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

¹Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [Or] canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

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

²Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

³Dzinokotama, ndokubereka vana vadzo, Dzinorasha ushungu hwadzo.

³They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains.

⁴Vana vadzo vanosimba, vanokurira kusango; Vanoenda vakasadzokazve.

⁴Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return not again.

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

⁵Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,

⁶Ndakaita renje imba yayo, Nenyika yebare hugaro hwayo.

⁶Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?

⁷Inozvidza bope romuguta, Hainzwi kuchaira komuchairi.

⁷He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.

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

⁸The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.

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

⁹Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?

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

¹⁰Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

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

¹¹Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor?

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

¹²Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather [the grain] of thy threshing-floor?

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

¹³The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; [But] are they the pinions and plumage of love?

¹⁴nekuti inosiya mazai ayo pasi pavhu, Inowadziyisa muguruva,

¹⁴For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust,

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

¹⁵And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.

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

¹⁶She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, [she is] without fear;

¹⁷Nekuti Mwari wakaitorera huchenjeri, Haana kuipa njere.

¹⁷Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

¹⁸Panguva yainosimuka kuti itize, Inoshora bhiza nomutasvi waro

¹⁸What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.

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

¹⁹Hast thou given the horse [his] might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

²⁰Iwe wakarichirikisa semhashu here? Simba rokupfeza kwaro rinotyisa.

²⁰Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.

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

²¹He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men.

²²Rinoseka kutya, harivhunduswi; Haridzoki kana richiona munondo.

²²He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword.

²³Goba rinorira pamusoro paro, Uye pfumo nebakatwa zvinopenya.

²³The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.

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

²⁴He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.

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

²⁵As oft as the trumpet [soundeth] he saith, Aha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

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

²⁶Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, (And) stretcheth her wings toward the south?

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

²⁷Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high?

²⁸Rinogara padombo, richivatapo, Pashongwe yedombo napanhare.

²⁸On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.

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

²⁹From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off.

³⁰Vana varowo vanosveta ropa; Pane chakaurawa ndipo pariri.

³⁰Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.