Job 23
1 And Job answers and says:
Waphendula uJobe wathi:
2 “Also—today my complaint [is] bitter, My hand has been heavy because of my sighing.
“Lalamuhla ukusola kwami kulokhu kubuhlungu kabi, isandla sakhe siyasinda loba ngibubula kangaka.
3 O that I had known—and I find Him, I come to His seat,
Ngabe ngiyakwazi lapho engingamfumana khona; aluba nje bengingaya emzini wakhe!
4 I arrange the cause before Him, And fill my mouth [with] arguments.
Bengizayibeka kuhle indaba yami phambi kwakhe ngigcwalise umlomo wami ngamazwi empikiswano.
5 I know the words He answers me, And understand what He says to me.
Bengizakuzwa ukuthi yena uphendula athini, ngikuhlolisise lokho akutshoyo.
6 Does He strive with me in the abundance of power? No! Surely He puts [it] in me.
Kambe angangiphikisa ngamandla na? Hatshi, angazake angethese cala.
7 There the upright reason with Him, And I escape from mine who is judging—forever.
Lapho umuntu oqotho ubengendlala indaba yakhe phambi kwakhe, njalo bengizakhululwa lanini kumahluleli wami.
8 Behold, I go forward—and He is not, And backward—and I do not perceive Him.
Kodwa nxa ngisiya empumalanga, yena kakho khona; nxa ngisiya entshonalanga, kangimfumani khona.
9 [To] the left in His working—and I do not see, He is covered [on] the right, and I do not behold.
Nxa esemsebenzini enyakatho, kangimboni; angaphendukela eningizimu, kangiboni lokuthi tshazi kwakhe.
10 For He has known the way with me, He has tried me—I go forth as gold.
Kodwa uyayazi indlela engihamba ngayo; nxa esengilingile, ngizaphuma senginjengegolide.
11 My foot has laid hold on His step, I have kept His way, and do not turn aside,
Inyawo zami bezilokhu zilandelana lezinyathelo zakhe; ngalela endleleni yakhe angaze ngaphambuka.
12 The command of His lips, and I do not depart. I have laid up above my allotted portion The sayings of His mouth.
Angigudlukanga emilayweni yezindebe zakhe; ngiwenze igugu amazwi omlomo wakhe ukwedlula isinkwa sami sansukuzonke.
13 And He [is] in one [mind], And who turns Him back? And His soul has desired—and He does [it].
Kodwa uzimele yedwa, ngubani ongaphikisana laye na? Uyenza loba yini ayifunayo.
14 For He completes my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.
Uyagcwalisa isimiso sakhe ngami, njalo manengi amacebo anjalo awagcinileyo.
15 Therefore, I am troubled at His presence, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
Yikho-nje ngithuthumela ukuma phambi kwakhe; ngithi ngingakukhumbula konke lokhu ngimesabe.
16 And God has made my heart soft, And the Mighty has troubled me.
UNkulunkulu usenze inhliziyo yami yaphela amandla; uSomandla usengethusile.
17 For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.”
Kodwa kawuyikungithulisa umnyama lo, umnyama lo onzima ovala ubuso bami.”
