¹Ko ungagona kubata ngwena nechiredzo, Kana kutsikirira rurimi rwayo norwonzi here?

¹“Can you draw out Leviathan Leviathan is a name for a crocodile or similar creature. with a fishhook, or press down his tongue with a cord?

²Ungagona kupinza rwauro pamhino dzayo, Kana kuurura rushaya rwayo nechikokovono?

²Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

³Ko ingakunyengetera zvikuru here? Kana ingataura mashoko manyoro kwauri?

³Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?

⁴Ingaita sungano newe here, Kuti uiite muranda wako nokusingaperi?

⁴Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?

⁵Ungatamba nayo sezvaungaita neshiri here? Kana ungaisunga kuti vanasikana vako vatambe nayo?

⁵Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?

⁶Mapoka avabati vehove angaitengesa here? Vangaigovera vatengi?

⁶Will traders barter for him? Will they part him among the merchants?

⁷Ungagona kuzadza ganda rayo nemiseve yenzeve here, Kana musoro wayo namapfumo ehove?

⁷Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?

⁸Isa ruoko rwako pamusoro payo; Rangarira kurwa, haungapamhidzizve.

⁸Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.

⁹Tarira, tariro yake hapana; Munhu haangaori moyo nokuionachetehere?

⁹Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Won’t one be cast down even at the sight of him?

¹⁰Hakuna munhu anotyisa angatsunga kuivamba, Zvino ndianiko angagona kumira pamberi pangu here?

¹⁰None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?

¹¹Ndianiko akatanga kundipa, kuti ndifanire kumuripirazve? Zvose zviri pasi pedenga rose ndezvangu.

¹¹Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.

¹²Handinganyarari kurondedzera mitezo yayo, Kana simba rayo, kana muturu wayo wakanaka.

¹²“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.

¹³Ndianiko angagona kubvisa nguvo yayo yokunze? Ndianiko angapinda pakati pemisara miviri yameno ayo?

¹³Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?

¹⁴Ndianiko angagona kuzarura mikova yechiso chayo? Pameno payo panotyisa kwazvo.

¹⁴Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.

¹⁵Makwande ayo, ane simba, ndiko kuzvikudza kwayo; Akabatanidzwa nechisimbiso chakabata.

¹⁵Strong scales are his pride, shut up together with a close seal.

¹⁶Ari pedo nepedo, Mhepo haigoni kupinda napakati pawo.

¹⁶One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

¹⁷Akabatanidzwa; Anonamatirana, haangaparadzaniswi.

¹⁷They are joined one to another. They stick together, so that they can’t be pulled apart.

¹⁸Kuhotsira kwayo kunopenya chiedza; Meso ayo akafanana namafungiro amangwanani.

¹⁸His sneezing flashes out light. His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

¹⁹Mumuromo mayo munobuda mazhenje anopfuta; Masasaradzi omoto anobarika achibvamo.

¹⁹Out of his mouth go burning torches. Sparks of fire leap forth.

²⁰Utsi hunobuda pamhino dzayo, Sapahari inovira nenhokwe dzinopfuta.

²⁰Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.

²¹Mweya wayo unobatidza masimbe, Uye murazvo womoto unobuda mumuromo mayo.

²¹His breath kindles coals. A flame goes forth from his mouth.

²²Simba rinogara mumutsipa wayo, Kutyisa kunotamba pamberi payo.

²²There is strength in his neck. Terror dances before him.

²³Nyama dzayo dzakabatanidzwa kumativi ose, Dzakasimba pairi, hadzingazununguswi.

²³The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can’t be moved.

²⁴moyo wayo wakasimba sebwe; Zvirokwazvo, wakasimba seguyo.

²⁴His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone.

²⁵Kana ichisimuka, vane simba vanotya; Vanopenga nokuvhunduswa.

²⁵When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing.

²⁶Kana munhu akaitema nomunondo, haune simba; Kunyange nepfumo, kana nomuseve, kana matare anopinza.

²⁶If one attacks him with the sword, it can’t prevail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

²⁷Iyo inoti matare mashanga, Uye ndarira danda rakaora.

²⁷He counts iron as straw; and brass as rotten wood.

²⁸Museve haungaitizisi; Mabwe anoposhwa nechifuramabwe inoti makoto.

²⁸The arrow can’t make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.

²⁹Tsvimbo dzakaita samakoto; Inoseka kana ichinzwa kuunga kwebakatwa.

²⁹Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.

³⁰Pasi payo pakafanana nezvaenga zvinocheka; Inoita sokukwekweredza chireyi chine mbambo mumatope.

³⁰His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.

³¹Inovirisa mvura yakadzika sehari; Inoita gungwa samafuta okuzora.

³¹He makes the deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

³²Inotara nzira inopenya shure kwayo; Zvimwe munhu ungati, mvura yakadzika yachena vhudzi.

³²He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.

³³Panyika hapana chakafanana nayo, Chakaitwa chisina kutya.

³³On earth there is not his equal, that is made without fear.

³⁴Inoona zvose zvakakwirira; Ndiyo mambo wezvikara zvose zvinozvikudza.

³⁴He sees everything that is high. He is king over all the sons of pride.”