¹Ipapo Jehovha akapindura Jobho, ari pachamupupuri, akati,

¹And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

²Ndianiko uya anodzima zano rangu achiriita rima Namashoko asine zivo here?

²Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

³Chizvisunga chiuno chako zvino somurume; nekuti ndichakubvunzisisa, iwe undidudzire.

³Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.

⁴Iwe wakange uripiko panguva yandakateya nheyo dzenyika? Chidudzira, kana une zivo iwe.

⁴Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

⁵Ndianiko akatara kukura kwayo, kana uchizviziva? Kana ndianiko akaiyera norwonzi?

⁵Who set the measures thereof -- if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?

⁶Ko nheyo dzayo dzakateyiwa pamusoro pei? Kana ndianiko akateya ibwe rayo rekona?

⁶Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,

⁷Panguva yakaimba nyeredzi dzamambakwedza pamawa, Uye vanakomana vose vaMwari vachipururudza nomufaro?

⁷When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

⁸Kana ndianiko wakadzivira gungwa nemikova, Panguva yokudzutuka kwaro, richibuda pachizvaro;

⁸And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?

⁹Panguva yandakaita gore nenguva yaro, Uye rima guru uve mucheka wokuriputira nawo;

⁹When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;

¹⁰Panguva.yandakaritarira muganhu waro, Ndikariisira mazariro nemikova,

¹⁰When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,

¹¹Ndikati, Ungasvikira pano, asi haungapfuvuri; Mafungu ako, anozvikudza, achadzivirirwa pano?

¹¹And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

¹²Iwe wakatongoraira mangwanani kubva pakutanga kwamazuva ako here, Ukaratidza mambakwedza nzvimbo yawo here?

¹²Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,

¹³Kuti abate migumo yenyika, Vakaipa vazuzwe vabve pairi here?

¹³That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?

¹⁴Zvinoshanduka sevhu kana richitsikwa nechisimbiso, Zvinhu zvose zvichionekwa sapanguvo.

¹⁴It is changed like the signet-clay; and [all things] stand forth as in a garment:

¹⁵Vakaipa vanodzitirirwa chiedza chavo, Ruoko, runozvikudza, runovhuniwa.

¹⁵And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.

¹⁶Iwe wakatongopinda pamatsime egungwa here? Kana wakatongofamba pakadzikadzika pasi here?

¹⁶Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

¹⁷Masuwo orufu akatongokuzarurirwa here? Kana wakatongoona masuwo omumvuri worufu here?

¹⁷Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

¹⁸Wakatongonzwisisa upamhi bwenyika here? Dudzira, kana uchizviziva zvose.

¹⁸Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.

¹⁹Nzira iripiko inoenda kunogara chiedza, Kana riri rima, nzvimbo yaro iripiko?

¹⁹Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,

²⁰Kuti undozviisa kumiganho yazvo, Uye kuti uzive nzira dzinoenda kumusha wazvo here?

²⁰That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?

²¹Unenge unoziva hako, nekuti wakange wakazvarwa panguva iyo! Mazuva ako anenge akawanda kwazvo!

²¹Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!

²²Wakatongopinda panovigwa fuma yamazaya echando here, Kana wakatongoona panovigwa fuma yechimvuramabwe here?

²²Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,

²³Izvo zvandakachengetera nguva yenhamo, Nezuva rokurwa nehondo here?

²³Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?

²⁴Chiedza chinoparadzaniswa nomutowo upiko, Uye mhepo inobva mabvazuva inopararira seiko panyika?

²⁴By what way is the light parted, [and] the east wind scattered upon the earth?

²⁵Ndianiko akacherera boporodzi remvura mugero, Kana kuratidzira mheni yomutinhiro nzira yayo;

²⁵Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;

²⁶Kuti mvura iniswe panyika isina vanhu, Parenje pasina vanhu;

²⁶To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;

²⁷Kuti ivhu rakasiiwa nerakaparadzwa rigutswe; Uye bumhudza rimereswe here?

²⁷To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?

²⁸Ko mvura inonaya inababa here? Kana ndianiko wakazvara madonhedza edova?

²⁸Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?

²⁹Mazaya echando akabuda muchizvaro chaaniko? Uye chando chokudenga ndianiko akachibereka?

²⁹Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?

³⁰Mvura inogwamba sebwe, Gungwa rakadzika rinogwamba pamusoro paro.

³⁰When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.

³¹Ko iwe ungasunga sumbu reChinyamutanhatu, Kana kusunungura zvisungo zveOrionhi here?

³¹Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?

³²Iwe ungabudisa Mazaroti panguva yawo here? Kana ungagona kufambisa Arikituro navanakomana vayo here?

³²Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons?

³³Iwe unoziva mitemo yokudenga here? Iwe ungagona kuraira ushe hwazvo panyika here?

³³Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?

³⁴Ko iwe ungasvitsa inzwi kumakore, Kuti ufukidzwe nemvura yakawanda here?

³⁴Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?

³⁵Iwe ungagona kutuma mheni, kuti dzifambe, Dzichiti kwauri, Tiri pano, here?

³⁵Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

³⁶Ndianiko akaisa uchenjeri mukati mamakore matema? Kana ndianiko akapa nyeredzi njere?

³⁶Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?

³⁷Ndianiko angagona kuverenga makore nohuchenjeri hwake here? Kana ndianiko angagona kudurura hombodo dzemvura dzokudenga?

³⁷Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,

³⁸Kana guruva richiungana pamwechete, Namavhinga achinamatirana here?

³⁸When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?

³⁹Ko iwe ungavhimira shumbakadzi, Kana kugutsa vana veshumba here?

³⁹Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

⁴⁰Kana idzo dzichitsivama panzvimbo dzadzo, Nokurambira pakavanda dzichivandira here?

⁴⁰When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?

⁴¹Ndianiko anogadzirira gunguvo zvokudya zvaro,

⁴¹Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto ùGod, [and] they wander for lack of meat?