ULeviyatan, uKumkani waBo Bonke abaneKratshi
ULeviyatan akanakurholwa ngewuka, abotshwe, athengiswe, okanye ahlatywe ngomkhonto; imikrozo yakhe ivaleke njengamakhaka, umphefumlo wakhe uphemba amalahle, yaye isinyithi sibalwa njengomququ. Ukuba akukho namnye unobukroti bokumvusa, ubuza uBawo wethu, ngubani onokuma phambi kwam? Isicelo sikaYobhi sokuva ityala siphendulwa ngesidalwa.
41 1“Ungamrhola na uLeviyatan ngewuka, okanye ucinezele ulwimi lwakhe ngomtya? a a v1 ULeviyatan sisidalwa esikhulu solwandle esingenakuthanjiswa — ngumfanekiso wamandla angenakulawulwa mntu, kodwa awabambe ngokulula uBawo wethu. 2Ungayifaka na intsontelo empumlweni yakhe, okanye uwuhlabe umhlathi wakhe ngewuka? 3Uya kukutarhuzisa kakhulu na? Uya kuthetha kuwe amazwi athambileyo na? 4Uya kwenza na umnqophiso nawe, ukuze umthabathe abe sisicaka sakho ngonaphakade? 5Uya kudlala naye na njengeentaka, okanye umbophe ngomtya ukuze adlale namantombazana akho? 6Baya kuthengiselana ngaye na abarhwebi? Baya kumahlula na phakathi kwabathengisi? 7Ungaluzalisa na ulusu lwakhe ngemikhonto, okanye intloko yakhe ngemikhonto yokuloba iintlanzi? 8Beka isandla sakho phezu kwakhe; khumbula imfazwe—akusayi kuphinda ukwenze oku. 9Lonke ithemba lokumoyisa libubuxoki; ukumbona nje kuya kukuwisa phantsi. 10Akukho namnye unobukroti bokumvusa. Ngubani ke onokuma phambi kwam? 11Ngubani ondifikeleyo, ukuze ndimbuyisele? Yonke into ephantsi kwezulu lonke yeyam. b b v11 UPawulos uphinda eli vesi — akukho namnye owakha wanika uBawo wethu ukuze abe netyala kuye; konke kakade kokwakhe (KumaRoma 11:35).
12“Andiyi kuthi tu ngazitho zakhe, ngamandla akhe amakhulu, nangesimo sakhe esihle. 13Ngubani onokusihluba isambatho sakhe sangaphandle, okanye eze kuye ngomkhala ophindwe kabini? 14Ngubani onokuzivula iingcango zobuso bakhe? Amazinyo akhe arhawulwe lunkwantyiso. 15Umhlana wakhe yimikrozo yamakhaka, evaliweyo aqine njengetywina. 16Elinye likufuphi kakhulu nelinye, kangangokuba akukho moya unokudlula phakathi kwawo. 17Ahlangene elinye nelinye; abambana aze angabi nakwahlulwa. 18Ukuthimla kwakhe kubaneka ngokukhanya, namehlo akhe anjengeenkophe zentsasa. c c v18 “Iinkophe zentsasa” ngumfanekiso wesiHebhere wokubengezela okububomvu kokukhanya kokuqala — amehlo akhe aqaqamba abe bomvu njengokuphuma kwelanga okuvuthayo. 19Emlonyeni wakhe kuphuma izikhuni ezivuthayo; kutsiba iintlantsi zomlilo. 20Emathatheni akhe kuphuma umsi, njengasembizeni ebilayo phezu kwengcongolo evutha. 21Umphefumlo wakhe uvuthisa amalahle, lize ilangatye litsibe emlonyeni wakhe. 22Amandla ahlala entanyeni yakhe, uze unkwantyiso ungqungqe phambi kwakhe. 23Imibimbi yenyama yakhe inamathelene, imiselwe nkqi phezu kwakhe ingashukumi. 24Intliziyo yakhe ilukhuni njengelitye, ilukhuni njengelitye lokusila langaphantsi. 25Xa evuka, amagorha ayoyika; kwisithonga asuke abhideke. 26Nangona ikrele limfikela, alibambi, nentshuntshe ngokunjalo, notolo, nomkhonto. 27Isinyithi usibalela njengomququ, 28Utolo alunakumbalekisa; kuye, amatye enkwitshi aba ziindiza. 29Iintonga zibalelwa njengeendiza; uyakuhleka ukukhenkceza komkhonto. 30Ngaphantsi kwakhe kunjengeengceba zodongwe ezibukhali; uzolula njengesileyi sokubhula phezu kodaka. d d v30 Isileyi sokubhula yayiliplanga elinamatye abukhali, lirhuqwa phezu kwengqolowa — isisu sikaLeviyatan sishiya umkhondo okrwelekileyo kwangolo hlobo. 31Wenza amanzi enzonzobila abile njengembiza; ulugqula ulwandle njengeketile yamafutha ephehlwayo. 32Ngasemva kwakhe ushiya umkhondo okhanyayo; ungade ucinge ukuba inzonzobila imile iinwele ezimhlophe. 33Emhlabeni akukho nto injengaye, isidalwa esadalwa singenaloyiko. 34Ukhangela ezantsi kuko konke okuphakamileyo; ungukumkani phezu kwabo bonke abanekratshi.”
