UGWA­LO

LU­KA­JO­BE

Uku­li­ngwa ku­ka­Jo­be lo­ku­be­ke­ze­la kwa­khe

1Kwa­ku­kho­na indo­da eli­zwe­ni leU­zia, ibi­zo la­yo la­li­ngu­Jo­beb. Le­yo­ndo­da ya­yi­phe­le­le-ke, iqo­ndi­lec, ime­sa­ba uNku­lu­nku­lud, ixwa­ya oku­bie.

2 Ya­si­za­le­lwa ama­do­da­na ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ama­tha­thu.

3 Le­mfu­yo ya­yo ya­yi­yi­zi­mvu ezi­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, la­ma­ka­me­la ayi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thu, le­zi­pa­ne ze­nka­bi ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu, la­bo­ba­bhe­mi aba­si­ka­zi aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu, le­nce­ku ezi­ne­ngi ka­khu­lu. Nga­kho lo­wo­mu­ntu wa­ye­mkhu­lu okwe­dlu­la bo­nke aba­ntu be­mpu­ma­la­nga.

4 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na akhe aha­mba enza idi­li endli­ni ya­le­yo la­le­yo ngo­su­ku lwa­yof; athu­ma abi­za oda­de­wa­bo aba­tha­thu uku­ze ba­dle ba­na­the la­wog.

5 Kwa­ku­si­thi la­pho ese­phe­li­le ama­zo­pha ensu­ku ze­di­li, uJo­be athu­me, awa­ngcwe­li­se, avu­ke eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu, ani­ke­le imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa ngo­kwe­na­ni la­wo wo­nkeh, ngo­ba uJo­be wa­thi: Mhla­wu­mbe ama­do­da­na ami oni­le, amthu­ka1 uNku­lu­nku­lu enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­woi. We­nza nja­lo uJo­be zo­nke izi­nsu­ku.

6 Kwa­se­ku­si­ba lo­su­kuj la­pho ama­do­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu eza uku­zi­mi­sa pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, lo­Sa­tha­ne la­ye wa­fi­ka pha­ka­thi kwa­wok.

7 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Sa­tha­ne: Uve­la nga­phi? USa­tha­ne wa­se­phe­ndu­la iNko­si wa­thi: Eku­zu­la­zu­le­ni emhla­be­ni le­ku­ha­mba­ha­mbe­ni ku­wol.

8 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Sa­tha­ne: Ube­ki­le yi­ni inhli­zi­yo ya­kho ence­kwi­ni ya­mi uJo­be, ngo­ba ka­kho onje­nga­yo emhla­be­ni, umu­ntu ophe­le­le­yo lo­qo­ndi­le­yo, owe­sa­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu lo­xwa­ya ubu­bim?

9 USa­tha­ne wa­se­phe­ndu­la iNko­si wa­thi: UJo­be ume­sa­be­la ize uNku­lu­nku­lu yi­ni?

10 Ka­wu­mbi­ye­la­nga yi­ni ye­na le­ndlu ya­khe la­kho ko­nke ala­kho inhla­ngo­thi zo­nken? Ubu­si­si­le umse­be­nzi we­za­ndla za­kheo, le­zi­fu­yo za­khe za­nda ka­khu­lu eli­zwe­nip.

11 Ko­dwa isi­bi­li ye­lu­la isa­ndla sa­kho kha­the­si, uthi­nte ko­nke ala­khoq; si­bi­li uza­ku­thu­ka2 ebu­swe­ni ba­khor.

12 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Sa­tha­ne: Kha­nge­la ko­nke ala­kho ku­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­kho; ku­phe­la ku­ye unge­lu­le­li isa­ndla sa­kho. Wa­se­phu­ma uSa­tha­ne pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si.

13 Kwa­se­ku­si­ba lo­su­kus la­pho ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akhe aye­si­dla ena­tha iwa­yi­ni endli­ni yo­mfo­wa­bo oli­zi­bu­lot.

14 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka isi­thu­nywa ku­Jo­be sa­thi: Inka­bi be­zi­li­ma la­bo­ba­bhe­mi be­si­dla ema­ce­le­ni azo;

15 kwa­se­ku­the­le­ka ama­She­bha, aku­tha­tha, atsha­ya izi­nce­ku ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mba, nja­lo yi­mi nge­dwa ku­phe­la engi­phe­phi­le­yo uku­ze ngi­ku­bi­ke­leu.

16 Le­si si­sa­khu­lu­ma, kwa­fi­ka le­si­nye, sa­thi: Umli­lo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uwi­le uve­la ema­zu­lwi­ni, wa­tshi­sa izi­mvu le­zi­nce­ku, wa­zi­qe­da; nja­lo yi­mi nge­dwa ku­phe­la engi­phe­phi­le­yo uku­ze ngi­ku­bi­ke­le.

