Job 11
1 Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said: —
UZofari umNahama wasephendula wathi:
2 Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?
“Uthi amazwi wonke la angayekelwa ukuphendulwa na? Uwawane lolu luyekelwe nje lubheda?
3 Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame?
Umbhedo wakho lo ungenza abantu bathule na? Uthi ungangakhuzwa muntu wena ukhulumela eceleni?
4 Since thou hast said, Right is my doctrine, and pure am I in his eyes.
Uthi kuNkulunkulu, ‘Inkolo yami kayilansolo njalo ngimsulwa phambi kwakho.’
5 But, in very deed, oh that GOD would speak, that he would open his lips with thee:
Oh, ngize ngifise ukuthi ngabe uNkulunkulu uyakhuluma, avule izindebe zakhe ekusola
6 That he would declare to thee the secrets of wisdom, for they are double to that which actually is, —Know then that GOD could bring into forgetfulness for thee, a portion of thine iniquity.
akuvulele imfihlo zokuhlakanipha, ngoba inhlakanipho yeqiniso ikabili. Yazi lokhu: UNkulunkulu uvele usezikhohliwe ezinye izono zakho.
7 The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain?
Kambe ungayifinyelela yini imfihlakalo kaNkulunkulu? Ungaziphenya iziphetho zikaSomandla na?
8 The heights of the heavens, what canst thou do? Depths deeper than hades, what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)
Ziqongile ngaphezu kwamazulu, ungenzani kambe? Zizikile kulokujula kolwandle, kuyini ongakwazi pho? (Sheol h7585)
9 Longer than the earth, is the measure thereof, and broader than the sea.
Ukulinganiswa kwazo kude kulomhlaba njalo kubanzi kulolwandle.
10 If he sweep on, or shut up, or call together, Who then shall hinder him?
Nxa engeza lapha akuphosele entolongweni abize inkundla, ngubani ongamphikisa na?
11 For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.
Liqiniso ukuthi uyababona abantu abakhohlisayo; njalo nxa ebona okubi, kananzeleli na?
12 But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass’s colt, is born a man!
Kodwa umuntu oyisithutha ngeke ahlakaniphe njengoba ubabhemi weganga engeke azalwa ngumuntu.
13 If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands—
Kodwa nxa ugxilisa inhliziyo yakho kuye uphakamisele izandla zakho kuye,
14 If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,
nxa ulahla isono esisesandleni sakho ungavumeli bubi buhlale ethenteni lakho,
15 Surely, then, shalt thou lift up thy face free from blemish, and shalt be established, and not fear.
lapho-ke uzabuveza ubuso bakho ungelanhloni; uzakuma uqine ungesabi.
16 For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it.
Uzalukhohlwa ngempela uhlupho lwakho, lufike nje engqondweni njengezikhukhula ezadlulayo.
17 Above high noon, shall rise life’s continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear,
Impilo izakhanya kulemini enkulu, lobumnyama buzakuba njengasekuseni.
18 And thou shalt he confident, that there is hope, and, when thou hast searched, securely shalt thou lie down;
Uzavikeleka, ngoba ithemba likhona; uzakhangela ofuna khona uzuze ukuphumula uvikelekile.
19 And shalt rest, with none to put thee in terror, —and many shall entreat thy favour.
Uzazilalela, kungekho okwethusayo, njalo abanengi bazabe sebezisondeza kuwe.
20 But, the eyes of the lawless, shall fail, —and, place of refuge, shall have vanished from them, and, their hope, be a breathing out of life.
Kodwa amehlo ababi azafiphala, behluleke lokubaleka; ithemba labo libe yikuhotsha umoya wokufa.”
