UJobe 29

29 ¹UJobe waphinda wakhuluma wathi: ²“Sengathi ngabe nginjengasezinyangeni ezadlulayo, njengasezinsukwini uNkulunkulu ayengilinda ngazo, ³ngesikhathi isibani sakhe sasikhanya phezu kwekhanda lami, ngokukhanya kwakhe ngangihamba phakathi kobumnyama; ⁴njengoba nganginjalo ezinsukwini zokuchuma kwami, ngesikhathi ubungane obukhulu bukaNkulunkulu buhlala phezu kwetende lami, ^a a v4 UJobe ulangazelela ubudlelwane ayebazi kudala — ubungane obukhulu bukaNkulunkulu phezu kwekhaya lakhe. Akakakwazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu amkhumbulayo nguBaba wethu onhliziyo yakhe engazange imshiye; nokuthi uzozibonela yena ngaphambi kokuba incwadi iphele. ⁵ngesikhathi uSomandla esenami, ngesikhathi abantwana bami bengizungeza; ⁶ngesikhathi izinyathelo zami zigeziswa ngamasi, nedwala lingithululela imifudlana yamafutha. ⁷Lapho ngiphuma ngiya esangweni ledolobha ngihlala esihlalweni sami enkundleni yomphakathi, ⁸izinsizwa zazingibona zibalekele eceleni, abadala basukume beme; ⁹amakhosana ayegodla amazwi awo abeke isandla phezu kwemilomo yawo; ¹⁰izwi lezikhulu lalithula, nezilimi zazo zinamathela olwangeni lwemilomo yazo. ¹¹Lapho indlebe izwa, yayingibiza ngothi ubusisiwe, lapho iso libona, lalingifakazela, ¹²ngokuba ngangihlenga abampofu ababekhala, nentandane eyayingenamuntu wokuyisiza. ¹³Isibusiso salowo owayesezobhubha sehlela phezu kwami, ngenza inhliziyo yomfelokazi yacula ngenjabulo. ¹⁴Ngazembathisa ukulunga, kwangembesa; ubulungiswa bami babunjengengubo nesigqoko sasekhanda. ¹⁵Ngangiwumehlo kwabayiziphofu, nezinyawo kwabaqhugayo. ¹⁶Nganginguyise wabaswelayo, ngaphenyisisa indaba yalowo engangingamazi. ¹⁷Ngaphula amazinyo omubi, ngahlwitha impango emazinyweni akhe. ¹⁸Ngakho ngacabanga ngathi, ‘Ngizofela esidlekeni sami, ngandise izinsuku zami njengesihlabathi.’ ¹⁹Izimpande zami zazelulekela emanzini, amazolo ayelala ubusuku bonke phezu kwamagatsha ami. ²⁰Inkazimulo yami yayihlala intsha ngaphakathi kimi, umnsalo wami wawulokhu umusha esandleni sami. ²¹Abantu babengilalela belindile; bathula ngenxa yeseluleko sami. ²²Ngemva kokuba ngikhulumile, babengasasho lutho; amazwi ami ayewela kubo kamnene. ²³Babengilindela njengokulindela imvula, bevula imilomo yabo njengasezimvuleni zasentwasahlobo. ²⁴Lapho ngibamomothekela, babecishe bangakukholwa, babebambelela ekukhanyeni kobuso bami. ²⁵Ngakhetha indlela yabo ngahlala njengenduna yabo; ngaphila njengenkosi phakathi kwamabutho ayo, njengalowo oduduza abalilayo.”