Job 29
1 And Job again took up his parable, and said,
Jobho akapfuurira mberi nokutaura kwake achiti:
2 Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
“Haiwa ndinoshuva sei mwedzi yakapfuura, iwo mazuva andairindirwa naMwari,
3 When his lamp shined upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;
mwenje wake pawaivhenekera pamusoro pangu uye ndaivhenekerwa nechiedza chake ndichifamba murima!
4 As I was in the ripeness of my days, when the secret of God was upon my tent;
Haiwa, iwo mazuva andakanga ndichine simba, ushamwari hwaMwari chaihwo huchiropafadza imba yangu,
5 When the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were about me;
Wamasimba Ose paakanga achineni uye vana vangu pavakanga vakandipoteredza,
6 When my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil!
painyorovedzwa nzira yangu noruomba, uye dombo richindidururira hova dzamafuta omuorivhi.
7 When I went forth to the gate unto the city, when I prepared my seat in the street,
“Pandakaenda kusuo reguta ndikandogara muchivara,
8 The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood;
majaya akandiona akatsaukira parutivi uye vatana vakasimuka;
9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;
vakuru vakaramba kutaura vakafumbira miromo yavo namaoko avo;
10 The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
manzwi avakuru akanyararidzwa, uye ndimi dzavo dzikanamira kumusoro kwemiromo yavo.
11 For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness unto me:
Vose vakandinzwa vakataura zvakanaka pamusoro pangu, uye vose vakandiona vakandirumbidza,
12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless also, that had none to help him.
nokuti ndakanunura varombo vaichemera rubatsiro, uye nherera dzakanga dzisina anobatsira.
13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
Munhu akanga ofa akandiropafadza; ndakaita kuti mwoyo wechirikadzi uimbe.
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my justice was as a robe and a diadem.
Ndakafuka kururama sechipfeko changu; kururamisira kwaiva nguo yangu nenguwani yangu.
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
Ndakanga ndiri meso kumapofu namakumbo kuzvirema.
16 I was a father to the needy: and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
Ndakanga ndiri baba kuna vanoshayiwa; ndaimiririra mhaka yomutorwa.
17 And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Ndakavhuna meno emunhu akanga akaipa, ndikabvuta chaakanga akaruma.
18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand:
“Ndakafunga kuti, ‘Ndichafira mumba mangu, mazuva angu awanda sejecha.
19 My root is spread out to the waters, and the dew lieth all night upon my branch:
Midzi yangu ichasvika kumvura, uye dova richava pamatavi angu usiku hwose.
20 My glory is fresh in me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.
Kukudzwa kwangu kucharamba kuri kutsva pandiri, uta hucharamba huri hutsva muruoko rwangu.’
21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
“Vanhu vakanditeerera vachitarisira kwazvo, vanyerere vakamirira kurayira kwangu.
22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
Shure kwokutaura kwangu, ivo havana kuzotaurazve; mashoko angu akawira panzeve dzavo zvinyoronyoro.
23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Vakandimirira kunge vakamirira mvura yomupfunhambuya, uye vakanwa mashoko angu kunge mvura yechirimo.
24 If I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Pandakanyemwerera kwavari havana kuzvitenda; chiedza chechiso changu chaikosha kwavari.
25 I chose out their way, and sat [as] chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
Ndakavasarudzira nzira ini ndokugara saishe wavo; ndakagara samambo pakati pamauto ake; ndakanga ndakaita somunhu anonyaradza vanochema.
