UJobe 19

19 ¹Wayesephendula uJobe, wathi: ²“Koze kube nini nihlupha umphefumulo wami, ningichoboza ngamazwi? ³Lezi izikhathi eziyishumi seningithukile; aninamahloni ngokungona. ⁴Noma ngempela ngonile, iphutha lami lisala kimi. ⁵Uma ngempela niziphakamisa phezu kwami, nisebenzisa ihlazo lami njengesizathu sokungisola, ⁶yazini-ke ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungonile, wangihaqa ngenetha lakhe. ⁷Ngiyakhala ngithi, ‘Udlame!’ kodwa angiphendulwa; ngicela usizo, kodwa akukho bulungiswa. ^a a v7 Ukumemeza uthi ‘Udlame!’ kwakuyisicelo somphakathi sasendulo sobulungiswa — ukukhala okwaziwayo kokucela usizo lapho wenziwe okubi. ⁸Uyivalile ngodonga indlela yami ukuze ngingadluli, wabeka ubumnyama ezindleleni zami. ⁹Ungihlubule inkazimulo yami, wasusa umqhele ekhanda lami. ¹⁰Ungidiliza nxazonke, sengiphelile; ulisiphule ithemba lami njengomuthi. ¹¹Uyivuthele intukuthelo yakhe kimi, ungibala njengesitha sakhe. ¹²Amabutho akhe aqhubekela ndawonye; akhela umgwaqo wawo wokungivimbezela, amisa izinkamba nxazonke zetende lami. ¹³Ubeke abafowethu kude nami, nalabo ababengazi sebengifulathele ngokuphelele. ¹⁴Izihlobo zami zingishiyile, nabangani bami abasondelene nami sebengikhohliwe. ¹⁵Izihambi ezisendlini yami nezincekukazi zami zingibala njengowezizwe; sengibe ngumfokazi emehlweni azo. ¹⁶Ngiyayibiza inceku yami, kodwa ayiphenduli; kumele ngiyincenge ngokwami. ¹⁷Umoya wami uyanyanyeka kumkami, nami ngiyisinengiso kubafowethu uqobo. ¹⁸Ngisho nezingane ezincane ziyangidelela; lapho ngisukuma, zikhuluma kabi ngami. ¹⁹Bonke abangani bami abasondelene nami bayanginyanya, nalabo engangibathanda sebengiphendukele. ²⁰Amathambo ami anamathela esikhumbeni sami nasenyameni yami, ngiphunyukile ngesikhumba samazinyo ami. ²¹Ngihawukeleni, ngihawukeleni, bangani bami, ngokuba isandla sikaNkulunkulu singishayile! ²²Kungani ningizingela njengoNkulunkulu, ningakaze nasuthe yinyama yami? ²³Sengathi amazwi ami angabhalwa phansi! Sengathi angalotshwa emqulwini, ²⁴ukuze ngosiba lwensimbi nangomthofu aqoshwe edwaleni kuze kube phakade! ²⁵Ngokuba ngiyazi ukuthi uMhlengi wami uyaphila, ekugcineni uyakuma phezu kothuli. ^b b v25 Esahlukweni ngesahluko sokuhlupheka, uJobe ubelokhu ekhuluma ngoNkulunkulu ngendlela ekude — kodwa lapha kuvela igama lobudlelwano: ‘uMhlengi wami,’ lowo omthatha njengongowakhe. Isiko lobuKhristu kudala lazwa lo mbhalo njengethemba lokuqala uBaba wethu aligcwalisa ngoJesu, oyakuma ngosuku lokugcina ukuze afakazele ubumsulwa babantwana bakhe. ²⁶Ngemuva kokuba isikhumba sami sesibhujisiwe, nokho ngisenyameni yami ngiyakumbona uNkulunkulu, ²⁷engiyakumbona mina ngokwami, amehlo ami uqobo ayakumbuka, kungesiye omunye. Inhliziyo yami iyaphela phakathi kwami! ²⁸Uma nithi, ‘Hawu, siyakumzingela kanjani uJobe!’ futhi nithi, ‘Impande yendaba itholakala kuye,’ ²⁹yesabani inkemba, ngokuba intukuthelo iletha isijeziso senkemba, ukuze nazi ukuthi kukhona ukwahlulelwa.”