¹Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,

¹Ipapo Zofari muNaamati akapindura, akati,

²“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?

²Ko mashoko mazhinji akadai haangapindurwi here? Munhu anoshoshoma angaruramisirwa here?

³Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?

³Manyawi ako angafanira kunyaradza vanhu here? Kana uchidadira, hakuna ungakunyadza here?

⁴For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’

⁴nekuti iwe unoti, Zvandinoparidza ndezvechokwadi, Ndakachena pamberi penyu.

⁵But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,

⁵Asi, haiwa! Dai Mwari hake achitaura, Ashamise miromo yake pamusoro pako;

⁶that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

⁶Akuratidze zvakavanzwa zvokungwara, Kuti kuna mativi mazhinji. Uzive naizvozvo kuti Mwari anokangamwira zvimwe zvakaipa zvako.

⁷“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

⁷Unganzwisisa zvakadzika zvaMwari here? Ungakwanisa kunzwisisa iye waMasimbaose here?

⁸They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. . What can you know?

⁸Zvakakwirira sokudenga; iwe ungaiteiko? Zvakadzika kupfuura hwiro; iwe ungaziveiko?

⁹Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

⁹Kureba kwazvo kunopfuura nyika, Uye upamhi hwazvo hunopfuura gungwa.

¹⁰If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?

¹⁰Kana iye akapfuura, akapfigira mitongo, Akakokera vanhu kukutongwa, ndiani angamudzivisa?

¹¹For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.

¹¹Nekuti iye anoziva vanhu venhema; Anoonawo zvakaipa, kunyange asingazvifungi.

¹²An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.

¹²Asi munhu asakachenjera anoshaiwa kunzwisisa, Zvirokwazvo, munhu anozvarwa semhuru yembizi.

¹³“If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.

¹³Kana iwe ukaruramisa moyo wako, Ukatambanudzira maoko ako kwaari;

¹⁴If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.

¹⁴Kana zvakaipa zviri muruoko rwako, uzviise kure, Kusarurama ngakurege kugara mumatende ako;

¹⁵Surely then you shall lift up your face without spot; Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:

¹⁵Zvirokwazvo ipapo ungasimudza chiso chako, usine gwapa, Zvirokwazvo, uchasimba, usingatyi, chinhu.

¹⁶for you shall forget your misery. You shall remember it as waters that are passed away.

¹⁶Nekuti uchakangamwa njodzi yako, Uchairangarira semvura yapfuura;

¹⁷Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.

¹⁷Upenyu hwako huchavara kupfuura masikati makuru; Kunyange kune rima, kuchava samangwanani.

¹⁸You shall be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.

¹⁸Iwe uchasimba pamoyo, nekuti tariro ichavapo; Zvirokwazvo, ucharingaringa ndokuzorora hako wakachengetwa.

¹⁹Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. Yes, many shall court your favor.

¹⁹Uchavata hako pasi, hakuna angakutyisa; Zvirokwazvo, vazhinji vachatsvaka kukufadza.

²⁰But the eyes of the wicked shall fail. They shall have no way to flee. Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit.”

²⁰Asi meso avakaipa achapera nokutarira, Vachashaiwa pokutizirapo, Tariro yavo ichava yokufa.