17 Le­si si­sa­khu­lu­ma, kwa­fi­ka le­si­nye, sa­thi: Ama­Kha­la­di­yav ami­se ama­xu­kuw ama­tha­thux athe­le­ka phe­zu kwa­ma­ka­me­la, awa­tha­tha, atsha­ya izi­nce­ku ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mba, nja­lo yi­mi nge­dwa ku­phe­la engi­phe­phi­le­yo uku­ze ngi­ku­bi­ke­le.

18 Le­si si­sa­khu­lu­ma, kwa­fi­ka le­si­nye, sa­thi: Ama­do­da­na akho la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akho be­be­si­dla be­na­tha iwa­yi­ni endli­ni yo­mfo­wa­bo, izi­bu­loy.

19 Kha­nge­la-ke, umo­ya omkhu­lu wa­fi­ka uve­la nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­nka­nga­la, wa­tsha­ya ama­gu­mbi wo­ma­ne endlu, ya­we­la phe­zu kwa­ma­ja­ha, afa; nja­lo yi­mi nge­dwa ku­phe­la engi­phe­phi­le­yo uku­ze ngi­ku­bi­ke­lez.

20 UJo­be wa­se­su­ku­maa, wa­da­bu­la ibha­tshi la­kheb, wa­phu­ca ikha­nda la­khe, wa­wa emhla­ba­thi­ni, wa­kho­nzac;

21 wa­se­si­thi: Nga­phu­ma ngi­ze esi­swi­ni si­ka­ma­ma, nja­lo ngi­za­bu­ye­la kho­na ngi­zed; iNko­sie ya­phaf, iNko­si ithe­the; ka­li­bu­si­swe ibi­zo le­Nko­sig.

22 Ku­kho ko­nke lo­khu uJo­be ko­na­nga, ka­mba­le­la­nga ubu­wu­la uNku­lu­nku­luh.

2Kwa­ku­lo­su­ku fu­thi la­pho ama­do­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu afi­ka uku­zi­mi­sa pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, uSa­tha­ne la­ye wa­fi­ka pha­ka­thi kwa­wo uku­zi­mi­sa pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si.

2 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Sa­tha­ne: Uve­la nga­phi? USa­tha­ne wa­se­phe­ndu­la iNko­si wa­thi: Eku­zu­la­zu­le­ni emhla­be­ni le­ku­ha­mba­ha­mbe­ni ku­wo.

3 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Sa­tha­ne: Ube­ki­le yi­ni inhli­zi­yo ya­kho ence­kwi­ni ya­mi uJo­be? Ngo­ba ka­kho onje­nga­ye emhla­be­ni, umu­ntu ophe­le­le­yo lo­qo­ndi­le­yo, owe­sa­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu, lo­xwa­ya ubu­bi? Usa­ba­mbe­le­le ku­bo ubu­qo­tho ba­khe, la­nxa ungi­vu­se uku­ze ngi­mchi­the1 ku­nge­la­si­za­tho.

4 USa­tha­ne wa­se­phe­ndu­la iNko­si wa­thi: Isi­khu­mba nge­si­khu­mba, ye­bo, ko­nke umu­ntu ala­kho uza­ku­ni­ke­le­la impi­lo ya­khe.

5 Ko­dwa kha­the­si ye­lu­la isa­ndla sa­kho, uthi­nte itha­mbo la­khe le­nya­ma ya­khea; isi­bi­li uza­ku­thu­ka2 ebu­swe­ni ba­khob.

6 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Sa­tha­ne: Kha­nge­la, use­sa­ndle­ni sa­kho; ko­dwa gci­na impi­lo ya­khec.

7 USa­tha­ne wa­se­phu­ma pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, wa­mtsha­ya uJo­be nga­ma­thu­mba ama­bid, ku­su­ke­la nga­pha­nsi ko­nya­wo lwa­khe ku­ze ku­be enka­nda ya­khee.

8 Wa­se­zi­tha­the­la ude­nge­zi uku­zi­pha­la nga­lo, wa­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwe­si­lo­thaf.

9 Umka­khe wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Usa­ba­mbe­le­le yi­nig ku­bu­qo­tho ba­khoh? Thu­ka uNku­lu­nku­lu, ufei.

10 Ko­dwa wa­thi ku­ye: Ukhu­lu­ma nje­ngo­ku­khu­lu­ma ko­mu­nye wa­be­si­fa­za­na aba­yi­zi­wu­laj. Ka­mbe, si­za­kwe­mu­ke­la oku­hle ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, si­nge­mu­ke­li lo­ku­bi yi­nik? Ku­kho ko­nke lo­khul uJo­be ko­na­nga nge­nde­be za­khem.

