Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said:
Waphendula uJobe wathi:
2 Still is my complaint bitter; But my wound is deeper than my groaning.
“Lalamuhla ukusola kwami kulokhu kubuhlungu kabi, isandla sakhe siyasinda loba ngibubula kangaka.
3 O that I knew where I might find him! That I might go before his throne!
Ngabe ngiyakwazi lapho engingamfumana khona; aluba nje bengingaya emzini wakhe!
4 I would order my cause before him, And fill my mouth with arguments;
Bengizayibeka kuhle indaba yami phambi kwakhe ngigcwalise umlomo wami ngamazwi empikiswano.
5 I should know what he would answer me, And understand what he would say to me.
Bengizakuzwa ukuthi yena uphendula athini, ngikuhlolisise lokho akutshoyo.
6 Would he contend with me with his mighty power? No! he would have regard to me.
Kambe angangiphikisa ngamandla na? Hatshi, angazake angethese cala.
7 Then would an upright man contend with him, And I should be fully acquitted by my judge.
Lapho umuntu oqotho ubengendlala indaba yakhe phambi kwakhe, njalo bengizakhululwa lanini kumahluleli wami.
8 But, behold, I go eastward, and he is not there; And westward, but I cannot perceive him;
Kodwa nxa ngisiya empumalanga, yena kakho khona; nxa ngisiya entshonalanga, kangimfumani khona.
9 To the north, where he worketh, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the south, and I cannot see him.
Nxa esemsebenzini enyakatho, kangimboni; angaphendukela eningizimu, kangiboni lokuthi tshazi kwakhe.
10 But he knoweth the way which is in my heart; When he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.
Kodwa uyayazi indlela engihamba ngayo; nxa esengilingile, ngizaphuma senginjengegolide.
11 My feet have trodden in his steps; His way I have kept, and have not turned aside from it.
Inyawo zami bezilokhu zilandelana lezinyathelo zakhe; ngalela endleleni yakhe angaze ngaphambuka.
12 I have not neglected the precepts of his lips; Above my own law have I esteemed the words of his mouth.
Angigudlukanga emilayweni yezindebe zakhe; ngiwenze igugu amazwi omlomo wakhe ukwedlula isinkwa sami sansukuzonke.
13 But he is of one mind, and who can turn him? And what he desireth, that he doeth.
Kodwa uzimele yedwa, ngubani ongaphikisana laye na? Uyenza loba yini ayifunayo.
14 He performeth that which is appointed for me; And many such things are in his mind!
Uyagcwalisa isimiso sakhe ngami, njalo manengi amacebo anjalo awagcinileyo.
15 Therefore I am in terror on account of him; When I consider, I am afraid of him.
Yikho-nje ngithuthumela ukuma phambi kwakhe; ngithi ngingakukhumbula konke lokhu ngimesabe.
16 For God maketh my heart faint; Yea, the Almighty terrifieth me;
UNkulunkulu usenze inhliziyo yami yaphela amandla; uSomandla usengethusile.
17 Because I was not taken away before darkness came, And he hath not hidden darkness from mine eyes.
Kodwa kawuyikungithulisa umnyama lo, umnyama lo onzima ovala ubuso bami.”
