Umangaleli Uyabuya
Umangaleli uyabuya, uBaba wethu avume isiwombe sesibili: amathumba kusukela ekhanda kuya ezinyaweni. Unkosikazi kaJobe umtshela ukuthi aqalekise uNkulunkulu afe; uyala, ngaphandle kokuzenzisa ukuthi inkinga ifanelekile. Abangani abathathu bayafika, badabule izingubo zabo, bahlale naye bethule izinsuku eziyisikhombisa.
2 1Kwaphinda kwafika usuku lapho amalungu enkundla yasezulwini eza ukuzethula phambi kukaBaba wethu, nomangaleli weza naye phakathi kwawo ukuzethula phambi kwakhe.
2UBaba wethu wathi kumangaleli: “Uvelaphi?” Umangaleli wamphendula: “Ngivela ekuzulazuleni emhlabeni nasekuhambeni ngapha nangapha kuwo.”
3UBaba wethu wathi kumangaleli: “Uyibhekisisile yini inceku yami uJobe? Akekho onjengaye emhlabeni—umuntu ongenasici noqotho, owesaba uNkulunkulu agweme okubi. Usabambelele ebuqotsheni bakhe, nakuba wangincenga ukuba ngimelane naye ngimbhubhise ngaphandle kwesizathu.”
4Umangaleli wamphendula uBaba wethu: “Isikhumba ngesikhumba! Umuntu uyokunikela ngakho konke anakho ngenxa yokuphila kwakhe. 5Kodwa manje yelula isandla sakho uthinte ithambo lakhe nenyama yakhe, impela uyokuqalekisa ebusweni bakho.”
6UBaba wethu wathi kumangaleli: “Kulungile, usesandleni sakho; kuphela ulondoloze ukuphila kwakhe.”
7Ngakho umangaleli wasuka ebukhoneni bukaBaba wethu, wamshaya uJobe ngamathumba abuhlungu kusukela ngaphansi kwezinyawo zakhe kuze kufike esicongweni sekhanda lakhe. 8UJobe wathatha ucezu lwebumba eliphukile ukuze aziphale ngalo, ehleli phakathi komlotha. 9Umkakhe wathi kuye: “Usabambelele yini ebuqotsheni bakho? Qalekisa uNkulunkulu ufe!” a a v9 UmkaJobe usho “uNkulunkulu” lapha, hhayi “uBaba” — isigaba sokukhuluma esiqhelelene izingxoxo zale ncwadi eziyohlala kuso kuze kube yilapho uJobe ekugcineni ehlangana noBaba wethu ubuso nobuso.
10Kodwa yena wathi kuye: “Ukhuluma njengowesifazane oyisiwula. Kanti singamukela okuhle kuNkulunkulu, singakwamukeli ukuhlupheka na?” Kukho konke lokhu uJobe akonanga ngezindebe zakhe.
Abangani Abathathu Basondela
11Kwathi lapho abangani bakaJobe abathathu bezwa ngakho konke lokhu kuhlupheka okwakumehlele, bafika, kwaba yilowo nalowo evela ekhaya lakhe—u-Elifazi umThemani, uBilidadi umShuhi, noZofari umNahamathi. Bavumelana ukuba beze ukuzomkhalela bamduduze. 12Kwathi lapho bembona besekude, abamazanga. Baphakamisa amazwi abo bakhala, kwaba yilowo nalowo waklebhula ingubo yakhe, bathela uthuli emakhanda abo bebheke ezulwini. 13Bahlala naye phansi izinsuku eziyisikhombisa nobusuku obuyisikhombisa, akekho owakhuluma izwi kuye, ngokuba babona ukuthi ukuhlupheka kwakhe kwakukhulu kakhulu.