11 Aba­nga­ne aba­tha­thu ba­ka­Jo­be se­be­zwi­le nga­kho ko­nke lo­khu oku­bi oku­me­hle­le­yo, be­za, lo­wo la­lo­wo eve­la enda­we­ni ya­khe, uE­li­fa­zi umThe­ma­nin, lo­Bi­li­da­di umShu­hio, lo­Zo­fa­ri umNa­ha­ma; ba­vu­me­la­na nda­wo­nyep uku­thi be­ze ba­mkha­le­le ba­mdu­du­zeq.

12 La­pho be­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo abo be­kha­tsha­na, ka­ba­ma­za­nga, ba­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi la­bo, ba­kha­la inye­mbe­zi, ba­da­bu­la ngu­lo­wo ibha­tshi la­kher, ba­vu­vu­ze­la uthu­li ema­kha­nda abo nga­se­ma­zu­lwi­nis.

13 Ba­se­be­hla­la la­ye emhla­ba­thi­ni insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa lo­bu­su­ku obu­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, nja­lo ka­kho owa­khu­lu­ma ili­zwi ku­ye, ngo­ba ba­bo­na uku­thi ubu­hlu­ngu bu­khu­lu ka­khu­lut.

UJo­be uthu­ka usu­ku lo­ku­za­lwa kwa­khe

3Emva kwa­lo­kho uJo­be wa­vu­la umlo­mo wa­khe, wa­qa­le­ki­sa usu­ku lwa­khe.

2 UJo­be wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi:

3 Ka­lu­bhu­bhe usu­ku enga­za­lwa nga­lo, lo­bu­su­ku okwa­thi­wa nga­lo: Ku­khu­le­lwe umntwa­na we­si­li­saa.

4 Lo­lo­su­ku ka­lu­be ngu­mnya­ma, uNku­lu­nku­lu anga­lu­na­nzi ephe­zu­lu, lo­ku­kha­nya ku­nga­lu­kha­nyi­sib.

5 Umnya­ma le­thu­nzi lo­ku­fac ka­ku­lu­hle­nged, iye­zi li­hla­le phe­zu kwa­lo, umnya­ma we­la­nga ule­sa­bi­se.

6 Lo­bo­bu­su­ku, umnya­ma ubu­ba­mbe, lu­nga­tho­ko­zi ensu­kwi­ni zo­mnya­ka, lu­nge­zi ku­na­ni le­zi­nya­nga.

7 Kha­nge­la, lo­bo­bu­su­ku ka­bu­be yi­nyu­mbae, umsi­ndo we­nto­ko­zo unga­nge­ni ku­bof.

8 Ka­ba­bu­qa­le­ki­se aba­qa­le­ki­si bo­su­ku, aba­lu­nge­le uku­vu­sa uLe­vi­ya­tha­ni*.

9 Zi­be mnya­ma inka­nye­zi zo­ku­sa kwa­bo, bu­li­nde­le uku­kha­nya, ko­dwa ku­nga­bi kho­na, bu­nga­bo­ni inko­phe zo­ku­sa.

10 Ngo­ba bu­nga­va­la­nga imi­nya­ngo ye­si­su si­kama­ma wa­mi, bu­nga­fi­hla­nga usi­zi eme­hlwe­ni ami.

11 Ku­nga­ni ngi­nga­fa­nga ku­su­ke­la esi­za­lwe­nig, ngi­phe­le eku­phu­me­ni kwa­mi esi­swi­nih?

12 Ku­nga­ni ama­do­lo anga­ndu­le­la? Ku­nga­ni la­ma­be­le uku­thi ngi­mu­nyei?

13 Ngo­ba kha­the­si nga­be nga­ca­mba­la­la nga­thu­la, nga­la­la, kho­na nga­ba lo­ku­phu­mu­la,

14 ka­nye la­ma­kho­si la­be­lu­le­ki bo­mhla­ba aba­za­khe­la ama­nxi­wa,

15 ku­mbe ka­nye le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla eza­zi­le­go­li­de eza­gcwa­li­sa izi­ndlu za­zo nge­si­li­va.

