Job 23
1 Then Job replied again,
Waphendula uJobe wathi:
2 “Today I am again complaining bitterly/strongly [to God]; I [continue] groaning, but he [SYN] [continues to] (punish me/cause me to suffer).
“Lalamuhla ukusola kwami kulokhu kubuhlungu kabi, isandla sakhe siyasinda loba ngibubula kangaka.
3 I (wish that I knew/want to know) where I could meet/talk with him, so that I could go to the place where he lives.
Ngabe ngiyakwazi lapho engingamfumana khona; aluba nje bengingaya emzini wakhe!
4 If I could do that, I would tell him why [I know that] I am innocent; I would tell [MTY] to him all my (arguments/evidence [to show that I have not done what is evil]).
Bengizayibeka kuhle indaba yami phambi kwakhe ngigcwalise umlomo wami ngamazwi empikiswano.
5 Then I would find out what he would reply to me [DOU].
Bengizakuzwa ukuthi yena uphendula athini, ngikuhlolisise lokho akutshoyo.
6 Would he use his great power to argue with me? No, he would listen to me carefully.
Kambe angangiphikisa ngamandla na? Hatshi, angazake angethese cala.
7 I am (an honest/a righteous) man; so I would be able to discuss things with him [fairly], and then he would declare that I am innocent, [and that decision would endure] forever.
Lapho umuntu oqotho ubengendlala indaba yakhe phambi kwakhe, njalo bengizakhululwa lanini kumahluleli wami.
8 “But, I have gone to the east, and he is not there; I have gone to the west, but I have not found him there.
Kodwa nxa ngisiya empumalanga, yena kakho khona; nxa ngisiya entshonalanga, kangimfumani khona.
9 I have gone north and I have gone south, but I have not seen him anywhere.
Nxa esemsebenzini enyakatho, kangimboni; angaphendukela eningizimu, kangiboni lokuthi tshazi kwakhe.
10 But he knows how I have conducted my life; and when he has finished testing me, [he] will [see that] I [am] as pure as [SIM] gold [whose impurities have all been burned out].
Kodwa uyayazi indlela engihamba ngayo; nxa esengilingile, ngizaphuma senginjengegolide.
11 I [SYN] have faithfully walked on the path that he showed me; I have not stopped [obeying] him.
Inyawo zami bezilokhu zilandelana lezinyathelo zakhe; ngalela endleleni yakhe angaze ngaphambuka.
12 I have always obeyed what he [SYN] commanded; I have treasured the words that he has spoken.
Angigudlukanga emilayweni yezindebe zakhe; ngiwenze igugu amazwi omlomo wakhe ukwedlula isinkwa sami sansukuzonke.
13 “He never changes. There is no one who can [RHQ] stop him [from doing what he desires]. Whatever he wants to do, he does.
Kodwa uzimele yedwa, ngubani ongaphikisana laye na? Uyenza loba yini ayifunayo.
14 And he will finish doing for me the things that he has planned for me; [and I am sure that] he has thought about doing many things for me.
Uyagcwalisa isimiso sakhe ngami, njalo manengi amacebo anjalo awagcinileyo.
15 So I am terrified in his presence; when I think [about what he can do], I am very afraid [DOU].
Yikho-nje ngithuthumela ukuma phambi kwakhe; ngithi ngingakukhumbula konke lokhu ngimesabe.
16 Almighty God has caused me [SYN] to feel terrified [DOU].
UNkulunkulu usenze inhliziyo yami yaphela amandla; uSomandla usengethusile.
17 [It is as though] there is only thick darkness in front of me, but it is God that I am afraid of, not the darkness.”
Kodwa kawuyikungithulisa umnyama lo, umnyama lo onzima ovala ubuso bami.”
