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? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?

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

²Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

³Dzinokotama, ndokubereka vana vadzo, Dzinorasha ushungu hwadzo.

³They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, 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 unto them.

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

⁵Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,

⁶Ndakaita renje imba yayo, Nenyika yebare hugaro hwayo.

⁶Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?

⁷Inozvidza bope romuguta, Hainzwi kuchaira komuchairi.

⁷He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts 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 buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib?

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

¹⁰Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

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

¹¹Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

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

¹²Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?

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

¹³The wing of the ostrich beats joyously -- But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?

¹⁴nekuti inosiya mazai ayo pasi pavhu, Inowadziyisa muguruva,

¹⁴For she leaveth her eggs to 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 beast of the field may trample them.

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

¹⁶She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.

¹⁷Nekuti Mwari wakaitorera huchenjeri, Haana kuipa njere.

¹⁷For +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.

¹⁸Panguva yainosimuka kuti itize, Inoshora bhiza nomutasvi waro

¹⁸What time she lasheth 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 strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

²⁰Iwe wakarichirikisa semhashu here? Simba rokupfeza kwaro rinotyisa.

²⁰Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic 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 forth to meet the armed host.

²²Rinoseka kutya, harivhunduswi; Haridzoki kana richiona munondo.

²²He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.

²³Goba rinorira pamusoro paro, Uye pfumo nebakatwa zvinopenya.

²³The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.

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

²⁴He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet:

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

²⁵At the noise of the trumpets 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?

²⁶Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, [and] stretch his wings toward the south?

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

²⁷Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high?

²⁸Rinogara padombo, richivatapo, Pashongwe yedombo napanhare.

²⁸He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:

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

²⁹From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;

³⁰Vana varowo vanosveta ropa; Pane chakaurawa ndipo pariri.

³⁰And his young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he.