UJobe
9 UJobe waphendula wathi:
2 “Ngiyakwazi ukuthi lokho kuliqiniso.
Kodwa nxa umuntu ephikisana loNkulunkulu kungenzakala yini ukuthi kuthiwe nguye oqondileyo?+
3 Lanxa umuntu ubengafisa ukuphikisana loNkulunkulu,*+
Ubengeke aphendule ngitsho lombuzo owodwa kweyinkulungwane abengayibuzwa nguNkulunkulu.
4 Phela yena uhlakaniphile* njalo ulamandla amakhulu.+
Ngubani ongamelana laye asale engalimalanga?+
5 Usunduza* izintaba kungelamuntu okwaziyo,
Azigenqule nxa esethukuthele.
6 Uzamazamisa umhlaba awususe endaweni yawo,
Izisekelo zawo zinyikinyeke.+
7 Utshela ilanga ukuthi lingakhanyisi,
Asithe lokukhanya kwezinkanyezi.+
9 Nguye owenza amaqembu ezinkanyezi okuthiwa yi-Ashi leKhesili leKhima,+
Lamaqembu ezinkanyezi abonakala eningizimu.
11 Udlula phansi kwami, ngingamboni,
Adlule aye phambi kwami, ngingamnanzeleli.
12 Nxa angahluthuna ulutho ngubani ongamthathela?
Ngubani ongathi kuye, ‘Kanti wenzani?’+
14 Ngakho nxa sengimphendula,
Kumele ngikhethe kuhle amabala!
15 Lanxa ngingabe ngiqondile bengingasoze ngimphendule.+
Ebengizakucela nje yikuthi umahluleli wami* abe lesihawu kimi.
16 Uzangiphendula yini nxa ngingambiza?
Angikholwa ukuthi uzalilalela ilizwi lami,
17 Ngoba ungitshaya ngesiphepho,
Andise amanxeba ami kungelasizatho.+
18 Kangivumeli lokuthi ngike ngikhokhe umoya,
Uqhubeka engezelela ubuhlungu bami.
19 Nxa kukhulunywa ngamandla, yena ulamandla amakhulu.+
Nxa kukhulunywa ngokwahlulela, yena uthi: ‘Ngubani ongangithonisisa?’
20 Lanxa bengiqondile, umlomo wami ubuzangibeka icala;
21 Lanxa ngingaqhubeka ngiqotho,* angikwazi okuzakwenzakala kimi.
Sengidiniwe ngempilo le.
22 Konke kuyafanana nje. Yikho ngisithi,
‘Ubhubhisa abangelacala* ndawonye labenza okubi.’
23 Nxa isikhukhula besingabulala abantu,
UNkulunkulu ubezabahleka abangelacala sebephelelwe lithemba.
24 Umhlaba unikelwe ezandleni zabantu ababi,+
UNkulunkulu ubavala amehlo abahluleli bawo.
Nxa kungayisuye okwenzayo lokhu, pho ngubani?
25 Khathesi insuku zami zigijima ukwedlula isithunywa,+
Ziyasolobela ngingakubonanga okuhle.
26 Zigijima njengesikepe esenziwe ngemihlanga,
Lanjengokhozi luhwitha ukudla kwalo.
27 Lanxa ngingathi, ‘Ngizakukhohlwa lokho engikhonona ngakho,
Ngitshintshe lobuso bami buchelese,’
28 Ngizabe ngilokhu ngisesaba ngenxa yobuhlungu engibuzwayo,+
Njalo ngiyakwazi ukuthi uzathi ngilecala.
29 Vele ngizatholakala ngilecala.
Pho ngiyabe ngizihluphelani?+
30 Nxa bengingageza ngamanzi ancibilike kungqwaqwane,
Lezandla zami ngizigeze ngesepa,+
31 Wena ubuzangiphosela egodini elilodaka,
Ngingcole ngize ngenyanywe yizigqoko zami.
32 Phela yena kasimuntu njengami ukuthi ngingamphendula,
Loba ngimuse emthethwandaba.+
33 Akulamuntu ongahlulela phakathi kwami laye,
Kakho ongaba ngumahluleli wethu.
34 Nxa ubengayekela ukungitshaya,
Ayekele lokungesabisa,+
35 Bengingasoze ngesabe ukukhuluma laye,
Ngoba angenelisi ukukhuluma nxa ngisesaba.