UJobe 34

¹U-Elihu waqhubeka esithi:

²“Zwanini amazwi ami, lina madoda ahlakaniphileyo;

³Phela indlebe iyawahlola amazwi

⁴Asizihluzeleni thina okulungileyo;

⁵UJobe uthi, ‘Kangilacala,

⁶Loba mina ngiqondile,

⁷UJobe kanti ungumuntu bani,

⁸Uzwanana labantu abenza ububi;

⁹Ngoba uthi, ‘Umuntu kakumsizi ngalutho

¹⁰Ngakho lalelani kimi lina madoda azwisisayo.

¹¹Uyamphindisela umuntu ngalokho akwenzileyo;

¹²Kakungeni engqondweni

¹³Ngubani owambekayo phezu komhlaba na?

¹⁴Aluba wayengathanda

¹⁵bonke abantu babengatshabalala kanyekanye,

¹⁶Nxa lilokuzwisisa, zwanini lokhu;

¹⁷Kambe lowo ozonda ukwahlulela ngokulunga angabusa na?

¹⁸Kayisuye yini othi emakhosini, ‘Kalisizi lutho,’

¹⁹ongatshengisi ukwazisa amakhosana kulabanye

²⁰Bayafa nje masinyane, loba phakathi kobusuku;

²¹Amehlo akhe aphezu kwezindlela zabantu;

²²Akulandawo emnyama loba ithunzi elisithileyo,

²³UNkulunkulu kasweli ukuthi aphinde abahlolisise abantu,

²⁴Engaqalanga wahlola uyabaphahlaza abalamandla

²⁵Ngoba ezinanzelela izenzo zabo,

²⁶Uyabajezisa ngenxa yobubi babo

²⁷ngoba baphambuka ekumlandeleni

²⁸Benza ukukhala kwabayanga kweza phambi kwakhe,

²⁹Kodwa nxa elokhu ezithulele, ngubani ongamsola na?

³⁰ukwalela ongamesabiyo uNkulunkulu ukuthi abuse,

³¹Akesithi umuntu athi kuNkulunkulu,

³²Ngifundisa lokho engingakuboniyo;

³³Pho uNkulunkulu akuvuze ngokwentando yakho na,

³⁴Amadoda alokuqedisisa azakutsho,

³⁵‘UJobe ukhuluma engelalwazi;

³⁶Oh, uJobe angasake alingwe ngokweqileyo

³⁷Phezu kwesono sakhe wengeza ukuhlamuka;