UJobe 26 - IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE

UJobe uphendula inkulumo yesithathu kaBilidadi: uyabazi naye ubukhulu bukaNkulunkulu njengoBilidadi

¹ Wayesephendula uJobe, wathi:

² “Usizile kanjani ongenamandla! Usindisile kanjani ingalo engenamandla?

³ Umlulekile kanjani ongenakuhlakanipha! Umemezile kangakanani ukuqonda!

⁴ Utshelwe ngubani lawo mazwi, nomoya kabani waphuma kuwe, na?

⁵ “Izithunzi ziyathuthumela phansi kwamanzi kanye nabakhelwane bawo.

⁶ Indawo yabafileyo ize phambi kwakhe, nendawo yokubhubha ayinasisibekelo.

⁷ Welula inyakatho phezu kwendawo engenalutho; uphanyeka umhlaba phezu kweze.

⁸ Ubopha amanzi emafwini akhe; ifu alidabuki phansi kwawo.

⁹ Uyasibekela ubuso besihlalo sakhe sobukhosi; uyeneka ifu lakhe phezu kwaso.

¹⁰ Uyingiliza ngomudwa phezu kobuso bamanzi, kuze kuphele ukukhanya ebumnyameni.

¹¹ Izinsika zezulu ziyathuthumela; ziyethuswa ngokukhuza kwakhe.

¹² Ngamandla akhe uyanyakazisa amanzi; ngokuqonda kwakhe uyachitha uRahabi.

¹³ Ngokuphefumula kwakhe izulu liyakhazimula; isandla sakhe sigwazile inyoka esheshayo.

¹⁴ Bheka, lokhu kungamaphethelo nje ezindlela zakhe, izwi lokunyenyeza nje elizwakalayo ngaye; indumo yamandla akhe, ngubani obeyakuyiqonda na?”