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.