Zofari Anopindura
Zofari ndiye ane hukasha kupfuura vose: Jobho anotaura zvakawandisa, uye Mwari akamupa mhosva shoma pane yakafanira kudarika kwake. Bvisa chivi mumatende ako, anodaro, uye upenyu hwako huchapenya kupfuura masikati. Ane chokwadi chizere, uye ari kuzvitaura kumunhu asina mhosva.
11 1Ipapo Zofari muNaamati akapindura akati: 2“Mafashamo aya amazwi angaregwa asingapindurwi here? Munhu azere nokutaura kudai angaratidzwa kuti akarurama here? 3Kutaura kwako kusina maturo kunganyaradza vamwe here? Uchaseka pasina anokunyadzisa here? 4Nokuti unoti, ‘Dzidziso yangu yakachena, uye ndakachena pamberi penyu.’ 5Asi haiwa, dai Mwari achingotaura, achizarura miromo yake kuti akupikise, 6achikuzivisa zvakavanzika zvouchenjeri— nokuti uchenjeri hwechokwadi hune mativi maviri. Uzive naizvozvo kuti Mwari akuripisa zvishoma kupfuura zvinokodzera mhosva yako. 7Ungagona kunzwisisa zvinhu zvakadzika zvaMwari here? Ungawana muganhu waWamasimba Ose here? 8Zvakakwirira kupfuura matenga—ungagona kuiteiko? Zvakadzika kupfuura guva—ungaziveiko? 9Chiyero chazvo chakareba kupfuura nyika uye chakafara kupfuura gungwa. 10Kana achipfuura achivharira mutorongo uye achidana kukutongwa, ndiani angamudzosa? 11Nokuti anoziva vanhu vasina maturo; paanoona zvakaipa, haangazvicherechedzi here? 12Asi munhu asina njere achava akachenjera kana mwana wembongoro yomusango achizvarwa ari munhu. 13Kana ukagadzirira mwoyo wako uchitambanudzira maoko ako kwaari, 14kana chivi chiri muruoko rwako, chibvise, uye usarega kusaruramisira kuchigara mumatende ako, 15ipapo zvirokwazvo uchasimudza chiso chako, usina nyadzi; uchamira wakasimba usingatyi. 16Uchakanganwa nhamo yako, uchiirangarira semvura yakapfuura ichienda. 17Upenyu hwako huchapenya kupfuura masikati makuru; rima rahwo richaita semangwanani. 18Uchanzwa wakachengetedzeka, nokuti pane tariro; ucharinga-ringa worara wakachengetedzeka. 19Uchavata pasina anokuvhundutsa, uye vazhinji vachatsvaka nyasha dzako. 20Asi meso avakaipa achapera simba; nzira dzose dzokutiza dzichavarasikira, uye tariro yavo chete ndeyokufema kwokupedzisira.”