UJobe 11
1 Wasephendula uZofari umNahama wathi:
and to answer Zophar [the] Naamathite and to say
2 Kambe kabuphendulwa yini ubunengi bamazwi? Njalo isilawuli singalungisiswa yini?
abundance word not to answer and if: surely no man lip: words to justify
3 Ukulawula kwakho kuzathulisa abantu yini? Lapho ukloloda, kakho ongakuyangisa yini?
bluster your man be quiet and to mock and nothing be humiliated
4 Ngoba uthe: Imfundiso yami ihlanzekile, ngihlambulukile emehlweni akho.
and to say pure teaching my and pure to be in/on/with eye your
5 Kodwa-ke kungathi uNkulunkulu angakhuluma, avule indebe zakhe kuwe,
and but who? to give: if only! god to speak: speak and to open lips his with you
6 ukuze akwazise imfihlakalo zenhlakanipho, ukuthi ziphindwe kabili ngenhlakanipho eqotho. Yazi-ke ukuthi uNkulunkulu ubiza kuwe okulutshwana kulecala lakho.
and to tell to/for you secret wisdom for double to/for wisdom and to know for to forget to/for you god from iniquity: guilt your
7 Ungafumana ukujula kukaNkulunkulu na? Ungamfumana yini uSomandla kuze kube sekupheleleni?
search god to find if: surely no till limit Almighty to find
height heaven what? to work deep from hell: Sheol what? to know (Sheol h7585)
9 Isilinganiso sakho side kulomhlaba, sibanzi kulolwandle.
long from land: country/planet garment her and broad: wide from sea
10 Uba esedlula avalele kumbe abuthanise, ngubani-ke ongamnqanda?
if to pass and to shut and to gather and who? to return: return him
11 Ngoba yena uyabazi abantu abayize, uyabona ububi; ngakho kayikukuqaphelisa yini?
for he/she/it to know man vanity: false and to see: see evil: wickedness and not to understand
12 Ngoba umuntu oyisiphukuphuku angaba lokuqedisisa, lanxa umuntu engazalwa njengethole likababhemi weganga.
and man be hollow to encourage and colt wild donkey man to beget
13 Uba wena ulungisa inhliziyo yakho, welulele izandla zakho kuye,
if you(m. s.) to establish: prepare heart your and to spread to(wards) him palm your
14 uba ububi busesandleni sakho, bubeke khatshana, lobubi kabungahlali emathenteni akho.
if evil: wickedness in/on/with hand your to remove him and not to dwell in/on/with tent your injustice
15 Ngoba lapho uzaphakamisa ubuso bakho ungelasici, njalo uqine, ungesabi.
for then to lift: kindness face: kindness your from blemish and to be to pour: firm and not to fear
16 Ngoba wena uzakhohlwa usizi lwakho, ulukhumbule njengamanzi asedlulile.
for you(m. s.) trouble to forget like/as water to pass to remember
17 Lobude bempilo yakho buzakhanya kulemini enkulu; loba kulomnyama kuzakuba njengekuseni.
and from midday to arise: establish lifetime/world gloom like/as morning to be
18 Njalo uzakuba lethemba ngoba kulethemba; uzagebha, uzalala ngokuvikeleka.
and to trust for there hope and to search to/for security to lie down: sleep
19 Uzalala, njalo kakho ozakwethusa, labanengi bazancenga phambi kwakho.
and to stretch and nothing to tremble and to beg face of your many
20 Kodwa amehlo ababi azafiphala, lesiphephelo sizachitheka kubo, lethemba labo lizakuba yikuphela komphefumulo.
and eye wicked to end: expend and refuge to perish from them and hope their exhalation soul: life
