UJobe 23
1 Wasephendula uJobe wathi:
Then Job answered and said,
2 Lalamuhla isikhalazo sami silokubaba; isandla sami sinzima phezu kokububula kwami.
Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3 Kungathi ngabe ngiyazi lapho engingamthola khona! Bengingeza enkundleni yakhe!
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
4 Ngibeke kuhle udaba lwami phambi kwakhe, ngigcwalise umlomo wami ngokuphikisa.
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 Bengingawazi amazwi azangiphendula ngawo, ngiqedisise azakutsho kimi.
I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6 Uzaphikisana lami ngobukhulu bamandla yini? Hatshi, kodwa uzabeka inhliziyo yakhe kimi.
Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
7 Lapho oqotho angaphikisana laye; ngakho bengizaphepha phakade kumahluleli wami.
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8 Khangelani ngiya phambili, kodwa kakho, lemuva, kodwa kangimboni.
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9 Ngakwesokhohlo ekusebenzeni kwakhe, kodwa kangimboni; uyacatsha ngakwesokunene, kodwa kangimboni.
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
10 Kanti uyayazi indlela elami; kangihlole, ngizaphuma njengegolide.
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 Unyawo lwami lubambelele enyathelweni lakhe, ngiyigcinile indlela yakhe, kangiphambukanga.
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
12 Kangisukanga lemlayweni wezindebe zakhe, ngawalondoloza amazwi omlomo wakhe okwedlula isabelo sami.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
13 Kodwa yena ukokukodwa, ngubani-ke ongambuyisela emuva? Lokho umphefumulo wakhe okufisayo uyakwenza.
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
14 Ngoba uzaphelelisa engikumiselweyo; lezinto ezinengi ezinjalo zikuye.
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
15 Ngenxa yalokho ngitshaywa luvalo phambi kwakhe; ngicabanga, ngiyamesaba.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16 Ngoba uNkulunkulu wenze inhliziyo yami yaphela amandla, loSomandla ungethusile.
For El maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
17 Ngoba kangiqunywanga phambi komnyama, wagubuzela ubumnyama ebusweni bami.
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
