5. Asi paakaona kuti varume vatatu ava vakanga vasisinazve chokureva, hasha dzake dzakamuka.
6. Saka Erihu mwanakomana waBharakeri muBhuzi akati: “Ndiri muduku pamakore, uye imi muri vakuru; ndokusaka ndanga ndichitya, ndisingadi kukuudzai zvandinoziva.
7. Ndakafunga kuti, ‘Zera rinofanira kutaura; makore mazhinji anofanira kudzidzisa uchenjeri.’
8. Asi ndiwo mweya uri mumunhu, kufema kwaWamasimba Ose, kunomupa kunzwisisa.
9. Havazi vakuru bedzi vakachenjera, kana vatana chete vanganzwisisa zvakanaka.
10. “Naizvozvo ndinoti: Nditeererei; nemiwo ndichakuudzai zvandinoziva.
11. Ndakambomirira pamaitaura, ndakateerera pfungwa dzenyu; pamakanga muchitsvaka mashoko,
12. ndakanyatsokuteererai. Asi hakuna mumwe wenyu akapwisa Jobho; hakuna pamuri akapindura mashoko ake.
13. Regai kuti, ‘Tawana uchenjeri; regai Mwari amukonese, kwete munhu.’
14. Asi Jobho haana kunongedza mashoko ake kwandiri, uye handingamupinduri pakukakavadzana kwenyu.
15. “Vashamiswa uye havachina rokureva; vapererwa namashoko.
16. Ko, zvino ini ndingamirira here ivo zvavangonyarara, zvino zvavangomira ipapo vasina mhinduro?
17. Neniwo ndichava nechokutaura; neniwo ndichareva zvandinoziva.
18. Nokuti ndizere namashoko, uye mweya uri mandiri unondimanikidza;
19. mukati mangu ndafanana newaini iri mubhodhoro rakadzivirwa, sehomwe itsva dzewaini dzoda kuparuka.
20. Ndinofanira kutaura kuti ndisununguke; ndinofanira kushamisa muromo wangu ndigopindura.
21. Handina munhu wandinofanira kutsaura, uye handingabati kumeso munhu upi zvake;