UJobe 10

10 ¹“Sengikhathele ukuphila kwami. Ngiyakuyikhulula insolo yami; ngiyakukhuluma ngomunyu womphefumulo wami. ²Ngiyakuthi kuNkulunkulu: Ungangilahli; ngazise ukuthi kungani ulwa nami. ³Kuyakujabulisa yini ukucindezela, ukudelela umsebenzi wezandla zakho, kuyilapho umamathekela amacebo ababi? ⁴Unawo yini amehlo enyama? Ubona njengokubona komuntu ofayo? ⁵Izinsuku zakho ziyafana yini nezinsuku zomuntu ofayo, noma iminyaka yakho ifane neminyaka yomuntu, ⁶ukuze uphenye icala lami uzingele nesono sami, ⁷nakuba wazi ukuthi anginacala, kanti kungekho ongangikhulula esandleni sakho?

⁸“Izandla zakho zangibumba zangenza, zonke izitho zami, kanti manje usuphenduka uyangibhubhisa. ⁹Khumbula ukuthi wangibumba njengobumba. Manje usuyangibuyisela othulini na? ¹⁰Awungithululanga yini njengobisi wangijiyisa njengoshizi, ¹¹wangembathisa isikhumba nenyama, wangeluka ndawonye ngamathambo nemisipha? ¹²Wanginika ukuphila nothando lwesivumelwano, nokunakekela kwakho kuwulondolozile umoya wami.

¹³“Kodwa lokhu wakufihla enhliziyweni yakho, kanti ngiyazi ukuthi lokhu bekuyinjongo yakho: ¹⁴uma ngona, ubuyakungibheka ungangikhululi ecaleni lami. ¹⁵Uma nginecala, maye kimi! Noma nginganacala, angikwazi ukuphakamisa ikhanda lami—ngigcwele ihlazo kangaka, ngigxile osizini lwami. ¹⁶Uma ngiphakamisa ikhanda lami, uyangizingela njengebhubesi, uphinde wenze izimangaliso zokulwa nami. ¹⁷Uletha ofakazi abasha ukumelana nami, uthululele olunye ulaka lwakho phezu kwami; amagagasi enkathazo elandelanayo ayahlasela mina.

¹⁸“Pho kungani wangikhipha esiswini? Kwangathi ngabe ngafa lingakangiboni iso. ¹⁹Ngabe nganginjengokungathi angizange ngibe khona, ngathwalwa ngqo esiswini ngayiswa ethuneni. ²⁰Izinsuku zami azimbalwa yini? Phenduka kimi, ungiyeke, ukuze ngibe nomzuzwana wenduduzo, ²¹ngingakayi endaweni engangabuyeki, ezweni lobumnyama nethunzi elikhulu, ²²ezweni lobumnyama obunjengobusuku obukhulu, lethunzi elikhulu nokungahleleki, lapho ngisho nokukhanya kunjengobumnyama.”