Job 23
1 Then 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 even to his seat!
Kungathi ngabe ngiyazi lapho engingamthola khona! Bengingeza enkundleni yakhe!
4 I would order my 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 which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
Bengingawazi amazwi azangiphendula ngawo, ngiqedisise azakutsho kimi.
6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
Uzaphikisana lami ngobukhulu bamandla yini? Hatshi, kodwa uzabeka inhliziyo yakhe kimi.
7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Lapho oqotho angaphikisana laye; ngakho bengizaphepha phakade kumahluleli wami.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
Khangelani ngiya phambili, kodwa kakho, lemuva, kodwa kangimboni.
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
Ngakwesokhohlo ekusebenzeni kwakhe, kodwa kangimboni; uyacatsha ngakwesokunene, kodwa kangimboni.
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Kanti uyayazi indlela elami; kangihlole, ngizaphuma njengegolide.
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
Unyawo lwami lubambelele enyathelweni lakhe, ngiyigcinile indlela yakhe, kangiphambukanga.
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
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, even that he doeth.
Kodwa yena ukokukodwa, ngubani-ke ongambuyisela emuva? Lokho umphefumulo wakhe okufisayo uyakwenza.
14 For he performeth the thing that 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: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
Ngenxa yalokho ngitshaywa luvalo phambi kwakhe; ngicabanga, ngiyamesaba.
16 For God maketh 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 covered the darkness from my face.
Ngoba kangiqunywanga phambi komnyama, wagubuzela ubumnyama ebusweni bami.
