Job 16

UJobe Uyaphendula

1 UJobe wasephendula wathi:

2 “Sengezwa izinto ezinengi ezifana lazona lezi; lingabaduduzi ababi lina lonke!

3 Zizaphela nini izinkulumo zokubhuda kwenu lokhu? Kuyini okulihluphayo laphikelela nje lidaza inkani?

4 Lami bengingakhuluma njengani aluba yini elisesikhundleni sami; ngabe ngikhupha izinkulumo ezimnandi ngilisola ngize nginikine ikhanda lami.

5 Kodwa umlomo wami ngabe uyaliqinisa; induduzo yezindebe zami ipholise ubuhlungu.

6 “Kodwa nxa ngikhuluma, ubuhlungu obukimi kabudedi; loba ngingaze ngithule, kabusuki.

7 Ngeqiniso, hawu Nkulunkulu, usungiqede amandla; usuyitshabalalisile yonke imuli yami.

8 Usungibophile sekuyibo ubufakazi balokho; lokucikizeka kwami kuyakhula kungilahla.

9 UNkulunkulu uyanginxwanela angidlikize ngolaka lwakhe, angigedlele amazinyo; isitha sami singinyonkoloze ngamehlo ahlabayo.

10 Abantu bavula imilomo yabo bengihoza; bangimakala esihlathini bengihlambaza babambane bangihlanganyele.

11 UNkulunkulu usenginikele ebantwini ababi wangiphosela ezandleni zezigangi.

12 Konke kwakukuhle kimi, kodwa wangibhidliza; wangixhakalaza ngentamo wangichoboza. Usengenze ngaba yinto yakhe yokunenjwa;

13 abatshoki bakhe bangihanqile. Ungiciba izinso zami engelazwelo achithele inyongo yami phansi.

14 Ungisukela njalo njalo; angidumele njengebutho.

15 Sengithungele isambatho sesaka emzimbeni wami ngathukuza ibunzi lami othulini.

16 Ubuso bami sebubomvu ngokukhala, amathunzi anzima ahonqolozela amehlo ami;

17 kodwa izandla zami kaziluqhelanga udlakela, lomthandazo wami uhlanzekile.

18 “Hawu mhlaba, ungaligqibeli igazi lami; sengathi lokukhala kwami kungaze kwacitshwa lanini!

19 Lakhathesi ufakazi wami usezulwini; ummeli wami uphezulu khonale.

20 Ummeli wami ngumngane wami nxa amehlo ami empompoza izinyembezi kuNkulunkulu;

21 uyamncengela umuntu kuNkulunkulu njengomuntu encengela umngane wakhe.

22 “Kusasele iminyakana engemingaki anduba ngiye lapho kungabuywa khona.