Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said:
Wasephendula uJobe wathi:
2 Still is my complaint bitter; But my wound is deeper than my groaning.
Lalamuhla isikhalazo sami silokubaba; isandla sami sinzima phezu kokububula kwami.
3 O that I knew where I might find him! That I might go before his throne!
Kungathi ngabe ngiyazi lapho engingamthola khona! Bengingeza enkundleni yakhe!
4 I would order my cause before him, And fill my mouth with arguments;
Ngibeke kuhle udaba lwami phambi kwakhe, ngigcwalise umlomo wami ngokuphikisa.
5 I should know what he would answer me, And understand what he would say to me.
Bengingawazi amazwi azangiphendula ngawo, ngiqedisise azakutsho kimi.
6 Would he contend with me with his mighty power? No! he would have regard to me.
Uzaphikisana lami ngobukhulu bamandla yini? Hatshi, kodwa uzabeka inhliziyo yakhe kimi.
7 Then would an upright man contend with him, And I should be fully acquitted by my judge.
Lapho oqotho angaphikisana laye; ngakho bengizaphepha phakade kumahluleli wami.
8 But, behold, I go eastward, and he is not there; And westward, but I cannot perceive him;
Khangelani ngiya phambili, kodwa kakho, lemuva, kodwa kangimboni.
9 To the north, where he worketh, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the south, and I cannot see him.
Ngakwesokhohlo ekusebenzeni kwakhe, kodwa kangimboni; uyacatsha ngakwesokunene, kodwa kangimboni.
10 But he knoweth the way which is in my heart; When he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.
Kanti uyayazi indlela elami; kangihlole, ngizaphuma njengegolide.
11 My feet have trodden in his steps; His way I have kept, and have not turned aside from it.
Unyawo lwami lubambelele enyathelweni lakhe, ngiyigcinile indlela yakhe, kangiphambukanga.
12 I have not neglected the precepts of his lips; Above my own law have I esteemed the words of his mouth.
Kangisukanga lemlayweni wezindebe zakhe, ngawalondoloza amazwi omlomo wakhe okwedlula isabelo sami.
13 But he is of one mind, and who can turn him? And what he desireth, that he doeth.
Kodwa yena ukokukodwa, ngubani-ke ongambuyisela emuva? Lokho umphefumulo wakhe okufisayo uyakwenza.
14 He performeth that which is appointed for me; And many such things are in his mind!
Ngoba uzaphelelisa engikumiselweyo; lezinto ezinengi ezinjalo zikuye.
15 Therefore I am in terror on account of him; When I consider, I am afraid of him.
Ngenxa yalokho ngitshaywa luvalo phambi kwakhe; ngicabanga, ngiyamesaba.
16 For God maketh my heart faint; Yea, the Almighty terrifieth me;
Ngoba uNkulunkulu wenze inhliziyo yami yaphela amandla, loSomandla ungethusile.
17 Because I was not taken away before darkness came, And he hath not hidden darkness from mine eyes.
Ngoba kangiqunywanga phambi komnyama, wagubuzela ubumnyama ebusweni bami.
