UJobe 24

24 ¹“Kungani uSomandla engabekeli izikhathi zokwahlulela na? Kungani labo abamaziyo bengaziboni izinsuku zakhe? ²Ababi bayawasusa amatshe emingcele; bathumba imihlambi bayiklabise kungathi ngeyabo. ³Baxosha imbongolo yentandane; bathatha inkabi yomfelokazi ibe yisibambiso. ⁴Basunduzela abaswele ngaphandle kwendlela, kangangokuthi abampofu bezwe baphoqeleka ukucasha. ⁵Bheka—njengezimbongolo zasendle ehlane, abampofu baphuma baye emsebenzini wabo, befuna ukudla; ihlane libanika isinkwa sabantwana babo. ⁶Bavuna ukudla emasimini angewona awabo, bakhothoze isivini sababi. ⁷Balala ubusuku behamba ze, bengenazingubo, bengenasembeso emakhazeni. ⁸Bamanzi te yimvula yasezintabeni, baqoqane edwaleni ngokuswela isiphephelo. ⁹Intandane ihluthulwa ebeleni, nosana lompofu luthathwa lube yisibambiso. ¹⁰Bahamba ze, bengenazingubo; belambile, bethwele izithungu. ¹¹Phakathi kwezihlahla zeminqumo bakhama amafutha; banyathela izikhamo zewayini, kodwa bona bomile. ¹²Emzini abafayo bayabubula, nemiphimbo yabalimele iyakhala icela usizo—kodwa uNkulunkulu akabeki muntu cala ngobubi.

¹³“Bakhona labo abahlubuka ukukhanya; abazazi izindlela zakho futhi abahlali emikhondweni yakho. ¹⁴Ngovivi umbulali uyavuka ukuba abulale abampofu nabaswele, ebusuku anyonyobe njengesela. ¹⁵Iso lesiphingi lilindela ukuhwalala, licabanga, ‘Alikho iso eliyongibona,’ afihle ubuso bakhe. ¹⁶Ebumnyameni bagqekeza izindlu; emini bazivalela, ngokuba abafuni lutho ngokukhanya. ¹⁷Ngokuba ubumnyama obukhulu buwukusa kubo bonke; bajwayelene nezethuso zobumnyama.

¹⁸“Kodwa nithi balula phezu kobuso bamanzi; isabelo sabo sezwe siqalekisiwe, akekho ophendukela ezivinini zabo. ¹⁹Njengoba isomiso nokushisa kuntshontsha iqhwa elincibilikayo, kanjalo ithuna lihlwitha abonile. ²⁰Isizalo esabazala siyabakhohlwa; impethu iyazitika ngabo; abasakhunjulwa, nobubi buyaphohlozwa njengomuthi. ²¹Baphanga owesifazane oyinyumba ongazali, bangabi namusa kumfelokazi.

²²“Kodwa ngamandla akhe uNkulunkulu uyabahudula abanamandla; uyavuka, akekho oqinisekileyo ngokuphila kwakhe. ²³UNkulunkulu uyabavumela baphumule ngokulondeka, bancike kukho, kodwa amehlo akhe asezindleleni zabo. ²⁴Baphakanyiswa isikhashana, bese bephela; behliselwa phansi baqoqwe njengabanye bonke, banqunywe njengezikhwebu zamabele. ²⁵Uma kungenjalo, ngubani ongaveza ukuthi ngingumqambimanga, enze amazwi ami angabi lutho?”