UJobe 16

16 ¹UJobe waphendula wathi: ²"Ngizwile izinto eziningi ezinjengalezi; nonke ningabaduduzi abadabukisayo. ³Awupheli yini amazwi akho omoya? Yini ekucunulayo ukuba uqhubeke uphendula? ⁴Nami bengingakhuluma njengoba nenza, uma beniseskhundleni sami; bengingahlanganisa amazwi ngimelane nani, ngininikinele ikhanda lami. ⁵Kodwa benginganiqinisa ngomlomo wami, nenduduzo yezindebe zami yehlise ubuhlungu benu. ⁶Uma ngikhuluma, ubuhlungu bami abunciphi; uma ngibamba, yini engishiyayo? ⁷Ngempela manje uNkulunkulu usengidinisile; ubachithile bonke abantu bami. ⁸Ungishwabanisile, lokho kwaba ngufakazi; ukuzaca kwami kuyangivukela, kufakaze ebusweni bami. ⁹Intukuthelo yakhe ingidwengulile yangihlasela; ungigedlisele amazinyo akhe kimi; isitha sami singigqolozela ngamehlo aso. ¹⁰Abantu bangikhamisele imilomo yabo; bangishaye esihlathini ngokungihleka; babuthene ndawonye ukumelana nami. ¹¹UNkulunkulu unginikele kwabangalungile, wangiphonsa ezandleni zababi. ¹²Ngangonwabile, wase engichoboza mina; wangibamba ngentamo wangiphahlaza ngaba yizicucu; ungimise ngaba yinhloko yakhe. ¹³Abacibi bakhe bayangihaqa mina; uqhekeze izinso zami engenamusa, wathululela inyongo yami emhlabathini. ¹⁴Ungaphula ngokungishaya kaninginingi; ungigijimela njengeqhawe. ¹⁵Ngithungele izembatho zokulila esikhumbeni sami, ngafihla isiphongo sami othulini. ¹⁶Ubuso bami bubomvu ngenxa yokukhala, nethunzi elijulile lehlele ezinkopheni zami, ¹⁷noma kungekho budlova ezandleni zami, nomthandazo wami uhlanzekile. ¹⁸Mhlaba, ungaligqibi igazi lami, nokukhala kwami makungatholi ndawo yokuphumula. ¹⁹Ngisho manje, ufakazi wami usezulwini, nommeli wami uphezulu. ²⁰Abangani bami bayangihleka; iso lami lithululela izinyembezi kuNkulunkulu, ²¹ukuze amele icala lomuntu phambi kukaNkulunkulu, njengendodana yomuntu imelela umakhelwane wayo. ²²Ngokuba kusele iminyaka embalwa idlule, bese ngihamba indlela yokungabuyi."