UJobe 40

40 ¹UBaba wethu wathi kuJobe:

²“Lowo ophikisana noSomandla angamlungisa na? Lowo ongisolayo makakuphendule.”

Isandla SikaJobe Emlonyeni Wakhe

³UJobe waphendula uBaba wethu, wathi: ⁴“Bheka, angifanele—ngingakuphendula kanjani? Ngibeka isandla sami emlonyeni wami. ⁵Ngikhulume kanye—ngeke ngiphendule; kabili—ngeke ngisasho lutho.”

⁶UBaba wethu waphendula uJobe esivunguvungwini, wathi:

⁷“Bhinca ukhalo lwakho njengendoda; ngizakubuza, uzongiphendula. ⁸Ungabuchitha ngempela ubulungiswa bami na? Ungangilahla yini ukuze wena ulunge? ⁹Unayo ingalo enjengeyami na? Ungaduma yini ngezwi elinjengelami? ¹⁰Zihlobise ngobukhulu nangesithunzi; zembathise ngodumo nangenkazimulo. ¹¹Thulula ulaka lwentukuthelo yakho; bheka wonke ozidlayo umehlise. ¹²Bheka wonke ozidlayo umthobise; ubachoboze ababi lapho bemi khona. ¹³Bagqibe bonke othulini kanyekanye; umboze ubuso babo ethuneni. ¹⁴Khona-ke ngisho nami ngingakudumisa, ngokuba isandla sakho sokunene singakusindisa. ¹⁵Bheka uBhehemothi, engamenza njengoba nje ngakwenza wena; udla utshani njengenkabi. ^a a v15 UBhehemothi uyisilwane esikhulu kakhulu—cishe imvubu noma esinye isilwane esikhulu sasemhlabeni—esiphakanyiswe lapha njengesimangaliso sendalo kaBaba wethu. ¹⁶Bheka—amandla akhe asekhalweni lakhe, namandla akhe asemisipheni yesisu sakhe. ¹⁷Uqinisa umsila wakhe njengomsedari; izinsinga zamathanga akhe zisondezelwe ndawonye ziqinile. ¹⁸Amathambo akhe ayimibhobho yethusi, imilenze yakhe injengemigoqo yensimbi. ¹⁹Ungowokuqala wemisebenzi yami; nguMenzi wakhe kuphela ongasondela kuye ngenkemba. ²⁰Izintaba zimvezela izithelo zazo, lapho kudlala khona zonke izilwane zasendle. ²¹Ngaphansi kwezihlahla zelotusi ulala phansi, ekusithekeni komhlanga nexhaphozi. ²²Izihlahla zelotusi zimembesa ngomthunzi wazo; iminyezane yomfudlana iyamzungeza. ²³Uma umfula ufutheka, akethuki; unesibindi noma iJordani igubhukela emlonyeni wakhe. ²⁴Ukhona yini ongambamba esabhekile, noma abhoboze ikhala lakhe ngogibe?”