Jobho 24

¹WaMasimbaose anoregereiko kutara nguva dzokutonga? Vanomuziva vanoregereiko kuona mazuva ake?Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

²Vanoshandura miganho varipo; Vanopamba mapoka amakwai, vachiafudza.Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.

³Vanotinha mbongoro yenherera, Vanotora nzombe yechirikadzi vachiita rubatso.They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

⁴Vanodzinga varombo panzira; Varombo venyika vanovanda vose.They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

⁵Tarira, sembizi murenje Vanobudira kumabasa avo, vachishingairira zvokwadi; Renje rinovapa zvokudya zvavana vavo.Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.

⁶Vanocheka zvavanodya kusango; Vanounganidza mazambiringa avakaipa.They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.

⁷Vanovata usiku hwose vasina zvavakafuka, Pachando havana chavangazvifukidza nacho.They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

⁸Vakanyorova nokupfunha kwemvura yamakomo, Vanombundikira dombo nokushaiwa pokutizira.They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

⁹Varipo vanobvuta nherera pazamu ramai, Nokutora rubatso rwavarombo;They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

¹⁰Naizvozvo vanofamba vasina zvavakafuka, Vanotakura zvisote vane nzara;They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

¹¹Vanosvina mafuta mukati mamasvingo avanhu ava; Vanotsika zvisviniro zvamazambiringa avo, vachifa nenyota.Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

¹²Vanhu vanogomera mukati meguta rina vanhu vazhinji, Uye mweya yavakakuvadzwa inochema; Kunyange zvakadaro Mwari haane hanya nezvisina kururama.Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

¹³Ndivo vanovenga chiedza; Havazivi nzira dzacho, Havarambi vachifamba pamakwara acho.They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

¹⁴Muurayi anomuka kana kwoedza, anouraya murombo neanoshaiwa; Usiku wakafanana nomubi.The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

¹⁵Ziso remhombwewo rinomirira rubvunzavaeni, Achiti, Hakune ziso richandiona; Ndokufukidza chiso chake.The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

¹⁶Usiku vanopaza dzimba; Masikati vanozvipfigira; Havazivi chiedza.In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

¹⁷Nokuti mangwanani akaita serima guru kwavari vose; Nokuti vanoziva kutyisa kwerima guru.For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

¹⁸Iye anofambisa pamusoro pemvura; Mugove wavo wakatukwa panyika; Haachafambi nenzira yeminda yemizambiringa.He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

¹⁹Kuoma nokupisa kunopedza mvura yechando; Ndizvo zvinoita Sheori navakatadza.Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.

²⁰Chizvaro chichamukanganwa; honye dzichatapirirwa Uye kusarurama kuchavhunwa somuti.The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

²¹Iye unoparadza han’a isingabereki; Haaitiri chirikadzi zvakanaka.He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

²²Anobvisa vane simba nesimba rake; Kana iye achisimuka, hakuna munhu anoziva kana achararama.He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

²³Mwari anovagarisa vakachengetwa, vachivimba nazvo; Asi meso ake anotarira nzira dzavo.Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.

²⁴Vanokudzwa; gare-gare vaenda; Vanodukupiswa, vanobviswa panzira savamwe vose, Vanochekwa semisoro yehura dzezviyo.They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

²⁵Kana zvisina kudaro zvino, ndiani angati ndine nhema, Nokushaisa mashoko angu simba here?And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?