1 Ipapo Erihu akati:
2 “Unofunga kuti izvi zvakarurama here? Iwe zvaunoti, ‘Ndichanzi ndakarurama naMwari.’
3 Kunyange zvakadaro unomubvunza uchiti, ‘Zvinondibatsirei, uye ndinowaneiko nokusatadza.’
4 “Ndinoda kupindura iwe
5 Tarira kumatenga uone;
6 Kana ukatadza, zvinomurwadza zvakadiniko?
7 Kana wakarurama, unomupeiko iye,
8 Kuipa kwako kunongobata munhu akaita sewe,
9 “Vanhu vanoridza mhere vari pasi pomutoro wokumanikidzwa;
10 Asi hakuna munhu anoti, ‘Aripiko Mwari Muiti wangu,
11 anodzidzisa zvakawanda kwatiri kupfuura mhuka dzenyika
12 Haapinduri kana vanhu vachiridza mhere,
13 Zvirokwazvo, Mwari haateereri chikumbiro chavo chisina maturo;
14 Ndoda, zvino, haangateereri
15 uyezve, kuti kutsamwa kwake hakumborangi,
16 Saka Jobho anoshamisa muromo wake achitaura zvisina maturo;