1 Ipapo Jobho akapindura akati:
2 “Zvirokwazvo ndinoziva kuti ichokwadi.
3 Kunyange dai mumwe aida kuita nharo naye,
4 Uchenjeri hwake hwakadzika, simba rake iguru kwazvo.
5 Anofambisa makomo iwo asingazivi
6 Anozungunusa nyika ikabva panzvimbo yayo
7 Anotaura kuzuva iro ndokurega kuvhenekera;
8 Iye oga anotambanudza matenga
9 Ndiye Muiti weNyeredzi dzeAkutiro neOrioni,
10 Anoita minana isingagoni kunzwisisiswa,
11 Paanondipfuura, handigoni kumuona;
12 Kana achibvuta, ndiani angamudzivisa?
13 Mwari haadzori kutsamwa kwake;
14 “Zvino ndingakakavadzana naye seiko?
15 Kunyange ndakanga ndisina mhaka, handaigona kumupindura;
16 Kunyange dai ndaimudana hangu uye akandipindura,
17 Aizondiparadza nedutu
18 Haaizonditenderazve kuti nditure mafemo,
19 Kana zviri zvesimba, iye ane simba guru!
20 Kunyange dai ndisina mhosva, muromo wangu waizongondipa mhaka;
21 “Kunyange ndisina mhosva,
22 Zvakangofanana; ndokusaka ndichiti,
23 Kana dambudziko rikauyisa rufu nokukurumidza,
24 Panowira nyika mumaoko avakaipa,
25 “Mazuva angu anokurumidza kupfuura mumhanyi;
26 Anopfuura sezvikepe zvenhokwe,
27 Kana ndikati, ‘Ndichakanganwa kunyunyuta kwangu,
28 ndinongotya kutambura kwangu,
29 Sezvo ndatopiwa hangu mhosva,
30 Kunyange dai ndikazvishambidza nesipo
31 imi muchandinyudza mugomba rematope
32 “Iye haasi munhu akafanana neni kuti ndimupindure,
33 Dai chete paingova nomumwe angamira pakati pedu,
34 mumwe zvake angabvise shamhu yaMwari kwandiri,
35 Ipapo ndichataura ndisingamutyi,