Job 33

U-Elihu Uqhubeka Ekhuluma

1“Khathesi-ke, Jobe, lalela amazwi ami;
lalelisisa konke engikutshoyo.
2Sengizawuvula umlomo wami;
amazwi ami asesolimini lwami.
3Amazwi ami aphuma enhliziyweni eqotho;
izindebe zami zikhuluma ngokukholwa lokho engikwaziyo.
4UMoya kaNkulunkulu wangenza;
umphefumulo kaSomandla ungipha impilo.
5Ngiphendula nxa usenelisa;
zilungiselele ukuthi ungiphikise.
6Lami nginjengawe phambi kukaNkulunkulu;
lami njalo ngathathwa emhlabathini.
7Ukungesaba kwakho makungakwethusi,
njalo isandla sami masingasindi kuwe.

8Kodwa ukhulumile ngisizwa,
ngiwezwile amazwi wona kanye,
9‘Ngimsulwa njalo kangilasono;
ngihlanzekile kangilamlandu.
10Ikanti uNkulunkulu ubone okusolekayo kimi;
ungithatha njengesitha sakhe.
11Uyazikhina inyawo zami ngezibopho;
uyaziqaphelisisa zonke izindlela zami.’

12Kodwa ngiyakutshela ukuthi lapha uyalahleka,
uNkulunkulu mkhulu kulomuntu.
13Kungani umsola
usithi kaphenduli amazwi omuntu na?
14Ngempela uNkulunkulu uyakhuluma,
khathesi akhulume ngale indlela,
aphinde akhulume ngenye
lokuba umuntu angaze akunanzelela.
15Kungaba ngephupho, kube ngombono ebusuku
lapho abantu belele befile
bethe nya emibhedeni yabo,
16angakhuluma ezindlebeni zabo,
abethuse ngezixwayiso,
17ukuze aguqule umuntu ekwenzeni okubi
aqede ukuzikhukhumeza kwakhe,
18ukulondoloza umphefumulo wakhe ungayi egodini,
lempilo yakhe ingabhubhi ngenkemba.

19Loba umuntu angajeziswa ngobuhlungu esembhedeni wakhe,
langokuqaqamba okungathuliyo emathanjeni akhe,
20aze ezwe umzimba wakhe usunengwa yikudla
lomoya wakhe usenyanya lokudla okumnandi kakhulu.
21Inyama yakhe iyacikizeka iphele,
lamathambo akhe ayekade evaliwe abonakale egcekeni.
22Umoya wakhe uyasondela egodini,
lempilo yakhe kuzo izithunywa zokufa.
23Kodwa nxa kulengilosi eceleni kwakhe,
engumeli, eyodwa phakathi kwenkulungwane,
ukutshela umuntu okuyikho okumfaneleyo,
24ukuba lomusa kuye isithi,
‘Mxolele angayingena egodini;
sengimzuzele inhlawulo yakhe yokumhlenga
25bese inyama yakhe ivuselelwa njengeyomntwana;
iyavuselelwa ibe njengezinsukwini zobutsha bakhe.’
26Uyakhuleka kuNkulunkulu amthokozele,
abubone ubuso bukaNkulunkulu amemeze ngentokozo;
uyabuyiselwa nguNkulunkulu esimeni sakhe sokulunga.
27Kuthi-ke abesebuya ebantwini athi,
‘Ngenza isono, ngahlanekela okulungileyo,
kodwa kangisazuzanga obekungifanele.
28Wawuhlenga umphefumulo wami ukuze ungayi egodini,
ngakho ngizaphila ukuze ngikholise ukukhanya.’

29UNkulunkulu uyazenza zonke lezizinto emuntwini
kabili, noma kathathu
30ukubuyisa umphefumulo wakhe ungayi egodini,
ukuthi isibane sokuphila sikhanye kuye.

31Nanzelela, Jobe, ulalele kimi;
thula kukhulume mina.
32Nxa ulolutho lokutsho, ngiphendula;
khuluma sibili, ngoba ngifuna ukuthi ugezwe umlandu.
33Kodwa nxa lungekho lalela kimi;
thula zwi mina ngizakufundisa ukuhlakanipha.”