16 Ku­mbe nje­ngo­mphu­nzo ofi­hli­we­yo ngi­nga­bi kho­na, nje­nge­nsa­ne e­zi­nga­bo­na­nga uku­kha­nyaj.

17 La­pho aba­bi ba­ye­ke­la uku­hlu­pha, la­pho aba­kha­the­le nga­ma­ndla be­phu­mu­la.

18 Izi­bo­tshwa zi­ya­phu­mu­la nda­wo­nyek, ka­zi­zwa ili­zwi lo­mci­nde­ze­lil.

19 Omnci­nya­ne lo­mkhu­lu ba­la­pho, le­si­gqi­li si­khu­lu­le­ki­le enko­si­ni ya­so.

20 Ku­nga­ni eni­ka uku­kha­nya ko­hlu­phe­ka­yo, le­mpi­lo kwa­ba­lo­ku­ba­ba ko­mphe­fu­mu­lom;

21 aba­li­nde­le uku­fa, ko­dwa ku­nge­khon, be­ku­ge­bha ku­le­no­tho efi­hli­we­yoo,

22 aba­tha­ba­yo ka­khu­lu nge­nto­ko­zo1, ba­ja­bu­le la­pho be­tho­la ingcwa­bap?

23 Emu­ntwi­ni yi­niq, ondle­la ya­khe ifi­hli­wer, uNku­lu­nku­lu ambi­ye­le­yos?

24 Ngo­ba uku­bu­bu­la kwa­mi ku­za pha­mbi ko­ku­dla kwa­mi, lo­ku­bho­nga kwa­mi ku­thu­lu­le­ka nje­nga­ma­nzi.

25 Ngo­ba engi­kwe­sa­ba­yo ngo­kwe­sa­ba2 se­ku­nge­hle­le, le­ngi­lo­va­lo nga­kho ku­fi­ki­le ki­mi.

26 Nga­ngi­nga­hla­li­se­ka­nga, ngi­nga­phu­mu­li, ngi­nge­la­ku­thu­la, lo­hlu­pho lwe­za.

Inku­lu­mo yo­ku­qa­la kaE­li­fa­zi. Uthi uNku­lu­nku­lu ulu­ngi­le

4UE­li­fa­zi umThe­ma­ni wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thia:

2 Uba si­za­ma ili­zwi ku­we, uza­da­bu­ka yi­nib? Ko­dwa ngu­ba­ni onga­zi­ba­mba ema­zwi­ni?

3 Kha­nge­la, uqo­ndi­si­le aba­ne­ngi, wa­qi­ni­sa iza­ndla ezi­bu­tha­ka­tha­kac.

4 Ama­zwi akho amvu­si­le okhu­be­ka­yod, wa­qi­ni­sa ama­do­lo axe­ga­yoe.

5 Ko­dwa kha­the­si ku­fi­ki­le ku­we, uya­di­nwa; ku­ya­ku­thi­nta we­na, utsha­ywa lu­va­lof.

6 Ukwe­sa­ba kwa­kho uNku­lu­nku­lug ka­ku­si­so isi­bi­ndi sa­kho yi­nih, lo­bu­qo­tho be­ndle­la za­kho ithe­mba la­khoi?

7 Aku­khu­mbu­le, ngu­ba­ni owa­ke wa­chi­thwa enge­la­ca­la? Ku­mbe aba­lu­ngi­le­yo ba­ke ba­qu­nywa nga­phi?

8 Nje­nge­ngi­ku­bo­ni­le­yo, aba­li­ma ubu­bij be­hla­nye­la udu­bo, ba­vu­na kho­nak.

9 Ngo­ku­phe­phe­tha ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ba­ya­bhu­bha, la­ngo­ku­phe­fu­mu­la kwa­ma­kha­la akhe ba­ya­phe­la.

10 Uku­bho­nga kwe­si­lwa­ne, le­li­zwi le­si­lwa­ne ese­sa­be­ka­yol, la­ma­zi­nyo ama­bho­ngo esi­lwa­ne, kwe­phu­ki­lem.

11 Isi­lwa­ne esi­da­la si­ya­bhu­bha ngo­ku­swe­la impa­ngon, le­mi­dlwa­ne ye­si­lwa­ne­ka­zi isa­ba­la­leo.

12 Nga­se­ngi­nye­nye­ze­lwa ili­zwi, le­ndle­be ya­mi ye­mu­ke­la oku­nci­nya­ne kwa­lop.

13 Pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­ca­ba­ngo ye­mi­bo­no ye­bu­su­kuq, la­pho ubu­tho­ngo obu­khu­lu bu­se­hle­la aba­ntur,

14 ukwe­sa­ba kwa­ngi­fi­ke­la lo­ku­thu­thu­me­la okwe­nza ubu­ne­ngi ba­ma­tha­mbo ami ba­qha­qha­ze­las.

