Job 40
1 And the Lord continued, and he said to Job:
INkosi yasiphendula uJobe yathi:
2 Will he who contends with God be so easily silenced? Certainly, he who argues with God must also respond to him.
Ophikisana loSomandla uzamqondisa yini? Osola uNkulunkulu kakuphendule.
3 Then Job answered the Lord, saying:
UJobe waseyiphendula iNkosi wathi:
4 What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth.
Khangela, ngiphansi; ngingakuphendula ngithini? Ngibeka isandla sami emlonyeni wami.
5 One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more.
Ngikhulumile kanye, kodwa kangiyikuphendula; kumbe kabili, kodwa kangiyikuqhubeka.
6 But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:
INkosi yasimphendula uJobe isesivunguzaneni yathi:
7 Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.
Bopha khathesi ukhalo lwakho njengendoda; ngizakubuza, ubusungazisa.
8 Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified?
Isibili, uzachitha isahlulelo sami yini? Ungilahle, ukuze ube ngolungileyo yini?
9 And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?
Njalo ulengalo yini njengoNkulunkulu? Kumbe ungaduma yini ngelizwi njengaye?
10 Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.
Khathesi zicecise ngobukhosi lokuphakama, uzembese ngodumo lenkazimulo.
11 Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.
Usabalalise intukuthelo zolaka lwakho, ukhangele wonke ozigqajayo, umthobise.
12 Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.
Khangela wonke ozigqajayo, umehlisele phansi, unyathelele phansi ababi endaweni yabo.
13 Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.
Ubafihle bonke ethulini, ubophe ubuso babo ngasese.
14 Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.
Khona lami ngizavuma kuwe, ukuthi isandla sakho sokunene singakusindisa.
15 Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.
Ake ukhangele imvubu engayenza kanye lawe; idla utshani njengenkabi.
16 His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.
Ake ukhangele, amandla ayo asekhalweni lwayo, lokuqina kwayo kusemisipheni yesisu sayo.
17 He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.
Iyagobisa umsila wayo njengomsedari; imisipha yemilenze yayo yelukene.
18 His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.
Amathambo ayo anjengempompi zethusi, amathambo ayo anjengemigoqo yensimbi.
19 He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.
Ingeyokuqala yezindlela zikaNkulunkulu; owayenzayo wasondeza inkemba yayo.
20 The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.
Ngoba intaba ziyayivezela ukudla, lapho okudlala khona inyamazana zonke zeganga.
21 He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.
Ilala phansi kwesihlahla esiluhlaza, ekusithekeni kwemihlanga lamaxhaphozi.
22 The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.
Izihlahla eziluhlaza ziyayisibekela ngomthunzi wazo; imidubu yesifula iyayiphahla.
23 Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.
Khangela, umfula uyayicindezela, kayiphangisi; ilesibindi lanxa iJordani ingaphuphumela emlonyeni wayo.
24 He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.
Ongayibamba yini ngamehlo ayo? Ongahlaba yini amakhala ayo ngemijibila?
