UJobe 32 - isiZulu 1959/1997

U-Elihu uyaqhamuka

1Lawo madoda amathathu ayeseyeka ukumphendula uJobe, ngokuba wayelungile emehlweni akhe.

2 Lwase luvutha ulaka luka-Elihu, indodana kaBarakeli, umBuzi womndeni kaRamu; ulaka lwakhe lwavuthela uJobe, ngokuba wazithetha yena kunoNkulunkulu.

3Ulaka lwakhe lwavuthela nabangane bakhe abathathu, ngokuba noma bengafumananga impendulo, bamlahla nokho uJobe.

4U-Elihu wayelindele ukukhuluma kuJobe, ngokuba bona babebadala kunaye.

5Lapho u-Elihu esebona ukuthi ayikho impendulo emilonyeni yalawo madoda amathathu, lwavutha ulaka lwakhe.

6U-Elihu, indodana kaBarakeli, umBuzi, wayesethatha-ke, wathi:

“Mina ngisemusha ngeminyaka,

nina nibadala;

ngalokho nganginamahloni,

ngesaba ukunitshela umqondo wami.

7 Ngathi: ‘Makukhulume izinsuku,

ubuningi beminyaka bazise ukuhlakanipha.’

8Nokho kukhona umoya kumuntu;

ukuphefumula kukaSomandla kuyabaqondisa.

9Abakhulu abahlakaniphile,

nabadala abaqondi ukwahlulela.

10“Ngalokho ngithi: Ngizweni;

nami ngiyakusho umqondo wami.

11Bhekani, ngilindele amazwi enu,

ngabeka indlebe emiqondweni yenu,

nisaphenya eniyakukusho.

12Nganilalela nina;

bhekani, kwakungekho noyedwa owamahlula uJobe

nowaphendula amazwi akhe phakathi kwenu.

13Maningasho ukuthi:

‘Sifumene ukuhlakanipha;

uNkulunkulu angamphengulula,

hhayi umuntu.’

14Akahlelelanga mina amazwi akhe;

angiyikumphendula ngezinkulumo zenu.

15“Bayakhungatheka, abasaphenduli;

baphelelwa ngamazwi.

16Ngibalindele yini,

uma bengakhulumi, na?

Ngokuba bemi bengasaphenduli.

17Nami ngiyakuphendula okwami,

ngitshengise nami umqondo wami.

18Ngokuba ngigcwele amazwi;

umoya phakathi kwami uyangiqhubezela.

19Bhekani, okuphakathi kwami kunjengewayini elingenambobo;

kucishe ukuqhuma njengezimvaba ezintsha.

20Ngiyakukhuluma ukuba ngikhululeke;

ngiyakuvula izindebe zami ukuba ngiphendule.

21Mangingakhethi ubuso bamuntu,

ngingathophi nobani.

22Ngokuba angikwazi ukuthopha;

uma kunjalo, uMenzi wami angangisusa masinyane.