UJobe 11
1 Wasephendula uZofari umNahama wathi:
And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
2 Kambe kabuphendulwa yini ubunengi bamazwi? Njalo isilawuli singalungisiswa yini?
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?
3 Ukulawula kwakho kuzathulisa abantu yini? Lapho ukloloda, kakho ongakuyangisa yini?
Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make [thee] ashamed?
4 Ngoba uthe: Imfundiso yami ihlanzekile, ngihlambulukile emehlweni akho.
For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
5 Kodwa-ke kungathi uNkulunkulu angakhuluma, avule indebe zakhe kuwe,
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
6 ukuze akwazise imfihlakalo zenhlakanipho, ukuthi ziphindwe kabili ngenhlakanipho eqotho. Yazi-ke ukuthi uNkulunkulu ubiza kuwe okulutshwana kulecala lakho.
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know that God passeth by [much] of thine iniquity!
7 Ungafumana ukujula kukaNkulunkulu na? Ungamfumana yini uSomandla kuze kube sekupheleleni?
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
[It is as] the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)
9 Isilinganiso sakho side kulomhlaba, sibanzi kulolwandle.
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10 Uba esedlula avalele kumbe abuthanise, ngubani-ke ongamnqanda?
If he pass by, and shut up, and call to judgment, who can hinder him?
11 Ngoba yena uyabazi abantu abayize, uyabona ububi; ngakho kayikukuqaphelisa yini?
For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when [man] doth not consider it;
12 Ngoba umuntu oyisiphukuphuku angaba lokuqedisisa, lanxa umuntu engazalwa njengethole likababhemi weganga.
Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born [like] the foal of a wild ass.
13 Uba wena ulungisa inhliziyo yakho, welulele izandla zakho kuye,
If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him,
14 uba ububi busesandleni sakho, bubeke khatshana, lobubi kabungahlali emathenteni akho.
If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;
15 Ngoba lapho uzaphakamisa ubuso bakho ungelasici, njalo uqine, ungesabi.
Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear:
16 Ngoba wena uzakhohlwa usizi lwakho, ulukhumbule njengamanzi asedlulile.
For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are passed away shalt thou remember it;
17 Lobude bempilo yakho buzakhanya kulemini enkulu; loba kulomnyama kuzakuba njengekuseni.
And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,
18 Njalo uzakuba lethemba ngoba kulethemba; uzagebha, uzalala ngokuvikeleka.
And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about [thee], thou shalt take rest in safety.
19 Uzalala, njalo kakho ozakwethusa, labanengi bazancenga phambi kwakho.
Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour.
20 Kodwa amehlo ababi azafiphala, lesiphephelo sizachitheka kubo, lethemba labo lizakuba yikuphela komphefumulo.
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and [all] refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope [shall be] the breathing out of life.