15 Kwa­se­ku­se­dlu­la umo­ya ebu­swe­ni ba­mit, lo­bo­ya be­nya­ma ya­mi ba­vu­kau.

16 We­ma, ko­dwa angi­ku­qo­nda­nga uku­bo­na­ka­la kwa­wo; isi­mo sa­si­pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo amiv; kwa­thu­la, nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ili­zwi li­si­thi:

17 Ka­mbe umu­ntu anga­lu­nga okwe­dlu­la uNku­lu­nku­lu? Umu­ntu anga­hla­mbu­lu­ka okwe­dlu­la uMe­nzi wa­khe yi­niw?

18 Kha­nge­la, ka­zi­the­mbi ince­ku za­khex, le­ngi­lo­si za­khe uthi zi­nga­ba­pho­si­siy.

19 Ka­nga­ka­na­ni aba­hla­laz endli­ni ze­bu­mbaa, aba­si­se­ke­lo sa­bo si­se­thu­li­nib, a­ba­cho­tsho­zwa pha­mbi kwe­nu­nduc.

20 Ba­kha­ndwa ku­su­ke­la eku­se­ni ku­ze ku­be ku­si­hlwad, ku­nge­la­ku­na­nzwa ba­ya­bhu­bha ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nie.

21 Ubu­hle ba­bo ka­bu­su­swa la­bo yi­nif? Ba­ya­fa ko­dwa be­nga­la­nhla­ka­ni­phog.

5Ake ume­me­ze, ukho­na onga­ku­phe­ndu­la yi­ni? Uza­phe­ndu­ke­la ku­wu­phi wa­ba­ngcwe­lea?

2 Ngo­ba ula­ka lu­ya­si­bu­la­la isi­wu­la, lo­mha­wu ubu­la­le isi­phu­ku­phu­kub.

3 Mi­na ngi­bo­ne isi­wu­la si­gxi­la, ko­dwa nga­hle nga­qa­le­ki­sa inda­wo ya­so yo­ku­hla­lac.

4 Aba­ntwa­na ba­so ba­kha­tsha­na lo­si­ndi­sod, ba­cho­tho­zwa esa­ngwe­nie, nja­lo ku­nge­kho umkhu­lu­lif.

5 Osi­vu­no sa­so ola­mbi­le­yo uya­si­dla, esi­tha­tha le­me­ve­nig, lo­mpha­ngi ugi­nya ino­tho ya­soh.

6 Ngo­ba usi­zi ka­lu­ve­li ethu­li­ni, le­nhlu­phe­ko ka­yi­hlu­mi emhla­ba­thi­ni.

7 Ku­be ka­nti umu­ntu uza­le­lwe inhlu­phe­ko nje­ngo­ba inhla­nsi zi­qha­tshe­la phe­zu­lui.

8 Ko­dwa mi­na be­ngi­za­di­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu, la­ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu be­ngi­za­be­ka uda­ba lwa­mi.

9 Owe­nza izi­nto ezi­nku­lu le­zi­nge­la­ku­hlo­lwa, imi­ma­nga­li­so enge­la­ku­ba­lwaj.

10 Oni­ka izu­lu ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba, athu­me­le ama­nzi ebu­swe­ni ba­ma­pha­ndlek,

11 uku­ze aba­mi­se phe­zu­lu aba­pha­nsil, uku­ze aba­li­la­yo ba­pha­ka­nyi­se­lwe e­ku­vi­ke­le­kenim.

12 Uchi­tha ama­ce­bo aba­lo­bu­qi­li, uku­ze iza­ndla za­bo zi­nge­nzi ce­bon.

13 Uba­mba aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ebu­qi­li­ni ba­boo, uku­ze ice­bo la­ba­nga­qo­nda­nga li­wi­se­lwe pha­nsip.

14 Ba­hla­nga­na lo­mnya­ma emi­ni, ba­phu­mpu­the pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­ni nje­nge­bu­su­kuq.

15 Ko­dwa ukhu­lu­la umya­nga enke­mbe­ni, emlo­nye­ni wa­bo, le­sa­ndle­ni so­la­ma­ndlar.

16 Nga­kho umya­nga ule­the­mba, lo­bu­bi bu­za­va­la umlo­mo wa­bos.

17 Kha­nge­la, ubu­si­si­we lo­wo­mu­ntu uNku­lu­nku­lu amla­ya­yot; nga­kho unga­de­le­liu uku­khu­za ku­ka­So­ma­ndlav.

