UJobe 18

18 ¹UBilidadi umShuhi waphendula wathi: ²“Koze kube nini ulokhu uzingela amazwi na? Yiba nengqondo, khona-ke singakhuluma. ³Kungani siphathwa njengezinkomo, sibalwe njengeziwula emehlweni akho na? ⁴Wena ozidabula ube yizicucu ngolaka lwakho—kumele yini umhlaba ushiywe ngenxa yakho, noma idwala lisuswe endaweni yalo na? ⁵Yebo, ukukhanya komubi kuyacimeka, nelangabi lomlilo wakhe liyafiphala. ⁶Ukukhanya kuyafiphala etendeni lakhe, nesibani esiphezu kwakhe siyacima. ⁷Izinyathelo zakhe ezinamandla ziyanqunywa, namacebo akhe uqobo ayamwisa. ⁸Izinyawo zakhe uqobo ziyamphonsela enetheni, angene nqo emambuleni alo. ⁹Ugibe lumbamba ngesithende; isihibe simbambe siqinise. ¹⁰Isihibe sifihlelwe yena emhlabathini, nogibe lumlindele endleleni yakhe. ¹¹Izesabiso ziyamethusa nxazonke, zimxoshe ezithendeni zakhe. ¹²Amandla akhe ayalanjiswa, nenhlekelele imi ilungele ukuwa kwakhe. ¹³Kudla izingxenye zesikhumba sakhe; izibulo lokufa lidla izitho zakhe. ^a a v13 “Izibulo lokufa” kuyinkulumo yezinkondlo echaza isifo esibulalayo, esicekelayo—isisebenzi sokufa esibulala kunazo zonke. ¹⁴Uyahluthunwa ekuphepheni kwetende lakhe, aqhutshwe ayiswe enkosini yezesabiso. ¹⁵Umlilo uhlala etendeni lakhe, elingaseyilo elakhe; isibabuli esivuthayo sihlakazwa phezu kwekhaya lakhe. ¹⁶Izimpande zakhe ziyoma ngezansi, namagatsha akhe abune ngenhla. ¹⁷Ukukhunjulwa kwakhe kuyabhubha emhlabeni, akabi nagama ezitaladini. ¹⁸Uxoshwa ekukhanyeni aphonswe ebumnyameni, axoshwe emhlabeni. ¹⁹Akashiyi nzalo noma mzukulu phakathi kwabantu bakhe, akusali muntu lapho ayehlala khona. ²⁰Abasentshonalanga bayethuka yisiphetho sakhe, nabasempumalanga babanjwa uvalo. ²¹Impela yilokhu okwehlela izindlu zababi, indawo yalowo ongamazi uNkulunkulu.”