa, Uye rwizi runopera nokupwa;
11[As] the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;
12Saizvozvo munhu anovata pasi, akasamukazve; Havazomukizve kusvikira denga rapera, Havangamutswi pahope dzavo.
12So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
13Dai muchindivanza henyu paSheori, Muchindichengeta pakavanda, kusvikira hasha dzenyu dzapfuura, Munditemere nguva yakatarwa, yamungandirangarira nayo.
13Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14Kana munhu achinge afa, angararamazve here? Ndaimira hangu mazuva ose okutambudzika kwangu, Kusvikira kusunungurwa kwangu kuchisvika.
14If a man die, shall he live [again]? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.
15Maizodana, ini ndikakupindurai; Maishuva basa ramaoko enyu.
15Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.
16Asi zvino munoverenga nhambwe dzangu;
16But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?
17Kudarika kwangu kwakasungirwa muhombodo, Munosunga zvakaipa zvangu.
17My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.
18Gomo kana richiwa zvirokwazvo rinopfupfunyuka, Uye dombo rinobviswa panzvimbo yaro;
18But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place;
19Mvura inochera mabwe; Kuyerera kwayo kunokukura guruva renyika;. imwi munoparadza tariro yomunhu.
19The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
20Munomukunda nokusingaperi, iye akapfuura hake; Munoshandura chiso chake, ndokumudzinga.
20Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21Vana vake vanokudzwa iye asingazvizivi; Vanoderedzwa, asi iye haaoni vachiitirwa izvozvo.
21His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
22Asi kana ari iye, nyama yake inorwadziwa, Mweya wake unochema mukati make.
22But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.