UJobe 15

¹Wasephendula u-Elifazi umThemani wathi:

²“Kambe indoda ehlakaniphileyo ingaphendula ngeze nje

³Ingadaza inkani ngamazwi angatsho lutho,

⁴Wena uze weyise ukulunga

⁵Isono sakho sikhuthaza umlomo wakho;

⁶Umlomo wakho yiwo okulahlayo, hatshi owami;

⁷Nguwe yini umuntu wokuqala ukuzalwa?

⁸Uyake ulalele yini enkundleni kaNkulunkulu?

⁹Kuyini okwaziyo wena thina esingakwaziyo?

¹⁰Asebezimpunga lamakhehla bavumelana lathi,

¹¹Induduzo zikaNkulunkulu kazikwanelisi yini,

¹²Kungani uvumela ukufuqwa yinhliziyo na,

¹³uze ubhodlise ulaka lwakho kuNkulunkulu

¹⁴Umuntu uyini ukuthi abe ngohlanzekileyo na,

¹⁵Nxa uNkulunkulu engazethembi izingilosi zakhe,

¹⁶pho umuntu ongcolileyo ke, oxhwalileyo,

¹⁷Lalela kimi ngikuchazele;

¹⁸lokho osekwafakazwa yizihlakaniphi,

¹⁹(abayibo kuphela abaphiwa ilizwe

²⁰Ngezinsuku zakhe zonke umuntu omubi uhlutshwa yizinhlungu,

²¹Imisindo eyesabisayo iyagcwala ezindlebeni zakhe;

²²Ulahlekelwa lithemba lokuwuphepha umnyama;

²³Uyantula nje abe yikudla kwamanqe;

²⁴Usizi lobuhlungu emoyeni bumlethela uvalo;

²⁵ngoba efumbathele uNkulunkulu inqindi,

²⁶aqholoze amhlasele

²⁷Lanxa ezimuke ubuso bungaka,

²⁸uzahlala emadolobheni angamanxiwa

²⁹Kasayikunotha futhi lenotho yakhe kayiyikuma,

³⁰Kayikuphepha emnyameni;

³¹Makangazikhohlisi ngokuthemba okuyize,

³²Singakapheli isikhathi sakhe uzajeziswa,

³³Uzaba njengevini eliphundlwe izithelo zalo zingakavuthwa,

³⁴Ngoba ixuku labangamesabiyo uNkulunkulu kalizukuba lezithelo,

³⁵Bazithwala uhlupho babelethe ububi;