UElifazi Uphinda Athethe
UElifazi ekugqibeleni uqamba izityholo: ukuhluba amahlwempu iingubo, ukwala ukunika abatyhafileyo amanzi, ukundulula abahlolokazi belambatha. Uxelela uYobhi ukuba azithobe, abeke igolide yakhe eluthulini aze avumele uSomandla abe yigolide yakhe. Iingcebiso zivakala zizintle kodwa isityholo sibubuxoki.
22 1Waphendula ke uElifazi umTemani wathi: 2“Umntu angaba luncedo kuThixo na? Inene isilumko sizincedisa sona kuphela. 3Kukho ulonwabo na kuSomandla ukuba ulilungisa, kukho nzuzo na kuye ukuba uhamba ungenakusoleka? 4Ingaba kungenxa yokumhlonela kwakho le nto akukhalimela akuzise ekugwetyweni? 5Ububi bakho abubukhulu na? Izono zakho azinasiphelo na? 6Kuba ubefuna isibambiso kubazalwana bakho kungekho sizathu, wawahluba iingubo abahamba ze. 7Akabanikanga manzi abatyhafileyo ukuba basele, wabavimba isonka abalambileyo. 8Indoda enamandla yayinelizwe, nobabalweyo wahlala kulo. a a v8 UElifazi utsho ukuthi uYobhi waliphatha ilizwe ngokungathi lelabanamandla bodwa, eshiya amahlwempu engenanto. 9Wawandulula abahlolokazi belambatha, wazaphula iingalo zeenkedama. 10Kungoko izirhintyelo zikurhawule nje, nonkwantyiso oluzayo ngesiquphe lukugubungele; 11nobumnyama, ukuze ungaboni, nonogumbe wamanzi ukugubungele. 12UThixo akakho na ezindulini zezulu? Khangela ukuphakama kweenkwenkwezi eziphezulu! 13Kanti wena uthi: ‘UThixo wazi ntoni na? Angagweba na ephakathi kobumnyama obungaka obusithokothoko? 14Amafu ashinyeneyo ayamgubungela ukuze angaboni, uhamba phezu kwesazinge sezulu.’ 15Ingaba uya kugcine indlela yamandulo abayihambayo abantu abangendawo? 16Baxwilwa lingekafiki ixesha labo, isiseko sabo sakhukuliswa ngunogumbe. 17Bathi kuThixo: ‘Siyeke! Angasenza ntoni na uSomandla kuthi?’ 18Kanti nguye owazalisa izindlu zabo ngezinto ezilungileyo—ngoko ke andifuni nto yokwenza namacebo abangendawo. 19Amalungisa ayakubona avuye; abamsulwa bahlekise ngabangendawo, besithi, 20‘Inene iintshaba zethu zitshatyalalisiwe, umlilo uyidle into abayishiyileyo.’ 21Zithobe kuThixo ngoku unxolelane naye; ngale ndlela okuhle kuya kufika kuwe. 22Yamkela imfundiso ephuma emlonyeni wakhe, uwagcine amazwi akhe entliziyweni yakho. 23Ukuba ubuyela kuSomandla uya kubuyiselwa; ukuba ukhwelelisa intswela-bulungisa kude nekhaya lakho, 24ubeke igolide yakho eluthulini, igolide yase-Ofire phakathi kwamatye omlanjana, b b v24 I-Ofire yayidume kwelamandulo njengomthombo wegolide eyona intle. 25wandule ke uSomandla ngokwakhe abe yigolide yakho, isilivere yakho enqabileyo. 26Wandule uziyolise ngoSomandla, uphakamisele ubuso bakho kuThixo. 27Uya kuthandaza kuye, akuve wena, uzifeze izibhambathiso zakho. 28Into oyigqibayo iya kwenziwa, ukukhanya kukhanyise ezindleleni zakho. 29Xa abanye bethotywa uthi: ‘Baphakamise!’, uya kumsindisa othobekileyo. 30Uya kumhlangula noongemsulwa, ohlangulwe ngokucoceka kwezandla zakho.”