18 Ngo­ba ye­na uzwi­sa ubu­hlu­ngu, abu­ye abo­phe; uya­li­ma­za, le­za­ndla za­khe zi­ya­pho­li­saw.

19 Uza­ku­khu­lu­lax enhlu­phe­kwe­ni ezi­yi­si­thu­phay, la­kwe­zi­yi­si­kho­mbi­saz ubu­bi ka­bu­yi­ku­ku­thi­ntaa.

20 Endla­le­ni uza­ku­hle­nga eku­fe­ni, le­mpi­ni ema­ndle­ni enke­mbab.

21 Uza­fi­hle­lwa isi­swe­pu so­li­mi, nja­lo ka­wu­yi­kwe­sa­ba inci­tha­ka­lo la­pho ifi­kac.

22 Uza­hle­kad inci­tha­ka­lo le­ndla­lae, nja­lo ka­wu­yi­kwe­sa­ba izi­lo zo­mhla­baf.

23 Ngo­ba uza­ku­ba le­si­vu­me­lwa­no la­ma­tshe ega­ngag, le­zi­lo ze­ga­nga zi­za­ku­ba lo­ku­thu­la la­weh.

24 Nja­lo uza­kwa­zi uku­thi ithe­nte la­kho li­lo­ku­thu­la, uza­kwe­the­ke­la inda­wo ya­kho yo­ku­hla­la unga­swe­li lu­tho.

25 Uza­kwa­zi fu­thi uku­thi inza­lo ya­kho iza­ku­ba ne­ngi, le­mbe­wu ya­kho nje­ngo­tsha­ni bo­mhla­ba.

26 Uza­fi­ka engcwa­be­ni la­kho usu­lu­phe­le, nje­nge­nqu­mbi za­ma­be­le zi­se­nyu­ka nge­si­kha­thi sa­wo.

27 Kha­nge­la lo­khu, se­si­ku­hlo­li­le; ku­nja­lo. Ku­zwe, uza­ze­le we­na.

Impe­ndu­lo ka­Jo­be. Uso­la aba­nga­ne ba­khe

6UJo­be wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi:

2 Ku­nga­thi uku­da­bu­ka kwa­mi be­ku­nga­li­nga­ni­swa lo­ku­li­nga­ni­swa, le­nhlu­phe­ko ya­mi ibe­kwe nda­wo­nye esi­ka­li­ni!

3 Ngo­ba kha­the­si ku­nga­ba nzi­ma ku­le­tshe­be­tshe­be lo­lwa­ndle. Nge­nxa ya­lo­kho ama­zwi ami anga­wa­ma­wa­la.

4 Ngo­ba imi­tsho­ko ka­So­ma­ndla ipha­ka­thi kwa­mi, obu­hlu­ngu ba­yo umo­ya wa­mi uya­bu­na­tha; ize­sa­bi­so zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu zi­ya­zi­hle­la zi­me­le­ne la­mi.

5 Uba­bhe­mi we­ga­nga uya­kha­la yi­ni eso­hla­ze­ni, ku­mbe inka­bi iya­kho­nya yi­ni eku­dle­ni kwa­yo?

6 Ka­mbe oku­du­ma ku­nga­dli­wa ku­nge­la­tshwa­yi? Ku­lo­ku­hla­bu­sa ko­ku­mhlo­phe kwe­qa­nda yi­ni?

7 Umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi uya­la uku­ku­thi­nta, ku­nje­ngo­ku­dla kwa­mi oku­ne­nge­ka­yo.

8 Ku­nga­thi isi­ce­lo sa­mi si­nga­fi­kaa, nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu angi­ni­ke ithe­mba la­mi,

9 uku­thi ku­mtho­ko­zi­se uNku­lu­nku­lub uku­ngi­cho­bo­zac, aye­ke­le isa­ndla sa­khe, angi­qu­med.

10 Kho­na ku­nga­hla­la ku­be yi­ndu­du­zo ya­mi, be­ngi­nga­ja­bu­la ebu­hlu­ngwi­ni obu­nga­ye­ke­li­yoe; ngo­ba ka­ngi­wa­fi­hla­ngaf ama­zwig oNgcwe­leh.

11 Ayi­ni ama­ndla ami uku­ze ngi­the­mbe? Lo­ku­phe­la kwa­mi ku­yi­ni uku­ze nge­lu­le impi­lo ya­mii?

12 Ama­ndla ami anga­ma­ndla ama­tshe yi­ni? Inya­ma ya­mi ili­thu­si yi­ni?

13 Usi­zo lwa­mi ka­lu­ki­mi yi­ni? Le­nhla­ka­ni­pho iya­xo­tshwa ki­mi yi­nij?

14 Ohlu­phe­ka­yo nga eha­wu­ke­lwa ngu­mnga­ne wa­khe, ko­dwa ude­la ukwe­sa­be­ka ku­ka­So­ma­ndla.

15 Aba­fo­we­thu ka­be­nza­nga ngo­ku­the­mbe­ka nje­nge­si­fu­la, nje­nge­mpo­pho­ma ye­zi­fu­la ba­ye­dlu­la,

16 ezi­mnya­ma nge­nxa yo­ngqwa­qwa­ne, oku­ca­tsha ki­zo ili­qhwa eli­khi­thi­ki­le­yo.

