Umsebenzi
27:1 UJobe waqhubeka nomfanekiso wakhe, wathi:
27:2 Kuphila kukaNkulunkulu osusile ukwahlulela kwami; kanye noMninimandla onke, ngubani
udabukile umphefumulo wami;
27:3 Sonke lesi sikhathi umoya wami ukimi, futhi umoya kaNkulunkulu ukumi
amakhala;
27:4 Izindebe zami ngeke ukukhuluma okubi, futhi ulimi lwami ngeke ukukhuluma inkohliso.
27:5 Makube kude nami ukuba ngithethelele wena, ngize ngife, ngeke ngisuse owami
ubuqotho obuvela kimi.
27:6 Ngibambelele ukulunga kwami, futhi ngeke ngikuyeke, inhliziyo yami ngeke
ungithuke ngisaphila.
27:7 Isitha sami masibe njengomubi, nongivukelayo abe njengomubi
abangalungile.
27:8 Ngoba liyini ithemba umzenzisi, nakuba uye wazuza, lapho uNkulunkulu?
asuse umphefumulo wakhe?
27:9 UNkulunkulu uyakuzwa ukukhala kwakhe, lapho usizi lwehlela phezu kwakhe?
27:10 Ingabe uyojabula ngokwakhe ngoSomandla? uyokhuleka njalo kuNkulunkulu na?
27:11 Ngizonifundisa ngesandla sikaNkulunkulu: lokho okukanye noMninimandla onke
ngeke ngifihle.
27:12 Bhekani, nonke nina ngokwenu nikubonile; pho, nikwenzeleni kanjalo nakanye
ize?
27:13 Lesi yisabelo somubi kuNkulunkulu, nefa lakhe
abacindezeli, abayakubamukela kuSomandla.
27:14 Uma abantwana bakhe banda, kungenxa yenkemba kanye nenzalo yakhe
kayikusutha yisinkwa.
27:15 Labo abasele kuye bayongcwatshwa ekufeni, futhi abafelokazi bakhe ngeke
lingakhali.
27:16 Noma enqwabelanisa isiliva njengothuli, futhi alungise izingubo njengobumba;
27:17 Angase alungiselele it, kodwa olungileyo uyokwembatha, futhi abangenacala ngeke
ahlukanise isiliva.
27:18 Uyakha indlu yakhe njengenundu, nanjengedokodo elenziwa umlindi.
27:19 Ocebile uyolala phansi, kodwa ngeke kuqoqwe;
amehlo akhe, futhi akekho.
27:20 Ukwesabeka kumbamba phezu kwakhe njengamanzi, isiphepho siyamehlula phakathi
ebusuku.
27:21 Umoya wasempumalanga uyamthatha, amuke; njengesivunguvungu.
amkhiphe endaweni yakhe.
27:22 Ngoba uNkulunkulu uyophonsa phezu kwakhe, futhi ngeke amhawukele, futhi wayeyoba abaleke aphume
isandla sakhe.
27:23 Abantu bayoshaya ihlombe phezu kwakhe, futhi bayomshayela ikhwelo asuke endaweni yakhe.