Uma Nje Bengingamthola
UJobe ufuna inkantolo, hhayi impi. Ukube ubengathola lapho uNkulunkulu ehlala khona, ubengabeka icala lakhe aphunyuzwe. Kodwa uNkulunkulu akekho empumalanga noma entshonalanga, futhi wenza noma yini athanda yona. UJobe uthi uyophuma njengegolide, kodwa usalokhu esaba kakhulu.
23 1UJobe wasephendula wathi: 2"Ngisho nanamuhla ukukhononela kwami kumunyu; isandla sakhe sisinda naphezu kokububula kwami. 3Sengathi ngabe ngiyazi lapho ngingamthola khona, ukuze ngize endaweni yakhe yokuhlala! 4Bengingalubeka udaba lwami phambi kwakhe, ngigcwalise umlomo wami ngezimpikiswano. 5Bengingawazi amazwi abengangiphendula ngawo, ngiqonde lokho abengakusho kimi. 6Ubengaphikisana yini nami ngobukhulu bamandla akhe? Cha—ubengangilalela nakanjani. 7Lapho umuntu oqotho ubengaxoxisana naye, futhi bengingakhululwa kuze kube phakade ngumahluleli wami. 8Kodwa uma ngiya empumalanga, akakho lapho; ngasentshonalanga angimtholi. 9Lapho esebenza enyakatho, angimboni; nxa ephendukela eningizimu, angimtholi. 10Kodwa uyayazi indlela engiyihambayo; lapho esengivivinyile, ngiyophuma njengegolide. 11Unyawo lwami lunamathele ezinyathelweni zakhe; ngiyigcinile indlela yakhe, angiphambukanga. 12Angisukanga emyalweni wezindebe zakhe; ngiwalondolozile amazwi omlomo wakhe ngaphezu kwesinkwa sami sansuku zonke. 13Kodwa akaguquki—ngubani ongambuyisa emuva? Noma yini ayifisayo, uyayenza. 14Ngokuba uyokufeza lokho angimisele khona, nezinto eziningi ezinjalo zisemqondweni wakhe. 15Yingakho ngethuka phambi kwakhe; lapho ngicabanga ngakho, ngiyamesaba. 16UNkulunkulu uyenze yaphela amandla inhliziyo yami; uSomandla ungethusile. 17Nokho angithuliswanga ubumnyama, nalo umnyama oshinqekayo osibekela ubuso bami."
