¹Asi Jobho, chidonzwai henyu kutaura kwangu, Teererai mashoko angu ose.

¹Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear mine utterances, and hearken to all my words.

²Tarirai zvino, ndashamisa muromo wangu, Rurimi rwangu rwataura mumuromo wangu.

²Behold now, I have opened my mouth, my tongue speaketh in my palate,

³Mashoko angu achadudzira kururama komoyo wangu; miromo yangu ichataura izvo zvainoziva nechokwadi.

³My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart, and my lips shall utter knowledge purely.

⁴Mweya waMwari wakandiita, Kufuridzira kowaMasimbaose kunondipa upenyu.

⁴The Spirit of ùGod hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

⁵Kana mukagona, chindipindurai henyu; Gadzirai mashoko enyu pamberi pangu, simukai henyu.

⁵If thou canst, answer me; array [thy words] before me: take thy stand.

⁶Rairai, ini ndakafanana nemwi pamberi paMwari; Neniwo ndakaumbwa nevhu.

⁶Behold, before ùGod I am as thou; I also am formed out of the clay.

⁷Tarirai, kutyisa kwangu hakungakutyisii imi, Uye handingakuremedziyi.

⁷Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, nor my burden be heavy upon thee.

⁸Zvirokwazvo, makataura ini ndichizvinzwa, Ndakanzwa inzwi ramashoko enyu, richiti,

⁸Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of [thy] words: --

⁹Ndakanaka, handina kudarika; Handine mhosva, hapana zvakaipa mukati mangu;

⁹I am clean without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me;

¹⁰Tarirai, iye unowana mhosva kuti arwe neni, Anonditi muvengi wake.

¹⁰Lo, he findeth occasions of hostility against me, he counteth me for his enemy;

¹¹Anomana makumbo angu mumatanda, Anocherekedza nzira dzangu dzose.

¹¹He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

¹²Tarirai, ndichakupindurai, pachinhu ichi hamuna kururama, nekuti Mwari mukuru kupfuura munhu.

¹²Behold, I will answer thee in this, thou art not right; for +God is greater than man.

¹³Munorwireiko naye? nekuti haazvidaviriri pamashoko ake ose.

¹³Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

¹⁴Nekuti Mwari anotaura kamwechete, Kana kaviri, asi munhu haane hanya nazvo.

¹⁴For ùGod speaketh once, and twice, -- [and man] perceiveth it not --

¹⁵Pakurota, kana pane zvinoonekwa usiku, Kana munhu abatwa nehope kwazvo, Kana avete panhovo;

¹⁵In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

¹⁶Ipapo unodziura nzeve dzavanhu, Nokusimbisa kurairwa kwavo,

¹⁶Then he openeth men's ears, and sealeth their instruction,

¹⁷Kuti adzore munhu pakuvavarira zvakaipa, Nokuvanzira munhu kuzvikudza;

¹⁷That he may withdraw man [from his] work, and hide pride from man.

¹⁸Kuti adzore mweya wake pagomba. Upenyu hwake hurege kuparadzwa nomunondo.

¹⁸He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from passing away by the sword.

¹⁹Unorangwawo achirwadziwa panhovo yake, nokurwadza kwemafupa kunoenderera mberi;

¹⁹He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and with constant strife in his bones;

²⁰Naizvozvo hupenyu hwake hunosema zvokudya, Nomoyo wake zvokudya zvinonaka.

²⁰And his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty food;

²¹Nyama yake inopedzwa, haichaonekwi, mafupa ake, akanga asingaonekwi, anobudira kunze.

²¹His flesh is consumed away from view, and his bones that were not seen stick out;

²²Zvirokwazvo mweya wake unoswedera kugomba, Nohupenyu hwake kuvaparadzi.

²²And his soul draweth near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

²³Kana mutumwa akasvika kwaari, Ari mushanduri, mumwe pakati pavane zviuru zvamazana, Kuti aratidze munhu nzira yakarurama;

²³If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his duty;

²⁴Mwari akamunzwira tsitsi, akati, Murwirei arege kuburukira kugomba, Ndawana dzikunuro.

²⁴Then he will be gracious unto him, and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

²⁵Nyama yake ichava itsva kupfuura yomwana; Achadzokera kumazuva ouduku hwake.

²⁵His flesh shall be fresher than in childhood; he shall return to the days of his youth.

²⁶Anonyengetera kuna Mwari, iye achimufarira; Naizvozvo anotarira chiso chake nomufaro; Akadzosera munhu kururama kwake.

²⁶He shall pray unto +God, and he will receive him with favour; and he shall see his face with shoutings, and he will render unto man his righteousness.

²⁷Uchaimba pamberi pavanhu, achiti, Ndatadza, ndakanganisa zvakarurama, Asi hazvina kundibatsira;

²⁷He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;

²⁸Iye akarwira mweya wangu urege kuburukira kugomba, Hupenyu hwangu huchaona chiedza.

²⁸He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light.

²⁹Tarirai, Mwari unoita zvinhu izvi zvose, Kaviri kana katatu nomunhu,

²⁹Lo, all these [things] worketh ùGod twice, thrice, with man,

³⁰Kuti adzose mweya wake pagomba, Kuti avhenekerwe nechiedza chavapenyu.

³⁰To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

³¹Cherekedzai zvakanaka, Jobho, mundinzwei; Nyararai, ini nditaure.

³¹Mark well, Job, hearken unto me; be silent, and I will speak.

³²Kana mune shoko rokureva, ndipindur ei, Taurai, nekuti ndinoda kukururamisirai.

³²If thou hast anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify thee.

³³Kana musingadi, nditeererei; Nyararai, ini ndikudzidzisei huchenjeri.

³³If not, hearken thou unto me; be silent, and I will teach thee wisdom.