Job 27
1 Moreouer Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,
UJobe waqhubeka ngenkulumo yakhe wathi:
2 The liuing God hath taken away my iudgement: for the Almightie hath put my soule in bitternesse.
“Ngifunga ngoNkulunkulu ophilayo, ngubani ongithathele ilungelo lami lokwahlulelwa ngokulunga, uSomandla, ongizwise ubuhlungu bomphefumulo,
3 Yet so long as my breath is in me, and the Spirit of God in my nostrels,
nxa ngilokhu ngiselempilo ngaphakathi kwami, umphefumulo kaNkulunkulu usemakhaleni ami,
4 My lips surely shall speake no wickednesse, and my tongue shall vtter no deceite.
izindebe zami kazisoze zikhulume ububi, lolimi lwami kaluyikukhuluma inkohliso.
5 God forbid, that I should iustifie you: vntill I dye, I will neuer take away mine innocencie from my selfe.
Kangisoze ngivume ukuthi lina lilungile ngelikutshoyo; ngizaze ngiyekufa ngingabulandulanga ubuqotho bami.
6 I will keepe my righteousnesse, and wil not forsake it: mine heart shall not reprooue me of my dayes.
Ngizakugcina ukulunga kwami ngingakuyekeli; umzwangedwa wami kawuyikungihlupha empilweni yami.
7 Mine enemie shall be as the wicked, and he that riseth against me, as the vnrighteous.
Sengathi izitha zami zingaba njengababi, abaxabana lami babe njengabangaqondanga!
8 For what hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped vp riches, if God take away his soule?
Ngoba ulethemba bani ongakholwayo nxa esefile, uNkulunkulu angathatha impilo yakhe na?
9 Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him?
UNkulunkulu uyakulalela yini ukukhala kwakhe nxa usizi lumehlela na?
10 Will he set his delight on the Almightie? will he call vpon God at all times?
Uzakuthola yini ukuthokoza kuSomandla? Uzacela kuNkulunkulu sonke isikhathi na?
11 I will teache you what is in the hande of God, and I wil not conceale that which is with the Almightie.
Ngizalifundisa mayelana lamandla kaNkulunkulu; izindlela zikaSomandla kangiyikuzifihla.
12 Beholde, all ye your selues haue seene it: why then doe you thus vanish in vanitie?
Lonke lizibonele lokhu ngokwenu. Pho, ngeyani inkulumo yonke le eyize na?
13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of tyrants, which they shall receiue of the Almightie.
Nansi isabelo uNkulunkulu asiqumela ababi, ilifa elemukelwa ngumuntu olesihluku sivela kuSomandla:
14 If his children be in great nomber, the sworde shall destroy them, and his posteritie shall not be satisfied with bread.
Loba bebanengi njani abantwabakhe, isabelo sabo yinkemba; lenzalo yakhe kayisoze lanini izuze ukudla okwaneleyo.
15 His remnant shall be buried in death, and his widowes shall not weepe.
Isifo esibi sizabangcwaba labo abatshiywa nguye besaphila, labafelokazi babo kabayikubalilela.
16 Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay,
Lokuba angaze abuthelele isiliva njengothuli lezigqoko zibe yinqwaba njengodaka,
17 He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall deuide the siluer.
lokho akubuthelelayo abalungileyo bazakugqokela, labangelacala bazakwaba isiliva sakhe.
18 He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a lodge that the watchman maketh.
Indlu ayakhayo injengesidleke sobulembu, njengedumba elenziwe ngumlindi.
19 When the rich man sleepeth, he shall not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone.
Uthi esiyalala enothile, kodwa kasayikuphinda njalo; uthi esevula amehlo, konke sekuphelile.
20 Terrours shall take him as waters, and a tempest shall cary him away by night.
Utshaywa luvalo kungathi ufuqwa yisikhukhula; isiphepho siyamhwitha ebusuku.
21 The East winde shall take him away, and he shall depart: and it shall hurle him out of his place.
Umoya wempumalanga udlula laye, anyamalale; uyamkhukhula endaweni yakhe.
22 And God shall cast vpon him and not spare, though he would faine flee out of his hand.
Utshaya phezu kwakhe ngesihluku esithi uyabaleka ecambalele evika amandla awo.
23 Euery man shall clap their hands at him, and hisse at him out of their place.
Utshaya izandla umhleka ulunya uvunguza laye umsusa endaweni yakhe.”
