UJobe 15

15 ¹Waphendula u-Elifazi umThemani wathi: ²“Umuntu ohlakaniphileyo angaphendula ngolwazi olungumoya, agcwalise isisu sakhe ngomoya wasempumalanga na? ^a a v2 Umoya wasempumalanga wawungumoya oshisa bhe wasogwadule (isiroko) — uphawu oluphindaphindayo lobuze nembubhiso kuyo yonke incwadi kaJobe. ³Angaphikisana ngenkulumo eyize, ngamazwi angasizi ngalutho na? ⁴Kodwa wena ususa ukumesaba uNkulunkulu, uthikameza ukuzindla phambi kukaNkulunkulu. ⁵Ngokuba isono sakho sifundisa umlomo wakho, ukhetha ulimi lwabanobuqili. ⁶Umlomo wakho uyakulahla wena, hhayi mina; izindebe zakho ziyafakaza ngokumelene nawe. ⁷Ingabe unguwena muntu wokuqala owake wazalwa na? Wazalwa ngaphambi kwamagquma na? ⁸Ingabe walalela emkhandlwini kaNkulunkulu na? Uzigcinela wena wedwa ukuhlakanipha na? ^b b v8 “Umkhandlu kaNkulunkulu” uyinhlangano yasezulwini lapho uNkulunkulu engumongameli khona kanye nezidalwa zakhe zasezulwini — u-Elifazi ubhinqa uJobe ngokuzenza kwakhe onolwazi lwangaphakathi. ⁹Yini oyaziyo thina esingayazi na? Yini oyiqondayo engekho nakithi na? ¹⁰Abampunga nabadala baphakathi kwethu, amadoda amdala kunoyihlo. ¹¹Ingabe induduzo kaNkulunkulu incane kakhulu kuwe, izwi elikhulunywe kuwe ngobumnene na? ¹²Kungani inhliziyo yakho ikuthwala ikususa, kungani amehlo akho ebenyezela, ¹³uze uphendule umoya wakho umelane noNkulunkulu, uvumele amazwi anjalo aphume emlonyeni wakho na? ¹⁴Uyini umuntu, ukuba abe msulwa na? Ungubani ozelwe ngowesifazane, ukuba abe ngolungileyo na? ¹⁵Bheka, uNkulunkulu akabathembi abangcwele bakhe, namazulu awamsulwa emehlweni akhe; ¹⁶kakhulu kangakanani lowo onengekayo nobolileyo, umuntu ophuza ukungalungi njengamanzi! ¹⁷Ngizakukubonisa; ngilalele; ngizakukutshela lokho engikubonileyo, ¹⁸lokho abantu abahlakaniphileyo abakumemezelayo, bengakufihli abakwamukela koyise, ¹⁹okwanikwa bona bodwa izwe, ngesikhathi owezizwe engakefiki phakathi kwabo. ²⁰Umuntu omubi uzwa ubuhlungu izinsuku zakhe zonke, kuyo yonke iminyaka ebekelwe ononya. ²¹Imisindo eyesabekayo igcwalisa izindlebe zakhe; ngesikhathi sokuchuma kwakhe umbhubhisi uyamfikela. ²²Akakholwa ukuthi uzakuphunyuka ebumnyameni; umiselwe inkemba. ²³Uzulazula efuna isinkwa, ebuza ethi, ‘Siphi na?’ Uyazi ukuthi usuku lobumnyama lusondele eduze. ²⁴Usizi nobuhlungu buyamethusa yena; buyamahlula njengenkosi elungele impi, ²⁵ngokuba welulele isandla sakhe kuNkulunkulu wamphikisa uSomandla, ²⁶emgijimela ngenkani enehawu eliqinileyo neliqinisiweyo; ²⁷ngokuba wambesa ubuso bakhe ngamafutha wabuthelela inyama okhalweni lwakhe, ²⁸wahlala emizini ebhidliziweyo, ezindlini okungafanele kuhlale muntu kuzo, eselungele ukuba yizinqwaba zemfucumfucu. ²⁹Akayikuceba; ingcebo yakhe ayiyikuma, nemfuyo yakhe ayiyikwanda ezweni. ³⁰Akayikuphunyuka ebumnyameni; ilangabi liyakubunisa amahlumela akhe, umoya womlomo kaNkulunkulu uyakumkhukhula amsuse. ³¹Makangathembi ezintweni eziyize, ezikhohlisa yena, ngokuba ubuze buyakuba ngumvuzo wakhe. ³²Umvuzo wakhe uyakukhokhwa ngokugcwele singakafiki isikhathi sakhe, negatsha lakhe aliyikuba luhlaza. ³³Uyakuvuthulula amagilebhisi akhe angavuthiwe njengomvini, awise izimbali zakhe njengomnqumo. ³⁴Ngokuba ibandla labangamesabi uNkulunkulu liyinyumba, umlilo uqeda imizi yokufumbathisa. ³⁵Bakhulelwa inkathazo, bazale ububi; isizalo sabo silungisa inkohliso.”