Job 23
1 And Job answers and says:
Wasephendula uJobe wathi:
2 “Also—today my complaint [is] bitter, My hand has been heavy because of my sighing.
Lalamuhla isikhalazo sami silokubaba; isandla sami sinzima phezu kokububula kwami.
3 O that I had known—and I find Him, I come to His seat,
Kungathi ngabe ngiyazi lapho engingamthola khona! Bengingeza enkundleni yakhe!
4 I arrange the cause before Him, And fill my mouth [with] arguments.
Ngibeke kuhle udaba lwami phambi kwakhe, ngigcwalise umlomo wami ngokuphikisa.
5 I know the words He answers me, And understand what He says to me.
Bengingawazi amazwi azangiphendula ngawo, ngiqedisise azakutsho kimi.
6 Does He strive with me in the abundance of power? No! Surely He puts [it] in me.
Uzaphikisana lami ngobukhulu bamandla yini? Hatshi, kodwa uzabeka inhliziyo yakhe kimi.
7 There the upright reason with Him, And I escape from mine who is judging—forever.
Lapho oqotho angaphikisana laye; ngakho bengizaphepha phakade kumahluleli wami.
8 Behold, I go forward—and He is not, And backward—and I do not perceive Him.
Khangelani ngiya phambili, kodwa kakho, lemuva, kodwa kangimboni.
9 [To] the left in His working—and I do not see, He is covered [on] the right, and I do not behold.
Ngakwesokhohlo ekusebenzeni kwakhe, kodwa kangimboni; uyacatsha ngakwesokunene, kodwa kangimboni.
10 For He has known the way with me, He has tried me—I go forth as gold.
Kanti uyayazi indlela elami; kangihlole, ngizaphuma njengegolide.
11 My foot has laid hold on His step, I have kept His way, and do not turn aside,
Unyawo lwami lubambelele enyathelweni lakhe, ngiyigcinile indlela yakhe, kangiphambukanga.
12 The command of His lips, and I do not depart. I have laid up above my allotted portion The sayings of His mouth.
Kangisukanga lemlayweni wezindebe zakhe, ngawalondoloza amazwi omlomo wakhe okwedlula isabelo sami.
13 And He [is] in one [mind], And who turns Him back? And His soul has desired—and He does [it].
Kodwa yena ukokukodwa, ngubani-ke ongambuyisela emuva? Lokho umphefumulo wakhe okufisayo uyakwenza.
14 For He completes my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.
Ngoba uzaphelelisa engikumiselweyo; lezinto ezinengi ezinjalo zikuye.
15 Therefore, I am troubled at His presence, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
Ngenxa yalokho ngitshaywa luvalo phambi kwakhe; ngicabanga, ngiyamesaba.
16 And God has made my heart soft, And the Mighty has troubled me.
Ngoba uNkulunkulu wenze inhliziyo yami yaphela amandla, loSomandla ungethusile.
17 For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.”
Ngoba kangiqunywanga phambi komnyama, wagubuzela ubumnyama ebusweni bami.
