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?”
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?”