UJobe 11

1 UZofari umNahama wasephendula wathi:

Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said,

2 “Uthi amazwi wonke la angayekelwa ukuphendulwa na? Uwawane lolu luyekelwe nje lubheda?

He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed [is] the short lived offspring of woman.

3 Umbhedo wakho lo ungenza abantu bathule na? Uthi ungangakhuzwa muntu wena ukhulumela eceleni?

Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer you?

4 Uthi kuNkulunkulu, ‘Inkolo yami kayilansolo njalo ngimsulwa phambi kwakho.’

For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him.

5 Oh, ngize ngifise ukuthi ngabe uNkulunkulu uyakhuluma, avule izindebe zakhe ekusola

But oh that the Lord would speak to you, and open his lips to you!

6 akuvulele imfihlo zokuhlakanipha, ngoba inhlakanipho yeqiniso ikabili. Yazi lokhu: UNkulunkulu uvele usezikhohliwe ezinye izono zakho.

Then shall he declare to you the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with you: and then shall you know, that a just recompence of your sins has come to you from the Lord.

7 Kambe ungayifinyelela yini imfihlakalo kaNkulunkulu? Ungaziphenya iziphetho zikaSomandla na?

Will you find out the traces of the Lord? or have you come to the end [of that] which the Almighty has made?

8 Ziqongile ngaphezu kwamazulu, ungenzani kambe? Zizikile kulokujula kolwandle, kuyini ongakwazi pho? (Sheol h7585)

Heaven [is] high; and what will you do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what do you know? (Sheol h7585)

9 Ukulinganiswa kwazo kude kulomhlaba njalo kubanzi kulolwandle.

Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.

10 Nxa engeza lapha akuphosele entolongweni abize inkundla, ngubani ongamphikisa na?

And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What have you done?

11 Liqiniso ukuthi uyababona abantu abakhohlisayo; njalo nxa ebona okubi, kananzeleli na?

For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook [it].

12 Kodwa umuntu oyisithutha ngeke ahlakaniphe njengoba ubabhemi weganga engeke azalwa ngumuntu.

But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman [is] like an ass in the desert.

13 Kodwa nxa ugxilisa inhliziyo yakho kuye uphakamisele izandla zakho kuye,

For if you have made your heart pure, and lift up [your] hands towards him;

14 nxa ulahla isono esisesandleni sakho ungavumeli bubi buhlale ethenteni lakho,

if there is any iniquity in your hands, put if far from you, and let not unrighteousness lodge in your habitation.

15 lapho-ke uzabuveza ubuso bakho ungelanhloni; uzakuma uqine ungesabi.

For thus shall your countenance shine again, as pure water; and you shall dive yourself of uncleanness, and shall not fear.

16 Uzalukhohlwa ngempela uhlupho lwakho, lufike nje engqondweni njengezikhukhula ezadlulayo.

And you shall forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and you shall not be scared.

17 Impilo izakhanya kulemini enkulu, lobumnyama buzakuba njengasekuseni.

And your prayer [shall be] as the morning star, and life shall arise to you [as] from the noonday.

18 Uzavikeleka, ngoba ithemba likhona; uzakhangela ofuna khona uzuze ukuphumula uvikelekile.

And you shall be confident, because you have hope; and peace shall dawn to you from out of anxiety and care.

19 Uzazilalela, kungekho okwethusayo, njalo abanengi bazabe sebezisondeza kuwe.

For you shall be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against you; and many shall charge, and make supplication to you.

20 Kodwa amehlo ababi azafiphala, behluleke lokubaleka; ithemba labo libe yikuhotsha umoya wokufa.”

But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.