UJobe 35
1 UElihu wasephendula wathi:
Elihu spake moreouer, and said,
2 Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kuqondile yini? Uthe: Ukulunga kwami kwedlula okukaNkulunkulu.
Thinkest thou this right, that thou hast said, I am more righteous then God?
3 Ngoba uthe kusizani kuwe, kungisizani okwedlula isono sami?
For thou hast said, What profiteth it thee and what auaileth it me, to purge me from my sinne?
4 Mina ngizakuphendula, labangane bakho kanye lawe.
Therefore will I answere thee, and thy companions with thee.
5 Khangela amazulu ubone; ukhangele amayezi, aphakeme kulawe.
Looke vnto the heauen, and see and behold the cloudes which are hyer then thou.
6 Uba usona, wenzani kuye? Uba iziphambeko zakho zizinengi, wenzani kuye?
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him, yea, when thy sinnes be many, what doest thou vnto him?
7 Uba ulungile, umnikani, kumbe wemukelani esandleni sakho?
If thou be righteous, what giuest thou vnto him? or what receiueth he at thine hand?
8 Ububi bakho buthinta umuntu onjengawe, lokulunga kwakho indodana yomuntu.
Thy wickednesse may hurt a man as thou art: and thy righteousnes may profite ye sonne of man.
9 Ngenxa yobunengi bencindezelo babenza bakhale; bayakhala ngenxa yengalo yabalamandla.
They cause many that are oppressed, to crye, which crye out for ye violence of the mightie.
10 Kodwa kakho othi: Ungaphi uNkulunkulu umenzi wami, onika amahubo ebusuku,
But none saieth, Where is God that made me, which giueth songs in the nyght?
11 osifundisa okwedlula inyamazana zomhlaba, asenze sihlakaniphe okwedlula inyoni zamazulu?
Which teacheth vs more then the beastes of the earth, and giueth vs more wisdome then the foules of the heauen.
12 Lapho bayakhala, kodwa kaphenduli, ngenxa yokuzigqaja kwababi.
Then they crye because of the violence of the wicked, but he answereth not.
13 Isibili uNkulunkulu kayikuzwa ize, loSomandla kayikukunanza.
Surely God will not heare vanitie, neyther will the Almightie regard it.
14 Yebo, lanxa usithi: Kawumboni, kanti isahlulelo siphambi kwakhe; ngakho umlindele.
Although thou sayest to God, Thou wilt not regard it, yet iudgement is before him: trust thou in him.
15 Kodwa khathesi, ngoba intukuthelo yakhe ingajezisanga, laye kayikwejwayela kakhulu yini ukuziphakamisa?
But nowe because his anger hath not visited, nor called to count the euill with great extremitie,
16 Ngakho uJobe uvule umlomo wakhe ngeze, wandisa amazwi engelalwazi.
Therfore Iob openeth his mouth in vaine, and multiplieth wordes without knowledge.
