Pane Tariro Here kuMunhu?
Muti wakatemwa unobukira zvakare uchinhuwa mvura, asi munhu anovata pasi uye haamuki. Jobho anozvibvunza kana vakafa vangararama, anofungidzira kuvanzwa kusvikira hasha dzapfuura ozodaidzwa kuti adzoke, uye anoti Mwari anopedza tariro sezvinoita mvura padombo.
14 1“Munhu, akaberekwa nomukadzi, ane mazuva mashoma uye azere nenhamo. 2Anomera seruva ndokusvava; anotiza somumvuri uye haagari. 3Munotarisisa munhu akadaro here? Uye munondiuyisa mukutongwa nemi? 4Ndiani angabudisa chinhu chakachena kubva pane chisina kuchena? Hapana. 5Sezvo mazuva ake akatarwa, kuwanda kwemwedzi yake kuri kwamuri, uye makatara miganhu yaasingagoni kudarika, 6fulatirai kwaari, kuti azorore, kusvikira apedza zuva rake somushandi wemaricho.
7“Nokuti pane tariro kumuti: kana wakatemwa, uchamerazve, uye mabukira awo haangakundikani. 8Kunyange mudzi wawo ukachembera muvhu uye chigutsa chawo chikafa muvhu, 9pakunhuhwa kwemvura uchabukira uye uchabudisa matavi sechirimwa chitsva. 10Asi munhu anofa agoradzikwa pasi; munhu anopedza kufema, zvino aripi? 11Semvura inopera mudziva, uye sorwizi runopwa ndokuoma, 12saizvozvo munhu anorara pasi uye haamuki; kusvikira matenga ashaikwa, haangamuki kana kumutswa pahope dzake.
13“Dai maingondiviga muguva, mugondihwanda kusvikira hasha dzenyu dzapfuura, mugotara nguva yakatarwa yangu, mugondirangarira! 14Kana munhu akafa, achararamazve here? Mazuva ose okushanda kwangu kunorema ndaimirira, kusvikira kuvandudzwa kwangu kwasvika. 15Maizodana, uye ndaizopindura imi; maizoshuva basa ramaoko enyu. 16Nokuti ipapo maizoverenga nhanho dzangu; hamaizocherechedza chivi changu. 17Kumukira kwangu kwaizonamirwa muhomwe, uye maizofukidza chivi changu.
18“Asi somugomo unowa uchiputsika uchipera, uye sedombo rinobviswa panzvimbo yaro, 19semvura inopera mabwe uye mafashamo awo anokukura ivhu renyika, saizvozvo munoparadza tariro yomunhu. 20Munomukunda nokusingaperi, agopfuura achienda; munoshatisa chiso chake mugomudzinga. 21Vanakomana vake vanokudzwa, asi haazivi izvozvo; vanoderedzwa, asi haacherechedzi. 22Anongonzwa marwadzo omuviri wake chete, uye anongozvichema iye oga.”