UJobe 22

22 ¹U-Elifazi umThemani waphendula wathi: ²“Umuntu angaba usizo kuNkulunkulu na? Impela umuntu ohlakaniphile uzizuzisa yena kuphela. ³Kuyinjabulo yini kuSomandla uma ulungile, noma inzuzo kuye uma uphila ngokungasoleki? ⁴Kungenxa yokumesaba kwakho yini ukuba akusole akulethe ekwahlulelweni? ⁵Ububi bakho abubukhulu yini? Izono zakho azinamkhawulo yini? ⁶Ngokuba wafuna isibambiso kubafowenu ngaphandle kwesizathu, wahlubula izingubo kwabanqunu. ⁷Awuzange unike amanzi abakhatheleyo ukuba baphuze, wagodla isinkwa kwabalambile. ⁸Umuntu onamandla wayenomhlaba, nothandekayo wahlala kuwo. ^a a v8 U-Elifazi usho ukuthi u-Jobe waphatha umhlaba njengowabanamandla kuphela, washiya abampofu bengenalutho. ⁹Wamukisa abafelokazi bengaphethe lutho, wachoboza izingalo zezintandane. ¹⁰Kungakho izicupho zikuzungezile, nokwesaba okuzumayo kukugubuzele; ¹¹noma ubumnyama, ukuze ungaboni, nesikhukhula samanzi sikusibekele. ¹²UNkulunkulu akakho yini ezingqongeni zezulu? Bheka ukuthi ziphakeme kangakanani izinkanyezi eziphezulu! ¹³Kodwa uthi, ‘Wazini uNkulunkulu? Angahlulela yini phakathi kobumnyama obunjalo obujulile? ¹⁴Amafu aqinileyo ayamsibekela ukuze angaboni, uhamba phezu komkhathi wezulu.’ ¹⁵Uzogcina indlela yakudala yini abantu ababi abahamba ngayo? ¹⁶Bahwaquzwa singakafiki isikhathi sabo, isisekelo sabo sakhukhulwa isikhukhula. ¹⁷Bathi kuNkulunkulu, ‘Siyeke! Angasenzani uSomandla?’ ¹⁸Kanti nguye owagcwalisa izindlu zabo ngezinto ezinhle—ngakho icebo lababi likude nami. ¹⁹Abalungileyo bayakubona bajabule; abangenacala bahleke ababi, bethi, ²⁰‘Impela izitha zethu zibhujisiwe, umlilo uqedile lokho abakushiyayo.’ ²¹Zinikele kuNkulunkulu manje, ube nokuthula naye; ngaleyo ndlela okuhle kuyakuza kuwe. ²²Yamukela imfundiso emlonyeni wakhe, ubeke amazwi akhe enhliziyweni yakho. ²³Uma ubuyela kuSomandla uyakubuyiselwa; uma uxosha ukungalungi kude nekhaya lakho, ²⁴ubeke igolide lakho othulini, igolide lase-Ofiri phakathi kwamatshe omfudlana, ^b b v24 I-Ofiri yayidumile ezweni lasendulo njengomthombo wegolide elihle kakhulu. ²⁵khona-ke uSomandla uqobo uyakuba igolide lakho, isiliva sakho esiyigugu. ²⁶Khona-ke uyakujabula kuSomandla uphakamisele ubuso bakho kuNkulunkulu. ²⁷Uyakuthandaza kuye, akuzwe, ugcwalise izifungo zakho. ²⁸Lokho okunqumayo kuyakwenziwa, nokukhanya kuyakukhanya ezindleleni zakho. ²⁹Lapho abanye behliswa uthi, ‘Baphakamise!’, uyakusindisa abadanileyo. ³⁰Uyakukhulula ngisho nalowo ongemsulwa, oyakukhululwa ngokuhlanzeka kwezandla zakho.”