UJobe 26
1 Wasephendula uJobe wathi:
Job replied,
2 Umsize njani ongelamandla, wasindisa ingalo engelamandla?
“How helpful you have been to this feeble man that I am. How supportive you have been to the weak.
3 Umeluleke njani ongelakuhlakanipha, watshumayela ngobunengi ulwazi oluqotho?
What good advice you have given to this ignorant man, demonstrating you have so much wisdom.
4 Utshele bani amazwi? Njalo ngumoya kabani ophume kuwe?
Who helped you speak these words? Who inspired you to say such things?
5 Abafileyo bayathuthumela ngaphansi kwamanzi, labahlali bawo.
The dead tremble, those beneath the waters.
Sheol lies naked before God, Abaddon is uncovered. (Sheol h7585)
7 Welulela inyakatho phezu kwendawo engelalutho, aphanyeke umhlaba phezu kweze.
He stretches the northern sky over empty space; he hangs the world on nothing.
8 Uyabophela amanzi emayezini akhe, kodwa amayezi kawadabuki ngaphansi kwawo.
He gathers the rain in his storm clouds which do not break under the weight.
9 Uyasibekela ubuso besihlalo sakhe sobukhosi, endlale iyezi phezu kwaso.
He veils his throne; covering it with his clouds.
10 Udwebe umngcele oyisigombolozi phezu kobuso bamanzi, kuze kube sekucineni kokukhanya lomnyama.
On the surface of the waters he set a boundary; he set a limit dividing light from darkness.
11 Insika zamazulu ziyathuthumela, zethuswa yikukhuza kwakhe.
The pillars of heaven tremble; they shake with fear at his rebuke.
12 Ngamandla akhe uthulisa ulwandle, langenhlakanipho yakhe uphahlaza ukuziqhenya.
He calmed the sea with his power; because he knew what to do he crushed Rahab.
13 Ngomoya wakhe ucecise amazulu; isandla sakhe sagwaza inyoka ebalekayo.
The breath of his voice made the heavens beautiful; with his hand he pierced the gliding serpent.
14 Khangela, lokhu kungamaphethelo ezindlela zakhe; kodwa kuzwakala into encinyane kangakanani ngaye! Kanti umdumo wamandla akhe ngubani ongawuqedisisa?
This is just a little of all he does—what we hear of him is hardly a whisper, so who can understand his thunderous power?”
