UJobe 27
1 UJobe waqhubeka ngenkulumo yakhe wathi:
Moreouer Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,
2 “Ngifunga ngoNkulunkulu ophilayo, ngubani ongithathele ilungelo lami lokwahlulelwa ngokulunga, uSomandla, ongizwise ubuhlungu bomphefumulo,
The liuing God hath taken away my iudgement: for the Almightie hath put my soule in bitternesse.
3 nxa ngilokhu ngiselempilo ngaphakathi kwami, umphefumulo kaNkulunkulu usemakhaleni ami,
Yet so long as my breath is in me, and the Spirit of God in my nostrels,
4 izindebe zami kazisoze zikhulume ububi, lolimi lwami kaluyikukhuluma inkohliso.
My lips surely shall speake no wickednesse, and my tongue shall vtter no deceite.
5 Kangisoze ngivume ukuthi lina lilungile ngelikutshoyo; ngizaze ngiyekufa ngingabulandulanga ubuqotho bami.
God forbid, that I should iustifie you: vntill I dye, I will neuer take away mine innocencie from my selfe.
6 Ngizakugcina ukulunga kwami ngingakuyekeli; umzwangedwa wami kawuyikungihlupha empilweni yami.
I will keepe my righteousnesse, and wil not forsake it: mine heart shall not reprooue me of my dayes.
7 Sengathi izitha zami zingaba njengababi, abaxabana lami babe njengabangaqondanga!
Mine enemie shall be as the wicked, and he that riseth against me, as the vnrighteous.
8 Ngoba ulethemba bani ongakholwayo nxa esefile, uNkulunkulu angathatha impilo yakhe na?
For what hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped vp riches, if God take away his soule?
9 UNkulunkulu uyakulalela yini ukukhala kwakhe nxa usizi lumehlela na?
Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him?
10 Uzakuthola yini ukuthokoza kuSomandla? Uzacela kuNkulunkulu sonke isikhathi na?
Will he set his delight on the Almightie? will he call vpon God at all times?
11 Ngizalifundisa mayelana lamandla kaNkulunkulu; izindlela zikaSomandla kangiyikuzifihla.
I will teache you what is in the hande of God, and I wil not conceale that which is with the Almightie.
12 Lonke lizibonele lokhu ngokwenu. Pho, ngeyani inkulumo yonke le eyize na?
Beholde, all ye your selues haue seene it: why then doe you thus vanish in vanitie?
13 Nansi isabelo uNkulunkulu asiqumela ababi, ilifa elemukelwa ngumuntu olesihluku sivela kuSomandla:
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of tyrants, which they shall receiue of the Almightie.
14 Loba bebanengi njani abantwabakhe, isabelo sabo yinkemba; lenzalo yakhe kayisoze lanini izuze ukudla okwaneleyo.
If his children be in great nomber, the sworde shall destroy them, and his posteritie shall not be satisfied with bread.
15 Isifo esibi sizabangcwaba labo abatshiywa nguye besaphila, labafelokazi babo kabayikubalilela.
His remnant shall be buried in death, and his widowes shall not weepe.
16 Lokuba angaze abuthelele isiliva njengothuli lezigqoko zibe yinqwaba njengodaka,
Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay,
17 lokho akubuthelelayo abalungileyo bazakugqokela, labangelacala bazakwaba isiliva sakhe.
He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall deuide the siluer.
18 Indlu ayakhayo injengesidleke sobulembu, njengedumba elenziwe ngumlindi.
He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a lodge that the watchman maketh.
19 Uthi esiyalala enothile, kodwa kasayikuphinda njalo; uthi esevula amehlo, konke sekuphelile.
When the rich man sleepeth, he shall not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone.
20 Utshaywa luvalo kungathi ufuqwa yisikhukhula; isiphepho siyamhwitha ebusuku.
Terrours shall take him as waters, and a tempest shall cary him away by night.
21 Umoya wempumalanga udlula laye, anyamalale; uyamkhukhula endaweni yakhe.
The East winde shall take him away, and he shall depart: and it shall hurle him out of his place.
22 Utshaya phezu kwakhe ngesihluku esithi uyabaleka ecambalele evika amandla awo.
And God shall cast vpon him and not spare, though he would faine flee out of his hand.
23 Utshaya izandla umhleka ulunya uvunguza laye umsusa endaweni yakhe.”
Euery man shall clap their hands at him, and hisse at him out of their place.
