1Zvino rimwe zuvazve vanakomana vaMwari vakati vachindomira pamberi paJehovha, Satani akasvikawo pakati pavo, akamira pamberi paJehovha.
1Again it happened on the day when the God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, that Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh.
2Jehovha akati kuna Satani, Wabvepiko? Satani akapindura Jehovha, akati, Ndabva pakupota-pota nenyika, napakufamba-famba pairi.
2Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”
3Jehovha akati kuna Satani, Wacherekedza muranda wangu Jobho here? nekuti hakuna munhu akafanana naye panyika, munhu akakwana, akarurama, anotya Mwari, achinzvenga zvakaipa; nazvino anorambira pakururama kwake, kunyange iwe wakandikurudzira kuti ndimuparadze asine mhaka.
3Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”
4Satani akapindura Jehovha, akati, Ganda rinotsihwa neganda, zvose zvaanazvo munhu angazviisira upenyu hwake.
4Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
5Asi tambanudzai ruoko rwenyu zvino, murove mafupa ake nenyama yake, ipapo achakushorai pachena.
5But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”
6Jehovha akati kuna Satani, Tarira, iye ari paruoko rwako; asi koga urege upenyu hwake.
6Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”
7Naizvozvo Satani akabva pamberi paJehovha, akarova Jobho namaronda akaipa, kubva patsoka dzake kusvikira pamusoro wake.
7So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.
8Jobho akatora chaenga akazvikwenya nacho; akagara pasi pakati pamadota.
8He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.
9Ipapo mukadzi wake akati kwaari, Ucharambira nazvino pakururama kwako here? Shora Mwari, ufe hako.
9Then his wife said to him, “Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.”
10Asi iye akati kwaari, Iwe unotaura sezvinotaura mumwe wavakadzi matununu. Tingagamuchira zvakanakacheteparuoko rwaMwari, tikasagamuchira zvakaipawo here? Pazvinhu izvi zvose Jobho haana kutadza nomuromo wake.
10But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.
11Zvino shamwari nhatu dzaJobho dzakati dzichinzwa zvakaipa zvose zvakanga zvamuwira, dzikauya mumwe nomumwe achibva kwake, dzaiti Erifazi muTemani, naBhiridhadhi muShuhi, naZofari muNamati; vakatenderana kundomunzwira tsitsi nokumunyaradza.
11Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.
12Zvino vakati vachitarira vachiri kure, vakasamuziva, vakachema kwazvo, mumwe nomumwe akabvarura nguvo yake, vakakushira guruva kudenga pamisoro yavo.
12When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn’t recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky.
13Ipapo vakagara pasi naye mazuva manomwe nousiku hunomwe; asi hakuna nomumwe akataura naye kunyange shoko rimwe; nekuti vakaona kuti njodzi yake yakanga iri huru kwazvo.
13So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.