¹Ipapo Erifazi muTemani akapindura, akati,

¹And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

²Ko munhu, ane njere, angapindura nenjere dzisina maturo Nokuzadza dumbu rake nemhepo inobva mabvazuva here?

²Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,

³Angaita nharo nokutaura zvisingabatsire, Kana mashoko aasingagoni kubata basa rakanaka nawo here?

³Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?

⁴Zvirokwazvo iwe unorasha kutya Mwari, Nokukanganisa vanoda kufunga Mwari.

⁴Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before ùGod.

⁵nekuti zvakaipa zvako zvinodzidzisa muromo wako, Unotsaura rurimi rwavanyepedzeri.

⁵For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.

⁶Muromo wako ndiwo unokupa mhosva, handizini. Zvirokwazvo miromo yako inokupupurira zvakaipa.

⁶Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.

⁷Ko ndiwe wakatanga kuzvarwa kanhi? Kana wakaberekwa makomo asati avapo here?

⁷Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills?

⁸Iwe wakanzwa mano akavanzika aMwari kanhi? Ndiwe woga wakazviwanira njere kanhi?

⁸Hast thou listened in the secret council of +God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?

⁹Unozivei iwe zvatisingaziviwo isu? Unonzwisisei iwe zvisati zviri matiriwo?

⁹What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?

¹⁰Vakachena vhudzi navatana vakwegura kwazvo vanesu, Vakapfuura baba vako kwazvo pazero.

¹⁰Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father.

¹¹Ko kunyaradza kwaMwari hakukuringani here, Neshoko rinotaurwa nounyoro kwauri here,

¹¹Are the consolations of ùGod too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?

¹²moyo wako unokurashirei? Meso ako anobwaireiko?

¹²Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?

¹³Zvaunorwa naMwari nomweya wako, Uchitendera mashoko akadai kubuda pamuromo wako.

¹³That thou turnest thy spirit against ùGod, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?

¹⁴Munhu chinyiko? Angava akanaka sei? Naiye akazvarwa nomukadzi, angava akarurama sei?

¹⁴What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

¹⁵Tarira, haatendi vatsvene vake; Zvirokwazvo, kudenga hakuna kunaka pamberi pake.

¹⁵Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:

¹⁶Ndoda munhu anosemesa, akaora, Munhu anomwa zvakaipa semvura.

¹⁶How much less the abominable and corrupt, -- man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water!

¹⁷Ndichakuratidza, chiteerera; Ndichakududzira zvandakaona.

¹⁷I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;

¹⁸(Zvakarehwa navanhu vakangwara zvavakanzwa kumadzibaba avo, vasina kuzvivanza;

¹⁸Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;

¹⁹Ivo vakanga vapiwa nyika voga, Hakuna mutorwa akapinda pakati pavo;)

¹⁹Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

²⁰Munhu akaipa anotambudzika achirwadziwa mazuva ake ose, Iwo makore akatarirwa mumanikidzi.

²⁰All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.

²¹inzwi rezvinotyisa riri munzeve dzake; Muparadzi achamusvikira akafara.

²¹The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.

²²Haatendi kuti achadzokazve achibva parima, Anovandirwa nomunondo.

²²He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.

²³Unofamba-famba achitsvaka zvokudya, achiti, Zviripiko? Anoziva kuti zuva rerima riri pedo naye,

²³He wandereth abroad for bread, -- where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

²⁴Njodzi nokutambudzika zvinomutyisa; Zvinomukunda, samambo akazvigadzirira kurwa.

²⁴Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.

²⁵Nekuti akatambanudzira ruoko rwake kuzorwa naMwari, Akazvikudza pamberi powaMasimbaose;

²⁵For he hath stretched out his hand against ùGod, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:

²⁶Anomhanyira kwaari anomutsipa mukukutu, Namakwande makobvu enhovo dzake.

²⁶He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;

²⁷Nekuti akafukidza chiso chake namafuta, Akaunganidza mafuta mazhinji pachiuno chake.

²⁷For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks.

²⁸Akagara pamaguta akanga ava matongo, Padzimba dzisina kufanira kugarwa nomunhu, Dzaikarokushanduka matongo.

²⁸And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.

²⁹Iye haangavi mufumi, fuma yake haingagari, Nezvibereko zvazvo hazvingaremberi pasi.

²⁹He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.

³⁰Haangabvi parima; Murazvo womoto uchawomesa matavi ake, Uchabviswa nomweya womuromo waMwari.

³⁰He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

³¹Ngaarege kuvimba nezvisina maturo, achizvinyengera, nekuti mubairo wake uchava zvisina maturo.

³¹Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;

³²Zvichaitwa nguva yake isinokusvika, davi rake haringavi nyoro.

³²It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.

³³Achazuka mazambiringa ake agere kuibva somuzambiringa, Uchazuka maruva ake somuorivhi.

³³He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.

³⁴Nekuti ungano yavasingadi Mwari haingabereki, Moto uchapedza matende avafufuri.

³⁴For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

³⁵Vane mimba yezvakashata, vanobereka zvakaipa, Dumbu ravo rinogadzira kunyengera.

³⁵They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.