Job 11
1 And Zophar the Naamathite answers and says:
UZofari umNahama wasephendula wathi:
2 “Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
“Uthi amazwi wonke la angayekelwa ukuphendulwa na? Uwawane lolu luyekelwe nje lubheda?
3 Your boastings make men keep silent, You scorn, and none is causing blushing!
Umbhedo wakho lo ungenza abantu bathule na? Uthi ungangakhuzwa muntu wena ukhulumela eceleni?
4 And you say, My discourse [is] pure, And I have been clean in Your eyes.
Uthi kuNkulunkulu, ‘Inkolo yami kayilansolo njalo ngimsulwa phambi kwakho.’
5 And yet, O that God had spoken! And opens His lips with you.
Oh, ngize ngifise ukuthi ngabe uNkulunkulu uyakhuluma, avule izindebe zakhe ekusola
6 And declares to you secrets of wisdom, for counsel has foldings. And know that God forgets of your iniquity for you.
akuvulele imfihlo zokuhlakanipha, ngoba inhlakanipho yeqiniso ikabili. Yazi lokhu: UNkulunkulu uvele usezikhohliwe ezinye izono zakho.
7 Do you find out God by searching? To perfection find out the Mighty One?
Kambe ungayifinyelela yini imfihlakalo kaNkulunkulu? Ungaziphenya iziphetho zikaSomandla na?
Ziqongile ngaphezu kwamazulu, ungenzani kambe? Zizikile kulokujula kolwandle, kuyini ongakwazi pho? (Sheol h7585)
9 Its measure [is] longer than earth, and broader than the sea.
Ukulinganiswa kwazo kude kulomhlaba njalo kubanzi kulolwandle.
10 If He passes on, and shuts up, and assembles, Who then reverses it?
Nxa engeza lapha akuphosele entolongweni abize inkundla, ngubani ongamphikisa na?
11 For He has known men of vanity, And He sees iniquity, And one does not consider [it]!
Liqiniso ukuthi uyababona abantu abakhohlisayo; njalo nxa ebona okubi, kananzeleli na?
12 And empty man is bold, And man is born [as] the colt of a wild donkey.
Kodwa umuntu oyisithutha ngeke ahlakaniphe njengoba ubabhemi weganga engeke azalwa ngumuntu.
13 If you have prepared your heart, And have spread out your hands to Him,
Kodwa nxa ugxilisa inhliziyo yakho kuye uphakamisele izandla zakho kuye,
14 If iniquity [is] in your hand, put it far off, And do not let perverseness dwell in your tents.
nxa ulahla isono esisesandleni sakho ungavumeli bubi buhlale ethenteni lakho,
15 For then you lift up your face from blemish, And you have been firm, and do not fear.
lapho-ke uzabuveza ubuso bakho ungelanhloni; uzakuma uqine ungesabi.
16 For you forget misery, As waters passed away you remember.
Uzalukhohlwa ngempela uhlupho lwakho, lufike nje engqondweni njengezikhukhula ezadlulayo.
17 And age rises above the noon, You fly—you are as the morning.
Impilo izakhanya kulemini enkulu, lobumnyama buzakuba njengasekuseni.
18 And you have trusted because there is hope, And searched—in confidence you lie down,
Uzavikeleka, ngoba ithemba likhona; uzakhangela ofuna khona uzuze ukuphumula uvikelekile.
19 And you have rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have begged [at] your face;
Uzazilalela, kungekho okwethusayo, njalo abanengi bazabe sebezisondeza kuwe.
20 And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge has perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!”
Kodwa amehlo ababi azafiphala, behluleke lokubaleka; ithemba labo libe yikuhotsha umoya wokufa.”
