Jobho 33:1-33
33 “Nje-ke Jobho ngibawa ungilalele;Ulalele yoke into engiyitjhoko.
2 Ngibawa ungilalele! Ngizokukhuluma;Umlomami kufuze ukhulume.
3 Amezwami akhuluma ukulunga kwehliziywami;+Nomlomami ukhuluma engikwaziko,
4 Ummoya kaZimu ungenzile,+Nokuphefumula koMninimandla Woke kungenze ngaphila.+
5 Yeke ngibawa ungiphendule nawukghonako;Hlela amezwakho phambi kwami, uzilungiselele ukuzivikela.
6 Qala! Nginjengawe phambi kwakaZimu weqiniso;Nami ngibunjwe ngomdaka.+
7 Yeke akukafuzi ungisabe,Begodu engizokutjela khona angeze kube budisi kuwe.
8 Kodwana nawukhulumako bengikulalele,Ngasolo ngizwa amezwi la,
9 ‘Ngimsulwa, anginasono;+Ngihlwengile begodu anginamtjhapho.+
10 Kodwana uZimu unamabanga wokungiphikisa;Ungithatha njengenaba lakhe.+
11 Ubophelela iinyawo zami;*Uqalisisa zoke iindlela zami.’+
12 Kodwana uphambukile ngokutjho lokhu, nje-ke ngizokuphendula:
UZimu mkhulu kunomuntu.+
13 Kubayini unghonghoyila ngaye?+
Inga-kghani kungombana akhenge aphendule woke amezwakho?+
14 Ngombana uZimu ukhuluma ngokubuyelelwekoKodwana akunamuntu omlalelako,
15 Lokha nakakhuluma ngebhudango, embonweni webusuku,+Lokha abantu babanjwe buthongo obukhulu.
Balele emibhedenabo.
16 Uvula iindlebe zabo+Abanikele isinqophiso sakhe,
17 Bona asuse umuntu ekwenzeni okumbi,+Bekamvikele ekuzikhakhaziseni.+
18 UZimu uyamphephisa bona angayi ethuneni,+Ukuphila kwakhe kutjhabalala ngesabula.
19 Umuntu angafunda okuthileko nakalele embhedenakhe ezwa ubuhlunguNalokha amathambakhe amzwisa ubuhlungu ngaso soke isikhathi,
20 Bona angakhanukeli uburotho,Begodu ale nokudla okumnandi.+
21 Uthoma ukonda khuluBekube kulapho amathambakhe abonakala.
22 Umphefumulwakhe utjhidela ethuneni;Ukuphila kwakhe kutjhidela ebantwini ababulalako.
23 Kodwana nakungafika isithunywa* kuye,Umkhulumeli munye kwabayikulungwana,Bona azomtjela ukuthi khuyini okulungileko,
24 UZimu uba nomusa kuye athi,‘Mvikeleni, angayi ethuneni!+
Ngombana ngifumene isihlengo!+
25 Inyamakhe ayibe yitja kuneyomntwana;+Abuyele emihleni yamandla wobutjha bakhe.’+
26 Uzokuthandaza kuZimu,+ uZimu amamukele,Uzokubona ubuso bakhe ngethabo elikhulu,Uzokubuyisela ukulunga kwakhe emuntwini.
27 Umuntu loyo uzokuthi ebantwini,‘Ngonile+ begodu ngahlanakela okulungileko,Kodwana akhenge ngifumane okungifaneleko.
28 Uhlenge umphefumulwami bona ungayi ethuneni,+Begodu ngizokuragela phambili ngiphila.’
29 UZimu wenzele umuntu zoke izintweziNgokubuyelelweko,
30 Bona ambuyise ethuneni,Akhanyiselwe ngokukhanya kokuphila.+
31 Lalela amezwami Jobho, ngibawa ungilalele!
Thula ngirage nokukhuluma.
32 Nangabe unokuthileko ofuna ukukutjho, ngiphendula.
Khuluma ngombana ngifuna ukukuveza umumuntu olungileko.
33 Nangabe awunalitho ongalitjho, ngilalela;Thula ngizokufundisa ukuhlakanipha.”
Imitlolo Ephasi
^ “Le bekuyindlela yokujezisa, bekubotjhwa iinyawo mhlamunye izandla nentamo.”
^ Namkha “ingilozi.”
