UYobhi Uphendula uBawo
UYobhi uthi wathetha ngezinto abengaziqondi; iindlebe zakhe zazivile, kodwa ngoku amehlo akhe abonile, waza waguquka eluthulini naseluthuthwini. Emva koko uBawo wethu uxelela abahlobo ukuba bathethe ngokungalunganga, waza uYobhi wabathandazela. Ubutyebi bakhe buphindwe kabini, nosapho lwakhe lwabuyiselwa.
42 1Waphendula ke uYobhi kuBawo wethu, wathi: 2“Ndiyazi ukuba unako ukwenza zonke izinto, nokuba akukho cebo lakho linokunqandwa. 3Wabuza wathi: ‘Ngubani na lo ufihla icebo lam engenalwazi?’ Inene ndathetha ngezinto endingaziqondiyo, izinto ezibalulekileyo kakhulu kum, endingazaziyo. 4Wathi: ‘Phulaphula ngoku, ndithethe; ndiya kubuza kuwe, uze undiphendule.’ 5Iindlebe zam zazivile ngawe, kodwa ngoku amehlo am akubonile. a a v5 UYobhi wayekade eve ngoThixo kuphela ngaphambili; kodwa ngoku umbona uBawo wethu ubuso ngobuso, waza umfanekiso ophosakeleyo kaThixo okwalee waphela ngonaphakade. 6Ngoko ke ndiyawarhoxisa amazwi am, ndiguquka eluthulini naseluthuthwini.”
Inceba Kubahlobo Abathathu
7Kwathi, akuba uBawo wethu ewathethile la mazwi kuYobhi, wathi kuElifazi umTeman: “Umsindo wam uyavutha kuwe nakubahlobo bakho bobabini, kuba ningathethanga ngam izinto ezilungileyo, njengomkhonzi wam uYobhi. b b v7 Abahlobo bathetha ngoThixo njengoThixo okwalee obiza iingxelo; uYobhi, phakathi kwazo zonke iintlungu nokuphikisa kwakhe, wahlala ezama ukufikelela kuBawo wethu — waza uBawo wethu wakuhlonipha oko. 8Ngoko ke thabathani iinkunzi ezisixhenxe neenkunzi zezimvu ezisixhenxe, niye kumkhonzi wam uYobhi, ninikele zibe lidini elinyukayo ngenxa yenu. Umkhonzi wam uYobhi uya kunithandazela, ndize ndamkele umthandazo wakhe, ndingenzi kuni ngokobudenge benu. Kuba ningathethanga ngam izinto ezilungileyo, njengomkhonzi wam uYobhi.”
9Baya ke uElifazi umTeman, noBhiledadi umShuhi, noTsofare umNahamati, benza njengoko uBawo wethu wayebaxelele, waza uBawo wethu wamkela umthandazo kaYobhi.
10Kwathi, akubon' ukuba uYobhi uthandazele abahlobo bakhe, uBawo wethu wambuyisela intlahla yakhe, wamnika okuphindwe kabini kunoko wayenako ngaphambili. 11Beza ke bonke abazalwana bakhe noodadewabo nabo bonke ababemazi ngaphambili, badla isonka naye endlwini yakhe. Bamthuthuzela bamonwabisa ngenxa yayo yonke imbandezelo awayeyehlisele kuye uBawo wethu, baza elowo wamnika iqhekeza lesilivere nomsesane wegolide.
12UBawo wethu wayisikelela iminyaka yokugqibela kaYobhi ngaphezu kweyokuqala. Wayeneegusha ezingamawaka alishumi elinane, neenkamela ezingamawaka amathandathu, nezibini zeenkomo eziliwaka, neemazi zamaesile eziliwaka. 13Kananjalo wayenoonyana abasixhenxe neentombi ezintathu. 14Intombi yokuqala wayithiya igama elinguYemima, eyesibini uKeziya, eyesithathu uKerene-hapuki. c c v14 Amagama eentombi abhiyozela ubuhle novuyo olubuyiselweyo: uYemima uthetha 'ihobe,' uKeziya uthetha 'isinamoni,' uKerene-hapuki uthetha 'uphondo lwezithambiso zamehlo.' 15Kuwo lonke elo zwe kwakungekho bafazi abahle njengeentombi zikaYobhi, waza uyise wazinika ilifa kunye nabanakwazo. d d v15 Kwihlabathi lamandulo iintombi zazingafane zidle ilifa kunye noonyana — isipho sikaYobhi kuzo saba sisenzo esikhethekileyo sobabalo nokulingana. 16Emva koku uYobhi wahlala iminyaka elikhulu elinamanci mane, wababona abantwana bakhe nabantwana babantwana bakhe, izizukulwana ezine. 17Wafa ke uYobhi, emdala, ezele yimihla.
