UJobe 37

37 ¹“Nangalokhu inhliziyo yami iyathuthumela, igxume isuke endaweni yayo. ²Lalelisisa ukuduma kwezwi lakhe, nokugquma okuphuma emlonyeni wakhe. ³Phansi kwamazulu onke uyakudedela, nombani wakhe emikhawulweni yomhlaba. ⁴Emva kwakho izwi liyabhonga; uduma ngezwi lakhe elinenkazimulo, akawubambi umbani lapho izwi lakhe lizwakala. ⁵UNkulunkulu uduma ngezwi lakhe ngokumangalisayo; wenza izinto ezinkulu esingeke siziqonde. ⁶Ngokuba eqhweni uthi: ‘Wela emhlabeni,’ nasemvuleni uthi: ‘Yiba yisihlambi esinamandla.’ ⁷Uyasivala isandla somuntu wonke, ukuze bonke abadalwe nguye bawazi umsebenzi wakhe. ^a a v7 “Uvala isandla” kuyisisho sesiHebheru: isiphepho sikaNkulunkulu simisa wonke umsebenzi womuntu, senza abantu bame baqaphele lokho akwenzayo. ⁸Khona-ke izilwane zingena eziphephelweni zazo zihlale emigedeni yazo. ⁹Egumbini lalo kuphuma isivunguvungu, nasemimoyeni ehlakazayo kuphuma amakhaza. ¹⁰Ngomphefumulo kaNkulunkulu kwakheka iqhwa, namanzi abanzi aqine aqhwale. ¹¹Uthwalisa ifu elikhulu ngobumanzi; amafu ahlakaza umbani wakhe. ¹²Azungeza ejikeleza ngokuqondisa kwakhe, ukuze enze konke awayalayo ebusweni bomhlaba owakhiweyo. ¹³Kungaba kungokokusola, noma ngenxa yezwe lakhe, noma ngothando lwesivumelwano, uyakwenza kwenzeke.

¹⁴“Lalela lokhu, Jobe; yima ucabange ngezimangaliso zikaNkulunkulu. ¹⁵Uyazi yini ukuthi uNkulunkulu uwabeka kanjani umyalo wakhe kuwo, enze umbani wefu lakhe ubaneke? ¹⁶Uyazi yini ukuthi amafu alenga kanjani elinganisekile, izimangaliso zalowo ophelele elwazini? ¹⁷Wena ozingubo zakho zishisayo lapho izwe lithule ngaphansi komoya waseningizimu, ¹⁸ungakwazi yini, kanye naye, ukwendlala amazulu, aqine njengesibuko sensimbi ebunjiweyo?

¹⁹“Sifundise esingakusho kuye; asikwazi ukubeka icala lethu ngenxa yobumnyama. ²⁰Kufanele yini atshelwe ukuthi ngifuna ukukhuluma? Kukhona yini ongacela ukuba agwinywe aphele? ²¹Manje akekho ongabheka ukukhanya lapho kukhazimula emazulwini, emva kokuba umoya udlulile wawahlanza. ²²Enyakatho kuphuma inkazimulo yegolide; ubukhosi obesabekayo buzungeza uNkulunkulu. ²³USomandla—asikwazi ukufinyelela kuye; mkhulu emandleni, kodwa ebulungisweni nasekulungeni okuningi akenzi okubi. ²⁴Ngakho-ke abantu bayamesaba; akanaki labo abahlakaniphileyo emehlweni abo.”