UElihu Uthetha noYobhi
UElihu uxelela uYobhi ukuba naye uludongwe nje, akukho nto yakoyika. Impendulo yakhe kukuba uThixo uyathetha, emaphupheni nasentlungwini esililini sokugula, ukubuyisa umntu emhadini, aze umlamleli athi: mhlangule, ndifumene intlawulelo.
33 1“Kodwa ngoku, Yobhi, yiva amazwi am; phulaphula konke endikuthethayo. 2Yabona, ndiwuvulile umlomo wam; ulwimi lwam lwenza amazwi elwangeni lwam. 3Amazwi am aphuma entliziyweni ethe tye, imilebe yomlomo wam ithetha ngokunyaniseka oko ikwaziyo. 4UMoya kaThixo undenze, nomphefumlo woSomandla undiphilisa. 5Ndiphendule, ukuba unako; lungisa ityala lakho phambi kwam, uze ume. 6Yabona, ndinjengawe nam phambi koThixo; nam ndaqhwetshwa eludongweni. 7Ukundoyika makungakunkwantyisi, noxinezelelo lwam malungakucinezeli.
8“Inene uthethile ndisiva—ndasiva kanye isandi samazwi akho. 9‘Ndinyulu, ndingenalukreqo; ndihlambulukile, akukho bugwenxa kum. 10Kanti yena undisola; undibalela njengotshaba lwakhe. 11Ubeke iinyawo zam ezankamisweni; ulinda zonke iindlela zam.’
12“Kodwa koku awulunganga, ndiyakuphendula, kuba uThixo mkhulu kunawuphi na umntu ofayo. 13Yini na ukuba uphikisane naye, kuba engawaphenduli amazwi omntu? 14Kuba uThixo uthetha ngenye indlela, aphinde ngenye, nangona kungekho okuqaphelayo. 15Ephupheni, embonweni wasebusuku, xa ubuthongo obukhulu busehlela abantu ngexa besozela ezililini zabo, 16aze azivule iindlebe zabo, azibethelele izilumkiso zakhe kubo, 17ukuze ambuyise umntu ekwenzeni okubi, amnqande indoda ekukhukhumaleni, 18abambe umphefumlo wabo emhadini, ubomi babo ekubhubheni ngekrele.
19“Umntu ukwaohlwaywa ngentlungu esililini sakhe, ngokuqaqamba okungapheliyo emathanjeni akhe, 20ngangokuba ubomi bakhe busicaphukele isonka, umphefumlo wakhe ukudla okunconywayo. 21Inyama yakhe iyaphela, namathambo akhe, abekade efihliwe, aphume avele. 22Umphefumlo wakhe usondele emhadini, ubomi bakhe kwabazisa ukufa.
23“Ukuba ukho isithunywa kuye, umlamli—omnye phakathi kwewaka—ukuba amxelele umntu okufaneleyo kuye, 24aze ambabale athi: ‘Mkhulule angehli emhadini; ndiyifumene intlawulelo,’ a a v24 Intlawulelo ehlangula umphefumlo emhadini ikhomba ngaphaya kwamazwi kaElihu, ibhekisa entlawulelweni uBawo wethu awayeya kuyinikela ngenye imini ngoYesu, lowo wanikela ngobomi bakhe ukuba abe yintlawulelo yabaninzi. 25ize inyama yakhe ibe ntsha ngaphezu kweyomntwana; abuyele emihleni yobutsha bakhe. 26Uthandaza kuThixo, aze umnquli akholeke kuye; umnquli abone ubuso bukaThixo ngemihlali, uThixo abuyisele ubulungisa kuloo mntu. 27Uyavuma phambi kwabanye athi: ‘Ndonile ndakugqwetha okwakulungile, kanti andibuyekezwanga ngako. 28Uwuhlangule umphefumlo wam ukuba ungehli emhadini, ndaye ndiya kukubona ukukhanya.’
29“Yabona, uThixo uzenza zonke ezi zinto izihlandlo ezininzi nomntu, 30ukuze awubuyise umphefumlo wakhe emhadini, ukuze akhanyiselwe ngokukhanya kwabaphilayo.
31“Beka indlebe, Yobhi; phulaphula kum. Yithi tu, ndize ndithethe. 32Ukuba unento onokuyithetha, ndiphendule; thetha, kuba ndingavuya ukukubona ugwetyelwe. 33Ukuba akunjalo, phulaphula kum; yithi tu, ndize ndikufundise ubulumko.”