Job 35

2 Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kuqondile yini? Uthe: Ukulunga kwami kwedlula okukaNkulunkulu ^b. 3 Ngoba uthe kusizani kuwe ^c, kungisizani okwedlula isono sami ^d? 4 Mina ngizakuphendula, labangane bakho kanye lawe ^e. 5 Khangela amazulu ubone; ukhangele amayezi, aphakeme kulawe ^f. 6 Uba usona, wenzani kuye? Uba iziphambeko zakho zizinengi, wenzani kuye ^g? 7 Uba ulungile, umnikani, kumbe wemukelani esandleni sakho ^h? 8 Ububi bakho buthinta umuntu onjengawe ⁱ, lokulunga kwakho indodana yomuntu ^j. 9 Ngenxa yobunengi bencindezelo ^k babenza bakhale ^l; bayakhala ngenxa yengalo yabalamandla ^m. 10 Kodwa kakho othi: Ungaphi uNkulunkulu umenzi wami ⁿ, onika amahubo ^o ebusuku ^p, 11 osifundisa okwedlula inyamazana zomhlaba, asenze sihlakaniphe okwedlula inyoni zamazulu? 12 Lapho bayakhala, kodwa kaphenduli, ngenxa yokuzigqaja kwababi ^q. 13 Isibili uNkulunkulu kayikuzwa ize, loSomandla kayikukunanza ^r.

14 Yebo, lanxa usithi: Kawumboni ^s, kanti isahlulelo siphambi kwakhe; ngakho umlindele ^t. 15 Kodwa khathesi, ngoba intukuthelo yakhe ingajezisanga ^u, laye kayikwejwayela kakhulu yini ukuziphakamisa? 16 Ngakho uJobe uvule umlomo wakhe ^v ngeze ^w, wandisa amazwi ^x engelalwazi ^y.