UJobe 18
1 Kwathi lapho uBhilidadi umShuhi waphendula wathi:
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
2 “Koze kube nini ulokhu uphethe emlonyeni? Nakana andubana sikhulume.
"How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
3 Kungani usithatha njengezinkomo kube ingathi siyizithutha kuwe na?
Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?
4 Wena ozidabudabulayo ube yiziqa ngokuthukuthela kwakho, uthi sesingawudela umhlaba ngenxa yakho? Loba uthi amadwala agudlulwe ezindaweni zawo na?
You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
5 Isibane somubi siyacima; ilangabi lomlilo wakhe liyaphela ukubhebha.
"Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine.
6 Ukukhanya ethenteni lakhe kuyafiphala; isibane esiseceleni kwakhe siyacima.
The light shall be dark in his tent. His lamp above him shall be put out.
7 Izisinde zakhe zamandla ziyadeda; lamacebo akhe yiwo amlahla phansi.
The steps of his strength shall be shortened. His own counsel shall cast him down.
8 Inyawo zakhe zimbeka emambuleni acine esemthandele.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.
9 Umjibila umhwiphula ngesithende; isihitshela simuthi nki.
A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.
10 Isihitshela usifihlelwe phansi; umjibila uthukuziwe endleleni yakhe.
A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the way.
11 Uyethuka ngokwesaba inxa zonke kumlandelele langaphi aya khona.
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels.
12 Umonakalo umlambele; incithakalo imlindele nxa esiwa.
His strength shall be famished. Calamity shall be ready at his side.
13 Kudla ingxenye yesikhumba sakhe; izibulo lokufa lidla izitho zakhe.
The members of his body shall be devoured. The firstborn of death shall devour his members.
14 Uyasuswa ekuvikelekeni kwethente lakhe aqhutshwe asiwe enkosini yokwesaba.
He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts. He shall be brought to the king of terrors.
15 Umlilo uhlala ethenteni lakhe; isolufa evuthayo ichithachithwe emzini wakhe.
There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation.
16 Impande zakhe ziyabuna ngaphansi lamagatsha akhe abune ngaphezulu.
His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off.
17 Ukukhunjulwa kwakhe kuyaphela emhlabeni; kalabizo elizweni.
His memory shall perish from the earth. He shall have no name in the street.
18 Uyasuswa ekukhanyeni aye ebumnyameni njalo axotshwe emhlabeni.
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
19 Kalabantwana loba isizukulwane ebantwini bakibo, kakho loyedwa owakhe lapho ake ahlala khona.
He shall have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he sojourned.
20 Abantu bentshonalanga bayanengwa yisiphetho sakhe; abantu bempumalanga bayatshaqeka.
Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.
21 Ngempela linjalo ikhaya lomuntu omubi; yiyo indawo yalowo ongamaziyo uNkulunkulu.”
Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn't know God."
