UJobe 26
1 Wasephendula uJobe wathi:
Then Job responded by saying:
2 Umsize njani ongelamandla, wasindisa ingalo engelamandla?
Whose assistant are you? Is he weak-minded? And do you sustain the arm of him that is not strong?
3 Umeluleke njani ongelakuhlakanipha, watshumayela ngobunengi ulwazi oluqotho?
To whom have you given advice? Perhaps it is to him that has no wisdom or prudence that you have revealed your many ideas.
4 Utshele bani amazwi? Njalo ngumoya kabani ophume kuwe?
Who is it that you wanted to teach? Was it not him that created the breath of life?
5 Abafileyo bayathuthumela ngaphansi kwamanzi, labahlali bawo.
Behold, giant things groan under the waters, and they dwell with them.
The underworld is naked before him, and there is no covering for perdition. (Sheol h7585)
7 Welulela inyakatho phezu kwendawo engelalutho, aphanyeke umhlaba phezu kweze.
He stretched out the North over emptiness, and he suspended the land over nothing.
8 Uyabophela amanzi emayezini akhe, kodwa amayezi kawadabuki ngaphansi kwawo.
He secures the waters in his clouds, so that they do not burst forth downward all at once.
9 Uyasibekela ubuso besihlalo sakhe sobukhosi, endlale iyezi phezu kwaso.
He holds back the face of his throne, and he stretches his cloud over it.
10 Udwebe umngcele oyisigombolozi phezu kobuso bamanzi, kuze kube sekucineni kokukhanya lomnyama.
He has set limits around the waters, until light and darkness shall reach their limit.
11 Insika zamazulu ziyathuthumela, zethuswa yikukhuza kwakhe.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are frightened at his nod.
12 Ngamandla akhe uthulisa ulwandle, langenhlakanipho yakhe uphahlaza ukuziqhenya.
By his strength, the seas suddenly gather together, and his foresight has struck the arrogant.
13 Ngomoya wakhe ucecise amazulu; isandla sakhe sagwaza inyoka ebalekayo.
His spirit has adorned the heavens, and his birthing hand has brought forth the winding serpent.
14 Khangela, lokhu kungamaphethelo ezindlela zakhe; kodwa kuzwakala into encinyane kangakanani ngaye! Kanti umdumo wamandla akhe ngubani ongawuqedisisa?
Behold, these things have been said about his ways in part, and, since we barely have heard a small drop of his word, who will be able to gaze upon the thunder of his greatness?
