Yobhi
9 UYobhi waphendula wathi:
2 “Ndiyazi kakuhle loo nto.
Kodwa umntu angaphumelela njani xa emi enkundleni noThixo?+
Ngubani onokujijisana naye angenzakali?+
5 Ususa iintaba kungekho mntu uyaziyo loo nto;
Uzibhukuqa ngomsindo.
7 Uyalela ilanga ukuba lingakhanyi,
Agqume iinkwenkwezi ukuze zingaqaqambi;+
Ahambe phezu kwamaza olwandle alatyuzayo.+
9 Wenza amaqela eenkwenkwezi, iAsh,* iKesile* neKima,*+
Kunye namaqela eenkwenkwezi kwisibhakabhaka sasemzantsi;
10 Wenza izinto ezinkulu nezingenakuqondwa,+
Nezinto ezimangalisayo ezingenakubaleka.+
11 Andimboni sele edlula ngakum,
Uthi sele esithi tshe ecaleni kwam, ndingamva.
12 Ngubani onokumnqanda xa esohlutha into?
Ngubani onokuthi kuye, ‘Wenzani?’+
14 Ukuba unjalo, nam ndimele ndiwakhethe amazwi am
Xa ndiphikisana naye!
15 Phofu nokuba bendimsulwa bendingazukumphendula.+
Bendiza kucela nje inceba kumgwebi wam.*
16 Angandiphendula na ukuba ndinokukhalela kuye?
Andiqondi ukuba angandimamela,
17 Kuba undintlitha ngesaqhwithi,
Awaphindaphinde amanxeba am ndingenzanga nto.+
18 Akandiphumzi;
Undihlelele ngezinto ezibuhlungu.
19 Ukuba kuthethwa ngamandla, nguye onawo.+
Ukuba kuthethwa ngokugweba, uthi: ‘Ngubani onokundiphendulisa?’*
20 Nokuba bendimsulwa, bendiza kukhalinyelwa kwangumlomo wam;
Nokuba bendingenakusoleka,* ebeza kundibeka ityala.
22 Akuncedi nto, yiloo nto ndisithi,
‘Kuye kuyafana, utshabalalisa abamsulwa nabenzi-bubi.’
23 Ukuba ngequbuliso abantu bangabulawa ngumkhukula,
Ebeza kuhlekisa ngentlungu yabamsulwa.
Ukuba ayinguye owenza loo nto, ngubani ke?
26 Imka oku kwezikhephe zeengcongolo,
Okokhozi luxhwila ixhoba.
27 Ukuba bendinokuthi, ‘Ndiza kuyeka ukukhalaza,
Ndiza kuyeka ukuqumba, ndincume,’
28 Bendihleli ndiza koyika ngenxa yazo zonke ezi ntlungu ndizivayo,+
Futhi ndiyazi ukuba ubungazukuthi ndimsulwa.
29 Bendihleli ndiza kubekwa ityala.
Ndisanyamezelela ntoni ke?+
30 Nokuba bendihlambe ngamanzi ekhephu,
Ndahlamba nezandla zam ngesepha,+
31 Wena ubuza kundithi nkxu emngxunyeni,
Ndize ndonyanywe kwanayimpahla yam.
33 Akukho mntu unokulamla phakathi kwethu,
Onokuba yijaji.