Elihu Speaks

¹Lawo madoda amathathu ayeseyeka ukumphendula uJobe, ngokuba wayelungile emehlweni akhe.

²Lwase luvutha ulaka luka-Elihu, indodana kaBarakeli, umBuzi womndeni kaRamu; ulaka lwakhe lwavuthela uJobe, ngokuba wazithetha yena kunoNkulunkulu.

³Ulaka lwakhe lwavuthela nabangane bakhe abathathu, ngokuba noma bengafumananga impendulo, bamlahla nokho uJobe.

⁴U-Elihu wayelindele ukukhuluma kuJobe, ngokuba bona babebadala kunaye.

⁵Lapho u-Elihu esebona ukuthi ayikho impendulo emilonyeni yalawo madoda amathathu, lwavutha ulaka lwakhe.

⁶U-Elihu, indodana kaBarakeli, umBuzi, wayesethatha-ke, wathi: “Mina ngisemusha ngeminyaka, nina nibadala; ngalokho nganginamahloni, ngesaba ukunitshela umqondo wami.

⁷Ngathi: ‘Makukhulume izinsuku, ubuningi beminyaka bazise ukuhlakanipha.’

⁸Nokho kukhona umoya kumuntu; ukuphefumula kukaSomandla kuyabaqondisa.

⁹Abakhulu abahlakaniphile, nabadala abaqondi ukwahlulela.

¹⁰“Ngalokho ngithi: Ngizweni; nami ngiyakusho umqondo wami.

¹¹Bhekani, ngilindele amazwi enu, ngabeka indlebe emiqondweni yenu, nisaphenya eniyakukusho.

¹²Nganilalela nina; bhekani, kwakungekho noyedwa owamahlula uJobe nowaphendula amazwi akhe phakathi kwenu.

¹³Maningasho ukuthi: ‘Sifumene ukuhlakanipha; uNkulunkulu angamphengulula, hhayi umuntu.’

¹⁴Akahlelelanga mina amazwi akhe; angiyikumphendula ngezinkulumo zenu.

¹⁵“Bayakhungatheka, abasaphenduli; baphelelwa ngamazwi.

¹⁶Ngibalindele yini, uma bengakhulumi, na? Ngokuba bemi bengasaphenduli.

¹⁷Nami ngiyakuphendula okwami, ngitshengise nami umqondo wami.

¹⁸Ngokuba ngigcwele amazwi; umoya phakathi kwami uyangiqhubezela.

¹⁹Bhekani, okuphakathi kwami kunjengewayini elingenambobo; kucishe ukuqhuma njengezimvaba ezintsha.

²⁰Ngiyakukhuluma ukuba ngikhululeke; ngiyakuvula izindebe zami ukuba ngiphendule.

²¹Mangingakhethi ubuso bamuntu, ngingathophi nobani.

²²Ngokuba angikwazi ukuthopha; uma kunjalo, uMenzi wami angangisusa masinyane.