Umsebenzi 22:1 Wayesephendula u-Elifazi umThemani, wathi: 22:2 Umuntu angaba wusizo kuNkulunkulu, njengoba ohlakaniphile angase abe yinzuzo kuye ngokwakhe? 22:3 Kuyathokozisa yini kuSomandla ukuthi ulungile? noma ingabe kuyinzuzo kuye ukuthi uphelelise izindlela zakho na? 22:4 Ingabe uyokusola ngokwesaba kwakho? uzangena lawe yini ukwahlulela? 22:5 Ububi bakho abukhulu? Nobubi bakho bungapheli na? 22:6 Ngoba wena uthathe isibambiso kumfowenu ngeze, futhi waphundla benqunu izingubo zabo. 22:7 Awuzange umnike amanzi okhathele ukuba aphuze, futhi wena uye ugodle abalambile isinkwa. 22:8 Kodwa indoda enamandla, umhlaba; nomuntu ohloniphekile wahlala kulo. 22:9 Umukise abafelokazi bengenalutho, futhi izingalo zezintandane yephukile. 22:10 Ngakho izingibe zikuhaqile, futhi ukwesaba ngokuzumayo kuyakukhathaza; 22:11 Noma ubumnyama, ukuze ungakwazi ukubona; futhi amanzi amaningi asibekela wena. 22:12 UNkulunkulu akayena yini endaweni ephakeme yezulu? futhi bheka ukuphakama kwezinkanyezi. ziphakeme kangakanani! 22:13 Futhi wena uthi: UNkulunkulu wazi kanjani? angahlulela phakathi kwefu elimnyama na? 22:14 Amafu aminyene amsibekela, ukuze angaboni; angene umjikelezo wezulu. 22:15 Ingabe uyiqaphile indlela endala, lapho ababi abayinyathele? 22:16 ezagawulwa kungakabi yisikhathi, isisekelo sazo sasichichima a izikhukhula: 22:17 Abathi kuNkulunkulu: "Suka kithi, futhi yini uSomandla angayenza bona? 22:18 Nokho wagcwalisa izindlu zabo ngezinto ezinhle, kodwa iseluleko sikaJehova omubi ukude nami. 22:19 Abalungileyo bayakubona, futhi bajabule, futhi abangenacala bayabahleka ukudelela. 22:20 Nakuba impahla yethu ayinqunywanga, kodwa insali yabo umlilo dla. 22:21 Jayelana naye manje, futhi ube nokuthula: ngalokho okuhle kuyofika kuwe. 22:22 Ake wamukele umthetho emlonyeni wakhe, ubeke amazwi akhe emlonyeni wakhe. inhliziyo yakho. 22:23 Uma ubuyela kuMninimandla onke, uzokwakhiwa, uzobeka kude nobubi ematabernakele akho. 22:24 Khona-ke uyobeka igolide njengothuli, negolide lase-Ofiri njengamatshe. lemifudlana. 22:25 Yebo, uSomandla uyakuba isivikelo sakho, futhi uyoba inala isiliva. 22:26 Ngoba ngaleso sikhathi uyoba injabulo yakho ngoSomandla, futhi uyophakamisa ubuso bakho kuNkulunkulu. 22:27 Uyokhuleka kuye, futhi uyokuzwa, futhi wena uzagcwalisa izithembiso zakho. 22:28 Uyakunquma into, futhi iyoqiniswa kuwe. nokukhanya kukhanye ezindleleni zakho. 22:29 Lapho abantu bephonswa phansi, uyakuthi, 'Kukhona ukuphakamisa; futhi yena uzosindisa umuntu othobekile. 22:30 Uyokhulula isiqhingi abangenacala, futhi uyokhululwa by the ubumsulwa bezandla zakho.