UYobhi uyaphendula
UYobhi uyavuma ukuba uThixo ungaphaya kwengxoxo, kanye apho kukho ingxaki. Akukho bani onokummangalela enkundleni, nomlomo womntu ongenatyala ube ngummangaleli wakhe. UYobhi uthi uThixo uyambhuqa ngokufanayo ongenatyala nongendawo, alangazelele umlamli ukuba abeke isandla phezu kwabo bobabini.
9 1Waphendula ke uYobhi, wathi: 2“Inene ndiyazi ukuba kunjalo. Kodwa angathini na umntu ofayo ukuba abe lilungisa phambi koThixo? 3Ukuba ebenokufuna ukubambana naye, akanakumphendula kanye kumaxesha aliwaka. 4Usisilumko ngentliziyo, enamandla amakhulu—ngubani na owakha wamngcikiva waza waphuma engenzakele? 5Ususa iintaba zingazi nokwazi, azibhukuqe ngomsindo wakhe. 6Uyawunyikimisa umhlaba, awususe endaweni yawo, zigungqe iintsika zawo. 7Uyayalela ilanga, lingaphumi; azitywine iinkwenkwezi. 8Nguye yedwa owawolula amazulu, enyathela amaza olwandle. 9Nguye owenza iBhere, noOriyon, neSilimela, namaqela eenkwenkwezi zasezantsi. 10Wenza izinto ezinkulu ezingenakuphengululwa, imimangaliso engenakubalwa. 11Khangela—uyadlula ngakum, andimboni; uyagqithela phambili, kodwa andimqondi. 12Ukuba uyahlutha, ngubani na onokumbuyisa? Ngubani na oya kuthi kuye: ‘Wenza ntoni na?’ 13UThixo akayi kuwubuyisa umsindo wakhe; phantsi kwakhe balala beqotyiwe abancedisi berhamncwa lolwandle, uRahabhi. a a v13 URahabhi apha asinguye umfazi waseYeriko, kodwa ligama lamandulo lerhamncwa lesiphithiphithi solwandle—umfanekiso wobungcibi wawo onke amandla amchasayo uThixo. 14Ndingathini na ke ukumphendula yena, nokunyula amazwi am okubambana naye? 15Nokuba bendinobulungisa, bendingenakumphendula yena; bendiya kuthi ndibongoze umgwebi wam ukuba andenzele inceba. 16Ukuba bendithe ndambiza, waza wandiphendula, bendingayi kukholwa ukuba uyaliphulaphula izwi lam. 17Kuba uyandityumza ngesaqhwithi, andandisele imivumbo yam ngelize. 18Akandivumeli ndiphefumle, kodwa undizalisa ngobukrakra. 19Ukuba kungumcimbi wamandla, nguye onamandla amakhulu! Ukuba kungumcimbi wokusesikweni, ngubani na onokumbizela yena ematyaleni? 20Nokuba bendinobulungisa, umlomo wam ngokwawo ubeya kundigweba mna; nokuba bendigqibelele, ubeya kundibonakalisa ndiligwenxa. 21Ndigqibelele; andisazikhathaleli; ndibudelile ubomi bam. 22Kuyafana konke; kungoko ndisithi, utshabalalisa ogqibeleleyo nongendawo kunye. 23Xa intlekele ifika ngesiquphe izisa ukufa, uyakuhleka ukuphelelwa lithemba kongenatyala. 24Umhlaba unikelwe ezandleni zabangendawo; usibekela amehlo abagwebi bawo. Ukuba asinguye, ngubani na ke? 25Imihla yam inamendu ngaphezu kombaleki; iyabaleka, ingaboni kulunga. 26Idlula njengeenqanawa zeengcongolo, njengokhozi olutshwebelezayo lwehla phezu kwexhoba lalo. 27Ukuba ndithi: ‘Ndiya kusilibala isikhalo sam, ndibeke ecaleni ubuso bam obumatshileyo, ndichwayite,’ 28Ndoyika zonke iintlungu zam, kuba ndiyazi ukuba akuyi kundenza omsulwa. 29Ndiya kugwetywa; yini na ke ukuba ndizidinise ngelize? 30Ukuba bendizihlamba ngekhephu, ndazihlambulula izandla zam ngesepha, 31noko ubeya kundiphosa emgongxweni, zize iingubo zam ngokwazo zindicekise. 32Kaloku akangomntu njengam, ukuba ndingamphendula, size sihlangane ematyaleni kunye. 33Akukho mlamli phakathi kwethu, onokubeka isandla sakhe phezu kwethu sobabini. b b v33 UYobhi ulangazelela umntu onokuma phakathi kwakhe noThixo — umlamli onokubeka isandla kubo bobabini. Olu langazelelo lufumana impendulo yalo kuYesu, umlamli omnye phakathi koThixo nabantu (1 Tim 2:5). 34Makayisuse intonga yakhe kum, lungabi sandoyikisa unkwantyiso lwakhe. 35Ndandiya kwandula ndithethe ndingamoyiki; kodwa njengoko kunjalo, andikhululekanga ukwenjenjalo.”
