UJobe 31

31 ¹“Ngenza isivumelwano namehlo ami; pho ngingayigqolozela kanjani intombi? ²Ngokuba yisabelo sini enginganaso kuNkulunkulu ophezulu, yifa lini elivela kuSomandla osezulwini? ³Akusikho yini inhlekelele kwabangalungile, nembubhiso kwabenza okubi? ⁴Akaziboni yini izindlela zami, abale zonke izinyathelo zami?

⁵“Uma ngiphile ngamanga, nonyawo lwami lwaphuthuma enkohlisweni, ⁶makangikale ngezikali ezithembekileyo, uNkulunkulu azi ukuqotho kwami, ⁷uma izinyathelo zami ziphambukile endleleni, nenhliziyo yami yalandela amehlo ami, nebala lanamathela ezandleni zami, ⁸khona-ke mangihlwanyele kudle omunye, nalokho okungimilelayo makusishulwe.

⁹“Uma inhliziyo yami iyengwe ngowesifazane, ngacathama emnyango womakhelwane wami, ¹⁰khona-ke umkami makasebenzele enye indoda, abanye balale naye. ¹¹Ngokuba lokho kungaba yicala elilihlazo, isono esifanele ukwahlulelwa; ¹²ngokuba kungumlilo oqothula kuze kufike eMbubhisweni, oqede ngokusha konke ukuvuna kwami.

¹³“Uma ngaliphika ubulungiswa encekwini yami yesilisa noma yesifazane lapho beletha isikhalazo ngami, ¹⁴pho ngiyakwenzani lapho uNkulunkulu evuka? Lapho engibiza ukuba ngilandise, ngiyakumphendula ngithini? ¹⁵Akusiye yini owangenza esizalweni owenza nenceku yami? Akusiye yena kanye owasibumba sobabili esizalweni?

¹⁶“Uma ngabagodlela abampofu lokho ababekudinga, noma ngavumela amehlo omfelokazi akhathale, ¹⁷noma ngadla ukudla kwami ngedwa intandane ingenalutho, ¹⁸nokho kusukela ebusheni bami ngamkhulisa njengoyise, kusukela esizalweni sikamame ngamhola umfelokazi, ¹⁹uma ngabona umuntu ebhubha ngokuswela izingubo, noma ompofu engenasembatho, ²⁰uma ubuyena bakhe bonke bungangibusisanga ngokumfudumeza ngoboya bezimvu zami, ²¹uma ngaphakamisa isandla sami entandaneni ngokuba ngabona abangisekelayo enkundleni, ²²khona-ke ihlombe lami malehlukaniswe nethambo lalo, nengalo yami yaphulwe elungeni layo. ²³Ngokuba inhlekelele evela kuNkulunkulu yayiyingebhe kimi, phambi kobukhosi bakhe ngangingenakwenza lutho.

²⁴“Uma ngenza igolide lithemba lami, noma ngathi kwigolide elihle, ‘Wena uyikuvikeleka kwami,’ ²⁵uma ngazidla ngokuthi ingcebo yami inkulu, nokuthi isandla sami sazuza okuningi kangaka, ²⁶uma ngabheka ilanga lapho likhanya, noma inyanga ihamba ngobukhazikhazi, ²⁷kangangokuba inhliziyo yami yayengwa ngasese, nesandla sami sakuqabula ekukhonzeni, ²⁸nalokhu kungaba yisono esifanele ukwahlulelwa, ngokuba ngingaba ngikhohlise uNkulunkulu ophezulu.

²⁹“Uma ngajabula ngokubhujiswa kwalowo owayengizonda, noma ngethaba lapho ingozi imehlela. ³⁰angikaze ngivumele umlomo wami wone ngokubiza isiqalekiso empilweni yakhe, ³¹uma amadoda endlu yami engakaze athi, ‘Ngubani ongasuthanga etafuleni lakhe?’, ³²owezizwe akazange alale esitaladini, ngokuba ngavulela isihambi iminyango yami. ³³Uma ngazimboza izono zami njengabanye abantu, ngafihla icala lami phakathi enhliziyweni yami, ³⁴ngokuba ngangisaba kakhulu isixuku, nokudelela kwemindeni kwangethusa mina, ngaze ngathula ngingafuni ukuphuma phandle.

³⁵“Awu, sengathi ngabe ukhona ongizwayo! Nasi isiginesha sami— uSomandla makangiphendule! Ummangaleli wami makalobe icala lakhe! ³⁶Ngempela bengiyoliphatha ehlombe lami, ngiyozibopha ngalo njengomqhele. ³⁷Bengiyomlandisa ngazo zonke izinyathelo zami; njengenkosana bengiyosondela kuye.

³⁸“Uma umhlaba wami ukhalile ngami, nemifolo yawo ikhale kanyekanye, ³⁹uma ngadla isithelo sawo ngaphandle kwenkokhelo, noma ngaqeda ukuphila kwabanikazi bawo, ⁴⁰khona-ke makukhule ameva esikhundleni sikakolweni, nokhula olunukayo esikhundleni sebhali.” Amazwi kaJobe asephelile.