UJobe 21

21 ¹UJobe waphendula wathi: ²“Lalelani kahle amazwi ami, lokhu makube yinduduzo eningiphe yona. ³Ngibekezeleleni ngisakhuluma, kuthi lapho sengikhulumile, ningaqhubeka nokuklolodela. ⁴Mina, ukukhononda kwami kumuntu nje na? Pho kungani ngingephelelwe yisineke? ⁵Ngibukeni nimangale, nibeke isandla senu emlonyeni wenu. ⁶Lapho ngikukhumbula, ngiyethuka, ukuqhaqhazela kubambe inyama yami. ⁷Kungani ababi beqhubeka bephila, beguga, bekhula ngamandla? ⁸Abantwana babo bazinzile bevikelekile kanye nabo phambi kwamehlo abo, nenzalo yabo phambi kokubona kwabo. ⁹Izindlu zabo ziphephile zingenakwesaba, futhi awukho uswazi lukaNkulunkulu oluwela phezu kwabo. ¹⁰Inkunzi yabo iyakhwela ingahluleki; inkomazi yabo iyazala ingaphunzi. ¹¹Bayeka abancane babo begijima ngokukhululeka njengomhlambi, nabantwana babo begxumagxuma. ¹²Bacula ngesigubhu nangehabhu bathokoze ngomsindo womtshingo. ¹³Bachitha izinsuku zabo ekuchumeni, bese behlela ethuneni ngokuthula. ¹⁴Nokho bathi kuNkulunkulu: ‘Siyeke! Asinaso isifiso sokwazi izindlela zakho. ¹⁵uSomandla uyini, ukuba simkhonze na? Futhi singazuzani ngokuthandaza kuye?’ ¹⁶Kodwa ukuchuma kwabo akukho ezandleni zabo; angithandi ukuzihlanganisa neseluleko sababi. ¹⁷Kukangaki isibani sababi sicinywa na? Kukangaki inhlekelele yabo iwela phezu kwabo na? Kukangaki uNkulunkulu abele ubuhlungu ngentukuthelo yakhe? ¹⁸Kukangaki benjengotshani phambi komoya, njengamakhoba aphephulwa yisiphepho? ¹⁹Nithi: ‘UNkulunkulu ubekela abantwana bendoda isijeziso sayo.’ Makayikhokhele yona indoda uqobo, ukuze ikufunde lokho. ²⁰Amehlo akhe uqobo makayibone incithakalo yakhe, aphuze ulaka lukaSomandla. ²¹Ngokuba unendaba yini nomndeni wakhe emva kwakhe, lapho izinyanga zakhe seziqunyiwe? ²²Ukhona yini ongafundisa uNkulunkulu ulwazi, njengoba kunguye owahlulela labo abaphezulu? ²³Omunye umuntu ufa esenamandla agcwele, ekhululekile ngokupheleleyo evikelekile, ²⁴umzimba wakhe uphilile kahle nomnkantsha wamathambo akhe usamanzi. ²⁵Omunye ufa enomphefumulo obabayo, engakaze akunambithe okuhle. ²⁶Balala ndawonye othulini, izimpethu zibasibekele bobabili. ²⁷Bhekani, ngiyayazi imicabango yenu, namasu enu okungilimaza. ²⁸Ngokuba nithi: ‘Iphi manje indlu yesikhulu na? Liphi itende ababehlala kulo ababi?’ ²⁹Anikaze nibabuze yini labo abahamba imigwaqo? Ngeke niwamukele yini ubufakazi abaninika bona, ³⁰ukuthi umuntu omubi uyasindiswa ngosuku lwenhlekelele, ukuthi uyakhululwa ngosuku lolaka? ³¹Ngubani ombhekana ubuso nobuso ngokuziphatha kwakhe, ngubani omkhokhela ngalokho akwenzile? ³²Uthwalelwa ethuneni, kulindwe ithuna lakhe. ³³Inhlabathi yesigodi imnandi kuye; wonke umuntu umlandela, nalabo abamandulela abanakubalwa. ³⁴Pho ningangiduduza kanjani ngamazwi ayize? Izimpendulo zenu ziyinkohliso nje bodwa.”