UJobe
3 Ngemva kwalokho uJobe waqalisa ukukhuluma eqalekisa ilanga azalwa ngalo.*+ 2 Wathi:
3 “Kalitshabalale ilanga engazalwa ngalo,+
Butshabalale lobusuku lapho okwathiwa khona: ‘Kuzelwe umfana!’
4 Kaluguquke usuku lolo lube mnyama,
UNkulunkulu ophezulu angalukhumbuli,
Njalo kalungabi lokukhanya.
5 Kaluphinde lwembeswe yibumnyama obukhulu,*
Lugubuzelwe liyezi lezulu,
Ukukhanya kwalo akusibekelwe ngumnyama owesabekayo.
6 Ubusuku balo abube mnyama tshu,+
Kungabi lentokozo ngalelolanga,
Kalingabalwa phakathi kwezinyanga zomnyaka.
7 Ubusuku lobo abube yinyumba,
Kungazwakali umsindo wabathokozayo.
9 Izinkanyezi zobusuku lobo kazifiphale zibe mnyama,
Kabulindele ukukhanya kodwa kungasi,
Njalo bungakuboni ukuphuma kwelanga,
10 Ngoba abuzange busivale isibeletho sikamama,+
Kumbe bususe inhlupho phambi kwamehlo ami.
11 Kungani ngingafanga ngizalwa?
Kungani ngingafanga ngiphuma esibelethweni sikamama?+
12 Kungani umama wangemukela wangiphatha emathangazini akhe?
Kungani wangimunyisa emabeleni akhe?
13 Khathesi ngabe ngizilalele kungelalutho olungihluphayo;+
Ngabe ngisebuthongweni ngiziphumulela,+
14 Ngilababusi bomhlaba labeluleki babo,
Ababezakhele indawo zabo esezingamanxiwa.*
15 Mhlawumbe ngabe ngilamakhosana ayelegolide,*
Ayegcwalise isiliva ezindlini zawo.
16 Kungani isisu sikamama singachithekanga engakangibelethi,
Ngaba njengosane olungazange lukubone ukukhanya?
17 Phela lababi abesabi lutho nxa sebesethuneni,
Labadiniweyo bayaphumula engcwabeni.+
18 Nxa izibotshwa zilapho ziyajabula,
Ngoba kazisalizwa ilizwi lalowo ozisebenzisa nzima.
19 Ethuneni kakho omkhulu loba omncinyane,+
Lesigqili sikhululiwe enkosini yaso.
20 Kungani uNkulunkulu enika ohluphekayo ukukhanya?
Kungani ebanika ukuphila labo abasosizini?+
21 Kungani ukufa kungabafici lanxa bekufisa,+
Bekugebha ukwedlula amagugu afihliweyo?
22 Laba yibo abathokoza kakhulu,
Bajabule nxa ukufa sekubaficile.
23 Kungani uNkulunkulu emupha ukukhanya umuntu oselahlekile,
Lowo ambiyele ngothango?+
24 Sengisidla ngibubula,+
Ukububula kwami kuzwakala khatshana njengomsindo wokuhuba kwamanzi,+
25 Ngoba ebengikwesaba sekuze kwangifica,
Obekungethusa sekungehlele.
26 Kangihlalisekanga, kangiphumuli njalo angilakho ukuthula,
Kodwa inhlupho zilokhu zibuya zelekene.”