Jobe
36 Elihu wachubeka watsi:
2 “Ngicela ungibeketelele kwesikhashana njengobe ngisachaza,
Ngobe kusenemavi lokufanele ngiwasho ngimelele Nkulunkulu.
3 Ngitawukhuluma konkhe lengikwatiko,
Ngitawumemetela kutsi uMdali wami ulungile.+
4 Liciniso likutsi emavi ami etsembekile;
Njengobe avela kuLoyo lowati konkhe.+
7 Akawasusi emehlo akhe kulabalungile;+
Ubenta babe ngemakhosi,*+ futsi baphakanyiswa kuze kube phakadze.
8 Kodvwa nangabe baboshwe ngetinketane
Futsi bakhungwe tintsambo tekuhlupheka,
9 Ubembulela loko labakwentile,
Babone kutsi tono tabo tibangelwe kutigcabha kwabo.
10 Uvula tindlebe tabo kute abayale
Futsi abatjele kutsi bayekele kwenta lokubi.+
11 Nangabe bamlalela futsi bamkhonta,
Batawuphumelela kuko konkhe kuphila kwabo,
Neminyaka labatayiphila itawubajabulisa.+
13 Bantfu labenta lokubi* batfukutselela Nkulunkulu.
Abalukhaleli lusito ngisho nalapho abajezisa.
15 Kodvwa Nkulunkulu* usindzisa labahluphekile ekuhluphekeni kwabo;
Uvula tindlebe tabo nabacindzetelekile.
16 Uyakukhulula ekucindzetelekeni+
Akuyise endzaweni lebanti, lengakavinjwa ngulutfo,+
Futsi kudla lokunonile lokusetafuleni lakho kuyakudvudvuta.+
17 Utawenetiswa kubona lababi behlulelwa,+
Nawubona kukhishwa sehlulelo futsi kumelelwa kulunga.
18 Kodvwa caphela kutsi intfukutselo ingakwenti ube nelunya,*+
Futsi ungavumi kutsi kudizelwa ngemali lenyenti kukudukise.
19 Kukhalela kwakho lusito
Nobe kutikhandla kwakho kungakwenta yini ungacindzeteleki?+
20 Ungabufisi busuku,
Lokusikhatsi lapho bantfu banyamalala khona etindzaweni tabo.
21 Ungakhetsi kwenta lokubi,
Kuncono kutsi ukhetse kubeketelela kuhlupheka.+
22 Nkulunkulu uphakeme ngenca yemandla akhe;
Ukhona yini umfundzisi lonjengaye?
25 Bonkhe bantfu bayibonile,
Umuntfu uyibuka akhashane.
32 Ngetandla takhe umbonya umbane,
Futsi awucondzise lapho afuna uye khona.+
33 Kudvuma kukhuluma ngaye,
Ngisho nemfuyo iyasho kutsi kuta bani.*