Job 27
1 Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said:
UJobe waqhubeka ngenkulumo yakhe wathi:
2 As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness,
“Ngifunga ngoNkulunkulu ophilayo, ngubani ongithathele ilungelo lami lokwahlulelwa ngokulunga, uSomandla, ongizwise ubuhlungu bomphefumulo,
3 as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
nxa ngilokhu ngiselempilo ngaphakathi kwami, umphefumulo kaNkulunkulu usemakhaleni ami,
4 my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies.
izindebe zami kazisoze zikhulume ububi, lolimi lwami kaluyikukhuluma inkohliso.
5 Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence.
Kangisoze ngivume ukuthi lina lilungile ngelikutshoyo; ngizaze ngiyekufa ngingabulandulanga ubuqotho bami.
6 I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life.
Ngizakugcina ukulunga kwami ngingakuyekeli; umzwangedwa wami kawuyikungihlupha empilweni yami.
7 Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary.
Sengathi izitha zami zingaba njengababi, abaxabana lami babe njengabangaqondanga!
8 For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul?
Ngoba ulethemba bani ongakholwayo nxa esefile, uNkulunkulu angathatha impilo yakhe na?
9 Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him?
UNkulunkulu uyakulalela yini ukukhala kwakhe nxa usizi lumehlela na?
10 Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?
Uzakuthola yini ukuthokoza kuSomandla? Uzacela kuNkulunkulu sonke isikhathi na?
11 I will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it.
Ngizalifundisa mayelana lamandla kaNkulunkulu; izindlela zikaSomandla kangiyikuzifihla.
12 Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason?
Lonke lizibonele lokhu ngokwenu. Pho, ngeyani inkulumo yonke le eyize na?
13 This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty.
Nansi isabelo uNkulunkulu asiqumela ababi, ilifa elemukelwa ngumuntu olesihluku sivela kuSomandla:
14 If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread.
Loba bebanengi njani abantwabakhe, isabelo sabo yinkemba; lenzalo yakhe kayisoze lanini izuze ukudla okwaneleyo.
15 Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep.
Isifo esibi sizabangcwaba labo abatshiywa nguye besaphila, labafelokazi babo kabayikubalilela.
16 If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay,
Lokuba angaze abuthelele isiliva njengothuli lezigqoko zibe yinqwaba njengodaka,
17 then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver.
lokho akubuthelelayo abalungileyo bazakugqokela, labangelacala bazakwaba isiliva sakhe.
18 He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry.
Indlu ayakhayo injengesidleke sobulembu, njengedumba elenziwe ngumlindi.
19 When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing.
Uthi esiyalala enothile, kodwa kasayikuphinda njalo; uthi esevula amehlo, konke sekuphelile.
20 Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night.
Utshaywa luvalo kungathi ufuqwa yisikhukhula; isiphepho siyamhwitha ebusuku.
21 A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place.
Umoya wempumalanga udlula laye, anyamalale; uyamkhukhula endaweni yakhe.
22 And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile.
Utshaya phezu kwakhe ngesihluku esithi uyabaleka ecambalele evika amandla awo.
23 He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation.
Utshaya izandla umhleka ulunya uvunguza laye umsusa endaweni yakhe.”
