Umsebenzi
21:1 Kodwa uJobe waphendula wathi:
21:2 Lalela ngenkuthalo inkulumo yami, futhi ake lokhu kube induduzo yakho.
21:3 Ngivumele ngikhulume; emva kwalokho sengikhulumile, qhubeka uklolodela.
21:4 Mina-ke, ukukhononda kwami kumuntu na? futhi uma bekunjalo, kungani kungabi okwami
umoya ukhathazeke?
21:5 Ngibheke, futhi nimangale, futhi ubeke isandla sakho emlonyeni wakho.
21:6 Noma ngikhumbula, ngiyesaba, futhi ukuthuthumela kubamba enyameni yami.
21:7 Kungani ababi bephila, baguge, yebo, babe namandla amakhulu?
21:8 Inzalo yabo iqiniswe emehlweni abo kanye nabo, kanye nenzalo yabo
phambi kwamehlo abo.
21:9 Izindlu zabo ziphephile ekwesabeni, futhi induku kaNkulunkulu ayikho phezu kwabo.
21:10 Inkunzi yabo iyazala, futhi ayiphuthi; inkomo yabo izala, iphonse
hhayi ithole lakhe.
21:11 Bathumela abancane babo njengomhlambi kanye nezingane zabo
umdanso.
21:12 Bathatha isigubhu nehabhu, futhi bajabule ngomsindo womculo.
21:13 Bachitha izinsuku zabo engcebweni, futhi ngomzuzwana behlela endaweni yabafileyo.
21:14 Ngakho bathi kuNkulunkulu: "Suka kithi; ngoba kasifuni
ukwazi izindlela zakho.
21:15 Uyini uMninimandla onke, ukuze simkhonze? nokuthi iyiphi inzuzo okufanele
sinakho, uma sikhuleka kuye?
21:16 Bheka, okuhle kwabo akukho esandleni sabo;
kusuka kimi.
21:17 Kukangaki isibani ababi sicinywa! futhi bafika kangaki
ukubhujiswa phezu kwabo! UNkulunkulu ukwabela usizi entukuthelweni yakhe.
21:18 Banjengezinhlanga phambi komoya, futhi njengamakhoba isiphepho
ithatha ihambe.
21:19 UNkulunkulu uyababekela abantwana bakhe ububi bakhe
ngizokwazi.
21:20 Amehlo akhe ayobona ukubhujiswa kwakhe, futhi uyophuza ulaka lwe
uSomandla.
21:21 Ngoba ingakanani injabulo anayo endlini yakhe ngemva kwakhe, lapho isibalo sakhe
izinyanga zinqunywa phakathi?
21:22 Ingabe kukhona ozofundisa uNkulunkulu ulwazi? ngoba uyabahlulela abaphakemeyo.
21:23 Omunye ufa emandleni akhe egcwele, ekhululekile futhi enokuthula.
21:24 Amabele akhe agcwele ubisi, futhi amathambo akhe agcwele umnkantsha.
21:25 Futhi omunye ufa umunyu womphefumulo wakhe, futhi akazange adle kanye
injabulo.
21:26 Bayolala phansi ngokufanayo othulini, futhi izimpethu uyosibekela.
21:27 Bheka, ngiyayazi imicabango yenu, futhi amacebo eningathembeki
cabanga ngokumelene nami.
21:28 Ngoba nithi: 'Iphi indlu yesikhulu? futhi iphi indawo yokuhlala
izindawo zababi?
21:29 Anibuzanga yini labo abahamba ngendlela? kodwa lina kalibazi yini labo
amathokheni,
21:30 Ukuthi ababi bagcinelwe usuku lokubhujiswa? bayakuba
kukhishwa osukwini lolaka.
21:31 Ngubani oyakumemezela ebusweni bakhe indlela yakhe? futhi ngubani oyakumbuyisela lokho anakho
wenze?
21:32 Nokho uyakulethwa ethuneni, futhi uyohlala ethuneni.
21:33 Amagabade esigodini ayoba mnandi kuye, futhi wonke umuntu uyoba
donsa emva kwakhe, njengalokhu bengenakubalwa ngaphambi kwakhe.
21:34 Pho ningiduduza ngeze, njengoba izimpendulo zenu zisele
amanga?