Job - Chapter 8

Verse 1: Wayesethatha uBilidadi umShuhi, wathi:

Verse 2: “Koze kube nini ukhuluma lezi zinto, amazwi akho abe ngumoya onamandla, na?

Verse 3: UNkulunkulu uhlanekezela ukwahlulela yini? USomandla uphendukezela ukulunga na?

Verse 4: Uma abantwana bakho bonile kuye, yena wabanikela emandleni ezono zabo,

Verse 5: khona, uma wena ufunisisa uNkulunkulu, unxuse kuye uSomandla,

Verse 6: uma uhlambulukile, futhi ulungile, khona yena uyakuvuka ngenxa yakho, aphumelelise ikhaya lokulunga kwakho.

Verse 7: Ukuqala kwakho sekuyakuba ngokuncane, nokugcina kwakho kube ngokukhulu kakhulu.

Verse 8: Ake ubuze ezizukulwaneni zakuqala, uzibhekise lokho abakuphenyileyo oyise bazo,

Verse 9: ngokuba thina singabezolo nje, asinalwazi, lokhu imihla yethu emhlabeni iyithunzi;

Verse 10: bona abayikukufundisa yini, bakutshele, bakhiphe amazwi ezinhliziyweni zabo, na?

Verse 11: Umhlanga ungahluma lapho kungekho xhaphozi na? Incema ingamila kungekho manzi na?

Verse 12: Uma iseluhlaza, ingakakhiwa, iyabuna phambi kwabo bonke utshani.

Verse 13: “Zinjalo izindlela zabo bonke abakhohlwa uNkulunkulu: ithemba longenaNkulunkulu liyakuchitheka;

Verse 14: ithemba lakhe liyakunqunywa, nesisekelo sakhe siyindlu yolwembu.

Verse 15: Uyakwencika endlini yakhe, kepha ayiyikuma; uyakubambelela kuyo, kepha ayiyikuqina.

Verse 16: Yena uluhlaza phambi kwelanga; imixhantela yakhe iyaxhantela ensimini yakhe.

Verse 17: Izimpande zakhe ziyathandela enqwabeni yamatshe, aqhekeze indawo yamatshe.

Verse 18: Uma echithwa endaweni yakhe, iyakumala ngokuthi: ‘Angizange ngikubone.’

Verse 19: Bheka, injalo indlela yokuthokoza kwakhe; kuyakuvela abanye othulini.

Verse 20: “UNkulunkulu akamlahli opheleleyo, kabambi isandla sababi,

Verse 21: aze agcwalise umlomo wakho ngokuhleka, nezindebe zakho ngokumemeza.

Verse 22: Abakuzondayo bayakwembeswa amahloni; itende lababi aliyobe lisabakho.”