uYobhi uYobhi 4 - Contemporary Xhosa Bible 2024

uElifazi waba buhlungu

1Waphendula uElifazi wakwaTeman, wathi:

2Ukuba sizama ukuthetha nawe, ngaba uya kuziva ukhathazekile? ngubani na ongakwaziyo ukuthetha?

3Qaphela, ubafundise abaninzi, waza wazomeleza izandla ezibuthathaka.

4Amazwi akho amxhasa lowo wayeza kuwa, waza wawaqinisa amadolo abuthathaka.

5Kodwa ngoku uzelwe, kwaye udiniwe; uyamchukumisa, uyoyika.

6Asikuko na ukunkwantya, ithemba lakho, ithemba lakho, nobulungisa beendlela zakho?

7Khumbula, ngubani na owakha wadaka, kuba emsulwa? Anqunyulwa phi na amalungisa?

8Njengoko ndabonayo, abahlwayela ubugqwetha, bavuna ubutshinga, bahlwayele ubugqwetha.

9Umoya kaThixo ubatshabalalisa, Ngokuphefumla komsindo wakhe banyamalale.

10Ukugquma kwengonyama, nelizwi lengonyama egqumayo, namazinyo eengonyama ezintsha aqhawuke.

11Ingonyama entsha itshabalala ngenxa yokuswela amaxhoba, namathole engonyama entsha abe ziintsali.

12Yaziswa kum entsithelweni;

13Ezinkumbulo zemibono yasebusuku, Xa abantu befikelwa bubuthongo obukhulu;

14Ndibanjwe kukunkwantya, Kwawarhwaqaza onke amathambo am.

15Wadlula umoya ebusweni bam; iinwele zenyama yam ziphelile.

16Wema, ndingasiboni isimo sawo; kwavela umfanekiso phambi kwamehlo am, kwathi cwaka, ndeva ilizwi lisithi:

17Ngaba umntu ofayo uya kuba lilungisa ngakumbi kunoThixo? Ngaba umntu uya kuba nyulu kunoMdali wakhe?

18Yabona, akakholwa ngabakhonzi bakhe; wazithetha ngobudenge izithunywa zakhe.

19Bathini na ke ukuhlala ezindlwini zodongwe, eziziseko zabo ziseluthulini, ezityunyuzwe luthuli?

20Bagxothwa kususela kusasa kwada kwahlwa;

21Ubuhle babo abupheleli na kubo? Bafa bengenabulumko.