17 Nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­fu­du­ma­la kwa­zo zi­ya­nya­ma­la­la, se­ku­tshi­sa zi­ci­tshe enda­we­ni ya­zo.

18 Imi­kho­ndo ye­ndle­la ya­zo iya­ji­kak, ye­nyu­ke­le enka­nga­la ibhu­bhel.

19 Izi­ha­mbi ze­Te­ma za­kha­nge­lam, indwe­ndwe ze­zi­ha­mbi ze­She­bha za­li­nde­la ku­yon.

20 Za­ba le­nhlo­ni ngo­ba za­zi­the­mbi­leo, za­fi­ka ku­yo za­ya­nge­kap.

21 Ngo­ba kha­the­si ka­li­si­lu­tho; li­ya­bo­na ise­sa­bi­so, li­ye­sa­ba.

22 Ngi­tshi­lo yi­ni uku­thi: Le­tha­ni ki­mi? Ku­mbe: Pha­ni­ni isi­pho nge­nxa ya­mi empa­hle­ni ye­nuq?

23 Ku­mbe: Ngi­khu­lu­la­ni esa­ndle­ni se­si­tha? Ku­mbe: Li­ngi­hle­nge esa­ndle­ni sa­ba­le­si­hlu­kur?

24 Ngi­fu­ndi­sa­ni, kho­na mi­na ngi­za­thu­la; li­nge­nze ngi­qe­di­si­se engi­du­he kho­na.

25 Ala­ma­ndla anga­ka­na­ni ama­zwi aqo­tho; ko­dwa uku­so­la oku­ve­la ki­ni ku­so­la­nis?

26 Li­khu­mbu­la ama­zwi oku­so­la yi­ni, le­zi­nku­lu­mo zo­phe­le­lwe li­the­mba zi­ngu­mo­yat?

27 Ye­bo, lizi­wi­se­la phe­zu kwe­nta­nda­ne, li­ge­bhe­le umnga­ne we­nu umgo­diu.

28 Nga­kho-ke, vu­ma­ni li­ngi­kha­nge­le, ngo­ba ku­pha­mbi ko­bu­so be­nu nxa ngi­qa­mba ama­ngav.

29 Ake li­phe­ndu­ke, ku­nga­bi lo­bu­bi, ye­bo, li­bu­ye li­phe­ndu­ke, uku­lu­nga kwa­mi ku­ku­khow.

30 Ka­mbe ku­kho­na ubu­bi oli­mi­ni lwa­mi? Uku­na­mbi­tha kwa­mi be­ku­nge­hlu­ka­ni­se yi­ni izi­nto ezi­mbix?

UJo­be ukha­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ngo­bu­nzi­ma bo­ku­ha­mba ko­mu­ntu

7Ka­ku­kho yi­ni imfa­zo ku­mu­ntu emhla­be­ni, le­nsu­ku za­khe ka­zi­nje­nge­nsu­ku zo­qa­tshi­we­yo yi­nia?

2 Nje­nge­si­gqi­li si­khe­fu­ze­le­la umthu­nzib, la­nje­nge­si­qa­tshwa si­li­nde­le iho­lo la­soc,

3 ngo­ku­nja­lo mi­na ngi­dli­swe ili­fa le­nya­ngad ze­zee, lo­bu­su­ku be­zi­nhlu­phe­ko bu­ba­le­lwe mi­na.

4 La­pho ngi­la­la pha­nsi ngi­thi: Ngi­za­vu­ka ni­ni? Ngo­ba ubu­su­ku1 bu­de, nja­lo ngi­gcwe­le uku­tshu­ku­ma ku­ze ku­sef.

5 Inya­ma ya­mi ye­mbe­the impe­thu la­ma­ga­de othu­lig; isi­khu­mba sa­mi si­ya­da­bu­ka si­ye­nya­nye­kah.

6 Insu­ku za­mi zi­ya­pha­ngi­sa ku­le­se­lu­ki­so so­me­lu­ki, zi­phe­le ku­nge­la­the­mbai.

7 Khu­mbu­la uku­thi impi­lo ya­mi ingu­mo­ya; ili­hlo la­mi ka­li­yi­ku­phi­nda li­bo­ne oku­hlej.

8 Ili­hlo lo­ngi­bo­na­yo ka­li­yi­ku­ngi­bo­na fu­thi; ame­hlo akho aphe­zu kwa­mi, ko­dwa ngi­za­ku­ba ngi­ngase­khok.

9 Iye­zi li­ya­phe­la li­nya­ma­la­le; ngo­ku­nja­lo owe­hle­la engcwa­be­ni ka­yi­kwe­nyu­kal.

10 Ka­phi­ndi abu­ye­le emzi­ni wa­khem, le­nda­wo ya­khen ka­yi­sa­yi­ku­ma­zio.

11 Nga­kho mi­na ka­ngi­yi­ku­ba­mba umlo­mo wa­mi; ngi­za­khu­lu­ma eku­ci­nde­ze­lwe­ni ko­mo­ya wa­mi, ngi­so­lep eku­ba­be­ni ko­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­miq.

