UBawo wethu Akenzi Bugwenxa
UElihu ucaphula amazwi kaYobhi awawathethayo, athethelele ubulungisa bukaBawo wethu: lowo ulawula konke akanakubujika ubulungisa, akakhethi buso kookumkani, kwaye uyawabona onke amanyathelo athathwa ebumnyameni. Isigqibo sakhe silukhuni, sokuba uYobhi ufanele ukuvavanywa kude kuse esiphelweni.
34 1Waza uElihu waqhuba wathi: 2“Phulaphulani amazwi am, nina zilumko; ndibekeleni indlebe, nina banolwazi. 3Kuba indlebe iwavavanya amazwi njengoko umlomo usingca ukutya. 4Masizinyulele oko kulungileyo; masazi phakathi kwethu okulungileyo. 5Kuba uYobhi uthe: ‘Ndililungisa, waza uThixo wasusa ubulungisa bam; 6nangona ndisezicaleni zobulungisa, ndibalelwa njengexoki; inxeba lam alinakuphiliswa, nangona ndingenakreqo.’ 7Yiyiphi na indoda enjengoYobhi, esela ukugculelwa njengamanzi, 8ehamba nabenzi bobubi, ihambe namadoda angendawo? 9Kuba uthe: ‘Umntu akazuzi nto ngokuyoliswa nguThixo.’ 10Ngoko ke ndiphulaphuleni, nina madoda anengqondo: makube lee kuThixo ukwenza okungendawo, nakuSomandla ukwenza ubugqwetha. 11Kuba umbuyekeza ngokomsebenzi womntu, aze amfikelise ngokweendlela zakhe. 12Inene uThixo akayi kwenza okungendawo, noSomandla akayi kubujika ubulungisa. 13Ngubani na owamnikela ihlabathi, ngubani na owambeka umhlaba uphela phezu kwakhe? 14Ukuba ebenokuyibhekisa intliziyo yakhe emntwini, aze awususe umoya wakhe nokuphefumla kwakhe, 15yonke inyama ibiya kubhubha kunye, umntu abuyele eluthulini. 16Ukuba unengqondo, uve oku; liphulaphule izwi lamazwi am. 17Angalawula na lowo ubuthiyileyo ubulungisa? Ungamgweba na lowo ulilungisa noligorha, 18lowo uthi kukumkani: ‘Wena ungento yanto,’ aze athi kubanumzana: ‘Nina madoda angendawo,’ 19ongakhethi buso kubathetheli, engasinanzi isityebi ngaphezu kwehlwempu, kuba bonke bangumsebenzi wezandla zakhe? 20Bafa ngephanyazo; phakathi kobusuku abantu bayashukunyiswa, badlule, namagorha asuswe kungekho sandla samntu. 21Kuba amehlo akhe aseendleleni zomntu, azibone zonke iinyawo zakhe. 22Akukho bumnyama nathunzi lokufa apho abenzi bobubi banokuzimela khona. 23Kuba uThixo akasafuni kuhlola umntu ngakumbi, ukuba aye phambi koThixo ematyaleni. a a v23 Injongo kaElihu: uThixo akayifuni intlanganiso yokuxoxa okanye ixesha elimisiweyo ukuze azise umgwebo — usuka enze nje. 24Uyawaqhekeza amagorha ngaphandle kophando, aze abeke abanye endaweni yawo. 25Ngako oko, esazi imisebenzi yawo, uyawabhukuqa ebusuku, atyunyuzwe. 26Uyawabetha ngenxa yokungendawo kwawo emehlweni ababukeli, 27ngenxa yokuba aphambuka ekumlandeleni aza akazinanza nokuzinanza iindlela zakhe, 28ngokokude alenze ihlwempu lidanduluke kuye, waza waliva isikhalo labacinezelweyo. 29Xa ethe cwaka, ngubani na onokugweba? Xa ebusithelisayo ubuso bakhe, ngubani na onokumbona — nokuba luhlanga nokuba ngumntu, 30ukuze kungalawuli mntu ungakholwayo, angabeki emgibeni abantu. 31Kuba ukho na othe kuThixo: ‘Ndilithwele ityala lam; andiyi kuphinda ndone; 32ndifundise oko ndingakuboniyo; ukuba ndenze ubugwenxa, andisayi kuphinda ndikwenze’? 33Uya kukubuyekeza ngokokuthanda kwakho na, ngenxa yokuba ulucekisa uqeqesho lwakhe? Kuba nguwe omele ukunyula, kungekhona mna; ngoko ke xela oko ukwaziyo. 34Amadoda anengqondo aya kuthi kum, nesilumko ngasinye esindivayo siya kuthi, 35‘uYobhi uthetha engenalwazi; amazwi akhe akanangqiqo.’ 36Akwaba uYobhi wayenokucikidwa ade afike ekupheleni ngenxa yokuphendula kwakhe okwamadoda angendawo! 37Kuba wongeza ukreqo phezu kwesono sakhe; uyasihlekisa ekuhleni, wandise amazwi akhe nxamnye noThixo.”
