UJobe 32 - IBhayibhili Elingcwele LesiNdebele

Inkulumo Ka-Elihu

¹ Amadoda la womathathu ema ukuphendula uJobe ngoba wayelungile ngokubona kwakhe.

² Kodwa u-Elihu indodana kaBharakeli umBhuzi, owendlu kaRamu, wamzondela uJobe ngokuzigeza yena endaweni yokugezwa nguNkulunkulu.

³ Wayebazondele njalo labangane labo bobathathu ngoba babengayitholanga indlela yokuphikisa uJobe kodwa bemlahlile ngokumsola.

⁴ U-Elihu wayeke wema ukukhuluma loJobe ngoba babebadala kulaye.

⁵ Kodwa kwathi esebona ukuthi wonke amadoda womathathu ayengaselalutho ayengalutsho, ulaka lwakhe lwavutha.

⁶ Ngakho-ke u-Elihu indodana kaBharakeli umBhuzi wathi: “Ngimncinyane ngeminyaka, lina libadala; yikho bengisesaba, ngithikaza ukutsho engikwaziyo.

⁷ Ngikhumbule ngathi, ‘Kakukhulume ubudala; iminyaka yokukhula kayifundise ukuhlakanipha.’

⁸ Kodwa kungumoya osemuntwini, ukuphefumula kukaSomandla, okumupha ukuqedisisa.

⁹ Kakusibo bodwa abadala abahlakaniphileyo, njalo kakusibo bodwa abalupheleyo abakuzwisisayo okulungileyo.

¹⁰ Ngakho ngithi: Lalelani kimi; lami ngizalitshela engikwaziyo.

¹¹ Bengithule lisakhuluma, ngikulalele ukucabanga kwenu; lathi lisadinga amazwi,

¹² ngalilalela ngokupheleleyo. Kodwa kakho lamunye kini otshengise ukuthi uJobe ulahlekile; kakho omunye wenu osephendule imibono yakhe.

¹³ Lingaze lathi, ‘Sesikutholile ukuhlakanipha; uNkulunkulu kaveze ukuphosisa kwakhe, hatshi umuntu.’

¹⁴ Kodwa uJobe kakaqondisisi amazwi akhe kimi, futhi kangiyikumphendula ngendlela yenu yokuphikisa.

¹⁵ Sebededile kabaselakho okunye abangakutsho; sebesilela amazwi.

¹⁶ Ngike ngime na njengoba sebethule, sebemi nje laphayana bengaselampendulo?

¹⁷ Lami ngisake ngikhulume; lami ngizakutsho engikwaziyo.

¹⁸ Ngoba manengi amazwi engilawo, umoya ongaphakathi kwami uyangifuqa;

¹⁹ ngaphakathi ngiyafuthelana njengewayini elivalelwe embodleleni; njengemixhaka yewayini esifuna ukudubuka.

²⁰ Kumele ngikhulume ukuze ngibhodle; kumele ngivule indebe zami ngiphendule.

²¹ Kangizukutshengisa ubandlululo loba kukubani, futhi kangisoze ngiyenge muntu;

²² ngoba ngabe ngangiligabazi ekukhulumeni, uMenzi wami ubezangisusa masinyane.”