UYobhi, Ogqibeleleyo Nothe Tye
Indoda egqibeleleyo ilahlekelwa yiyo yonke into, izamane—kwizahluko ezide zemibuzo ebuhlungu—nokokuba kutheni amalungisa eva ubunzima. Ekugqibeleni uBawo wethu aphendule, kungekhona ngeenkcazelo, kodwa ngaye ngokwakhe.
1 1Kwakukho indoda ezweni lase-Uz egama linguYobhi; yaye le ndoda igqibelele ithe tye, imoyika uThixo, ityekayo enkohlakalweni. a a v1 UYobhi apha ‘ebemoyika uThixo’ — kulapho aqala khona uYobhi. Kweli ncwadi uphela uYobhi uya kuza amazi lo Thixo kungekuphela njengolungileyo nonamandla, kodwa njengoBawo onobudlelane awayesele enguye kwasekuqaleni. Uvumo lwakhe olusacayo ku-42:5 lubonakalisa wonke lo mkhondo — ‘ngoku iliso lam liyakubona.’ 2Wazalelwa oonyana abasixhenxe neentombi ezintathu. 3Wayeneegusha ezingamawaka asixhenxe, neenkamela ezingamawaka amathathu, neediyokhwe zeenkomo ezingamakhulu amahlanu, neemazi zamaesile ezingamakhulu amahlanu, nabakhonzi abaninzi kunene, ngangokuba le ndoda yayinkulu kunabo bonke abantu basempumalanga. 4Oonyana bakhe babesithi baye kwenza umsitho endlwini yalowo nalowo ngomhla wakhe; bathumele babizele oodade wabo abathathu, ukuba badle basele kunye nabo. 5Xa iintsuku zomsitho zazigqithile, uYobhi ebesithi athumele ababizele, abangcwalise, avuke kwakusasa anikele amadini atshiswayo ngabanye kubo. Kuba uYobhi wayesithi: “Mhlawumbi abantwana bam bonile, bamtshabhisa uThixo ezintliziyweni zabo.” Yayikoku uYobhi awayesoloko ekwenza.
Inkundla Yasezulwini Iyahlangana
6Ke kaloku ngenye imini kwafika amalungu enkundla yasezulwini ukuba azimise phambi koBawo wethu, waza noSathana weza phakathi kwawo.
7UBawo wethu wathi kuSathana: “Uvela phi na?” USathana waphendula uBawo wethu wathi: “Ndivela ekuzulazuleni ehlabathini, nasekuhambahambeni kulo apha naphaya.”
8UBawo wethu wathi kuSathana: “Umqwalaselile na umkhonzi wam uYobhi? Akukho namnye onjengaye ehlabathini — indoda egqibeleleyo ethe tye, emoyika uThixo, etyekayo enkohlakalweni.”
9USathana waphendula uBawo wethu wathi: “Ngaba uYobhi umoyika uThixo ngelize na? 10Akumbiyelanga na yena nendlu yakhe nako konke anako, ngeenxa zonke? Uyisikelele imisebenzi yezandla zakhe, yaza impahla yakhe yanaba ezweni. 11Kodwa khawolule isandla sakho, uchukumise konke anako, uze ubone ukuba akayi kukutshabhisa na ebusweni bakho.”
12UBawo wethu wathi kuSathana: “Kulungile — konke anako kusemandleni akho. Kodwa uze ungasoluli isandla sakho kuye yena ngokwakhe.” Waphuma ke uSathana ebusweni bukaBawo wethu.
13Ke kaloku ngenye imini oonyana neentombi zikaYobhi babesidla besela iwayini endlwini yomkhuluwa wabo, 14kwafika umthunywa kuYobhi, wathi: “Iinkomo bezilima, namaesile esidla ecaleni kwazo, 15aza awela amaSabhayi, azithimba, abakhonzi ke ababulala ngohlangothi lwekrele. Ndim ndedwa osindileyo, ndeza kukuxelela.”
16Esathetha, kwafika omnye wathi: “Umlilo kaThixo uwe uvela ezulwini, watshisa iigusha nabakhonzi, wabatshayela. Ndim ndedwa osindileyo, ndeza kukuxelela.”
17Esathetha, kwafika omnye wathi: “AmaKaledi akha amaqela amathathu, awela iinkamela, azithimba, abakhonzi ke ababulala ngohlangothi lwekrele. Ndim ndedwa osindileyo, ndeza kukuxelela.”
18Esathetha, kwafika omnye wathi: “Oonyana neentombi zakho besidla besela iwayini endlwini yomkhuluwa wabo, 19kwaza ngequbuliso kwavela umoya omkhulu phesheya kwentlango, wawabetha amasondo omane endlu. Yawa phezu kwabantwana, bafa. Ndim ndedwa osindileyo, ndeza kukuxelela.”
20Wesuka ke uYobhi, wayikrazula ingubo yakhe, wayicheba intloko yakhe, wawa phantsi emhlabeni waqubuda. 21Wathi: “Ndiphume ndihamba ze esizalweni sikama, ndobuyela ndihamba ze. UBawo wethu uphile, kananjalo wahlutha; malibongwe igama lakhe.” b b v21 Nasekulahlekelweni okubuhlungu kunene, uYobhi uyambonga Lowo uphayo nohluthayo. Ulifumbatha igama lomnqophiso ekunquleni — yaye i-FHB imbiza ngokuba nguBawo wethu, ubudlelane uYobhi asingisa kubo nangaphambi kokuba abubone ngokupheleleyo. 22Kuko konke oku uYobhi akazanga one, akazanga ambophe uThixo ngokungalungisi.
