UJobe 28

28 ¹“Ngempela kukhona umgodi wokumba isiliva, nendawo lapho igolide licwengwa khona. ²Insimbi ikhiwa othulini, ithusi lincibilikiswa edwaleni. ³Umuntu umisela ubumnyama umkhawulo; uphenya kuze kube semkhawulweni okude kakhulu, efuna insimbi emnyameni nasethunzini elijulile. ⁴Umba umgodi ojulile kude nalapho abantu behlala khona, ezindaweni lapho kungazange kunyathele unyawo khona; lapho balenga bentengantenga, kude nabo bonke abantu. ⁵Umhlaba—kuwo kuphuma ukudla, kodwa ngaphansi kwawo uphenduke sengathi ushiswe ngomlilo. ⁶Amatshe awo anesafire, nothuli lwawo lunegolide. ⁷Yindlela engaziwa yinyoni ezingelayo, leyo iso lentengu elingakaze liyibone. ⁸Izilwane ezizidlayo azikaze zinyathele kuyo, nebhubesi alizange lidabule kuyo. ⁹Umuntu welula isandla sakhe edwaleni eliqinile, agumbuqele izintaba ezimpandeni zazo. ¹⁰Uqophela imisele emadwaleni, neso lakhe libona yonke into eyigugu. ¹¹Uvimba imifudlana echichimayo, aveze ekukhanyeni izinto ezifihliweyo.

¹²“Kodwa ukuhlakanipha—kungatholakala kuphi? Iphi indawo yokuqonda? ¹³Umuntu akalazi ixabiso lako, futhi akutholakali ezweni labaphilayo. ¹⁴Inzulu ithi, ‘Akukho kimi,’ nolwandle luthi, ‘Akukho kimi.’ ¹⁵Ngeke kuthengwe ngegolide elihle kunawo wonke, nexabiso lako ngeke likalwe ngesiliva. ¹⁶Ngeke kulinganiswe negolide lase-Ofiri, ne-onikisi eyigugu noma isafire. ¹⁷Igolide nekristalu ngeke kulingane nako, futhi ngeke kushintshaniselwe nezitsha zegolide elimsulwa. ¹⁸Amakhorali nekristalu akubalwa nhlobo; ixabiso lokuhlakanipha lidlula amarubhi. ¹⁹Itopazi lase-Kushe ngeke lilingane nako, futhi ngeke kulinganiswe negolide elimsulwa.

²⁰“Pho-ke, ukuhlakanipha kuvelaphi? Iphi indawo yokuqonda? ²¹Kufihliwe emehlweni abo bonke abaphilayo, kusithekile ngisho nasezinyonini zasezulwini. ²²Ukubhubhisa noKufa kuthi, ‘Ngezindlebe zethu sizwile ihlebezi ngako.’

²³“UNkulunkulu uyayiqonda indlela eya kuko, futhi uyayazi indawo yako. ²⁴Ngokuba ubheka imikhawulo yomhlaba, abone konke okungaphansi kwamazulu. ²⁵Lapho enika umoya isisindo sawo, elinganisa namanzi, ²⁶lapho emisela imvula umthetho, nendlela yombani, ²⁷khona-ke wabona ukuhlakanipha wakubonakalisa; wakumisa wakuhlolisisa.

²⁸Wathi kubantu, ‘Ukumesaba uNkulunkulu—yikho ukuhlakanipha, nokufulathela okubi kuwukuqonda.’”