Job's Integrity

¹UJobe wabuye waphakamisa izwi lakhe, wathi:

²“Kuphila kukaNkulunkulu osusile ukwahlulelwa kwami, noSomandla owenze munyu umphefumulo wami,

³kusekhona ukuphefumula kimi, nomoya kaNkulunkulu usemakhaleni ami,

⁴izindebe zami aziyikukhuluma okubi, nolimi lwami aluyikukhipha inkohliso.

⁵Makube kude nami ukuba nginivumele; angiyikuzaphuca ukuphelela kwami ngize ngife.

⁶Ngibambelela ekulungeni kwami, angikuyeki; inhliziyo yami ayisoli nowodwa wemihla yami.

⁷“Isitha sami masibe njengomubi, nongisukelayo njengowonileyo.

⁸Liyini ithemba longenaNkulunkulu, nxa enqunywa, lapho uNkulunkulu esusa umphefumulo wakhe, na?

⁹UNkulunkulu uyakuzwa ukukhala kwakhe, lapho ehlelwa lusizi, na?

¹⁰Uyakuthokoza ngoSomandla, ambize uNkulunkulu ngezikhathi zonke, na?

¹¹“Ngiyakunifundisa ngesandla sikaNkulunkulu; okukuSomandla angiyikukufihla.

¹²Bhekani, nina nonke nikubonile; kungani ukuba nizenze ize na?

¹³“Lokhu kuyisabelo somuntu omubi kuNkulunkulu, nefa lezidlwangudlwangu ezilamukela kuSomandla.

¹⁴Uma abantwana bakhe banda, bandela inkemba; inzalo yakhe ayiyikusutha ngokudla.

¹⁵Abasele kuye bayakumbelwa ekufeni, abafelokazi babo bangalili.

¹⁶Noma enqwabela isiliva njengothuli, alungise izambatho njengodaka,

¹⁷makakulungise, kepha kuyakwembathwa ngolungileyo, ongenacala abele isiliva.

¹⁸Uyakha indlu yakhe njengenundu, ibe njengedlangala elakhiwa ngumlindi.

¹⁹Uyalala enothile, angakuphindi kodwa; uyavula amehlo akhe, abe engasekho.

²⁰Ingebhe iyamehlela njengamanzi; isivunguvungu siyamphephula ebusuku.

²¹Umoya wasempumalanga uyamthatha, amuke; uyambhengula endaweni yakhe.

²²Uyacibishelwa engahawukelwa; uyabaleka nokubaleka esandleni sakhe.

²³Abantu bayakumshayela ihlombe, bamncimfele ukuba asuke endaweni yakhe.