Job 22

Inkulumo yesithathu kaElifazi: Uthi ububi bukaJobe bukhulu

1Wasephendula uElifazi umThemani wathi a:

2Umuntu angaba losizo kuNkulunkulu yini b, ngoba ohlakaniphileyo elusizo kuye ngokwakhe c? 3Kuyintokozo yini kuSomandla ukuthi ulungile? Kumbe inzuzo kuye ukuthi uphelelise indlela zakho d? 4Uzakusola yini ngenxa yokwesaba kwakho? Uzangena lawe kusahlulelo e.

5Ububi bakho kabubukhulu yini, lezono zakho kazilakuphela? 6Ngoba uthethe isibambiso kubafowenu kungelasizatho f, wahlubula abanqunu izigqoko g. 7Kawumnathisanga amanzi odiniweyo, lolambileyo umgodlele ukudla h. 8Kodwa umuntu olengalo, umhlaba ungowakhe, lowemukeleka ebusweni wahlala kuwo i. 9Uxotshile abafelokazi bengelalutho j, lengalo k zezintandane zichotshoziwe l. 10Ngakho-ke imijibila ikuhanqile, lovalo luhle lwakwesabisa m, 11kumbe ubumnyama ukuze ungaboni, lesikhukhula n samanzi sikusibekele o.

12UNkulunkulu kakho yini engqongeni yamazulu? Bona-ke ingqonga yezinkanyezi, ukuthi ziphakeme p kangakanani. 13Kanti uthi: UNkulunkulu wazini q? Angahlulela yini engemuva komnyama onzima r? 14Amayezi amnyama ayisisibekelo sakhe ukuze angaboni s, uhamba esigombolozini samazulu t.

15Usunanzelele indlela endala yini abantu ababi abanyathela kuyo u? 16Abahluthunwa v kungakabi yisikhathi w; uzamcolo wathululwa phezu kwesisekelo sabo. 17Abathi kuNkulunkulu: Suka kithi x. LoSomandla wayenzeni y kubo z? 18Kanti yena wayegcwalise izindlu zabo ngokuhle; kodwa icebo labakhohlakeleyo likhatshana lami aa. 19Abalungileyo bayakubona bathokoze ab, lomsulwa ubahleka usulu ac. 20Isibili isitha sethu sichithiwe, lomlilo uqede insali yabo ad.

21Ake wejwayelane laye ae, ube lokuthula af, ngalokho okuhle kuzakuza kuwe. 22Ake wemukele umlayo ovela emlonyeni wakhe, ubeke amazwi akhe enhliziyweni yakho ag. 23Uba ubuyela kuSomandla ah, uzakwakhiwa ai, ususe okubi aj khatshana lamathente akho ak. 24Ubusubeka igolide lakho othulini, legolide leOfiri elitsheni lezifula al. 25Ngakho uSomandla uzakuba ligolide lakho, lesiliva sakho esinengi. 26Ngoba ngalesosikhathi uzazithokozisa ngoSomandla am, uphakamisele ubuso bakho kuNkulunkulu an. 27Uzakhuleka kuye, akuzwe ao, ukhokhe izifungo zakho ap. 28Uzaquma-ke udaba aq, luqiniseke kuwe ar, lokukhanya kukhanye endleleni zakho as. 29Nxa behliselwe phansi, ubususithi: Phezulu at! Abesesindisa othobekileyo ngamehlo au. 30Uzamkhulula ongemsulwa; njalo ukhululwa ngokuhlanzeka kwezandla zakho av.

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