UJobe 26
1 Wasephendula uJobe wathi:
Then responded Job, and said: —
2 Umsize njani ongelamandla, wasindisa ingalo engelamandla?
How hast thou given help to one of no-strength? given victory to an arm of no-power?
3 Umeluleke njani ongelakuhlakanipha, watshumayela ngobunengi ulwazi oluqotho?
How hast thou given counsel to one of no-wisdom? or, effective wisdom, abundantly made known?
4 Utshele bani amazwi? Njalo ngumoya kabani ophume kuwe?
Whom hast thou taught speech? Whose inspiration hath come from thee?
5 Abafileyo bayathuthumela ngaphansi kwamanzi, labahlali bawo.
The shades, tremble, beneath the waters and their inhabitants;
Naked is hades before him, and there is no covering to destruction; (Sheol h7585)
7 Welulela inyakatho phezu kwendawo engelalutho, aphanyeke umhlaba phezu kweze.
Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness;
8 Uyabophela amanzi emayezini akhe, kodwa amayezi kawadabuki ngaphansi kwawo.
Who bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent beneath them;
9 Uyasibekela ubuso besihlalo sakhe sobukhosi, endlale iyezi phezu kwaso.
Who shutteth-in the face of the throne, he spreadeth over it his cloud;
10 Udwebe umngcele oyisigombolozi phezu kobuso bamanzi, kuze kube sekucineni kokukhanya lomnyama.
A, boundary, hath he encircled on the face of the waters, as far as where light ends in darkness;
11 Insika zamazulu ziyathuthumela, zethuswa yikukhuza kwakhe.
The pillars of the heavens, are shaken, and are terrified at his rebuke:
12 Ngamandla akhe uthulisa ulwandle, langenhlakanipho yakhe uphahlaza ukuziqhenya.
By his strength, hath he excited the sea, and, by his skill, hath he shattered the Crocodile:
13 Ngomoya wakhe ucecise amazulu; isandla sakhe sagwaza inyoka ebalekayo.
By his spirit, hath he arched the heavens, His hand hath pierced the fleeing serpent.
14 Khangela, lokhu kungamaphethelo ezindlela zakhe; kodwa kuzwakala into encinyane kangakanani ngaye! Kanti umdumo wamandla akhe ngubani ongawuqedisisa?
Lo! these, are the fringes of his way, and what a whisper of a word hath been heard of him! But, the thunder of his might, who could understand?
