Umsebenzi
3:1 Emva kwalokho uJobe wavula umlomo wakhe, futhi waqalekisa usuku lwakhe.
3:2 Wayesekhuluma uJobe, wathi:
3:3 Makubhubhe usuku engazalwa ngalo, nobusuku obukhona
wathi: Kukhulelwe umntwana wesilisa.
3:4 Lolo suku malube ubumnyama; uNkulunkulu makangakunaki kwaphezulu
ukukhanya kukhanye phezu kwawo.
3:5 Vumela ubumnyama nethunzi lokufa kube it. ifu alihlale phezu kwalo
yona; ubumnyama bemini mabulwesabise.
3:6 Kepha lobo busuku, mabubanjwe ubumnyama phezu kwabo; lingahlanganiswa
izinsuku zomnyaka, zingangeni esibalweni sezinyanga.
3:7 Bheka, lobo busuku mabube zodwa, makungangeni kubo izwi lokujabula.
3:8 Mabaqalekise abaqalekisa usuku, abalungele ukuvusa zabo
ukulila.
3:9 Izinkanyezi zobumnyama balo makube mnyama; mayibheke ukukhanya,
kodwa lingabi nalo; futhi makungaboni ukusa kosuku.
3:10 Ngoba ayivalanga iminyango yesisu sikamame, futhi ayifihlanga usizi
emehlweni ami.
3:11 Kungani ngingafanga kusukela esizalweni? kungani ngingawulahlanga umoya lapho mina
waphuma esiswini?
3:12 Kungani amadolo angivimbela? noma kungani amabele ukuba ngimunce?
3:13 Ngoba manje kufanele ngabe ngilale ngithule, ngabe ngilele.
ngabe ngiphumule,
3:14 Kanye namakhosi nabeluleki bomhlaba, owakha izindawo eziyincithakalo
ngokwabo;
3:15 Noma nezikhulu ezazinegolide, ezazigcwalisa izindlu zazo ngesiliva.
3:16 Noma ngabe angizange ngibe njengozalo olufihlwayo; njengezingane ezingakaze zibe khona
wabona ukukhanya.
3:17 Lapho ababi bayayeka ukuhlupha; nalapho abakhathele bayaphumula.
3:18 Lapho iziboshwa ziphumule ndawonye; abalizwa izwi likaJehova
umcindezeli.
3:19 Abancane nabakhulu balapho; lenceku ikhululekile enkosini yayo.
3:20 Ngakho-ke ukukhanya kunikezwa ososizini, nokuphila kwabampofu
umunyu emphefumulweni;
3:21 Abalangazelela ukufa, kodwa akufiki; futhi uyimbe ngaphezu kwayo
ingcebo efihliwe;
3:22 Abajabula kakhulu, futhi bajabule, lapho bengathola ithuna?
3:23 Kungani ukukhanya kunikwe umuntu ondlela yakhe isithekile, futhi uNkulunkulu ambiyelwe ngothango?
phakathi?
3:24 Ngoba ukububula kwami kufika ngaphambi kokuba ngidle, futhi ukubhonga kwami kuthululwa njengokungathi
amanzi.
3:25 Ngoba into engiyesaba kakhulu sehlele kimi, futhi lokho mina
uvalo selufikile kimi.
3:26 Ngangingekho ngokuphepha, futhi angizange ngiphumule, futhi angizange ngithule; okwamanje
kwafika inkathazo.