UJobe 5

5 ¹“Memeza manje—ukhona yini oyakukuphendula? Uyakuphendukela kumuphi kwabangcwele? ²Ngokuba intukuthelo ibulala isiwula, nomhawu ubulala ongenalwazi. ³Mina ngokwami ngibonile isiwula sigxila, kodwa ngokuphazima ngayiqalekisa indawo yaso yokuhlala. ⁴Abantwana baso bakude nokulondeka; bachotshozwa enkantolo, kungekho obakhululayo. ⁵Abalambile badla isivuno saso, besithatha ngisho naphakathi kwameva, nabomele amanzi bahahela ingcebo yaso. ⁶Ngokuba usizi aluveli othulini, nenhlupheko ayihlumi emhlabathini. ⁷Kodwa umuntu uzalelwa inhlupheko njengoba nje izinhlansi zenyukela phezulu.

⁸“Kepha mina, bengiyakufuna uNkulunkulu, ngibeke udaba lwami kuNkulunkulu. ⁹Wenza izinto ezinkulu ezingenakuqondakala, izimangaliso ezingenakubalwa. ¹⁰Unisa imvula ebusweni bomhlaba, athumele amanzi emasimini. ¹¹Ubeka abaphansi phezulu, nabalilayo baphakanyiselwa ekuphepheni. ¹²Uphazamisa amacebo abanobuqili, ukuze izandla zabo zingafezi lutho. ¹³Ubamba abahlakaniphileyo ebuqilini babo, namasu abanobuqili akhukhulwe. ¹⁴Bahlangabezana nobumnyama emini, baphumputhe emini bebade kungathi kusebusuku. ¹⁵Kodwa usindisa abaswele enkembeni yomlomo wabo, nasesandleni sabanamandla. ¹⁶Ngakho abampofu banethemba, nokungalungi kuzivalela umlomo.

¹⁷“Hawu ubusisiwe kanjani lowo osolwa nguNkulunkulu; ngakho ungasideleli isiyalo sikaSomandla. ^a a v17 La mazwi ngawo-Elifazi—akusiso isinqumo sikaBaba wethu ngoJobe. Ku-42:7 uBaba wethu uyamsola u-Elifazi ngokukhuluma ngaye okungesilo iqiniso; lokho okuzwakala njengokuhlakanipha okuqinisekisiwe kuguqulwa kube yisikhali ukusikisela ukuthi ukuhlupheka kukaJobe kumele kufakazele isono esifihliweyo. ¹⁸Ngokuba uyalimaza, kodwa uyawabopha amanxeba; uyaphahlaza, kodwa izandla zakhe ziyaphilisa. ¹⁹Ezinhluphekweni eziyisithupha uyakukukhulula, nakweziyisikhombisa akukho ngozi eyakukuthinta. ²⁰Endlaleni uyakukuhlenga ekufeni, nasempini emandleni enkemba. ²¹Uyakufihlwa esiswebhwini solimi, ungayikwesaba incithakalo lapho ifika. ²²Encithakalweni nasendlaleni uyakuhleka, ungayikwesaba izilo zasendle zomhlaba. ²³Ngokuba uyakuba nesivumelwano namatshe asensimini, nezilo zasendle ziyakuba nokuthula nawe. ²⁴Uyakwazi ukuthi itende lakho liphephile; uyakuhlola isibaya sakho ungatholi lutho olushodayo. ²⁵Uyakwazi ukuthi abantwana bakho bayakuba baningi, nenzalo yakho ibe njengotshani bomhlaba. ²⁶Uyakufika ethuneni lakho usumdala ngokugcwele, njengesithungu sivunwa ngesikhathi saso.

²⁷“Yebo, lokhu sikuphenyile, kuyiqiniso. Kuzwe, ukwazi wena ngokwakho.”