Job 4

Impendulo Ka-Elifazi

1Wasephendula u-Elifazi umThemani wathi:

2“Nxa umuntu angaphosa ilizwi nje kuwe uzacunuka na?
Kodwa ngubani ongathula angakhulumi na?
3Khumbula ukuthi sewabafundisa njani abanengi,
ukuthi ubaqinise njani abalezandla ezibuthakathaka.
4Amazwi akho abasekele labo abakhubekayo;
uwaqinisile amadolo axegayo.
5Kodwa manje uhlupho luze kuwe, usuphela amandla;
lukutshaya ubusudela ithemba.
6Kungani ukukholwa kwakho kungabi yiso isibindi sakho na
lezindlela zakho ezimsulwa zibe lithemba lakho na?

7Khumbula manje: Ngubani owathi engelacala wabhubha na?
Kungaphi lapho abaqotho abake babhujiswa khona na?
8Ngokubona kwami labo abalima okubi
lalabo abahlanyela ububi bavuna bona.
9Ngokuphefumula kukaNkulunkulu bayabhubha;
ngokukhwaza kolaka lwakhe bayafa.
10Izilwane zingabhonga zihwabhe,
kodwa amazinyo ezilwane ezinkulu ayephuka.
11Isilwane siyafa ngokuswela ukudla
besekuthi imidlwane yesilwanekazi ihlakazeke.

12Kulethwe ilizwi kimi ngasese,
indlebe zami zilizwile linyenyezwa.
13Phakathi kwamaphupho adungayo ebusuku,
lapho abantu belele obukabhuka,
14ukwesaba lokuthuthumela kwangifikela
kwenza wonke amathambo ami aqhaqhazela.
15Kwathi tshazi umoya emehlweni ami,
wahlasimula umzimba wami lenwele zami zema.
16Umoya lowo wema,
kodwa kangikwazanga ukuthi kuyini.
Kwakumi into phambi kwamehlo ami,
ngasengisizwa ilizwi elihelezayo:
17‘Kambe umuntu angalunga ukwedlula uNkulunkulu na?
Umuntu angahlanzeka kuloMenzi wakhe na?
18Nxa uNkulunkulu engazethembi izinceku zakhe,
nxa ebeka izingilosi zakhe umlandu ngokona,
19pho-ke kuzakuba njani kulabo abahlala ezindlini zodaka,
ozisekelo zazo zisothulini,
abahlifizeka lula njengenondo!
20Phakathi kokusa lokuhlwa bayabhidlizwa babe yizicucu;
bengananzwa langubani, bayabhubha kokuphela.
21Izintambo zamatende abo kazidonswa na,
bafe bengelalwazi?’ ”