Job 23
1 And Job answered and said,
Wasephendula uJobe wathi:
2 Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
Lalamuhla isikhalazo sami silokubaba; isandla sami sinzima phezu kokububula kwami.
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!
Kungathi ngabe ngiyazi lapho engingamthola khona! Bengingeza enkundleni yakhe!
4 I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;
Ngibeke kuhle udaba lwami phambi kwakhe, ngigcwalise umlomo wami ngokuphikisa.
5 I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
Bengingawazi amazwi azangiphendula ngawo, ngiqedisise azakutsho kimi.
6 Would he plead against me with [his] great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
Uzaphikisana lami ngobukhulu bamandla yini? Hatshi, kodwa uzabeka inhliziyo yakhe kimi.
7 There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.
Lapho oqotho angaphikisana laye; ngakho bengizaphepha phakade kumahluleli wami.
8 Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;
Khangelani ngiya phambili, kodwa kakho, lemuva, kodwa kangimboni.
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold [him] not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see [him] not.
Ngakwesokhohlo ekusebenzeni kwakhe, kodwa kangimboni; uyacatsha ngakwesokunene, kodwa kangimboni.
10 But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.
Kanti uyayazi indlela elami; kangihlole, ngizaphuma njengegolide.
11 My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.
Unyawo lwami lubambelele enyathelweni lakhe, ngiyigcinile indlela yakhe, kangiphambukanga.
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.
Kangisukanga lemlayweni wezindebe zakhe, ngawalondoloza amazwi omlomo wakhe okwedlula isabelo sami.
13 But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do.
Kodwa yena ukokukodwa, ngubani-ke ongambuyisela emuva? Lokho umphefumulo wakhe okufisayo uyakwenza.
14 For he will perform [what] is appointed for me; and many such things are with him.
Ngoba uzaphelelisa engikumiselweyo; lezinto ezinengi ezinjalo zikuye.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence; I consider, and I am afraid of him.
Ngenxa yalokho ngitshaywa luvalo phambi kwakhe; ngicabanga, ngiyamesaba.
16 For God hath made my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me;
Ngoba uNkulunkulu wenze inhliziyo yami yaphela amandla, loSomandla ungethusile.
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.
Ngoba kangiqunywanga phambi komnyama, wagubuzela ubumnyama ebusweni bami.
