Umsebenzi
37:1 Ngenxa yalokhu futhi inhliziyo yami iyathuthumela, futhi ususwa endaweni yakhe.
37:2 Lalela ukuzwa umsindo wezwi lakhe, futhi umsindo ophumayo
umlomo wakhe.
37:3 Uyiqondisa phansi kwezulu lonke, nombani wakhe kuze kube semikhawulweni
zomhlaba.
37:4 Ngemva kwawo kubhonga izwi, futhi uyaduma ngezwi lakhe
ubuhle; futhi kayikubavimba lapho ilizwi lakhe lizwakala.
37:5 UNkulunkulu uyaduma ngezwi lakhe ngokumangalisayo; wenza izinto ezinkulu, azenzayo
asikwazi ukuqonda.
37:6 Ngoba uthi eqhweni: "Yiba emhlabeni; ngokunjalo kwabancane
imvula, nasemvuleni yamandla akhe.
37:7 Uvala isandla sabo bonke abantu; ukuze bonke abantu bazi umsebenzi wakhe.
37:8 Khona-ke izilwane zingena emihumeni, futhi zihlale ezindaweni zazo.
37:9 Kusukela eningizimu kuvela isivunguvungu, futhi amakhaza avela enyakatho.
37:10 Ngokuphefumula kukaNkulunkulu kuvela isithwathwa, nobubanzi bamanzi
kucindezeleka.
37:11 Futhi ngokunisela udinisa ifu elinzima, futhi uhlakaza ukukhanya kwakhe
ifu:
37:12 Futhi iphendukela nxazonke ngamacebo akhe, ukuze benze
konke abayala ngakho ebusweni bomhlaba emhlabeni.
37:13 Uyakwenza ukuba kufike, kungakhathaliseki ukuqondiswa, noma izwe lakhe, noma ngenxa
umusa.
37:14 Lalela lokhu, O Jobe: yima, futhi ucabange izimangaliso
kaNkulunkulu.
37:15 Uyazi yini lapho uNkulunkulu esusa kubo, futhi wabangela ukukhanya kwefu lakhe
ukuze kukhanye?
37:16 Uyazazi yini ukuhleleka kwamafu, izimangaliso zakhe?
okuyinto ephelele olwazini?
37:17 Izingubo zakho zifudumala kanjani, lapho ethulisa umhlaba ngomoya waseningizimu?
37:18 Ingabe nawe wasakaza isibhakabhaka, okuyinto eqinile, futhi njengoba encibilikisiwe
ngifuna ingilazi?
37:19 Sifundise lokho esingakusho kuye; ngoba asinakulaya inkulumo yethu
isizathu sobumnyama.
37:20 Ingabe uzotshelwa ukuthi ngikhulume? uma umuntu ekhuluma, uyakuba njalo
wagwinya.
37:21 Futhi manje abantu ababoni ukukhanya okukhazimulayo okusemafwini, kodwa ukukhanya
umoya uyadlula, ubahlambulule.
37:22 Isimo sezulu esihle sivela enyakatho: kuNkulunkulu kukhona ubukhosi obesabekayo.
37:23 Ngokuthinta uMninimandla onke, asikwazi ukumthola;
nasekwahluleleni, nasebuningini bokulunga: akayikuhlupha.
37:24 Ngakho abantu bayamesaba;