¹Ipapo Erifazi muTemani akapindura, akati,

¹And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

²Kana munhu akaidza kutaurirana newe, iwe uchava neshungu here? Asi ndiani angazvidzora, akasataura hake?

²If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking?

³Tarira, iwe wakadzidzisa vazhinji, Iwe wakasimbisa maoko akashaiwa simba.

³Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands;

⁴Mashoko ako akatsigira akanga achivavarira kuwa, Iwe wakasimbisa mabvi akanga achigweda-gweda.

⁴Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees:

⁵Asi zvino zvasvika kwauri, iwe woshaiwa simba, Zvakubata, zvino wotambudzika.

⁵But now it is come upon thee, and thou grievest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

⁶Ko kutya kwako Mwari harizi simba rako here? Kururama kwenzira dzako haizi tariro yako here?

⁶Hath not thy piety been thy confidence, and the perfection of thy ways thy hope?

⁷Rangarira hako, ndianiko asine mhaka akatongoparara? Kana vakarurama vakatongoparadzwa papi?

⁷Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?

⁸Sezvandakaona ini, vanhu, vanorimira zvakaipa Navanodzvara zvakashata, ndivo vanokohwawo izvozvo.

⁸Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same.

⁹Vanoparadzwa nomweya waMwari, Vanopedzwa nokufema kokutsamwa kwake.

⁹By the breath of +God they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed.

¹⁰Kunduruma kweshumba nenzwi reshumba inehasha, Nameno evana veshumba anoparadzwa.

¹⁰The roar of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken;

¹¹Shumba, yakwegura, inofa nokushaiwa zvingabata; Navana veshumbakadzi vanoparadzirwa.

¹¹The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.

¹²Zvino ndakaziviswa shoko rakavanda; Nzeve yangu yakanzwa zeve-zeve raro.

¹²Now to me a word was secretly brought, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.

¹³Pandangariro dzinobva pane zvinoonekwa usiku, Kana vanhu vabatwa nehope huru;

¹³In thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men: --

¹⁴Kutya nokubvunda kwakandiwira, Kwakabvundisa mafupa angu ose.

¹⁴Fear came on me, and trembling, and made all my bones to shake;

¹⁵Ipapo mweya wakapfuura pamberi pechiso changu; Mvere dzenyama yangu dzikasimuka.

¹⁵And a spirit passed before my face -- the hair of my flesh stood up --

¹⁶Wakamira, asi ndakanga ndisingagoni kuona kuti akadini; Mufananidzo wangu wakange uri pamberi pameso angu; Kunyarara kukavapo, ndikanzwa inzwi richiti,

¹⁶It stood still; I could not discern the appearance thereof: a form was before mine eyes; I heard a slight murmur and a voice:

¹⁷Ko munhu, anofa, angakunda Mwari pakururama here? Ko munhu angakunda Muiti wake pakunaka here?

¹⁷Shall [mortal] man be more just than +God? Shall a man be purer than his Maker?

¹⁸Tarirai, haatendi varanda vake; Vatumwa vake anovapa mhaka achiti mapenzi;

¹⁸Lo, he trusteth not his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly:

¹⁹Ndoda vanogara mudzimba dzevhu, Nheyo dzadzo dzakateyiwa paguruva, Dzinopwanyiwa sezvifusi.

¹⁹How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!

²⁰Vanoparadzwa pakati pamagwanani namadekwana; Vanoparara nokusingaperi, pasina munhu ane hanya nazvo.

²⁰From morning to evening are they smitten: without any heeding it, they perish for ever.

²¹Ko bote retende ravo harina kuvhomorwa pamwechete navo here? Vanofa vasina uchenjeri.

²¹Is not their tent-cord torn away in them? they die, and without wisdom.