1 “Apa unoziba tjibaka tjinozwala n'gululu kene,
kene unosolingilila ha zilawa izwala kene?
2 Apa unoziba kuti inobe methu mimwedzi mingana kene,
kene unoziba tjibaka tjadzinozwala kene?
3 Apa unoziba tjibaka tjadzinolala pasi kene,
dzizwala bana badzo kene?
4 Bana badzo banokula bakasima,
bakayenda ne shango bakayendila tjose.
5 “Apa ndiani wakaletjedza madonki e shango kayenda,
kene ndiani wakaasunungula kuti ayende kene?
6 Ndakaapa tjilambanyika kube nzi wazo,
ne ikwakwa kuti agaleko.
7 Anogala kule kule ne zhoba ye mizi mikulu,
aatohwa nsindo we bayendisi be dzikoloyi.
8 Anofulila ku matombo kule kule,
eshaka tjimwe ne tjimwe tjitala.
9 “Apa nyati ingada kukushingila kene?
Apa ingagala paunojisila zojiwa kene?
10 Apa ungasunga nyati nge ntjili kuti ilime kene,
kuti ikwebe bhadza mu nnda uwo kene?
11 Apa ungaigalabgwe nge masimba ayo makulu,
kuti ikushingile nshingo uwo unolema kene?
12 Apa unogalabgwe kuti inowobuya,
ikawosengela mathunde awo ku lutombo kene?
13 “Phowu inolobanya mapapilo nge shatho seni,
koga aingahwuluke se hanganlobe.
14 Ngobe inosiya mabumbulu ayo,
ikaaletja akadziyisiwa nge nsetje,
15 isingakumbule kuti gumbo lingaatshamba kapkhwanyika,
nekuti phuka dzimwe dze shango dzingaapkhwanyabo.
16 Inobhata bana bayo nge bukukutu, ungati ate bayo,
ingati aina hanya ngekuti yakashingila suli.
17 Hwuti Ndzimu auzoipa butjenjedu,
ukasitongo ipa gobe mu kuhwisisa.
18 Koga ha imilidza mapapilo ayo itizha,
inoseka mbizi ne ntaswi wayo.
19 “Apa ndiwe wakathama mbizi kuti dzisime kene,
nekuti dzibe ne nzezema kene?
20 Apa ndiwe unodzithama kuti dzitjuluke se phashu kene,
kuti dzitjise bathu nge bundula kene?
21 Dzipala se nkono pa gwizi dzakashatha,
dzikabhuda dzakasima dzinoshanganidza mbhatsha.
22 Adzitoziba lutjo kuti kodwiwani, adzitotja tjimwe.
Adzitotja lingisana ne mathumo.
23 Mathumo anolila akasengwa ne batathi badzo,
Mu ali kopenya nsebe ne thumo.
24 Nge kusima moyo ne bushongola inomidza shango,
ne lunyanga gulila adzitoma.
25 Tjibaka ne tjibaka ha lunyanga gulila dzoti, ‘Ahaa!’
Ngono dzotunila ngwa dzitjikule kule,
dzikahwa balauli be ngwa bemimila.
26 “Apa luphangu ha guwuluka, guangamadza mapapilo ago,
guwulukila ku burwa gobe gwadiyiwa ndiwe kene?
27 Apa dzu lowulukila pezhugwi kunobaka shaka,
pezhugwi nge ndaulo iyo kene?
28 Lobaka magalo alo mu matombo libe lilalako busiku,
logala mu phaswa dze matombo ne mu theswi dzawo.
29 Ikoko loshaka tjalingaja,
mesho alo anobona zwikule kule.
30 Majindana alo anong'wa malopa,
ngono pana itumbu madzu aipapobo!”
The Lord Continues
When Do Mountain Goats Give Birth?
1 When do mountain goats
and deer give birth?
Have you been there
when their young are born?
* 2 How long are they pregnant
3 before they deliver?
4 Soon their young grow strong
and then leave
to be on their own.
5 Who set wild donkeys free?
6 I alone help them survive
in salty desert sand.
7 They stay far from crowded cities
and refuse to be tamed.
8 Instead, they roam the hills,
searching for pastureland.
9 Would a wild ox agree
to live in your barn
and labor for you?
10 Could you force him to plow
or to drag a heavy log
to smooth out the soil?
11 Can you depend on him
to use his great strength
and do your heavy work?
12 Can you trust him
to harvest your grain
or take it to your barn
from the threshing place?
An Ostrich Proudly Flaps Her Wings
13 An ostrich proudly
flaps her wings,
but not because
she loves her young.
14 She abandons her eggs
and lets the dusty ground
keep them warm.
15 And she doesn't seem to worry
that the feet of an animal
could crush them all.
16 She treats her eggs as though
they were not her own,
unconcerned that her work
might be for nothing.
17 I myself made her foolish
and without common sense.
18 But once she starts running,
she laughs at a rider
on the fastest horse.
Did You Give Horses Their Strength?
19 Did you give horses their strength
and the flowing hair
along their necks?
20 Did you make them able
to jump like grasshoppers
or to frighten people
with their snorting?
21 Before horses are ridden
into battle,
they paw at the ground,
proud of their strength.
22 Laughing at fear, they rush
toward the fighting,
23 while the weapons of their riders
rattle and flash in the sun.
24 Unable to stand still,
they gallop eagerly into battle
when trumpets blast.
25 Stirred by the distant smells
and sounds of war, they snort
in reply to the trumpet.
26 Did you teach hawks to fly south
for the winter?
* 27 Did you train eagles to build
28 their nests on rocky cliffs,
29 where they can look down
to spot their next meal?
30 Then their young gather to feast
wherever the victim lies.