UJobe
36 U-Elihu waqhubeka wathi:
2 “Ngicela ungibekezelele ngichasise,
Ngiseselokunye engifuna ukukutsho ngoNkulunkulu.
3 Ngizakhuluma konke engikwaziyo,
Ngizathi uMenzi wami ulungile.+
4 Engizakukhuluma kuliqiniso,
Ngoba kuvela kulowo okwazi konke.+
5 UNkulunkulu ulamandla+ njalo kalahli muntu.
Ukuhlakanipha kwakhe kuyamangalisa.
7 Uhlala ebakhangele abalungileyo,+
Uyabaphakamisa babe njengamakhosi,+ babe lodumo kuze kube nini lanini.
8 Nxa bebotshwe ngamaketane,
Bethandelwe zintambo zokuhlupheka,
9 Uyabachasisela abakuphambanisileyo,
Abatshele isono abasenzileyo ngenxa yokuzigqaja kwabo.
10 Uyabavula indlebe ukuze abaqondise,
Abatshele ukuthi batshiye ukwenza okubi.+
12 Kodwa nxa bengamlaleli bazabulawa ngenkemba,+
Bafe bengelalwazi.
13 Abenza okubi* bafukamela intukuthelo.
Lanxa uNkulunkulu ebabopha abazihluphi ngokudinga uncedo.
15 Kodwa uNkulunkulu uyabakhulula abahluphekayo,
Abancede bamlalele ngesikhathi besebunzimeni.
16 Uyakukhipha ekuhluphekeni,+
Akuse endaweni evulekileyo engelamngcele,+
Akududuze ngokukunika ukudla okulomsoco.+
17 Lapho-ke wena uzasizwisisa isahlulelo sabenza okubi,+
Nxa sekukhitshwa isigwebo esifaneleyo.
18 Kodwa nanzelela ungazondi uze ucine usuphindisela,+
Ungamukeli isivalamlomo ngoba sizakuphambukisa.
19 Kambe ukukhalela uncedo
Lokusebenza nzima kungakuqeda yini ukuhlupheka kwakho?+
20 Ungabufisi ubusuku,
Lapho abantu abachitheka khona baye ezindaweni zabo.
21 Nanzelela ungacini ususenza okubi,
Uze ucine usubona kungcono ukuthi wenze okubi kulokuthi uhlupheke.+
22 UNkulunkulu uphakeme ngenxa yamandla akhe.
Ngubani ongafundisa njengaye?
Kumbe wathi kuye, ‘Okwenzileyo akulunganga’?+
25 Bonke bayibonile,
Kodwa bayazela khatshana.
29 Ukhona yini ongazwisisa ukuhlala kwamayezi emkhathini,
Lomdumo ozwakala etendeni likaNkulunkulu?+
30 Khangela ubone ukuthi ukhanyisa njani emayezini ngombane wakhe,+
Asibekele inziki yolwandle ngamanzi.
31 Lokhu yikho akwenzayo ukuze anakekele abantu,
Abanike ukudla okunengi.+
32 Uyawuvalela umbane ezandleni zakhe,
Abesewuthuma lapho okumele utshaye khona.+
33 Umdumo wakhe ubika ukuza kwakhe,
Lezifuyo ziyatsho ukuthi ngubani ozayo.*