UJobe 8
1 UBhilidadi umShuhi wasephendula wathi:
But Baldad the Suhite, responding, said:
2 “Koze kube nini ukhuluma izinto ezinjalo? Amazwi akho angumoya ophenquzayo.
How long will you speak this way, so that the words of your mouth are like a changeable wind?
3 Kambe uNkulunkulu uyakuhlanekela ukulunga na? Kambe uSomandla uyakuhlanekela okuhle na?
Does God supplant judgment, or does the Almighty subvert that which is just?
4 Lapho abantwabakho besona kuye, wabapha isijeziso sokona kwabo.
And if now your children have sinned against him, and he has dismissed them into the power of their iniquity,
5 Kanti nxa wena uzakhangela kuNkulunkulu uncenge kuSomandla,
even so, you should arise early to God, so as to beseech the Almighty.
6 nxa umsulwa ulungile, lamanje nje uzaphakama akusize akubuyisele esimeni sakho.
If you approach with purity and honesty, he will quickly be attentive to you, and a peaceful life will repay your righteousness,
7 Lapho owaqalisa khona kuzakhanya sekukuncinyane, ngoba ngezinsuku ezizayo uzabe usuphumelela kakhulu.
so much so that, if your former things were small, your latter things would be multiplied greatly.
8 Buza izizukulwane ezingaphambili udinge ukuthi okhokho babo bafundani,
For inquire of the earliest generation, and investigate diligently the history of the fathers,
9 ngoba thina sizelwe izolo nje, kasazi lutho, lezinsuku zethu emhlabeni zilithunzi kuphela.
(of course, we are but of yesterday and are ignorant that our days on earth are like a shadow, )
10 Kambe kaziyikukulaya zikutshele na? Kaziyikuletha amazwi okuzwisisa na?
and they will teach you; they will speak with you and will offer you the eloquence of their hearts.
11 Konje imihlanga ingakhula ibe mide ingekho exhaphozini na? Imizi ingaphila kungelamanzi na?
Can the marsh plant live without moisture? Or can sedges grow without water?
12 Nxa leyonqodi isakhula ingakaqunywa imane ibune masinyane kulotshani.
When it is still in flower, and has not been pulled up by hand, it withers before all other plants.
13 Sinjalo isiphetho sabo bonke abakhohlwa uNkulunkulu; litshabalala kanjalo ithemba lalowo ongakholwayo.
Just so are the ways of all who forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite will perish.
14 Lokho akuthembayo kufohlozeka lula; lokho eyeme kukho yibulembu besayobe.
His frenzy will not please him, and his faith will be like a spider’s web.
15 Uyeyama kulobubulembu bakhe, kodwa bubhidlike; uyabambelela kubo, kodwa bukhithike.
He will lean on his house, and it will not stand; he will prop it up, but it will not rise.
16 Unjengesihlahla esithelelwa kakhulu sikhula elangeni, esisabalalisa ingatsha zaso esivandeni;
He seems to have moisture before the sun arrives; and at sunrise, his sprout shoots forth.
17 sinxibanise impande zaso enqunjini yamatshe, sizama ukuzuza ukugxila kuhle ematsheni.
His roots will crowd together over a heap of stones, and among the stones he will remain.
18 Kodwa singasitshulwa kuleyondawo, leyondawo isisilandula ithi, ‘Angikaze ngikubone.’
If someone is devoured right beside him, he will deny him and will say: “I do not know you.”
19 Ngeqiniso impilo yaso iyabuna, ezinye izihlahla zibe zilokhu zikhula emhlabathini lowo.
For this is the benefit of his way, that others in turn may spring up from the earth.
20 Ngeqiniso uNkulunkulu kamlahli umuntu ongelasici futhi kaqinisi izandla zezigangi.
God will not discard the simple, nor will he extend his hand to the spiteful,
21 Usazogcwalisa umlomo wakho ngohleko lezindebe zakho ngokumemeza ngentokozo.
even until your mouth is filled with laughter and your lips with rejoicing.
22 Izitha zakho zizakwembathiswa ngehlazo, lamathente ababi azatshabalala.”
Those who hate you, will be clothed with confusion, and the tabernacle of the impious will not continue.
