1 Ipapo Elihu kati,
2 “Unokumbula kuti ikoku kwakalulwama kene?
Unoti, ‘I ndulamo yangu mbeli kwe Ndzimu,’
3 kwaungadzina ukaubhuzwa uti ‘Ndobuyigwa ngeni,
mu kusatjinya kwangu ikoku kene.’
4 Ndowokudabila
iwe ne bakwinya babo banawe.
5 Linga kuzhuzhugwi ubone,
bona makole a pezhugwi kule kule kukupinda.
6 Ha utjinya unobuyigwa ngeni kudwa muuli,
ha matjinyo awo ewanda kothamani kuuli?
7 Apa uli nlulwami unoupani kene,
kene, unoamutjilani tjinodwa mu luboko gugo?
8 Bubi gugo gotjinyila nthu koga unonga iwe,
ndulamo iyo inobhatsha bathu koga.
9 “Ngekwe bunjinji gwe kutshambilidziwa bathu banolila,
banolila bekumbila bhatsho ngoti luboko gwe wakasima gubakulila.
10 Koga akuna unoti, ‘Ndzimu ungayi mbumbi wangu,
iwo unombisa bathu busiku,
11 iwo unotidiya kupinda phuka dze shango,
iwo unotithama kuti titjenjele kupinda nyuni dze phepho.’
12 Ikoko banolilila kuuli koga autobadabila,
ngekwe mazwikudzo e bathu babi.
13 Nge malebeswa, Ndzimu autoteedza kukumbila kwe suli,
Masimbawose abana hanya nako ndodwa.
14 Bukulu seni ha uti autoubona,
koga ibe ne moyo nlefu tjililo tjitjo tji mbeli kwawo,
15 ngoti bushongola gwawo ate gwe kuloba shamu,
kakale auna hanya ngotjinya,
16 Jobe, unozhula nlomo ne matama e madatha koga,
ewatsha matama asina luzibo.”
1 Ipapo Elihu kati,
2 “Unokumbula kuti ikoku kwakalulwama kene?
Unoti, ‘I ndulamo yangu mbeli kwe Ndzimu,’
3 kwaungadzina ukaubhuzwa uti ‘Ndobuyigwa ngeni,
mu kusatjinya kwangu ikoku kene.’
4 Ndowokudabila
iwe ne bakwinya babo banawe.
5 Linga kuzhuzhugwi ubone,
bona makole a pezhugwi kule kule kukupinda.
6 Ha utjinya unobuyigwa ngeni kudwa muuli,
ha matjinyo awo ewanda kothamani kuuli?
7 Apa uli nlulwami unoupani kene,
kene, unoamutjilani tjinodwa mu luboko gugo?
8 Bubi gugo gotjinyila nthu koga unonga iwe,
ndulamo iyo inobhatsha bathu koga.
9 “Ngekwe bunjinji gwe kutshambilidziwa bathu banolila,
banolila bekumbila bhatsho ngoti luboko gwe wakasima gubakulila.
10 Koga akuna unoti, ‘Ndzimu ungayi mbumbi wangu,
iwo unombisa bathu busiku,
11 iwo unotidiya kupinda phuka dze shango,
iwo unotithama kuti titjenjele kupinda nyuni dze phepho.’
12 Ikoko banolilila kuuli koga autobadabila,
ngekwe mazwikudzo e bathu babi.
13 Nge malebeswa, Ndzimu autoteedza kukumbila kwe suli,
Masimbawose abana hanya nako ndodwa.
14 Bukulu seni ha uti autoubona,
koga ibe ne moyo nlefu tjililo tjitjo tji mbeli kwawo,
15 ngoti bushongola gwawo ate gwe kuloba shamu,
kakale auna hanya ngotjinya,
16 Jobe, unozhula nlomo ne matama e madatha koga,
ewatsha matama asina luzibo.”