1 Ipapo Jobho akapindura akati:
2 “Kunyange nanhasi ndinonyunyuta ndine shungu;
3 Dai chete ndaiziva kwandingamuwana;
4 Ndaitaura hangu mhaka yangu pamberi pake,
5 Ndaizoziva hangu zvaaizondipindura,
6 Kuti aizondidzivisa nesimba guru here?
7 Ipapo munhu akarurama aigona kuzotaura mhaka yake pamberi pake,
8 “Asi kana ndikaenda kumabvazuva, iye haako;
9 Paanenge ari pabasa nechokumusoro, handimuoni;
10 Asi iye anoziva nzira yandinofamba nayo;
11 Tsoka dzangu dzakanyatsotevera paakatsika;
12 Handina kumbobva pamirayiro yemiromo yake;
13 “Asi iye anomira oga, uye ndiani angapikisana naye?
14 Anoita zvaakatema pamusoro pangu,
15 Ndokusaka ndichitya pamberi pake;
16 Mwari akaita kuti mwoyo wangu unete;
17 Kunyange zvakadaro rima harina kuita kuti ndinyarare,