¹Ndakaita sungano nameso angu, Zvino ndingatarira musikana seiko?

¹I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid?

²nekuti mugove waMwari unobva kumusoro ndeweiko, Nemhaka yowaMasimbaose inobva kudenga ndeyeiko?

²For what would have been [my] portion of +God from above, and what the heritage of the Almighty from on high?

³Ko haizi njodzi kuna vasina kururama here, Nokuparadzwa kuna vaiti vezvakaipa here?

³Is not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortune for the workers of iniquity?

⁴Ko iye haaoni nzira dzangu, Nokuverenga nhambwe dzangu dzose here?

⁴Doth not he see my ways, and number all my steps?

⁵Kana ndichinge ndafamba nenzira isina maturo, Norutsoka rwangu rwamhanyira zvinonyengera;

⁵If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot hath hasted to deceit,

⁶(Ngandiidzwe pachiyero chakarurama, Kuti Mwari azive kusanyengera kwangu;)

⁶(Let me be weighed in an even balance, and +God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;)

⁷Kana kutsika kwangu kuchinge kwatsauka panzira, Nomoyo wangu ukatevera meso angu, Kana gwapa richinge ranamatira pamaoko angu;

⁷If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth to my hands;

⁸Ipapo ini ndidzvare hangu, asi mumwe ngaadye; Zvibereko zvomunda wangu ngazvidzurwe.

⁸Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring be rooted out.

⁹Kana moyo wangu uchinge wanyengerwa nomukadzi, kana ndavandira pamukova wowandaigara naye;

⁹If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, so that I laid wait at my neighbour's door,

¹⁰Ipapo mukadzi wangu ngaakuyire mumwe, Navamwe ngavakotamire pamusoro pake.

¹⁰Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

¹¹nekuti chinhu icho chivi chakashata, Zvirokwazvo, chinhu chakaipa chinofanira kurohwa navatongi.

¹¹For this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquity [to be judged by] the judges:

¹²nekuti ndiwo moto unopedza kusvikira pakuparadza, Ungadzura zvibereko zvangu zvose.

¹²For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

¹³Kana ndichinge ndazvidza mhaka yomuranda wangu kana murandakadzi wangu, Panguva yavakaita nharo neni;

¹³If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,

¹⁴Ndichaiteiko kana Mwari akasimuka? Kana akandivinga, ndingapindurei kwaari?

¹⁴What then should I do when ùGod riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?

¹⁵Akandiita mudumbu ramai haazi iye akamuitawo here? Ko haazi mumwe akatiumba isu tose mudumbu ramai here?

¹⁵Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not One fashion us in the womb?

¹⁶Kana ndichinge ndanyima varombo zvavakakumbira, Kana kushaisa meso echirikadzi;

¹⁶If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

¹⁷Kana ndichinge ndadya chimedu changu ndiri ndoga, Nherera ikasadyawo;

¹⁷Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,

¹⁸(Kwete, kubva paujaya hwangu yakakurira kwandiri ndikaita sababa vayo, Ndaiva muperekedzi wayo kubva padumbu ramai vangu;)

¹⁸(For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the [widow] from my mother's womb;)

¹⁹Kana ndichinge ndaona munhu achiparara nokushaiwa nguvo, Kana anoshaiwa asina chokufuka;

¹⁹If I have seen any perishing for want of clothing, or any needy without covering;

²⁰Kana chiuno chake chisina kundivonga, Kana asina kudziyirwa nemvere dzamakwai angu;

²⁰If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;

²¹Kana ndichinge ndasimudzira nherera ruoko rwangu, nekuti ndakaona kuti ndichabatsirwa pasuwo;

²¹If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, because I saw my help in the gate:

²²Ipapo fudzi rangu ngaribve pabendekete, Ruoko rwangu ngaruvhunike papfupa.

²²[Then] let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone!

²³nekuti njodzi inobva kuna Mwari yakandityisa, Ndakakoniwa kuita chinhu nokuda koumambo hwake.

²³For calamity from ùGod was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I was powerless.

²⁴Kana ndichinge ndavimba nendarama ikava tariro yangu Ndikati kundarama yakaisvonaka, Ndinovimba newe.

²⁴If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!

²⁵Kana ndichinge ndakafara nekuti fuma yangu yakanga yawanda, Uye nekuti ruoko rwangu rwakanga rwawana zvizhinji;

²⁵If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

²⁶Kana ndichinge ndatarisa zuva parinohwinya, Kana mwedzi uchifamba wakachena;

²⁶If I beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,

²⁷moyo wangu ukanyengerwa pakavanda, Muromo wangu ukatsvoda ruoko rwangu;

²⁷And my heart have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand:

²⁸Nechinhu ichowo chaiva chaipa chinofanira kurohwa navatongi; nekuti ndinenge ndaramba Mwari ari kumusoro.

²⁸This also would be an iniquity for the judge, for I should have denied the ùGod who is above.

²⁹Kana ndichinge ndafarira kuparadzwa komuvengi wangu, Kana kuzvikudza panguva yaakavingwa nezvakaipa;

²⁹If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him;

³⁰(Zvirokwazvo handina kutendera muromo wangu kutadza, Ndichikumbira nokupanjira kuti afe;)

³⁰(Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;)

³¹Kana vanhu vetende rangu vasina kutaura, vachiti, Ndianiko angawana munhu usina kugutiswa nenyama yake?

³¹If the men of my tent said not, Who shall find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat? --

³²Mweni haana kuvata vusiku panzira dzomumusha; Asi ndaizarurira mufambi mikova yangu;

³²The stranger did not lodge without; I opened my doors to the pathway.

³³dai ndaifukidza kudarika kwangu saAdhamu, Ndichivanza zvakaipa zvangu pachipfuva changu;

³³If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

³⁴Zvandaitya vanhu vazhinji, Ndikavhunduswa nokushorwa namapoka avanhu, Ndikanyarara, ndikasabuda pamukova,

³⁴Because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door, ...

³⁵Haiwa, dai ndaiva nomunhu anondinzwa! (Tarirai, ndicho chivoneso changu, waMasimbaose ngaandipindure;) dai ndaiva norugwaro rwakanyorwa nomudzivisi wangu!

³⁵Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation!

³⁶Zvirokwazvo, ndairutakura pafudzi rangu; Ndairudzika pamusoro wangu sekorona.

³⁶Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me [as] a crown;

³⁷Ndaimududzira kuwanda kwenhambwe dzangu; Ndaiswedera kwaari somuchinda.

³⁷I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I come near to him.

³⁸Kana munda wangu ukadanidzira kwandiri, uchindipa mhosva, Nemihoronga yawo ikachema yose;

³⁸If my land cry out against me, and its furrows weep together;

³⁹Kana ndichinge ndadya zvibereko zvawo ndisina kutenga, Kana ndichinge ndarashisa varidzi vawo upenyu hwavo;

³⁹If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have tormented to death the souls of its owners:

⁴⁰Ipapo hutumbambeva ngahumerepo panzvimbo yezviyo, Nesora panzvimbo yebhari. Mashoko aJobho apera.

⁴⁰Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.