UJobe 25

1 Kwathi-ke uBhilidadi umShuhi waphendula wathi:

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

2 “Umbuso lesizotha kukuye uNkulunkulu; nguye omisa konke ngemfanelo ezulwini eliphezulu.

“Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven.

3 Amabutho akhe angabalwa na? Ngubani ongaphunyelwa yikukhanya kwakhe na?

Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?

4 Pho umuntu angaba ngolungileyo njani kuNkulunkulu na? Angenza njani ozelwe ngowesifazane ukuthi ahlanzeke na?

How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

5 Khangela, nxa inyanga ngokwayo ingakhazimuli, lezinkanyezi zingahlanzekanga emehlweni akhe,

If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,

6 pho umuntu-ke usilela kanganani, oyimpethu nje, umuntu, oyinhlava nje kuphela!”

how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”