UJOBE 34

₂Yizwani amazwi ami, nina-zihlakaniphi,

nibeke indlebe kimi nina-zazi.

₃Ngokuba indlebe iyavivinya amazwi,

njengokuba ulwanga luzwa ukudla.

₄Masizikhethele okulungileyo,

sazi phakathi kwethu okuhle.

₅Ngokuba uJobe uthé: Ngilungile;

uNkulunkulu ususile ukwahlulelwa kwami.

₆Phezu kokwahlulelwa kwami ngishaywa onamanga;

inxeba lami alinakupholiswa, noma ngingenasiphambeko.

₇Ngumuphi umuntu onjengoJobe

ophuza usulu njengamanzi,

₈ohamba ngokwazana nabenza okubi,

ahambisane nabantu ababi, na?

₉Ngokuba uthi: Akunosizo kumuntu

ukuba azane noNkulunkulu.

₁₀Ngalokho ngizweni nina-bantu abanokuqonda;

makube-kude noNkulunkulu ukuba enze okubi,

nakuSomandla ukuba enze ukona.

₁₁Ngokuba uyabuyisela kumuntu njengokwenza kwakhe,

atholise kube-yilowo nalowo njengezindlela zakhe.

₁₂Impela uNkulunkulu akenzi okubi;

uSomandla kahlanekezeli ukwahlulela.

₁₃Ngubani owambeka phezu komhlaba na?

Ngubani owamisa izwe lonke na?

₁₄Uma ebeyakuzibheka yena,

azibuyisele umoya wakhe nomphefumulo wakhe,

₁₅inyama yonke ibiyakufa kanyekanye,

umuntu abuyele othulini.

₁₆Uma unengqondo, yizwa lokhu,

ulalele izwi lokukhuluma kwami.

₁₇Imbala ozonda ukwahlulela uyakubusa na?

Uyakumlahla olungileyo nonamandla

₁₈oshoyo enkosini ukuthi: Muntu omubi,

nasezikhulwini: Mashinga,

₁₉ongakhethi ubuso bezikhulu,

onganaki ocebileyo kunompofu, na?

Ngokuba bonke bangumsebenzi wezandla zakhe.

₂₀Bayafa ngokuphazima kweso;

phakathi kwamabili abantu bayathuthumela, banyamalale;

amaqhawe ayasuswa, kepha kungengasandla.

₂₁Ngokuba amehlo akhe akuzo izindlela zomuntu;

ubona zonke izinyathelo zakhe.

₂₂Abukho ubumnyama, nethunzi lokufa alikho,

lapho abenza okubi bengacasha khona.

₂₃Ngokuba akadingi ukuba abelokhu ebheka umuntu

ukuba aye kuNkulunkulu ukwahlulelwa.

₂₄Uyaphahlaza abanamandla, kungahlolwanga,

amise abanye ezikhundleni zabo.

₂₅Ngalokho uyazi imisebenzi yabo;

uyabagumbuqela ebusuku, bachotshozwe.

₂₆Uyabashaya njengababi

endaweni lapho bebonwa khona,

₂₇ngokuba bachezuka ekumlandeleni,

abanakanga neyodwa yezindlela zakhe,

₂₈baze benza ukuba ukukhala kwabampofu kufike kuye,

wezwa ukukhala kwabahluphekayo.

₂₉Lapho yena ethula, ngubani ongalahla,

nalapho ethukusa ubuso bakhe, ngubani ongambona na?

Ubusa ngokufananayo, noma kuyisizwe noma kungumuntu,

₃₀ukuba kungabusi-muntu ongenaNkulunkulu,

abantu bacushwe.

₃₁Ngokuba ukhona oké wathi kuNkulunkulu:

Ngithweswé icala noma ngingonanga, na?

₃₂Lokhu engingakuboni, ngifundise khona;

uma ngenzile okubi, angisayikukuphinda.

₃₃Uyakuphindisela njengokuthanda kwakho, lokhu ukwenqaba, na?

Ngokuba nguwe ozakukhetha, akusimina;

khuluma okwaziyo.

₃₄Abantu abanokuqonda bayakusho kimi,

yebo, nezihlakaniphi, lapho zingizwa, ziyakuthi:

₃₅UJobe ukhuluma engenalwazi;

amazwi akhe awanangqondo.

₃₆Sengathi uJobe angavivinywa kuze kube-sekupheleni,

ngokuba uphendula njengabantu ababi.

₃₇Ngokuba uyenezela ukuhlubuka esonweni sakhe;

ushaya ihlombe phakathi kwethu,

andise amazwi akhe kuNkulunkulu.