UJobe 33
1 Kube kanti-ke, Jobe, ake uzwe inkulumo zami, ubeke indlebe kuwo wonke amazwi ami.
However, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, and hearken to all my words.
2 Khangelani, sengivule umlomo wami, ulimi lwami lukhuluma emlonyeni wami.
Behold now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
3 Amazwi ami angawokuqonda kwenhliziyo yami, azakhuluma ulwazi lwendebe zami ngokuhlanzeka.
My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart, and that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
4 UMoya kaNkulunkulu wangenza, lokuphefumula kukaSomandla kwanginika impilo.
The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
5 Uba ulakho ngiphendula; zihlele phambi kwami, uzimise.
If thou can, answer thou me. Set thy words in order before me. Stand forth.
6 Khangela, nginjengawe kuNkulunkulu, lami ngathatshwa ebumbeni.
Behold, I am toward God even as thou are. I also am formed out of the clay.
7 Khangela, ukwethusa kwami kungakwethusi, lesandla sami singabi nzima phezu kwakho.
Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, nor shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.
8 Isibili ukhulume endlebeni zami, ngezwa ilizwi lamazwi, uthi:
Surely thou have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
9 Ngimsulwa, kangilasiphambeko, ngihlanzekile, njalo kakulabubi kimi.
I am clean, without transgression. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
10 Khangela, uthola amathuba okumelana lami, ungibala njengesitha sakhe.
Thou say, Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.
11 Ufaka inyawo zami esigodweni, aqaphele zonke indlela zami.
He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks all my paths.
12 Khangela, kulokhu kawulunganga; ngizakuphendula, ngoba uNkulunkulu mkhulu kulomuntu.
Behold, I will answer thee. In this thou are not just, for God is greater than man.
13 Umphikiselani? Ngoba engaphenduli leyodwa yezindaba zakhe.
Why do thou strive against him because he does not give account of any of his matters?
14 Ngoba uNkulunkulu ukhuluma kanye, yebo, kabili, engekho onanzayo.
For God speaks once, yea twice, though man does not regard it.
15 Ephutsheni, kumbono webusuku, lapho ubuthongo obunzima busehlela abantu, ekuwozeleni embhedeni;
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumberings upon the bed.
16 abesesembula indlebe yabantu, aphawule ukuqondiswa kwabo;
Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction
17 ukuze aphambule umuntu ekwenzenikwakhe, afihle ukuzigqaja emuntwini,
that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
18 anqande umphefumulo wakhe egodini, lempilo yakhe ekwedluleni ngenkemba.
He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
19 Njalo ujeziswa ngobuhlungu embhedeni wakhe, langokuqaqamba kwamathambo akhe okungapheliyo,
He also is chastened with pain upon his bed, and with continual strife in his bones,
20 ize impilo yakhe inengwe yisinkwa, lomphefumulo wakhe yikudla okuloyisekayo.
so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
21 Inyama yakhe iyaphela, ingabonakali, lamathambo akhe abekade engabonakali avele.
His flesh is consumed away that it cannot be seen. And his bones that were not seen stick out.
22 Lomphefumulo wakhe useduze legodi, lempilo yakhe kubabulali.
Yea, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
23 Uba kulesithunywa kanye laye, umlamuli, oyedwa phakathi kwenkulungwane, ukutshela umuntu ukuqonda kwakhe,
If there be with him an agent, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,
24 uzakuba lomusa kuye athi: Mkhulule ekwehleleni egodini, sengithole inhlawulo.
then God is gracious to him, and says, Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom.
25 Inyama yakhe izakuba ntsha okwedlula ubutsha; abuyele ensukwini zobutsha bakhe.
His flesh shall be fresher than a child's. He returns to the days of his youth.
26 Akhuleke kuNkulunkulu, ozakuba lesisa kuye, abone ubuso bakhe ngentokozo; ngoba uzabuyisela emuntwini ukulunga kwakhe.
He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy, and he restores to man his righteousness.
27 Ukhangela ebantwini athi: Ngonile, ngahlanekela okulungileyo, kodwa kakungisizanga.
He sings before men, and says, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me.
28 Uhlengile umphefumulo wami ekwedluleni egodini, lempilo yami izabona ukukhanya.
He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall behold the light.
29 Khangelani, lezizinto uNkulunkulu uyazenza ngomuntu kabili kumbe kathathu,
Lo, all these things God works twice, yea thrice, with a man,
30 ukuze abuyise umphefumulo wakhe egodini, ukuze akhanyiswe ngokukhanya kwabaphilayo.
to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
31 Zwana, Jobe, ungilalele, uthule, njalo mina ngikhulume.
Mark well, O Job, hearken to me. Keep silent, and I will speak.
32 Uba kulamazwi, ungiphendule; khuluma, ngoba ngifisa ukutshengisa ukuthi ulungile.
If thou have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify thee.
33 Uba kungenjalo, wena ngilalela; thula, njalo ngizakufundisa inhlakanipho.
If not, hearken thou to me. Keep silent, and I will teach thee.
