Job 26
1 Then answered Job, and said,
UJobe wasephendula wathi:
2 What assistance hast thou given to the powerless? [how] hast thou helped the arm without strength?
“Usumsize njani ongelamandla! Usuyilamulele njani ingalo ebuthakathaka!
3 How hast thou counselled the unwise? and what sound wisdom hast thou made known so plentifully?
Yiseluleko esinjani osusiphe lowo ongelakuhlakanipha! Njalo usubonise mbono bani!
4 To whom hast thou told words? and whose spirit came from thee?
Ngubani okuncedisileyo ukukhuluma amazwi la na? Ngokabani umoya okhulume ngomlomo wakho na?
5 The departed are called into being beneath the waters, and their inhabitants.
Abafileyo basebuhlungwini obukhulu, labo abangaphansi kwamanzi lalabo abahlala kuwo.
6 Naked is the nether world before him, and there is no covering for the place of corruption. (Sheol h7585)
UKufa kwambulekile phambi kukaNkulunkulu; ikhamisile indawo yokubhubha. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretched out the north over empty space; he suspended the earth on nothing;
Uyawendlala umkhathi wenyakatho endaweni engelalutho; aphanyeke umhlaba phezu kweze.
8 He bound up the waters in his clouds; and the cloud bursteth not under their weight;
Ugoqele amanzi emayezini akhe, kodwa amayezi kawapatshaki yikusindwa ngamanzi.
9 He closed up the surface of his throne, spreading over it his cloud;
Uyayigubuzela inyanga egcweleyo, endlale amayezi phezu kwayo.
10 A fixed limit he compassed off over the face of the waters, for the division of the light and darkness.
Umisa umkhawulo wokwengama umkhathi emanzini kube ngumngcele phakathi kokukhanya lobumnyama.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble greatly, and are astounded at his rebuke.
Izinsika zamazulu ziyazamazama, zisethuswa yikukhuza kwakhe.
12 By his power he split in pieces the sea, and by his understanding he crushed [its] pride:
Ngamandla akhe waluthulisa ulwandle; ngenhlakanipho yakhe waquma uRahabi waba yiziqa.
13 By his breath the heavens [acquired] beauty; his hand hath created the flying serpent.
Ngomoya wakhe umkhathi wacethula; isandla sakhe sayigwaza inyoka ibaleka.
14 Lo, these are ends of his ways; for how slight a whisper is heard [by us] of him! but the thunder of his mighty deeds who can understand?
Njalo le yimisebenzi yakhe engaphandle nje ekucineni; esikuzwayo yilizwana nje lokunyenyeza kwakhe! Pho ngubani ongawuzwisisa umdumo wamandla akhe na?”
