UJobe 32

32 ¹Ngakho laba bantu abathathu bayeka ukuphendula uJobe, ngokuba wayelungile emehlweni akhe. ²Khona-ke yavutha intukuthelo ka-Elihu indodana kaBarakeli umBuzi, womndeni wakwaRamu. Intukuthelo yakhe yamvuthela uJobe ngokuba wazenza olungileyo yena esikhundleni sikaNkulunkulu. ³Intukuthelo yakhe yabavuthela nabangane bakaJobe abathathu, ngokuba babengatholanga mpendulo kodwa base bemlahla uJobe. ⁴U-Elihu wayelindile ukukhuluma noJobe ngokuba abanye babembadala kunaye. ⁵Kodwa lapho u-Elihu ebona ukuthi laba bantu abathathu babengasenalutho lokusho, intukuthelo yakhe yavutha. ⁶Ngakho u-Elihu indodana kaBarakeli umBuzi wakhuluma wathi: “Ngimncane ngeminyaka, nina nibadala; yingakho ngazibamba, ngesaba ukunitshela lokho engikwaziyo. ⁷Ngacabanga ngathi, ‘Ubudala mabukhulume, neminyaka eminingi ifundise ukuhlakanipha.’ ⁸Kodwa ngumoya osemuntwini, umphefumulo kaSomandla, onika ukuqonda. ⁹Akubona abadala abahlakaniphileyo, nabalupheleyo abaqonda okulungileyo. ¹⁰Ngakho ngithi, ngilaleleni; nami ngizokutsho engikwaziyo. ¹¹Bhekani, ngawalinda amazwi enu; ngalalela ukucabanga kwenu nisafuna okuzoshiwo. ¹²Nganinaka ngokuphelele; kodwa akekho noyedwa kini owabonisa uJobe ukuthi uphambene noma owaphendula izimpikiswano zakhe. ¹³Ngakho ningasho, ‘Sikutholile ukuhlakanipha; uNkulunkulu makamphikise, hhayi umuntu.’ ¹⁴UJobe akawaqondisanga amazwi akhe kimi, nami ngeke ngimphendule ngezimpikiswano zenu. ¹⁵Badidekile, abasenalutho lokusho; amazwi abaphelelile. ¹⁶Kufanele ngilinde yini, njengoba sebethulile, njengoba bemi lapho bengenampendulo? ¹⁷Nami ngizosho okwami; nami ngizokutsho engikwaziyo. ¹⁸Ngokuba ngigcwele amazwi; umoya ophakathi kimi uyangiqhuba. ¹⁹Ngaphakathi, nginjengewayini elingenasikhala sokuphuma, njengezikhumba zewayini ezintsha eziselungele ukuqhuma. ²⁰Kumele ngikhulume ngithole impumuzo; kumele ngivule izindebe zami ngiphendule. ²¹Ngeke ngikhethe ubuso bamuntu, futhi ngeke ngithophe muntu; ²²ngokuba angikwazi ukuthopha—uma bengikwazi, uMenzi wami ubezongisusa masinyane.”