UJobe 9

9 ¹Wayesephendula uJobe wathi: ²"Impela ngiyazi ukuthi kunjalo. Kodwa umuntu ofayo angalunga kanjani phambi kukaNkulunkulu? ³Uma umuntu engafuna ukuphikisana naye, ngeke amphendule nakanye ezikhathini eziyinkulungwane. ⁴Uhlakaniphile enhliziyweni futhi unamandla amakhulu—ngubani owake wamelana naye waphepha engalimalanga? ⁵Ususa izintaba zingazi, azigumbuqele ngentukuthelo yakhe. ⁶Unyakazisa umhlaba endaweni yawo, nezinsika zawo ziyathuthumela. ⁷Uyala ilanga, lingaphumi; avale izinkanyezi ngophawu. ⁸Nguye yedwa owelula amazulu, anyathele amagagasi olwandle. ⁹Wenza iNkanyezi enkulu, i-Oriyoni, nesiLimela, nemithala yesibhakabhaka saseningizimu. ¹⁰Wenza izinto ezinkulu ezinganakeki, izinto ezimangalisayo ezingenakubalwa. ¹¹Bheka—udlula eceleni kwami, ngingamboni; uyaqhubeka, kodwa ngingamqondi. ¹²Uma ehlwitha, ngubani ongambuyisa? Ngubani oyakuthi kuye, 'Wenzani?' ¹³UNkulunkulu ngeke ayibuyise intukuthelo yakhe; ngaphansi kwakhe abasizi bomdlozane wolwandle uRahabi balele bechotshoziwe. ^a a v13 URahabi lapha akasiyena owesifazane waseJeriko, kodwa yigama elidala lomdlozane wesiphithiphithi solwandle — umfanekiso wezinkondlo wawo wonke amandla amelana noNkulunkulu. ¹⁴Pho, ngingamphendula kanjani mina, noma ngikhethe amazwi ami ukuze ngiphikisane naye? ¹⁵Noma bengingolungileyo, bengingeke ngimphendule; bengingancenga kuphela kumahluleli wami ukuba angihawukele. ¹⁶Uma bengibizile wangiphendula, bengingeke ngikholwe ukuthi ubelilalele izwi lami. ¹⁷Ngokuba ungichoboza ngesiphepho, andise amanxeba ami kungekho sizathu. ¹⁸Ngeke angivumele ngithathe umoya, kodwa ungigcwalisa ngobuhlungu. ¹⁹Uma kuyindaba yamandla, nguye onamandla! Futhi uma kuyindaba yobulungisa, ngubani ongammemela enkantolo? ²⁰Noma bengingolungileyo, umlomo wami uqobo ubuyakungilahla; noma bengingenasici, ubuyakungibonakalisa ngimubi. ²¹Nginganasici; angisazikhathaleli; ngiyakudelela ukuphila kwami. ²²Konke kuyafana; ngakho ngithi, uyabhubhisa bobabili ongenasici nomubi. ²³Lapho inhlekelele ezumayo iletha ukufa, uyakuhleka ukuphelelwa kwamathemba kongenacala. ²⁴Umhlaba unikelwe ezandleni zababi; uyabophela amehlo abahluleli bawo. Uma kungesiye yena, pho ngubani? ²⁵Izinsuku zami zinejubane ukwedlula isigijimi; ziyabaleka, aziboni okuhle. ²⁶Zidlula njengezikebhe zomhlanga, njengokhozi olwehlela kits inyamazane yalo. ²⁷Uma ngithi, 'Ngiyakukhohlwa ukukhononda kwami, ngiyakususa ubuso bami obudangele ngibe nenjabulo,' ²⁸ngiyazesaba zonke izinhlungu zami, ngokuba ngiyazi ukuthi ngeke ungibize ngomsulwa. ²⁹Ngiyakulahlwa; pho kungani ngikhandleka ngeze? ³⁰Noma bengingazigeza ngeqhwa, ngihlambulule izandla zami ngensipho, ³¹nokho ubuyakungiphonsa emgodini, nezingubo zami uqobo zibe nesinengiso ngami. ³²Ngokuba akasiye umuntu njengami, ukuba ngimphendule, ukuba siye enkantolo sobabili. ³³Akukho mlamuli phakathi kwethu, ongabeka isandla sakhe phezu kwethu sobabili. ^b b v33 UJobe ulangazelela umuntu ongema phakathi kwakhe noNkulunkulu — umlamuli ongabeka isandla phezu kwabo bobabili. Lokhu kulangazela kuthola impendulo yakho kuJesu, umlamuli oyedwa phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nabantu (1 Thim 2:5). ³⁴Makasuse induku yakhe kimi, nokwesabeka kwakhe makungabe kusangethusa. ³⁵Khona-ke bengiyakukhuluma ngingamesabi; kodwa njengoba kunjalo, anginakho ukukhululeka kokwenza njalo."