Ndebesano ye bubili
1 Ipapo Elifazi we N'temani kashandula eti,
2 “Apa nthu wakatjenjela ungadabila nge matama asina mongo kene?
Kene ezhadza ntumbu uwe ne phepo ye bhezhuba kene?
3 Apa ungazwilebelekela nge matama asina nshingo,
kene nge ndebo dzisinga mbhatshe nge tjimwe kene?
4 Koga auna hanya nge kutja Ndzimu,
unoyisa pasi kunamata mbeli kwe Ndzimu.
5 Ngoti jinyo lilo ndilo linodiya nlomo tjawakafanila kutjileba
ngono ube ushalula lulimi guzhele butjebeli.
6 Nlomo uwo ndiwo unokusumikilisa, kusi imi,
milomo iyo ndiyo inopa butendeki gunonyanyayidzana nawe.
7 “Apa ndiwe nthu wekutanga kuzwagwa kene?
Kene wakabambiwa kutangila matuthu kene?
8 Apa wakatongo teedza gumbuludzo le Ndzimu kene?
Apa wakazwibigila butjenjedu woga kene?
9 Apa ini tjaunoziba tjatisinga zibe kene?
Una hwisiso ipi yatisinayo kene?
10 Tina sholotjena na bokwegu pakati gwedu,
bahwola pana tate babo dumbu.
11 Apa nyaladzo ye Ndzimu ishomanana mukuli,
matama mabuya aunobudziwa kene?
12 Ini udzipiwa nge moyo zwingapa kene,
ne mesho awo ashanduka kabe mashaba zwingapa?
13 Uthama kuti bushongola gugo ugulingisanye ne Ndzimu,
uletja matama akajali kabhuda mu nlomo uwo wali?
14 “Dumbu nthu ini kwaangabe akatjenapala kene?
Iye wakazwagwa nge nkadzi ungabe nlulwami kene?
15 Bonani! Ndzimu autogalabgwe bayengemali bawo,
ne kudzimu dumbu akuzotjenapala mu mesho awo.
16 Bukulu seni iye kee, unoshimisa, wakabola nkumbulo,
iye unogungila bubi se vula kene?
17 “Unditeedze ndikutjenesele,
ima ndikubudze tjandakabona,
18 tjakalebgwa ne bathu bakatjenjela,
itjo bobatategulu babo tjabasakasumbika,
19 ibo boga bakapiwa shango,
kusakatongobe ne madeluka akapinda pakati kwabo.
20 Mazhuba awe wose mbiimbi unodziyidzika,
bukukutu gose mu makole wose wakagubigigwa.
21 Misindo inopalusa moyo inohwika mu zebe dzidze,
mu kubhudilila ntoleli unowozha kan'wila.
22 Aatoduma kuti ungapudzumuka mu zhalima,
wakalulwamisigwa thumo.
23 Unoyenda yeno na yeno eshaka zojiwa, eti, ‘Zwingayi?’
Unoziba dumbu kuti zhuba le zhalima labe pejo zubuyanana mu luboko gugwe,
24 mang'oni ne zogwadza zowondziyidza,
zonkulila sa mambo akazwilulwamisila kugwa!
25 Ngobe wakamilidzila Ndzimu luboko
kalobela Masimbawose ifuba,
26 etshambila Ndzimu nge bukomba
akabhata zwivikisi zwikodu zwakasima,
27 ngobe wakazwimba buso gugwe nge mafuta awe
wakatjibhuda mitumbu ngo kola,
28 unowogala mu matongo e mizi mikulu
ne ng'umba dzisina banogala mudzile,
ng'umba dzakamisigwa kube matuluthulu e magwada.
29 Aatowofuma, fumwa iye aitowobhatilila,
ne thundu iye aitowowanda mu shango.
30 Aanga pudzumuke mu zhalima
nthuto unowowomesa thabi dzidze,
nge mafemo e Ndzimu unowotolegwa kutjena.
31 Ngaasizwitjengedze nge kugalabgwe tjisi tje tjimwe,
ngobe akuna tjinowombuyila.
32 Kowoti tjibaka tjitje tjisathu tjaswika,
unowobe alipiwa mbhayilo uwo nge buzhalo,
ne lutabi gugwe agutowopasula.
33 Unowoshashamuka mitjelo se nzhambi ushashamuka zhambi dzisakabidwa
unonga nti we zhambi washashamuka mitjelo.
34 Ngobe goko le basingagalebgwe lowoshaya bana,
moto unowoja mishasha ya ibabo banoda tjizwimba nlomo.
35 Banozwisenga mang'oni, bakazwala bubi,
mitumbu yabo inolulwamisila butjebeli.”
