Job 26
1 And Job answered and said,
UJobe wasephendula wathi:
2 How hast thou helped the powerless; how saved the arm that is without strength!
“Usumsize njani ongelamandla! Usuyilamulele njani ingalo ebuthakathaka!
3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and abundantly declared the thing as it is!
Yiseluleko esinjani osusiphe lowo ongelakuhlakanipha! Njalo usubonise mbono bani!
4 For whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
Ngubani okuncedisileyo ukukhuluma amazwi la na? Ngokabani umoya okhulume ngomlomo wakho na?
5 The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof;
Abafileyo basebuhlungwini obukhulu, labo abangaphansi kwamanzi lalabo abahlala kuwo.
UKufa kwambulekile phambi kukaNkulunkulu; ikhamisile indawo yokubhubha. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing;
Uyawendlala umkhathi wenyakatho endaweni engelalutho; aphanyeke umhlaba phezu kweze.
8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.
Ugoqele amanzi emayezini akhe, kodwa amayezi kawapatshaki yikusindwa ngamanzi.
9 He covereth the face of his throne, he spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Uyayigubuzela inyanga egcweleyo, endlale amayezi phezu kwayo.
10 He hath traced a fixed circle over the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.
Umisa umkhawulo wokwengama umkhathi emanzini kube ngumngcele phakathi kokukhanya lobumnyama.
11 The pillars of the heavens tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
Izinsika zamazulu ziyazamazama, zisethuswa yikukhuza kwakhe.
12 He stirreth up the sea by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.
Ngamandla akhe waluthulisa ulwandle; ngenhlakanipho yakhe waquma uRahabi waba yiziqa.
13 By his Spirit the heavens are adorned; his hand hath formed the fleeing serpent.
Ngomoya wakhe umkhathi wacethula; isandla sakhe sayigwaza inyoka ibaleka.
14 Lo, these are the borders of his ways; but what a whisper of a word do we hear of him! And the thunder of his power, who can understand?
Njalo le yimisebenzi yakhe engaphandle nje ekucineni; esikuzwayo yilizwana nje lokunyenyeza kwakhe! Pho ngubani ongawuzwisisa umdumo wamandla akhe na?”
