UJobe 33

33 ¹“Kodwa manje, Jobe, zwana amazwi ami; lalela konke engikushoyo. ²Bheka, ngiwuvulile umlomo wami; ulimi lwami lwenza amazwi olwangeni lwami. ³Amazwi ami aphuma enhliziyweni eqotho, nezindebe zami zikhuluma ngobuqotho lokho ezikwaziyo. ⁴UMoya kaNkulunkulu wangenza, nomphefumulo kaSomandla unginika ukuphila. ⁵Ngiphendule, uma ukwazi; lungisa indaba yakho phambi kwami, uzimise. ⁶Bheka, nami nginjengawe phambi kukaNkulunkulu; nami ngancwetshwa ebumbeni. ⁷Ukwesaba kwami akufanele kukwethuse, nokucindezela kwami akufanele kukusinde.

⁸“Impela ukhulumile ngisezwa— ngiwuzwile umsindo wamazwi akho. ⁹‘Ngimsulwa, ngingenasiphambeko; ngihlanzekile, alikho icala kimi. ¹⁰Kodwa uthola iphutha kimi; ungibala njengesitha sakhe. ¹¹Ufaka izinyawo zami esitokisini; uqapha zonke izindlela zami.’

¹²“Kodwa kulokhu awuqondile, ngiyakuphendula, ngokuba uNkulunkulu mkhulu kunomuntu ofayo. ¹³Uphikisanelani naye, ukuthi akaphenduli namunye wamazwi omuntu? ¹⁴Ngokuba uNkulunkulu ukhuluma ngandlela-nye, aphinde ngenye, noma umuntu engakuqondi. ¹⁵Ephusheni, embonweni wasebusuku, lapho ubuthongo obunzima buwela phezu kwabantu besazumeka emibhedeni yabo, ¹⁶khona-ke uyazivula izindlebe zabo abagxilise izixwayiso zakhe kubo, ¹⁷ukuze aphendule umuntu ekwenzeni okubi avimbe indoda ekuzidleni, ¹⁸abambe umphefumulo wabo egodini, ukuphila kwabo ekubhubheni ngenkemba.

¹⁹“Umuntu uyasolwa futhi ngobuhlungu embhedeni wakhe, nangokuqaqamba okungapheliyo emathanjeni akhe, ²⁰ngangokuba ukuphila kwakhe kwenyanya isinkwa, nomphefumulo wakhe ukudla okukhethekile. ²¹Inyama yakhe iyoncipha, namathambo akhe ayefihliwe asevelile. ²²Umphefumulo wakhe usondela egodini, nokuphila kwakhe kulabo abaletha ukufa.

²³“Uma kukhona isithunywa sakhe, umlamuleli—oyedwa phakathi kwabayinkulungwane—ukuba amemezele kumuntu okumlungele, ²⁴abe nomusa kuye athi, ‘Msindise ekwehleleni egodini; ngitholile isihlengo,’ ^a a v24 Isihlengo esikhulula umphefumulo egodini sikhomba ngalé kwamazwi ka-Elihu, sikhomba esihlengweni uBaba wethu ayezosinikeza ngelinye ilanga ngoJesu, owanikela ngokuphila kwakhe kwaba yisihlengo sabaningi. ²⁵khona-ke inyama yakhe ibe ntsha kuneyengane; abuyele ezinsukwini zobusha bakhe. ²⁶Uyakhuleka kuNkulunkulu, umkhonzi wamukelwe nguye; umkhonzi ubona ubuso bukaNkulunkulu ngokumemeza kwenjabulo, uNkulunkulu abuyisele ukulunga kulowo muntu. ²⁷Uyacula phambi kwabanye athi, ‘Ngonile ngasonta okwakulungile, kodwa angiphindiselwanga ngakho. ²⁸Uhlengile umphefumulo wami ekwehleleni egodini, ngiyakubona ukukhanya.’

²⁹“Bheka, uNkulunkulu uzenza zonke lezi zinto kaningi nomuntu, ³⁰ukuze abuyise umphefumulo wakhe egodini, ukuze akhanyiswe ngokukhanya kwabaphilayo.

³¹“Qaphela, Jobe; lalela kimi. Thula, mina ngizokhuluma. ³²Uma unento ongayisho, ngiphendule; khuluma, ngokuba ngingathanda ukukubona ulungisisiwe. ³³Uma kungenjalo, lalela-ke kimi; thula, mina ngizokufundisa ukuhlakanipha.”