UJobe 23
1 Wasephendula uJobe wathi:
And Job answers and says:
2 Lalamuhla isikhalazo sami silokubaba; isandla sami sinzima phezu kokububula kwami.
“Also—today my complaint [is] bitter, My hand has been heavy because of my sighing.
3 Kungathi ngabe ngiyazi lapho engingamthola khona! Bengingeza enkundleni yakhe!
O that I had known—and I find Him, I come to His seat,
4 Ngibeke kuhle udaba lwami phambi kwakhe, ngigcwalise umlomo wami ngokuphikisa.
I arrange the cause before Him, And fill my mouth [with] arguments.
5 Bengingawazi amazwi azangiphendula ngawo, ngiqedisise azakutsho kimi.
I know the words He answers me, And understand what He says to me.
6 Uzaphikisana lami ngobukhulu bamandla yini? Hatshi, kodwa uzabeka inhliziyo yakhe kimi.
Does He strive with me in the abundance of power? No! Surely He puts [it] in me.
7 Lapho oqotho angaphikisana laye; ngakho bengizaphepha phakade kumahluleli wami.
There the upright reason with Him, And I escape from mine who is judging—forever.
8 Khangelani ngiya phambili, kodwa kakho, lemuva, kodwa kangimboni.
Behold, I go forward—and He is not, And backward—and I do not perceive Him.
9 Ngakwesokhohlo ekusebenzeni kwakhe, kodwa kangimboni; uyacatsha ngakwesokunene, kodwa kangimboni.
[To] the left in His working—and I do not see, He is covered [on] the right, and I do not behold.
10 Kanti uyayazi indlela elami; kangihlole, ngizaphuma njengegolide.
For He has known the way with me, He has tried me—I go forth as gold.
11 Unyawo lwami lubambelele enyathelweni lakhe, ngiyigcinile indlela yakhe, kangiphambukanga.
My foot has laid hold on His step, I have kept His way, and do not turn aside,
12 Kangisukanga lemlayweni wezindebe zakhe, ngawalondoloza amazwi omlomo wakhe okwedlula isabelo sami.
The command of His lips, and I do not depart. I have laid up above my allotted portion The sayings of His mouth.
13 Kodwa yena ukokukodwa, ngubani-ke ongambuyisela emuva? Lokho umphefumulo wakhe okufisayo uyakwenza.
And He [is] in one [mind], And who turns Him back? And His soul has desired—and He does [it].
14 Ngoba uzaphelelisa engikumiselweyo; lezinto ezinengi ezinjalo zikuye.
For He completes my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.
15 Ngenxa yalokho ngitshaywa luvalo phambi kwakhe; ngicabanga, ngiyamesaba.
Therefore, I am troubled at His presence, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
16 Ngoba uNkulunkulu wenze inhliziyo yami yaphela amandla, loSomandla ungethusile.
And God has made my heart soft, And the Mighty has troubled me.
17 Ngoba kangiqunywanga phambi komnyama, wagubuzela ubumnyama ebusweni bami.
For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.”
