Job 36

U-Elihu Uqhubeka Ekhuluma

1U-Elihu waqhubeka esithi:

2“Ake lingibekezelele okwesikhatshana ukuze ngilitshengise
ukuthi kunengi okumele kutshiwo ngobuhle bukaNkulunkulu.
3Ngiluzuza kude ulwazi lwami;
ngithi ukwahlulela okulungileyo ngokukaMenzi wami.
4Yiba leqiniso ukuthi amazwi ami aqinisile;
yena opheleleyo elwazini ulawe.

5UNkulunkulu ulamandla, kodwa keyisi muntu;
ulamandla njalo katshedi ezimisweni zakhe.
6Ababi kabayekeli bephila
kodwa abahluphekayo uyabapha okubafaneleyo.
7Kawasusi amehlo akhe kwabalungileyo;
ubakhweza esihlalweni kanye lamakhosi
abaphakamise nini lanini.
8Kodwa nxa abantu bebotshwe ngamaketane,
bethiwe nko ngezibopho zezinhlupheko,
9uyabatshela lokho abakwenzileyo,
ukuthi benze isono ngokuziphakamisa.
10Ubenza balalele ukuqondiswa
abalaye ukuthi baphenduke ebubini babo.
11Nxa bemlalela bamkhonze,
zonke insuku zabo eziseleyo zizaphumelela,
leminyaka yabo ibe ngeyokusuthiseka.
12Kodwa nxa bengalaleli,
bazabhubha ngenkemba,
bafe bengelalwazi.

13Abangamesabiyo uNkulunkulu bagodle ukusola enhliziyweni;
loba angaze ababophe kabaceli ukusizwa.
14Bafa besesebatsha,
bephakathi kweziphingi ezingamadoda,
ezihlala ezindaweni zokukhonzela.
15Kodwa labo abahluphekayo
uyabakhulula ekuhluphekeni kwabo;
ukhuluma labo besezinkathazweni zabo.

16Uyakulimukisa ukuthi uphume emihlathini yosizi
uye endaweni ebanzi,
ekhululekileyo njalo engelazibopho,
ebumnandini betafula yakho igcwele izidlo ezimnandi.
17Kodwa manje usindwa yikwahlulelwa okulungele ababi;
ukuthonisiswa lokwahlulelwa ngokulunga
yikho osekukuduba.
18Qaphela kungabikhona okulingayo ngenotho;
ungavumeli ukuthengwa ngemali kukususe endleleni.
19Kambe inotho yakho loba konke ukutshikatshika kwakho
kungakusekela ukuze ungangeni osizini na?
20Ungalangazeleli ubusuku,
ukuze uyohudula abantu ezindaweni zabo.
21Qaphela ungangeni kokubi,
okukhanya ingathi uyakuthanda kulokuhlupheka.

22UNkulunkulu uphakeme ngamandla akhe.
Ngubani ongafundisa njengaye na?
23Ngubani omisele izindlela zakhe na,
loba othe kuye, ‘Usuwenze okungalunganga?’
24Khumbula ukukhulisa umsebenzi wakhe,
abantu abawudumisileyo ngengoma.
25Bonke abantu jikelele bakubonile lokhu;
abantu bakukhangela bemi khatshana.
26Ubukhulu bukaNkulunkulu bungaphezulu kokuzwisisa kwethu!
Iminyaka yakhe ingezake yaziwe.

27Uyawadonsa amathonsi amanzi,
aqulungane abe lizulu elingena ezifuleni;
28amayezi athulula amanzi awo
kune izulu elikhulu ebantwini.
29Ngubani ongakuzwisisa ukuthi uwendlala njani amayezi na,
ukuthi ukhwaza njani esesiqongweni sakhe na?
30Ake libone ukuthi uwuhlakaza njani umbane wakhe azizingelezele ngawo,
abhukutshe ezinzikini zolwandle.
31Yiyo indlela abusa ngayo izizwe
aziphe ukudla okunengi.
32Ugcwalisa izandla zakhe ngombane
awukhombise lapho omele utshaye khona.
33Ukuduma kwakhe kubika isiphepho esizayo;
lenkomo ziyatshengisa ukuza kwaso.”