1 Ipapo Jobho akapindura akati:
2 “Ndakanzwa zvinhu zvakawanda sezvizvi; mose muri vanyaradzi pasina!
3 Ko, kutaura kwenyu kwamadzokorora kwenguva refu hakuperiwo here? Chii chinokurwadzai kuti murambe muchiita nharo?
4 Neniwo ndaigona kutaura semi, dai imi manga muri panzvimbo yangu; Ndaigona kutaura mashoko okukupikisai nokukudzungudzirai musoro wangu.
5 Asi muromo wangu waizokukurudzirai: kunyaradza kunobva pamuromo wangu kwaizokuvigirai zororo.
6 “Asi kana ndikatura, kurwadziwa kwangu hakuperi; uye kana ndikataura, iko hakubvi.
7 Zvirokwazvo, imi Mwari, mandipedza simba; maparadza imba yangu yose.
8 Makandisunga ini, uye zvava chapupu; kuonda kunondimukira uye kunondipupurira zvakaipa.
9 Mwari anondirova nokundibvambura mukutsamwa kwake, uye anondirumanyira meno ake; mudzivisi wangu anondidzvokorera meso ake anobaya.
10 Vanhu vanoshamisa miromo yavo kuti vandiseke; vanondirova padama pakundimhura kwavo, uye vanobatana pamwe chete kuzondirwisa.
11 Mwari akandidzorera mumaoko avanhu vakaipa, uye akandikanda mumaoko avakashata.
12 Zvose zvakanga zvakanaka hazvo kwandiri, asi iye akandivhuna; akandibata napahuro akandipwanya-pwanya. Akandivavarira;
13 vapfuri vake vemiseve vakandikomba. Anobaya itsvo dzangu asina tsitsi, uye anodururira nduru yangu pasi.
14 Nguva nenguva anondirwisa; anomhanyira kwandiri somurwi.
15 “Ndasonera ganda rangu nguo dzamasaga, uye ndaviga huma yangu muguruva.
16 Chiso changu chatsvuka nokuchema, rima guru rakomberedza meso angu;
17 asi zvazvo maoko angu haadi kuita chisimba, uye munyengetero wangu wakachena.
18 “Iwe nyika, rega kufukidza ropa rangu; kuchema kwangu ngakurege kuwana zororo!
19 Kunyange iko zvino chapupu changu chiri kudenga; murevereri wangu ari kumusoro.
20 Murevereri wangu ndiye shamwari yangu, meso angu paanodurura misodzi kuna Mwari;
21 anomira pachinzvimbo chomunhu achikumbira kuna Mwari, somunhu anokumbirira shamwari yake.
22 “Makore mashoma bedzi achapfuura, ndisati ndaenda parwendo rusingadzokwi.