UJobe 26
1 Wasephendula uJobe wathi:
Then Job answered,
2 Umsize njani ongelamandla, wasindisa ingalo engelamandla?
“How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
3 Umeluleke njani ongelakuhlakanipha, watshumayela ngobunengi ulwazi oluqotho?
How have you counselled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4 Utshele bani amazwi? Njalo ngumoya kabani ophume kuwe?
To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?
5 Abafileyo bayathuthumela ngaphansi kwamanzi, labahlali bawo.
“The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 Welulela inyakatho phezu kwendawo engelalutho, aphanyeke umhlaba phezu kweze.
He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
8 Uyabophela amanzi emayezini akhe, kodwa amayezi kawadabuki ngaphansi kwawo.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
9 Uyasibekela ubuso besihlalo sakhe sobukhosi, endlale iyezi phezu kwaso.
He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
10 Udwebe umngcele oyisigombolozi phezu kobuso bamanzi, kuze kube sekucineni kokukhanya lomnyama.
He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
11 Insika zamazulu ziyathuthumela, zethuswa yikukhuza kwakhe.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
12 Ngamandla akhe uthulisa ulwandle, langenhlakanipho yakhe uphahlaza ukuziqhenya.
He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
13 Ngomoya wakhe ucecise amazulu; isandla sakhe sagwaza inyoka ebalekayo.
By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
14 Khangela, lokhu kungamaphethelo ezindlela zakhe; kodwa kuzwakala into encinyane kangakanani ngaye! Kanti umdumo wamandla akhe ngubani ongawuqedisisa?
Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”
