Job 22
1 and to answer Eliphaz [the] Temanite and to say
Wasephendula uElifazi umThemani wathi:
2 to/for God be useful great man for be useful upon them be prudent
Umuntu angaba losizo kuNkulunkulu yini, ngoba ohlakaniphileyo elusizo kuye ngokwakhe?
3 pleasure to/for Almighty for to justify and if unjust-gain for to finish way: conduct your
Kuyintokozo yini kuSomandla ukuthi ulungile? Kumbe inzuzo kuye ukuthi uphelelise indlela zakho?
4 from fear your to rebuke you to come (in): come with you in/on/with justice: judgement
Uzakusola yini ngenxa yokwesaba kwakho? Uzangena lawe kusahlulelo.
5 not distress: evil your many and nothing end to/for iniquity: crime your
Ububi bakho kabubukhulu yini, lezono zakho kazilakuphela?
6 for to pledge brother: male-sibling your for nothing and garment naked to strip
Ngoba uthethe isibambiso kubafowenu kungelasizatho, wahlubula abanqunu izigqoko.
7 not water faint to water: drink and from hungry to withhold food: bread
Kawumnathisanga amanzi odiniweyo, lolambileyo umgodlele ukudla.
8 and man arm to/for him [the] land: country/planet and to lift: kindness face: kindness to dwell in/on/with her
Kodwa umuntu olengalo, umhlaba ungowakhe, lowemukeleka ebusweni wahlala kuwo.
9 widow to send: depart emptily and arm orphan to crush
Uxotshile abafelokazi bengelalutho, lengalo zezintandane zichotshoziwe.
10 upon so around you snare and to dismay you dread suddenly
Ngakho-ke imijibila ikuhanqile, lovalo luhle lwakwesabisa,
11 or darkness not to see: see and abundance water to cover you
kumbe ubumnyama ukuze ungaboni, lesikhukhula samanzi sikusibekele.
12 not god height heaven and to see: behold! head: top star for to exalt
UNkulunkulu kakho yini engqongeni yamazulu? Bona-ke ingqonga yezinkanyezi, ukuthi ziphakeme kangakanani.
13 and to say what? to know God about/through/for cloud to judge
Kanti uthi: UNkulunkulu wazini? Angahlulela yini engemuva komnyama onzima?
14 cloud secrecy to/for him and not to see: see and circle heaven to go: walk
Amayezi amnyama ayisisibekelo sakhe ukuze angaboni, uhamba esigombolozini samazulu.
15 way forever: antiquity to keep: obey which to tread man evil: wickedness
Usunanzelele indlela endala yini abantu ababi abanyathela kuyo?
16 which to seize and not time river to pour: pour foundation their
Abahluthunwa kungakabi yisikhathi; uzamcolo wathululwa phezu kwesisekelo sabo.
17 [the] to say to/for God to turn aside: depart from us and what? to work Almighty to/for them
Abathi kuNkulunkulu: Suka kithi. LoSomandla wayenzeni kubo?
18 and he/she/it to fill house: home their good and counsel wicked to remove from me
Kanti yena wayegcwalise izindlu zabo ngokuhle; kodwa icebo labakhohlakeleyo likhatshana lami.
19 to see: see righteous and to rejoice and innocent to mock to/for them
Abalungileyo bayakubona bathokoze, lomsulwa ubahleka usulu.
20 if: surely yes not to hide adversary our and remainder their to eat fire
Isibili isitha sethu sichithiwe, lomlilo uqede insali yabo.
21 be useful please with him and to ally in/on/with them to come (in): come you welfare
Ake wejwayelane laye, ube lokuthula, ngalokho okuhle kuzakuza kuwe.
22 to take: recieve please from lip his instruction and to set: put word his in/on/with heart your
Ake wemukele umlayo ovela emlonyeni wakhe, ubeke amazwi akhe enhliziyweni yakho.
23 if to return: return till Almighty to build to remove injustice from tent your
Uba ubuyela kuSomandla, uzakwakhiwa, ususe okubi khatshana lamathente akho.
24 and to set: put upon dust gold and in/on/with rock torrent: river Ophir
Ubusubeka igolide lakho othulini, legolide leOfiri elitsheni lezifula.
25 and to be Almighty gold your and silver: money peak to/for you
Ngakho uSomandla uzakuba ligolide lakho, lesiliva sakho esinengi.
26 for then upon Almighty to delight and to lift: kindness to(wards) god face your
Ngoba ngalesosikhathi uzazithokozisa ngoSomandla, uphakamisele ubuso bakho kuNkulunkulu.
27 to pray to(wards) him and to hear: hear you and vow your to complete
Uzakhuleka kuye, akuzwe, ukhokhe izifungo zakho.
28 and to cut word and to arise: establish to/for you and upon way: conduct your to shine light
Uzaquma-ke udaba, luqiniseke kuwe, lokukhanya kukhanye endleleni zakho.
29 for to abase and to say pride and lowly eye to save
Nxa behliselwe phansi, ubususithi: Phezulu! Abesesindisa othobekileyo ngamehlo.
30 to escape not innocent and to escape in/on/with cleanness palm your
Uzamkhulula ongemsulwa; njalo ukhululwa ngokuhlanzeka kwezandla zakho.
