UJobe
8 UBhilidadi+ umShuhi+ waphendula wathi:
2 “Kuzaze kube nini ulokhu ukhuluma kanje?+
Amazwi akho anjengomoya ovunguzayo!
3 Kambe uNkulunkulu angahlulela kubi?
USomandla angakwenza yini okungalunganga?
4 Nxa kuyikuthi abantwabakho bonile,
Ubajezisile ngenxa yokuhlamuka kwabo.
5 Kodwa aluba ubungathembela kuNkulunkulu,+
Umncenge uSomandla ukuthi abe lomusa kuwe,
6 Aluba ubuhlanzekile futhi usenza okulungileyo,+
Yena ubezakulinda,*
Akubuyisele endaweni yakho efaneleyo.
7 Lanxa uqalise uphansi,
Ikusasa lakho belizakuba lihle.+
8 Ngicela uhlole imbali yezizukulwane ezedlulayo,
Ubone ukuthi oyise batholani,+
9 Ngoba thina sizelwe izolo futhi asazi lutho,
Lensuku zethu sisemhlabeni ziyedlula njengomthunzi.
10 Kabasoze bakufundise yini,
Bakutshele lokho abakwaziyo?*
11 Imizi ingakhula ibe mide yini ingekho exhaphozini?*
Lemihlanga ingakhula yini lapho okungelamanzi khona?
12 Izathi iseselamaluba nje ingakasitshunwa,
Ihle itshe yome kuqala kulobunye utshani.
13 Leso yiso isiphetho sabo bonke* abakhohlwa uNkulunkulu,
Ithemba lomuntu owenza okubi* lizatshabalala,
14 Lowo othemba izinto eziyize
Ithemba lakhe aliqinanga, linjengobulembu.*
15 Uzakweyama endlini yakhe kodwa izadilika,
Azame ukubambelela kuyo kodwa yona iwe.
16 Ufanana lesihlahla esithelelwayo esiselangeni,
Esilengatsha ezigcwele ingadi yonke.+
17 Impande zakhe zithandele enqumbini yamatshe,
Udinga indlu yokuhlala ematsheni lawo.
18 Kodwa nxa engasitshunwa endaweni yakhe,
Indawo yakhe izamphika ithi, ‘Angikaze ngikubone.’+
19 Le yiyo indlela azanyamalala ngayo,+
Besekumila abanye endaweni yakhe.
21 Uzakwenza ukuthi uphinde uhleke
Njalo umemeze ngentokozo.
22 Abakuzondayo bazayangeka,
Letende labantu ababi lizatshabalala.”