UJobe 34

34 ¹Wayeseqhubeka u-Elihu wathi: ²“Zwanini amazwi ami, nina madoda ahlakaniphileyo; bekani indlebe kimi, nina enaziyo. ³Ngokuba indlebe ihlola amazwi njengoba umlomo unambitha ukudla. ⁴Masikhethe okulungileyo; masazi phakathi kwethu okuhle. ⁵Ngokuba uJobe uthe: ‘Ngilungile, uNkulunkulu ususe ubulungiswa bami; ⁶nakuba ngilungile, ngibalwa njengomqambimanga; inxeba lami alinakuphola, nakuba ngingenakho ukuhlubuka.’ ⁷Nguyiphi indoda enjengoJobe, ophuza ukuklolodela njengamanzi, ⁸ozihlanganisa nabenzi bokubi ehamba namadoda amabi? ⁹Ngokuba uthe: ‘Umuntu akazuzi lutho ngokuthokoza kuNkulunkulu.’ ¹⁰Ngakho-ke ngizweni, nina madoda aqondisisayo: makube kude noNkulunkulu ukwenza okubi, noSomandla ukwenza okungalungile. ¹¹Ngokuba ngokomsebenzi womuntu uyamvuza, nangokwezindlela zakhe akwehlisele phezu kwakhe. ¹²Ngempela uNkulunkulu akayikwenza okubi, noSomandla akayikuphambukisa ubulungiswa. ¹³Ngubani owamnika igunya phezu komhlaba, ngubani owabeka phezu kwakhe izwe lonke? ¹⁴Uma ebeka inhliziyo yakhe emuntwini, ahoxise umoya wakhe nokuphefumula kwakhe, ¹⁵yonke inyama ibingabhubha kanyekanye, umuntu abuyele othulini. ¹⁶Uma unokuqonda, yizwa lokhu; lalela umsindo wamazwi ami. ¹⁷Kambe ozonda ubulungiswa angabusa na? Ungamlahla yini olungileyo onamandla, ¹⁸othi enkosini: ‘Ongasizi lutho,’ nakuzikhulu: ‘Nina madoda amabi,’ ¹⁹ongabandlululi izikhulu, engabheki abacebileyo ngaphezu kwabampofu, ngokuba bonke bangumsebenzi wezandla zakhe? ²⁰Ngomzuzwana bayafa; phakathi kobusuku abantu bayanyakaziswa badlule, abanamandla basuswe kungekho sandla somuntu. ²¹Ngokuba amehlo akhe aphezu kwezindlela zomuntu, ubona zonke izinyathelo zakhe. ²²Abukho ubumnyama noma ithunzi elijulileyo lapho abenzi bokubi bangazifihla khona. ²³Ngokuba uNkulunkulu akadingi ukuqhubeka ehlola umuntu, ukuba aye phambi kukaNkulunkulu ekwahlulelweni. ^a a v23 Umongo ka-Elihu: uNkulunkulu akadingi ukulalelwa okusemthethweni noma isikhathi esimisiweyo ukuze alethe ukwahlulela — wenza nje. ²⁴Uyabaphihliza abanamandla engaphenyanga, abeke abanye esikhundleni sabo. ²⁵Ngakho, njengoba eyazi imisebenzi yabo, uyabagumbuqela ebusuku, bachotshozwe. ²⁶Uyabashaya ngenxa yobubi babo phambi kwamehlo ababukeli, ²⁷ngokuba baphambuka ekumlandeleni, bangazinaki nhlobo izindlela zakhe, ²⁸kangangokuthi benza abampofu bakhale kuye, wezwa ukukhala kwabahluphekayo. ²⁹Lapho ethule, ngubani ongalahla? Lapho efihla ubuso bakhe, ngubani ongabona yena—noma kuyisizwe noma kungumuntu, ³⁰ukuze kungabusi muntu ongenaNkulunkulu, noma acuphe abantu. ³¹Ngokuba ukhona yini oke wathi kuNkulunkulu: ‘Sengithwele isijeziso sami; angisayikona futhi; ³²ngifundise lokho engingakuboni; uma ngenze okubi, angisayikukwenza futhi’? ³³Uyakukuvuza ngokwemibandela yakho ngoba wala ukuqondiswa kwakhe na? Ngokuba kumelwe ukhethe wena, hhayi mina; ngakho-ke yisho lokho okwaziyo. ³⁴Amadoda aqondisisayo ayakusho kimi, nawo wonke amadoda ahlakaniphileyo angizwayo ayakuthi, ³⁵‘UJobe ukhuluma engenalwazi; amazwi akhe awanakho ukuqonda.’ ³⁶Sengathi uJobe angavivinywa kuze kube sekugcineni ngokuphendula njengamadoda amabi! ³⁷Ngokuba wenezela ukuhlubuka esonweni sakhe; uyasiklolodela obala, andise amazwi akhe aphambene noNkulunkulu.”