UJobe 3

3 ¹Emva kwalokho uJobe wavula umlomo wakhe waqalekisa usuku azalwa ngalo. ²Wathi: ³“Malubhubhe usuku engazalwa ngalo, nobusuku obathi, ‘Kukhulelwe umfana.’ ⁴Lolo suku—malube ubumnyama! UNkulunkulu ophezulu angalufuni, nokukhanya makungakhanyi phezu kwalo. ⁵Ubumnyama nethunzi lokufa mabulubange; ifu malihlale phezu kwalo; ubumnyama bosuku mabulwethuse. ⁶Lobo busuku—ubumnyama obukhulu mabububambe; mabungajabuli phakathi kwezinsuku zonyaka, bungabalwa phakathi kwezinyanga. ⁷Yebo, lobo busuku mabube yinyumba; makungangeni kubo ukumemeza kwenjabulo. ⁸Mabaluqalekise labo abaqalekisa izinsuku—labo abakulungele ukuvusa uLeviyathani. ^a a v8 Ezweni lasendulo kwakukholelwa ukuthi abaqalekisi abangochwepheshe babenamandla phezu kwezinsuku ezinhle nezinebhadi. ⁹Izinkanyezi zokusa kwabo mazibe mnyama; mabulindele ukukhanya bungakutholi, bungaboni nhlobo imisebe yokuqala yokusa, ¹⁰ngokuba abuyivalanga iminyango yesibeletho sikamama, abulufihlanga usizi emehlweni ami. ¹¹Kungani ngingafanga ngisanda kuzalwa, ngaphuma esibelethweni ngaphefumula okokugcina? ¹²Kungani kwaba khona amadolo okwemukela mina, noma amabele engingawancela? ^b b v12 EMpumalanga Eseduze yasendulo, ukubeka usana emadolweni esihlobo kwakuyisenzo esisemthethweni sokwamukela ingane. ¹³Ngoba manje ngabe ngilele ngokuthula; ngabe ngizunywe ubuthongo ngiphumule, ¹⁴kanye namakhosi nabeluleki bomhlaba abazakhela amanxiwa, ¹⁵noma kanye nezikhulu ezazinegolide, ezagcwalisa izindlu zazo ngesiliva. ¹⁶Noma kungani ngingabanga yingane ezalwe ifile eyangcwatshwa, njengezinsana ezingazange zikubone ukukhanya? ¹⁷Lapho ababi bayayeka ukufutheka, nalapho abakhatheleyo bayaphumula. ¹⁸Ndawonye izithunjwa zinokuthula; azisalizwa izwi lomqhubi wezigqila. ¹⁹Omncane nomkhulu balapho ngokufanayo, nesigqila sikhululekile enkosini yaso. ²⁰Kungani ukukhanya kunikwa osesizini, nokuphila kunikwe onomphefumulo obabayo, ²¹abalangazelela ukufa okungafiki, bakumbe ngaphezu kwengcebo efihliweyo, ²²abeqa ngenjabulo bathokoza lapho belithola ithuna? ²³Kungani ukukhanya kunikwa umuntu ondlela yakhe ifihliweyo, yena uNkulunkulu amzungeze ngotango? ²⁴Ngoba ukububula kwami kufika phambi kwesinkwa sami, nokugquma kwami kuthululeka njengamanzi. ²⁵Ngoba into engangiyesaba isehlele phezu kwami, nalokho engangikwesaba sekufikile kimi. ²⁶Anginakho ukukhululeka, nokuthula, nokuphumula—kukhona isiphithiphithi kuphela.”