UJobe 26
1 UJobe wasephendula wathi:
Then Job responded by saying:
2 “Usumsize njani ongelamandla! Usuyilamulele njani ingalo ebuthakathaka!
Whose assistant are you? Is he weak-minded? And do you sustain the arm of him that is not strong?
3 Yiseluleko esinjani osusiphe lowo ongelakuhlakanipha! Njalo usubonise mbono bani!
To whom have you given advice? Perhaps it is to him that has no wisdom or prudence that you have revealed your many ideas.
4 Ngubani okuncedisileyo ukukhuluma amazwi la na? Ngokabani umoya okhulume ngomlomo wakho na?
Who is it that you wanted to teach? Was it not him that created the breath of life?
5 Abafileyo basebuhlungwini obukhulu, labo abangaphansi kwamanzi lalabo abahlala kuwo.
Behold, giant things groan under the waters, and they dwell with them.
The underworld is naked before him, and there is no covering for perdition. (Sheol h7585)
7 Uyawendlala umkhathi wenyakatho endaweni engelalutho; aphanyeke umhlaba phezu kweze.
He stretched out the North over emptiness, and he suspended the land over nothing.
8 Ugoqele amanzi emayezini akhe, kodwa amayezi kawapatshaki yikusindwa ngamanzi.
He secures the waters in his clouds, so that they do not burst forth downward all at once.
9 Uyayigubuzela inyanga egcweleyo, endlale amayezi phezu kwayo.
He holds back the face of his throne, and he stretches his cloud over it.
10 Umisa umkhawulo wokwengama umkhathi emanzini kube ngumngcele phakathi kokukhanya lobumnyama.
He has set limits around the waters, until light and darkness shall reach their limit.
11 Izinsika zamazulu ziyazamazama, zisethuswa yikukhuza kwakhe.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are frightened at his nod.
12 Ngamandla akhe waluthulisa ulwandle; ngenhlakanipho yakhe waquma uRahabi waba yiziqa.
By his strength, the seas suddenly gather together, and his foresight has struck the arrogant.
13 Ngomoya wakhe umkhathi wacethula; isandla sakhe sayigwaza inyoka ibaleka.
His spirit has adorned the heavens, and his birthing hand has brought forth the winding serpent.
14 Njalo le yimisebenzi yakhe engaphandle nje ekucineni; esikuzwayo yilizwana nje lokunyenyeza kwakhe! Pho ngubani ongawuzwisisa umdumo wamandla akhe na?”
Behold, these things have been said about his ways in part, and, since we barely have heard a small drop of his word, who will be able to gaze upon the thunder of his greatness?
