Job 12
1 And Job answered and said,
Wasephendula uJobe wathi:
2 No doubt but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
“Wo, lina yini elizibona kuyini abantu, njalo lolwazi luzakufa lani!
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yes, who knows not such things as these?
Kodwa lami ngilayo ingqondo njengani; kalingedluli ngalutho. Ngubani ongazaziyo izinto zonke lezi?
4 I am as one mocked of his neighbor, who calls on God, and he answers him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
Sengiyinto yokuhlekisa ebanganini bami, lanxa ngacela kuNkulunkulu waphendula, inhlekisa sibili, kodwa ngilungile, ngimsulwa!
5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
Abantu abahlezi kuhle bayakweyisa ukwehlelwa ngumnyama, bathi kuyimfanelo yalabo onyawo zabo sezitshelela.
6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God brings abundantly.
Amathente ezigebenga avikelekile, lalabo abamthukuthelisayo uNkulunkulu bavikelekile, uNkulunkulu ulabo ezandleni zakhe.
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach you; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell you:
Kodwa ake ubuze izinyamazana, zizakufundisa, kumbe izinyoni zemoyeni, zizakutshela;
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you: and the fishes of the sea shall declare to you.
kumbe khuluma lomhlaba, uzakufundisa, loba uthi inhlanzi zolwandle zikwazise.
9 Who knows not in all these that the hand of the LORD has worked this?
Yikuphi kwalezizinto okungaziyo na ukuthi yisandla sikaThixo esikwenzileyo lokhu?
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
Esandleni sakhe kulempilo yazo zonke izidalwa lokuphefumula kwabantu bonke.
11 Does not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
Indlebe kayiwahloli yini wonke amazwi njengolimi lunambitha ukudla?
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Angithi ukuhlakanipha kufunyanwa ebadaleni na? Angithi impilo ende iletha ukuzwisisa na?
13 With him is wisdom and strength, he has counsel and understanding.
NgokukaNkulunkulu ukuhlakanipha lamandla; ukweluleka lokuzwisisa kungokwakhe.
14 Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again: he shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.
Lokho akubhidlizayo kungeke kwamiswa njalo; lowo amvalelayo ngeke avulelwe.
15 Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up: also he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
Angaze awavale amanzi, kuba lokoma; angawavulela kuba lomonakalo elizweni.
16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Angawakhe amandla lenhlakanipho; okhohliswayo lomkhohlisi ngabakhe bonke.
17 He leads counsellors away spoiled, and makes the judges fools.
Abeluleki uyabakhupha bahambe beze enze abehluleli babe yiziphukuphuku.
18 He looses the bond of kings, and girds their loins with a girdle.
Uyanyomula izibopho ezibotshwe ngamakhosi azibophe ngelembu ekhalweni.
19 He leads princes away spoiled, and overthrows the mighty.
Abaphristi uyabakhupha beze awagenqule amadoda abesithi asegxilile.
20 He removes away the speech of the trusty, and takes away the understanding of the aged.
Uyazithulisa izindebe zabeluleki abathenjiweyo asuse ulwazi lwabadala.
21 He pours contempt on princes, and weakens the strength of the mighty.
Izikhulu uzihleka usulu abalamandla abathathele lawomandla.
22 He discovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
Uyembula imfihlo ezenzeka emnyameni amathunzi azikileyo awalethe ekukhanyeni.
23 He increases the nations, and destroys them: he enlarges the nations, and straitens them again.
Wenza izizwe zikhule, abesezidiliza; uyaziqhelisa izizwe, aphinde azichithe.
24 He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
Abakhokheli basemhlabeni ubemuka ukuhlakanipha kwabo; ubenza bantule enkangala.
25 They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man.
Bayaphumputha emnyameni kungelakukhanya; ubenza badiyazele njengezidakwa.”
