1 Ipapo Jobe kashandula eti,
2 “Wambhatsha seni iye usina matatabuko!
Wambhatsha seni iye una maboko asakasima!
3 Wakumbuludza seni usina butjenjedu!
Naiko hwu zibisisa kungapani kwawalakidza kene!
4 Apa ndiani wakubhatsha kuti ulebe matama iyawa kene?
Apa i meya yaani inolebeleka idwa mukuli kene?
5 Bafi banotetema bali kusi kwe vula
ne zose zwinogala muili.
6 Bugalo gwe bafi gwakaambuka mbeli kwe Ndzimu
ne Golomodzo alizozwimbiwa.
7 Unotalabudza zhuzhugwi liku bunandzwa kusina tjimwe,
ukalembeledza shango mu phepo kusina tjimwe.
8 Unopetela vula mu makole awo,
ngono koga makole atophutukana ngolema kwayo.
9 Unozwimba kuboneka kwe mwedzi uzhele,
nge kuukwididza nge gole lawo.
10 Unotala n'gathu pezhugwi kwe vula,
kuthama n'gathu unothubukanya tjedza ne zhalima.
11 Phanda dze kudzimu dzotengenyeka
dzotjenamisiwa ngotjemela kwawo.
12 Nge simba lawo unodzikamisa gungwa,
nge hwisiso yawo unotemelela zhithu le gungwa linoyi Rahabu.
13 Nge meya yawo zhuzhugwi kwakaambuka,
nge luboko gwawo unobhaya nyoka imu kutizha.
14 Bonani, yezwi butukununu koga gwe zila dzawo,
tohwa kutukununu seni zwinyebezegwa nge kwawo!
Ndiani ungahwisisa nsindo we simba lawo kene?”
Job
1-2 What a big help you are to me—
poor, weak man that I am!
3 You give such good advice
and share your knowledge with a fool like me!
4 Who do you think will hear all your words?
Who inspired you to speak like this?
[Bildad]
5 The spirits of the dead tremble
in the waters under the earth.
6 The world of the dead lies open to God;
no covering shields it from his sight.
7 God stretched out the northern sky
and hung the earth in empty space.
8 It is God who fills the clouds with water
and keeps them from bursting with the weight.
9 He hides the full moon behind a cloud.
10 He divided light from darkness
by a circle drawn on the face of the sea.
11 When he threatens the pillars that hold up the sky,
they shake and tremble with fear.
12 It is his strength that conquered the sea;
by his skill he destroyed the monster Rahab.
13 It is his breath that made the sky clear,
and his hand that killed the escaping monster.
14 But these are only hints of his power,
only the whispers that we have heard.
Who can know how truly great God is?