Ukuthetha kukaElifazi
UElifazi uqala ngobulali: uYobhi uzinzisile abanye abantu, ngoko ukugqibelela kwakhe ngokufanele kube lithemba lakhe. Kulandele ke ingxoxo yokuba abangenatyala abaze batshabalale, nombono wobusuku osebezayo ukuba akukho mntunofayo ohlambulukileyo phambi koMenzi wakhe. Yintuthuzelo enotyholo ngaphakathi.
4 1Waphendula ke uElifazi waseTeman wathi: 2“Ukuba umntu uthe wazama ukuthetha nawe, uya kudinwa na? Kodwa ngubani onokuzibamba ekuthetheni? 3Uyabona, ubafundisile abaninzi, uzomelezile izandla ezibuthathaka. 4Amazwi akho awuphakamisile lowo ukhubekayo, uwaqinisile amadolo axwebileyo. 5Ke ngoku kufika kuwe, udinwe; kukuchukumisa, ukhwankqisekile. 6Ukoyika kwakho uThixo akusiyonkoloseko yakho na, nokugqibelela kwiindlela zakho ithemba lakho? 7Khumbula ngoku: ngubani, engenatyala, owakha watshabalala? Aphi na apho abathe tye bakha batshatyalaliswa khona? 8Njengoko ndibonile, abo balimayo ukungalungisi, behlwayela inkathazo, bavuna kwayona. 9Ngokufutha kukaThixo bayatshabalala, nangokufutha komsindo wakhe baphele. 10Ukubharhula kwengonyama, izwi lengonyama engqwabalala, amazinyo eengonyama ezintsha— aphukile. 11Ingonyama enamandla iyatshabalala kukuswela ixhoba, namathole engonyamakazi ayachithachitheka. 12Ke ilizwi lafika kum emfihlekweni; indlebe yam yabamba umhlebo walo. 13Phakathi kwezicamango ezikhathazayo ezivela emibonweni yobusuku, xa kuwa ubuthongo obunzima phezu kwabantu, 14ndafikelwa luloyiko, nakukungcangcazela, waza wenza onke amathambo am angcangcazela. 15Umoya wagqitha phambi kobuso bam; iinwele zomzimba wam zema. 16Wema cwaka, kodwa andabanakho ukubona imbonakalo yawo. Kwakukho imbonakalo phambi kwamehlo am; kwathi cwaka, ndaza ndeva izwi: 17‘Umntu ofayo angaba lilungisa na phambi koThixo? Indoda ingahlambuluka na phambi koMenzi wayo? a a v17 UElifazi ummisela uThixo njengomgwebi okude, ekhoyo phambi kwakhe engekho mntu ufayo onokuma — luloqeqesho olungayi kuluphula aba bahlobo bathathu, nendlela yokumisela ezityhilwa zizahluko zokugqibela zale ncwadi njengokungamazi uBawo wethu. 18Uyabona, akabathembi abakhonzi bakhe, uzimangalela nezithunywa zakhe ngempazamo; 19kobeka phi na ke abo bahlala ezindlwini zodongwe, abasekelwe eluthulini, abatyunyuzwa njengenundu. 20Phakathi kokusa nokuhlwa bayaqhekezwa; bengaqwalaselwanga, batshabalala ngonaphakade. 21Umtya wentente yabo awuncothulwa na ngaphakathi kwabo? Bayafa bengazuzanga ubulumko.’” b b v21 Umfanekiso womtya wentente ufanisa ubomi nentente: xa umtya uncothulwa, lonke isakhiwo siyadilika simke.
