Ubuyile Ummangaleli
Ummangaleli uyabuya, aze uBawo wethu avumele isibetho sesibini: izilonda kususela entloko kuse ezinyaweni. UmkaYobhi umxelela ukuba aqalekise uThixo afe; uyala, engenzi ngathi inkxwaleko iyamfanela. Abahlobo abathathu bayafika, bakrazule iingubo zabo, bahlale naye bethe cwaka iintsuku ezisixhenxe.
2 1Kwabuya kwafika imini apho amalungu enkundla yasemazulwini eza kuzimisa phambi koBawo wethu, kweza nommangaleli phakathi kwawo, ukuba azimise phambi kwakhe.
2UBawo wethu wathi kummangaleli: “Uvela phi na?” Waphendula ummangaleli, wathi: “Ndivela ekujikelezeni ihlabathi, nasekuhambahambeni kulo apha naphaya.”
3UBawo wethu wathi kummangaleli: “Umgqalile na umkhonzi wam uYobhi? Akukho namnye onjengaye emhlabeni—indoda egqibeleleyo nethe tye, eyoyika uThixo, etshekayo ebubini. Usabambelele okholweni lwakhe, nangona wandixhokonxela kuye ukuba ndimtshabalalise ngelize.”
4Waphendula ummangaleli uBawo wethu, wathi: “Isikhumba ngesikhumba! Umntu wonikela ngako konke anako ngenxa yobomi bakhe. 5Kodwa khawolule isandla sakho ngoku, usibethe isithambo sakhe nenyama yakhe, uya kukuqalekisa ngokwenene ebusweni bakho.”
6UBawo wethu wathi kummangaleli: “Yabona, usesandleni sakho; kodwa yongela ubomi bakhe.”
7Waphuma ke ummangaleli ebusweni bukaBawo wethu, wambetha uYobhi ngezilonda ezibuhlungu, kususela ezintendeni zeenyawo zakhe kuse encotsheni yentloko yakhe. 8Wathabatha uYobhi iqhekeza lesitya somdongwe esaphukileyo, waziphala ngaso, ehleli phakathi kothuthu. 9Wandula umkakhe wathi kuye: “Usabambelele na okholweni lwakho? Mqalekise uThixo, ufe!” a a v9 UmkaYobhi uthi “uThixo” apha, akathi “uBawo” — lowo ngumgangatho okwee owawuya kuhlala kuwo iingxoxo zale ncwadi, ade uYobhi adibane noBawo wethu ubuso ngobuso.
10Kodwa wathi kuye: “Uthetha njengomfazi osisidenge. Masamkele okulungileyo kuThixo, singamkeli nokubi na?” Kuko konke oku uYobhi akonanga ngemilebe yomlomo wakhe.
Bafika Kufuphi Abahlobo Abathathu
11Bakuva abahlobo bakaYobhi abathathu ngawo wonke lo bunzima omfikeleyo, beza, elowo evela kowabo umzi—uElifazi umTeman, noBhiledade umShuwa, noTsofare umNahama. Bavumelana ukuba beze kuye, bavelane naye, bamthuthuzele. 12Bakumbona esekude, abamnakananga. Baliphakamisa ilizwi labo, balila, elowo wayikrazula ingubo yakhe, basasaza uthuli phezu kweentloko zabo, bebhekisa ezulwini. 13Bahlala naye emhlabeni iintsuku ezisixhenxe nobusuku obusixhenxe, kwaye akubangakho namnye owathetha ilizwi kuye, kuba babebona ukuba ubunzima bakhe bukhulu kakhulu.
