Umsebenzi
36:1 U-Elihu waqhubeka wathi:
36:2 Ngibekezelele kancane, futhi ngizokukhombisa ukuthi kusadingeka ngikhulume
Egameni likaNkulunkulu.
36:3 Ngiyolanda ulwazi lwami kude, futhi ngiyonikeza ukulunga
uMenzi wami.
36:4 Ngoba ngempela amazwi ami ngeke abe amanga: lowo ophelele olwazini
unawe.
36:5 Bheka, uNkulunkulu unamandla, futhi akadeleli muntu;
kanye nokuhlakanipha.
36:6 Akagcini ukuphila kwababi, kodwa unika abampofu ilungelo.
36:7 Akawasusi amehlo akhe kwabalungileyo, kodwa kanye namakhosi
esihlalweni sobukhosi; yebo, uyakuzimisa kuze kube phakade, zibe khona
uphakeme.
36:8 Futhi uma beboshiwe ngamaketanga, futhi beboshwe ngezintambo zosizi;
36:9 Khona-ke uyababonisa umsebenzi wabo, futhi iziphambeko zabo ukuthi banayo
kweqiwe.
36:10 Futhi uvula izindlebe zabo ukuze bayalwe, futhi uyala ukuba babuyele
ebubini.
36:11 Uma belalela futhi bamkhonze, bayochitha izinsuku zabo ngokunethezeka.
neminyaka yabo ebumnandini.
36:12 Kodwa uma bengalaleli, bayobhubha ngenkemba, futhi bayokufa
ngaphandle kolwazi.
36:13 Kepha abazenzisi enhliziyweni baqongelela ulaka; abakhali lapho ebabopha.
bona.
36:14 Bafa besebasha, futhi ukuphila kwabo phakathi ezingcolile.
36:15 Uyakhulula abampofu osizini lwakhe, futhi uvula izindlebe zabo
ukucindezelwa.
36:16 Kanjalo ubeyakukukhipha osizini, akuyise endaweni ebanzi;
lapho kungekho ukucindezelwa; nalokho okufanele kubekwe etafuleni lakho
kufanele igcwale ukukhuluphala.
36:17 Kodwa wena uye wagcwalisa ukwahlulela ababi: ukwahlulela nobulungisa
bamba wena.
36:18 Ngoba kukhona ulaka, qaphela, funa wena ngokushaywa kwakhe.
khona-ke isihlengo esikhulu asinakukukhulula.
36:19 Ingabe uyokwazisa ingcebo yakho? hhayi, hhayi igolide, noma zonke izikhwepha.
36:20 Ungafisi ubusuku, lapho abantu bechithwa ezindaweni zabo.
36:21 Qaphela, ungabheki ububi, ngoba lokhu ukhethe kunawo
usizi.
36:22 Bheka, uNkulunkulu uphakeme ngamandla akhe: ngubani ofundisa njengaye?
36:23 Ngubani omyalile indlela yakhe? noma ngubani ongasho ukuthi: Wenzile
ububi?
36:24 Khumbula ukuthi ukhulise umsebenzi wakhe, lapho abantu bebona.
36:25 Wonke umuntu angakubona; umuntu angayibona isekude.
36:26 Bheka, uNkulunkulu mkhulu, futhi asimazi, futhi ayikwazi inombolo yakhe
iminyaka kuseshwa.
36:27 Ngoba wenza amathonsi amanzi abe mancane, athele imvula ngokuvumelana
umhwamuko wayo:
36:28 Okuthi amafu aconsa futhi adilike phezu kwabantu ngobuningi.
36:29 Futhi kungaba yimuphi ukuqonda ukusabalala amafu, noma umsindo
itabernakele lakhe?
36:30 Bheka, uyasakaza ukukhanya kwakhe phezu kwawo, futhi uyasibekela phansi phansi
ulwandle.
36:31 Ngoba ngazo uyahlulela abantu; unika ukudla ngokuchichimayo.
36:32 Umboza ukukhanya ngamafu; futhi uyala ukuthi lingakhanyi nge
ifu elivela phakathi.
36:33 Umsindo wayo ubonisa ngayo, nezinkomo mayelana
umhwamuko.