Job Replies

¹Wayesephendula uJobe, wathi:

²“Yizwani nokuzwa amazwi ami; lokhu makube yinduduzo evela kini.

³Ngivumeleni ukuba nami ngikhulume; nalapho sengikhulumile, klolodani.

⁴“Mina-ke, ukukhala kwami kungomuntu na? Ngingekhathazeke na?

⁵Ngibukeni, nimangale, nibeke izandla emilonyeni yenu.

⁶Lapho ngikhumbula nje, ngishaywa luvalo; ukwesaba kubamba inyama yami.

⁷Ababi baphilelani, baze babe badala, yebo, bakhule emandleni, na?

⁸Inzalo yabo iyema phambi kwabo kanye nabo, nabantwana babo phambi kwamehlo abo.

⁹Izindlu zabo zinokuthula, azinangebhe; uswazi lukaNkulunkulu aluphezu kwabo.

¹⁰Inkunzi yabo iyakhwela, kayiphuthi; inkomo yabo iyazala, kayiphunzi.

¹¹Bakhipha izingane zabo njengomhlambi; abantwana babo bayagida.

¹²Bahlabelela ngesigubhu nangehabhu, bathokoza ngezwi lomtshingo.

¹³Baqeda imihla yabo ngokuhle, behlela endaweni yabafileyo ngokuthula.

¹⁴Nokho bathi kuNkulunkulu: ‘Suka kithi, asifuni ukwazi izindlela zakho.

¹⁵USomandla uyini ukuba simkhonze na? Siyakuzuzani, uma sikhuleka kuye, na?’

¹⁶Bhekani, inhlanhla yabo ayisesandleni sabo; icebo lababi malibe kude nami.

¹⁷“Kukangaki isibani sababi sicimeka, nengozi ibehlela, babelwe izabelo ngentukuthelo, na?

¹⁸Babeyakuba njengezibi phambi komoya, nanjengamakhoba aphephethwa yisiphepho.

¹⁹UNkulunkulu ubekela abantwana babo ububi babo; yebo, kodwa makabuphindisele kubo uqobo ukuba babazi.

²⁰Awabo amehlo mawabone ukuchithwa kwabo, bona baphuze ukufutheka kukaSomandla.

²¹Banokujabula kuni endlini yabo emva kwabo, lapho umumo wezinyanga zabo usunqunyiwe, na?

²²UNkulunkulu uyakufundiswa ukwazi, yena owahlulela abaphakemeyo, na?

²³“Omunye ufa esemi kahle kukho konke, ezinzile, enokuthula.

²⁴Izinhlangothi zakhe zigcwele amafutha; umnkantsha wamathambo akhe umanzi.

²⁵Omunye ufa enomphefumulo onomunyu, engazange adle okuhle.

²⁶Balala phansi othulini kanyekanye; izimpethu ziyabasibekela.

²⁷Bhekani, ngiyazi imicabango yenu, namacebo enu eniyakungona ngawo.

²⁸Nithi: ‘Iphi indlu yezikhulu, liphi itende lokuhlala kwababi, na?’

²⁹Anibuzanga abadlula endleleni, nibazi ubufakazi babo

³⁰bokuthi omubi ugodlelwa usuku lokubhujiswa nokuthi bayamukiswa ngosuku lwentukuthelo, na?

³¹Ngubani oyakumtshela indlela yakhe ebusweni bakhe? Ngubani oyakumphindisela ngalokho akwenzileyo na?

³²Uyayiswa ethuneni, kulindwe elibeni.

³³Amagabade asesigodini ayakuba mnandi kuye; bonke abantu bayakudonswa emva kwakhe, njengokuba bengenakubalwa nababe phambi kwakhe.

³⁴“Pho, ningiduduzelani ngeze, lokhu ezimpendulweni zenu kusele inkohliso nje, na?”