Abahlobo bakaYobe Bathi Cwaka
Abahlobo abathathu bayancama, kwaza umfana ogama linguElihu, obelokhe ephulaphule, wavutha ngumsindo: ecaphukela uYobhi ngokuzigwebela ubulungisa, ecaphukela nabahlobo ngokumgweba bengenampendulo. Ubulumko buvela kuphefumlo lukaSomandla, utsho, hayi kwiingwevu.
32 1Ngoko la madoda mathathu ayeka ukumphendula uYobe, ngokuba wayelilungisa emehlweni akhe. 2Waza wavutha umsindo ka-Elihu unyana kaBarakeli waseBhuzi, wendlu kaRam. Wavutha umsindo wakhe ngakuYobe, ngokuba wayezigwebela ubulungisa yena, kunaye uThixo. 3Wavutha umsindo wakhe nangakubo abahlobo bakaYobe abathathu, ngokuba babengafumananga mpendulo, kanti ke babemgwebile uYobe. 4Ke uElihu wayelindile ukuthetha noYobe, ngokuba abanye babemdala kunaye. 5Ke kaloku wathi uElihu akubona ukuba la madoda mathathu akananto angayithethayo, wavutha umsindo wakhe. 6Waza uElihu unyana kaBarakeli waseBhuzi wasusela wathi: “Ndiselula ngeminyaka, nina ke nindala; kungenxa yoko ndithe ndazibamba, ndisoyika ukunixelela oko ndikwaziyo. 7Ndathi: ‘Ubudala mabuthethe, neminyaka emininzi mayifundise ubulumko.’ 8Kodwa ngumoya okumntu, nokuphefumla koSomandla, okunika ingqondo. 9Asingabadala abazizilumko, namadoda amakhulu aqonda okulungileyo. 10Ngoko ndithi, ndiphulaphuleni; nam ndiya kuxela oko ndikwaziyo. 11Yabonani, ndalinda amazwi enu; ndaphulaphula ukuqiqa kwenu, ngexa nanifuna into eniya kuyithetha. 12Ndaninika ingqalelo yam yonke; kodwa akubangakho namnye kuni omngqinela obubi uYobe okanye ophendula iimpikiswano zakhe. 13Ngoko ze ningatsho ukuthi: ‘Sibufumene ubulumko; uThixo makamoyise, kungabi ngumntu.’ 14UYobe akawacwangcisanga amazwi akhe ngakum, nam andiyi kumphendula ngeempikiswano zenu. 15Baxakiwe, abasenanto bangayithetha; aphelelwe ngamazwi. 16Ndilinde na, ngoku bethe cwaka, ngoku bemi apho bengenampendulo? 17Nam ndiya kuthetha eyam indawo; nam ndiya kuxela oko ndikwaziyo. 18Kuba ndizele ngamazwi; umoya ongaphakathi kwam uyandinyanzela. 19Ngaphakathi, ndinjengewayini engenandawo yokuphuma, njengeentsuba ezintsha ezizele ukugqabhuka. 20Ndimelwe kukuthetha ndifumane ukuphumla; ndimelwe kukuvula imilebe yomlomo wam ndiphendule. 21Andiyi kukhetha buso mntu, nam andiyi kuncoma nabani na; 22kuba andikwazi ukuncoma—ukuba bendisenjenjalo, uMenzi wam ebeya kundisusa kamsinya.”