Job 26
1 Then Job answered:
UJobe wasephendula wathi:
2 “How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
“Usumsize njani ongelamandla! Usuyilamulele njani ingalo ebuthakathaka!
3 How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
Yiseluleko esinjani osusiphe lowo ongelakuhlakanipha! Njalo usubonise mbono bani!
4 To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
Ngubani okuncedisileyo ukukhuluma amazwi la na? Ngokabani umoya okhulume ngomlomo wakho na?
5 The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
Abafileyo basebuhlungwini obukhulu, labo abangaphansi kwamanzi lalabo abahlala kuwo.
UKufa kwambulekile phambi kukaNkulunkulu; ikhamisile indawo yokubhubha. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
Uyawendlala umkhathi wenyakatho endaweni engelalutho; aphanyeke umhlaba phezu kweze.
8 He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
Ugoqele amanzi emayezini akhe, kodwa amayezi kawapatshaki yikusindwa ngamanzi.
9 He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
Uyayigubuzela inyanga egcweleyo, endlale amayezi phezu kwayo.
10 He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
Umisa umkhawulo wokwengama umkhathi emanzini kube ngumngcele phakathi kokukhanya lobumnyama.
11 The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
Izinsika zamazulu ziyazamazama, zisethuswa yikukhuza kwakhe.
12 By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
Ngamandla akhe waluthulisa ulwandle; ngenhlakanipho yakhe waquma uRahabi waba yiziqa.
13 By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
Ngomoya wakhe umkhathi wacethula; isandla sakhe sayigwaza inyoka ibaleka.
14 Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
Njalo le yimisebenzi yakhe engaphandle nje ekucineni; esikuzwayo yilizwana nje lokunyenyeza kwakhe! Pho ngubani ongawuzwisisa umdumo wamandla akhe na?”
