UJobe 23
1 Waphendula uJobe wathi:
Then Job answered and said:
2 “Lalamuhla ukusola kwami kulokhu kubuhlungu kabi, isandla sakhe siyasinda loba ngibubula kangaka.
Still is my complaint bitter; But my wound is deeper than my groaning.
3 Ngabe ngiyakwazi lapho engingamfumana khona; aluba nje bengingaya emzini wakhe!
O that I knew where I might find him! That I might go before his throne!
4 Bengizayibeka kuhle indaba yami phambi kwakhe ngigcwalise umlomo wami ngamazwi empikiswano.
I would order my cause before him, And fill my mouth with arguments;
5 Bengizakuzwa ukuthi yena uphendula athini, ngikuhlolisise lokho akutshoyo.
I should know what he would answer me, And understand what he would say to me.
6 Kambe angangiphikisa ngamandla na? Hatshi, angazake angethese cala.
Would he contend with me with his mighty power? No! he would have regard to me.
7 Lapho umuntu oqotho ubengendlala indaba yakhe phambi kwakhe, njalo bengizakhululwa lanini kumahluleli wami.
Then would an upright man contend with him, And I should be fully acquitted by my judge.
8 Kodwa nxa ngisiya empumalanga, yena kakho khona; nxa ngisiya entshonalanga, kangimfumani khona.
But, behold, I go eastward, and he is not there; And westward, but I cannot perceive him;
9 Nxa esemsebenzini enyakatho, kangimboni; angaphendukela eningizimu, kangiboni lokuthi tshazi kwakhe.
To the north, where he worketh, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the south, and I cannot see him.
10 Kodwa uyayazi indlela engihamba ngayo; nxa esengilingile, ngizaphuma senginjengegolide.
But he knoweth the way which is in my heart; When he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 Inyawo zami bezilokhu zilandelana lezinyathelo zakhe; ngalela endleleni yakhe angaze ngaphambuka.
My feet have trodden in his steps; His way I have kept, and have not turned aside from it.
12 Angigudlukanga emilayweni yezindebe zakhe; ngiwenze igugu amazwi omlomo wakhe ukwedlula isinkwa sami sansukuzonke.
I have not neglected the precepts of his lips; Above my own law have I esteemed the words of his mouth.
13 Kodwa uzimele yedwa, ngubani ongaphikisana laye na? Uyenza loba yini ayifunayo.
But he is of one mind, and who can turn him? And what he desireth, that he doeth.
14 Uyagcwalisa isimiso sakhe ngami, njalo manengi amacebo anjalo awagcinileyo.
He performeth that which is appointed for me; And many such things are in his mind!
15 Yikho-nje ngithuthumela ukuma phambi kwakhe; ngithi ngingakukhumbula konke lokhu ngimesabe.
Therefore I am in terror on account of him; When I consider, I am afraid of him.
16 UNkulunkulu usenze inhliziyo yami yaphela amandla; uSomandla usengethusile.
For God maketh my heart faint; Yea, the Almighty terrifieth me;
17 Kodwa kawuyikungithulisa umnyama lo, umnyama lo onzima ovala ubuso bami.”
Because I was not taken away before darkness came, And he hath not hidden darkness from mine eyes.
