1 “Ngekwako moyo wangu unoloba kwazo,
unotjuluka kudwa mu magalo awo.
2 Bhulutanani kudidima kwe hwi le Ndzimu,
ihwani kubhonga kunodwa mu nlomo wawo.
3 Lupenyo gugwe gwe vula gopenya gutendebukila ku zhuzhugwi
kudwa tjose ku phelelo dze shango.
4 Kudwa ipapo kotobela nsindo we kubhonga kwawo,
unodadamula nge hwi lakasima
awutobgwilila shule ndodwa!
5 Ndzimu unobomba kunotjenamisa,
unothama zwithu zwikulu zwatisingake tikahwisisa.
6 Unoti ku kapuku, ‘Wila mu shango,’
ukadwa vula ukati, ‘Ina nge midumbi.’
7 Ukamisa nthu mmwe ne mmwe kushinga,
kuti ndizo bathu bazibe ngekwe mishingo yawo.
8 Phuka dze shango dzongina mu mazwimba adzo,
dzogala zwadzo mu makuwu adzo.
9 Matutu anotutudza edwa ku burwa,
phepo inotothola inodwa ku bunandzwa.
10 Lufemo gwe Ndzimu gothama makaa,
ne vula dzakawala dzikagamba.
11 Unosengesa gole lakasima vula,
makole anoandamisa lupenyo gwawo.
12 Zopoteleka zwikapoteleka zwilaugwa ndiwo,
kushingikadza ndaulo dzose dzaunozwipa,
mu shango yose koga.
13 Ndzimu unozhisa makole kuloba bathu shamu,
kene ukainisa vula kulakidza ludo gwawo gusingazunguzike.
14 “Ima kutanga Jobe, teedza,
kumbula mishingo ye Ndzimu inotjenamisa.
15 Apa unoziba kuti Ndzimu unolaula makole tjini kene?
Apa unoziba kuti unothama tjini kuti lupenyo gupenye kene?
16 Apa unoziba tjakabhata makole kuti asiwile pasi kene?
Apa unoziba makaabadzo aiye una zibo yakapelela kene?
17 Iwe, we zwiambalo zwinokupisa,
ha phepo ye burwa i hwuhwudza mu shango,
18 apa ungabhatsha Ndzimu kuthama zhuzhugwi kene?
Apa ungathama zhuzhugwi gwakasima se iponi tje phangula kene?
19 Utibudze kuti tidwe Ndzimu titini,
titini ngoti iswi timuzhalima koga.
20 Apa ubudziwe kuti ndilebeni kene?
Andidi, kuti ndiko ukowotini kene? Undilobese?
21 “Koga ngwenu akuna ungalinga zhuba,
lipenya lili ku zhuzhugwi,
zhuzhugwi gwakatjena kusina ndodwa ne gole.
22 Ku bunandzwa koboneka kupenya kwe golide,
Ndzimu unoboneka mu kupenya ikoku kukulu.
23 Masimbawose atitobabona,
bakulu mu simba labo ne ndulamo,
kululwama kwabo kwakawanda abangabatshambilidze.
24 Ndizo, bathu banoutja,
auna hanya na ibabo banozwidwa beti bakatjenjela.”
1 “Ngekwako moyo wangu unoloba kwazo,
unotjuluka kudwa mu magalo awo.
2 Bhulutanani kudidima kwe hwi le Ndzimu,
ihwani kubhonga kunodwa mu nlomo wawo.
3 Lupenyo gugwe gwe vula gopenya gutendebukila ku zhuzhugwi
kudwa tjose ku phelelo dze shango.
4 Kudwa ipapo kotobela nsindo we kubhonga kwawo,
unodadamula nge hwi lakasima
awutobgwilila shule ndodwa!
5 Ndzimu unobomba kunotjenamisa,
unothama zwithu zwikulu zwatisingake tikahwisisa.
6 Unoti ku kapuku, ‘Wila mu shango,’
ukadwa vula ukati, ‘Ina nge midumbi.’
7 Ukamisa nthu mmwe ne mmwe kushinga,
kuti ndizo bathu bazibe ngekwe mishingo yawo.
8 Phuka dze shango dzongina mu mazwimba adzo,
dzogala zwadzo mu makuwu adzo.
9 Matutu anotutudza edwa ku burwa,
phepo inotothola inodwa ku bunandzwa.
10 Lufemo gwe Ndzimu gothama makaa,
ne vula dzakawala dzikagamba.
11 Unosengesa gole lakasima vula,
makole anoandamisa lupenyo gwawo.
12 Zopoteleka zwikapoteleka zwilaugwa ndiwo,
kushingikadza ndaulo dzose dzaunozwipa,
mu shango yose koga.
13 Ndzimu unozhisa makole kuloba bathu shamu,
kene ukainisa vula kulakidza ludo gwawo gusingazunguzike.
14 “Ima kutanga Jobe, teedza,
kumbula mishingo ye Ndzimu inotjenamisa.
15 Apa unoziba kuti Ndzimu unolaula makole tjini kene?
Apa unoziba kuti unothama tjini kuti lupenyo gupenye kene?
16 Apa unoziba tjakabhata makole kuti asiwile pasi kene?
Apa unoziba makaabadzo aiye una zibo yakapelela kene?
17 Iwe, we zwiambalo zwinokupisa,
ha phepo ye burwa i hwuhwudza mu shango,
18 apa ungabhatsha Ndzimu kuthama zhuzhugwi kene?
Apa ungathama zhuzhugwi gwakasima se iponi tje phangula kene?
19 Utibudze kuti tidwe Ndzimu titini,
titini ngoti iswi timuzhalima koga.
20 Apa ubudziwe kuti ndilebeni kene?
Andidi, kuti ndiko ukowotini kene? Undilobese?
21 “Koga ngwenu akuna ungalinga zhuba,
lipenya lili ku zhuzhugwi,
zhuzhugwi gwakatjena kusina ndodwa ne gole.
22 Ku bunandzwa koboneka kupenya kwe golide,
Ndzimu unoboneka mu kupenya ikoku kukulu.
23 Masimbawose atitobabona,
bakulu mu simba labo ne ndulamo,
kululwama kwabo kwakawanda abangabatshambilidze.
24 Ndizo, bathu banoutja,
auna hanya na ibabo banozwidwa beti bakatjenjela.”