Mhiko yaJobho yomwoyo wakachena
Jobho anopedzisa nemhiko, achizarura upenyu hwake chinhu nechinhu: pasina ruchiva, pasina kunyepa, pasina kunyima murandakadzi kana murandarume kururamisirwa, pasina kudya ari oga nherera ine nzara, pasina kuvimba negoridhe. Anosaina uye anoda kuti gwaro remhosva riunzwe. Ipapo mashoko ake anongoguma.
31 1“Ndakaita sungano nameso angu; zvino ndaigona seiko kutarisisa mhandara? 2Nokuti mugove upi wandaizova nawo unobva kuna Mwari ari kumusoro, nhaka ipi inobva kuna Wamasimbaose ari kumusorosoro? 3Ko hakuzi kuparara kwavasakarurama, nenjodzi kune vanoita zvakaipa here? 4Ko haaoni nzira dzangu here, nokuverenga nhambwe dzangu dzose?
5“Kana ndakararama nenhema, uye rutsoka rwangu rwakamhanyira kunyengera, 6ngaandiyere pazvikero zvakatendeseka, uye Mwari ngaazive kutendeseka kwangu, 7kana nhambwe dzangu dzakatsauka kubva munzira, uye mwoyo wangu wakatevera meso angu, uye gwapa ripi zvaro rakanamatira pamaoko angu, 8ipapo ngandidyare mumwe adye, uye zvinondimerera ngazvidzurwe.
9“Kana mwoyo wangu wakanyengerwa nomukadzi, uye ndakavandira pamukova womuvakidzani wangu, 10ipapo mukadzi wangu ngaashandire mumwe murume, uye vamwe ngavarare naye. 11Nokuti icho chingava mhosva inonyadzisa, chivi chakafanira kutongwa; 12nokuti ndiwo moto unoparadza kusvikira kuKuparadzwa, uye waizopisa goho rangu rose.
13“Kana ndakaramba kururamisira muranda wangu womurume kana womukadzi pavakava nechichemo pamusoro pangu, 14ndichaiteiko zvino Mwari paachasimuka? Paachandibvunzisisa, ndichamupindura chiiko? 15Ko uyo akandiita mudumbu haana kuitawo muranda wangu here? Ko haazi iye mumwe chete akatiumba tose tiri vaviri mudumbu here?
16“Kana ndakanyima varombo zvavaida, kana ndikarega meso echirikadzi achineta, 17kana ndikadya zvokudya zvangu ndoga nherera isina, 18kunyange kubvira paujaya hwangu ndakamurera sababa, uye kubvira mudumbu ramai vangu ndakatungamirira chirikadzi, 19kana ndakaona munhu achiparara nokushaya zvokupfeka, kana murombo asina chokufuka, 20kana muviri wake wose usina kundikomborera nokuda kwokumudziisa nemvere dzamakwai angu, 21kana ndakasimudzira ruoko rwangu kurwisa nherera nokuti ndaiona rutsigiro rwangu padare, 22ipapo bendekete rangu ngaributswe pafundo yaro, uye ruoko rwangu ngarutyorwe pakabatana napo. 23Nokuti kuparara kunobva kuna Mwari kwaiva chinhu chinotyisa kwandiri, uye pamberi poukuru hwake ndakanga ndisingagoni kuita chinhu.
24“Kana ndakaita goridhe chivimbo changu, kana ndikati kugoridhe rakaisvonaka, ‘Ndiwe chengetedzo yangu,’ 25kana ndakazvikudza kuti pfuma yangu yakanga iri huru, kuti ruoko rwangu rwakanga rwawana zvakawanda kudaro, 26kana ndakatarisa zuva pariri kupenya, kana mwedzi uchifamba mukubwinya, 27zvokuti mwoyo wangu wakanyengerwa muchivande, uye ruoko rwangu rwakaatsvoda mukunamata, 28ichiwo chingava chivi chakafanira kutongwa, nokuti ndingadai ndakanyengera Mwari ari kumusoro.
29“Kana ndakafara nokuparadzwa kwouyo aindivenga, kana ndikapembera pakamuwira zvakaipa. 30Handina kumbobvira ndarega muromo wangu uchitadza nokudana chituko paupenyu hwake, 31kana varume veimba yangu vasina kumbobvira vati, ‘Ndiani asina kuguta patafura yake?’, 32hapana mutorwa akambovata usiku mumugwagwa, nokuti ndaizarurira mikova yangu mufambi. 33Kana ndakafukidza zvivi zvangu sezvinoita vamwe, ndichivanza mhosva yangu mukati momwoyo wangu, 34nokuti ndaitya kwazvo vazhinji, uye kuzvidzwa kwedzinza kwaindityisa, zvokuti ndakanyarara ndikasabuda panze.
35“Haiwa, dai paine aizondinzwa! Hechi chisimbiso changu— Wamasimbaose ngaandipindure! Mupomeri wangu ngaanyore mhosva yandinopomerwa! 36Zvirokwazvo ndaizoitakura pabendekete rangu, ndaizozvisunga pandiri sekorona. 37Ndaizomupa rondedzero yenhambwe dzangu dzose; somuchinda ndaizoswedera kwaari.
38“Kana munda wangu wakachema uchindipomera, uye miforo yawo ikachema pamwe chete, 39kana ndakadya zvibereko zvawo ndisingabhadhari, kana ndikapwanya upenyu hwavaridzi vawo, 40ipapo rukato ngarumere pachinzvimbo chegorosi, nesora rinonhuhwa pachinzvimbo chebhari.” Mashoko aJobho apera.