UJobe 36

36 ¹U-Elihu waqhubeka wathi: ²“Ngibekezelele kancane, ngizokukubonisa, ngokuba asekhona amazwi okukhulumela uNkulunkulu. ³Ngizoluletha ulwazi lwami luvela kude, ngibeke ukulunga kuMenzi wami. ⁴Ngokuba ngempela amazwi ami awamanga; ophelele elwazini unawe. ⁵Bheka, uNkulunkulu unamandla, kepha akadeleli; unamandla emandleni okuqonda. ⁶Akabagcini bephila ababi, kodwa unika abahluphekayo ubulungiswa. ⁷Akawasusi amehlo akhe kwabalungileyo; ubahlalisa namakhosi ezihlalweni zawo zobukhosi kuze kube phakade, baphakanyiswe. ⁸Uma bona beboshwe ngamaketanga, bebanjwe nkqi ngezibopho zokuhlupheka, ⁹khona ubatshela izenzo zabo nokuhlubuka kwabo, ukuthi baziphethe ngokuzidla. ¹⁰Uyazivula izindlebe zabo ukuba zemukele isiyalo, abayale ukuba baphenduke esonweni. ¹¹Uma belalela bemkhonza, baqeda izinsuku zabo ngokuchuma, neminyaka yabo idlule ngenjabulo. ¹²Kodwa uma bengalaleli, babhubha ngenkemba, bafe bengenalwazi. ¹³Abanezinhliziyo ezingenaNkulunkulu bagcina ulaka; abakhali becela usizo lapho ebabopha. ¹⁴Umphefumulo wabo ufa ebusheni, nokuphila kwabo kuphela phakathi kwezifebe zasethempelini. ¹⁵Ukhulula abahluphekayo ngokuhlupheka kwabo, avule izindlebe zabo ngosizi. ¹⁶Wayezokukukhipha futhi emlonyeni wosizi akuyise endaweni ebanzi, evulekile lapho kungekho kucindezela, netafula lakho lalizokwendlalwa ngezinto ezinonileyo. ¹⁷Kodwa ugcwele ukwahlulelwa okufanele ababi; ukwahlulela nobulungiswa kukubambile. ¹⁸Qaphela ukuba ulaka lungakuyengi uye ekuklolodeni, ungavumi ukuba isihlengo esikhulu sikudukise. ¹⁹Ukukhala kwakho ucela usizo kungakuvikela osizini na, noma wonke amandla akho na? ²⁰Ungabulangazeleli ubusuku, lapho izizwe zinqunywa ziqedwa endaweni yazo. ²¹Qaphela; ungaphendukeli esonweni, ngokuba ukhethe lokhu kunokuhlupheka. ²²Bheka, uNkulunkulu uphakeme emandleni akhe; ngubani ongumfundisi onjengaye na?

²³“Ngubani ommisele indlela yakhe, noma ngubani ongathi, ‘Wenze okubi’ na? ²⁴Khumbula ukuphakamisa umsebenzi wakhe, abantu abawuhlabelele ngengoma. ²⁵Bonke abantu bawubukile; isintu siwubona sikude. ²⁶Bheka, uNkulunkulu mkhulu, asimazi; inani leminyaka yakhe lingaphezu kokuhlolwa. ²⁷Ngokuba udonsela phezulu amaconsi amanzi; aconse abe yimvula evela enkungwini yakhe, ²⁸amafu awathululayo, awathontsise ngobuningi phezu kwabantu. ²⁹Ikhona yini ongaqonda ukwendlaleka kwamafu, ukuduma kwedokodo lakhe na? ³⁰Bheka, usabalalisa umbani wakhe nxazonke zakhe, asibekele ukujula kolwandle. ³¹Ngokuba ngalezi zinto ubusa izizwe; unika ukudla ngobuningi. ³²Ugcwalisa izandla zakhe ngombani, awuyale ukuba ushaye lokho akuqondileyo. ³³Ukuduma kwawo kukhuluma ngaye; ngisho nezinkomo ziyasizwa isiphepho esizayo.”