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Impendulo KaJobe
1 Wasephendula uJobe wathi:
2 “Ngeqiniso ngiyazi ukuthi lokhu kuliqiniso.
Kodwa umuntu wenyama angalunga yini kuNkulunkulu?
3 Loba umuntu ubengafisa ukuphikisana laye
ngeke amphendule lakanye emibuzweni eyinkulungwane.
4 Ukuhlakanipha kwakhe kujulile, amandla akhe makhulu.
Ngubani kambe oke wamelana laye wasinda?
5 Uyazidudula izintaba zona zingazi lutho,
azigenqule nxa esezondile.
6 Uyawunyikinya umhlaba endaweni yawo,
axukuxe izinsika zawo.
7 Uyalitshela ilanga ukuba lingakhanyi;
asibekele ukukhanya kwezinkanyezi.
8 Nguye kuphela owelula amazulu,
ohamba phezu kwamagagasi olwandle.
9 UnguMenzi wezinkanyezi iNgulube leZinja,
iSilimela lomthala waseningizimu.
10 Wenza imimangaliso engafinyelelekiyo,
izimanga ezingelakubalwa.
11 Uthi nxa esedlula kimi, ngingamboni;
ahambe khonapho ngingezwa lutho.
12 Nxa ehluthuna, ngubani ongamalela?
Ngubani ongathi kuye, ‘Wenzani wena?’
13 UNkulunkulu kalunqandi ulaka lwakhe;
labasekeli bakaRahabi besaba bawela ezinyaweni zakhe.
14 Pho mina ngingaphikisana laye njani?
Ngingawathatha ngaphi amazwi okujijana laye?
15 Laloba ngingelamlandu, ngeke ngimphendule;
ngingancenga uMahluleli wami kuphela ukuthi angihawukele.
16 Lanxa bengingambiza asabele,
angikholwa ukuthi ubengangilalela.
17 Ubengangicobodisa ngesiphepho
andise amanxeba ami kungelasizatho.
18 Ubengasoze angiphe ithuba lokukhokha umoya
kodwa ubezahle angincindezele ngosizi.
19 Nxa kungokwamandla, alamandla amakhulu!
Nxa kungokokwahlulela ngokulunga, ngubani ongamthonisisa?
20 Loba ngingabe ngimsulwa, umlomo wami ubungangilahla;
lanxa ngimsulwa wona ubuzakuthi ngilecala.
21 Lanxa ngingelacala,
angizihluphi ngami;
ngiyayeyisa impilo yami.
22 Kuyafanana konke; yikho ngisithi,
‘Ubhubhisa bonke abangelacala lababi.’
23 Nxa isifo esibi sibulala ngokuphangisa,
uyabahleka abangelacala ngokulahla kwabo ithemba.
24 Nxa ilizwe liwela ezandleni zababi,
wembesa amehlo abahluleli balo.
Nxa kungayisuye, pho ngubani?
25 Amalanga ami alesiqubu esidlula esesithunywa;
ayaphapha anyamalale kungela mthonselanyana wokuthokoza.
26 Antweza edlule njengezikepe zelala,
njengenkozi zisehla zihwitha ezikudlayo.
27 Nxa ngingathi, ‘Ngizakubeka eceleni ukusola kwami,
ngicitshe ukunyukubala kwami, ngibobotheke,’
28 ngilokhu ngihemahema ngezinhlupho zami,
ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi kawuzukungigeza.
29 Njengoba ngivele sengibekwe icala,
ngizazihluphelani ngokulwela ize na?
30 Loba ngingaze ngigeze ngesepa
lezandla zami ngesoda yokuhlambulula,
31 uzavele ungiphosele emgodini olodaka
ngize ngenyanywe yizigqoko zami.
32 Akasumuntu njengami ukuthi ngingamphendula,
ukuthi singamisana emthethwandaba.
33 Aluba ubengabakhona osilamulayo,
abeke isandla sakhe phezu kwethu sobabili,
34 omunye nje ongasusa uswazi lukaNkulunkulu kimi,
ukuze ngingatshukunyiswa yikwesaba lokhu.
35 Lapho-ke bengizakhuluma ngingesabi yena,
kodwa okwakhathesi kunje, ngeke.”