Job 12
1 And Job answered and said,
Wasephendula uJobe wathi:
2 No doubt but ye [are] the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
“Wo, lina yini elizibona kuyini abantu, njalo lolwazi luzakufa lani!
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I [am] not inferior to you: yes, who knoweth not such things as these?
Kodwa lami ngilayo ingqondo njengani; kalingedluli ngalutho. Ngubani ongazaziyo izinto zonke lezi?
4 I am [as] one mocked by his neighbor, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright [man is] derided.
Sengiyinto yokuhlekisa ebanganini bami, lanxa ngacela kuNkulunkulu waphendula, inhlekisa sibili, kodwa ngilungile, ngimsulwa!
5 He that is ready to slip with [his] feet [is as] a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
Abantu abahlezi kuhle bayakweyisa ukwehlelwa ngumnyama, bathi kuyimfanelo yalabo onyawo zabo sezitshelela.
6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly].
Amathente ezigebenga avikelekile, lalabo abamthukuthelisayo uNkulunkulu bavikelekile, uNkulunkulu ulabo ezandleni zakhe.
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Kodwa ake ubuze izinyamazana, zizakufundisa, kumbe izinyoni zemoyeni, zizakutshela;
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare to thee.
kumbe khuluma lomhlaba, uzakufundisa, loba uthi inhlanzi zolwandle zikwazise.
9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
Yikuphi kwalezizinto okungaziyo na ukuthi yisandla sikaThixo esikwenzileyo lokhu?
10 In whose hand [is] the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
Esandleni sakhe kulempilo yazo zonke izidalwa lokuphefumula kwabantu bonke.
11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste its food?
Indlebe kayiwahloli yini wonke amazwi njengolimi lunambitha ukudla?
12 With the ancient [is] wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Angithi ukuhlakanipha kufunyanwa ebadaleni na? Angithi impilo ende iletha ukuzwisisa na?
13 With him [is] wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
NgokukaNkulunkulu ukuhlakanipha lamandla; ukweluleka lokuzwisisa kungokwakhe.
14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Lokho akubhidlizayo kungeke kwamiswa njalo; lowo amvalelayo ngeke avulelwe.
15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Angaze awavale amanzi, kuba lokoma; angawavulela kuba lomonakalo elizweni.
16 With him [is] strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver [are] his.
Angawakhe amandla lenhlakanipho; okhohliswayo lomkhohlisi ngabakhe bonke.
17 He leadeth counselors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
Abeluleki uyabakhupha bahambe beze enze abehluleli babe yiziphukuphuku.
18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
Uyanyomula izibopho ezibotshwe ngamakhosi azibophe ngelembu ekhalweni.
19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
Abaphristi uyabakhupha beze awagenqule amadoda abesithi asegxilile.
20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
Uyazithulisa izindebe zabeluleki abathenjiweyo asuse ulwazi lwabadala.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
Izikhulu uzihleka usulu abalamandla abathathele lawomandla.
22 He revealeth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth to light the shades of death.
Uyembula imfihlo ezenzeka emnyameni amathunzi azikileyo awalethe ekukhanyeni.
23 He increaseth nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth nations, and straiteneth them [again].
Wenza izizwe zikhule, abesezidiliza; uyaziqhelisa izizwe, aphinde azichithe.
24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness [where there is] no way.
Abakhokheli basemhlabeni ubemuka ukuhlakanipha kwabo; ubenza bantule enkangala.
25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like [a] drunken [man].
Bayaphumputha emnyameni kungelakukhanya; ubenza badiyazele njengezidakwa.”