Ndebesano ye bubili
1 Ipapo Elifazi we N'temani kashandula eti,
2 “Apa nthu wakatjenjela ungadabila nge matama asina mongo kene?
Kene ezhadza ntumbu uwe ne phepo ye bhezhuba kene?
3 Apa ungazwilebelekela nge matama asina nshingo,
kene nge ndebo dzisinga mbhatshe nge tjimwe kene?
4 Koga auna hanya nge kutja Ndzimu,
unoyisa pasi kunamata mbeli kwe Ndzimu.
5 Ngoti jinyo lilo ndilo linodiya nlomo tjawakafanila kutjileba
ngono ube ushalula lulimi guzhele butjebeli.
6 Nlomo uwo ndiwo unokusumikilisa, kusi imi,
milomo iyo ndiyo inopa butendeki gunonyanyayidzana nawe.
7 “Apa ndiwe nthu wekutanga kuzwagwa kene?
Kene wakabambiwa kutangila matuthu kene?
8 Apa wakatongo teedza gumbuludzo le Ndzimu kene?
Apa wakazwibigila butjenjedu woga kene?
9 Apa ini tjaunoziba tjatisinga zibe kene?
Una hwisiso ipi yatisinayo kene?
10 Tina sholotjena na bokwegu pakati gwedu,
bahwola pana tate babo dumbu.
11 Apa nyaladzo ye Ndzimu ishomanana mukuli,
matama mabuya aunobudziwa kene?
12 Ini udzipiwa nge moyo zwingapa kene,
ne mesho awo ashanduka kabe mashaba zwingapa?
13 Uthama kuti bushongola gugo ugulingisanye ne Ndzimu,
uletja matama akajali kabhuda mu nlomo uwo wali?
14 “Dumbu nthu ini kwaangabe akatjenapala kene?
Iye wakazwagwa nge nkadzi ungabe nlulwami kene?
15 Bonani! Ndzimu autogalabgwe bayengemali bawo,
ne kudzimu dumbu akuzotjenapala mu mesho awo.
16 Bukulu seni iye kee, unoshimisa, wakabola nkumbulo,
iye unogungila bubi se vula kene?
17 “Unditeedze ndikutjenesele,
ima ndikubudze tjandakabona,
18 tjakalebgwa ne bathu bakatjenjela,
itjo bobatategulu babo tjabasakasumbika,
19 ibo boga bakapiwa shango,
kusakatongobe ne madeluka akapinda pakati kwabo.
20 Mazhuba awe wose mbiimbi unodziyidzika,
bukukutu gose mu makole wose wakagubigigwa.
21 Misindo inopalusa moyo inohwika mu zebe dzidze,
mu kubhudilila ntoleli unowozha kan'wila.
22 Aatoduma kuti ungapudzumuka mu zhalima,
wakalulwamisigwa thumo.
23 Unoyenda yeno na yeno eshaka zojiwa, eti, ‘Zwingayi?’
Unoziba dumbu kuti zhuba le zhalima labe pejo zubuyanana mu luboko gugwe,
24 mang'oni ne zogwadza zowondziyidza,
zonkulila sa mambo akazwilulwamisila kugwa!
25 Ngobe wakamilidzila Ndzimu luboko
kalobela Masimbawose ifuba,
26 etshambila Ndzimu nge bukomba
akabhata zwivikisi zwikodu zwakasima,
27 ngobe wakazwimba buso gugwe nge mafuta awe
wakatjibhuda mitumbu ngo kola,
28 unowogala mu matongo e mizi mikulu
ne ng'umba dzisina banogala mudzile,
ng'umba dzakamisigwa kube matuluthulu e magwada.
29 Aatowofuma, fumwa iye aitowobhatilila,
ne thundu iye aitowowanda mu shango.
30 Aanga pudzumuke mu zhalima
nthuto unowowomesa thabi dzidze,
nge mafemo e Ndzimu unowotolegwa kutjena.
31 Ngaasizwitjengedze nge kugalabgwe tjisi tje tjimwe,
ngobe akuna tjinowombuyila.
32 Kowoti tjibaka tjitje tjisathu tjaswika,
unowobe alipiwa mbhayilo uwo nge buzhalo,
ne lutabi gugwe agutowopasula.
33 Unowoshashamuka mitjelo se nzhambi ushashamuka zhambi dzisakabidwa
unonga nti we zhambi washashamuka mitjelo.
34 Ngobe goko le basingagalebgwe lowoshaya bana,
moto unowoja mishasha ya ibabo banoda tjizwimba nlomo.
35 Banozwisenga mang'oni, bakazwala bubi,
mitumbu yabo inolulwamisila butjebeli.”