12 Ngi­lu­lwa­ndle yi­ni, ku­mbe isi­lo so­lwa­ndle, uku­ze li­ngi­be­ke­le aba­li­ndi?

13 La­pho ngi­si­thi: Umbhe­da wa­mi uza­ngi­du­du­zar, ica­nsi la­mi li­phu­ngu­les uku­so­la kwa­mit;

14 ubu­su­ngi­qha­qha­ze­li­sa nga­ma­phu­pho, ange­thu­se nge­mi­bo­nou;

15 uku­ze umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ukhe­the uku­kli­nywa, uku­fa ku­la­ma­tha­mbo ami.

16 Ngi­ya­ne­ngwa yi­kho, ka­ngi­yi­ku­phi­la nja­lo­nja­lov; ngi­ye­ke­lew, ngo­ba insu­ku za­mi zi­yi­zex.

17 Uyi­ni umu­ntu uku­thi umkhu­li­sey, lo­ku­thi ube­ke inhli­zi­yo ya­kho ku­yez,

18 lo­ku­thi umha­mbe­le iku­se­ni yo­nkea, umli­nge so­nke isi­kha­thib?

19 Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni unga­ye­ke­li uku­ngi­qa­phe­la, unga­ngi­ye­ke­li ngi­ze ngi­gi­nye ama­the ami yi­nic?

20 Ngo­ni­le, ngi­za­kwe­nza­ni ku­we, we­na mli­ndi wa­ba­ntud? Ungi­mi­se­le­ni ngi­be yi­nto ya­kho yo­ku­ne­njwa, ngi­ze ngi­be ngu­mthwa­lo ki­mie?

21 Nja­lo ka­wu­the­the­le­li nga­ni isi­pha­mbe­ko sa­mi, usu­se iso­no sa­mi? Ngo­ba se­ngi­za­la­la pha­nsi othu­li­ni; uza­ngi­di­nga ngo­vi­vi, ko­dwa ka­ngi­yi­ku­ba kho­naf.

Inku­lu­mo yo­ku­qa­la ka­Bi­li­da­di: Uthi uNku­lu­nku­lu upha­tha aba­ntu ngo­ku­fa­ne­le­yo

8Wa­se­phe­ndu­la uBi­li­da­di umShu­hi wa­thia:

2 Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni ukhu­lu­ma le­zi­zi­nto, la­ma­zwi omlo­mo wa­kho abe ngu­mo­ya ola­ma­ndlab?

3 UNku­lu­nku­lu uya­hla­ne­ke­la isa­hlu­le­lo yi­nic? Ku­mbe uSo­ma­ndla uya­hla­ne­ke­la uku­lu­nga yi­nid?

4 Uba aba­ntwa­na ba­kho bo­ni­le ku­ye, ye­na use­ba­la­hli­le ema­ndle­ni esi­pha­mbe­ko sa­boe;

5 uba we­naf umdi­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu ngo­vi­vi, unce­nge ku­So­ma­ndlag;

6 uba uhla­mbu­lu­ki­le, uqo­tho; isi­bi­li kha­the­si ube­za­vu­ka nge­nxa ya­kho, aphu­me­le­li­se inda­wo yo­ku­hla­la yo­ku­lu­nga kwa­kho.

7 La­nxa uku­qa­la kwa­kho be­ku­ku­nci­nya­ne, ku­be ka­nti isi­phe­tho sa­kho si­za­kwa­nda ka­khu­lu.

8 Ngo­ba ake ubu­ze esi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni sa­ku­qa­la, uzi­lu­ngi­se­le isi­di­ngo sa­bo­yi­seh.

9 Ngo­ba si­nga­be­zo­lo, nja­lo ka­sa­zii, ngo­ba insu­ku ze­thu emhla­be­ni zi­yi­si­thu­nzij.

10 Ka­ba­yi­ku­ku­fu­ndi­sa yi­ni, ba­ku­tshe­le, ba­khu­phe ama­zwi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­bo?

11 Imi­hla­nga inga­khu­la la­pho oku­nge­la­xha­pho­zi kho­na yi­nik? Ibhu­ma li­khu­le la­pho oku­nge­la­ma­nzi kho­nal?

12 Nxa li­se­bu­lu­hla­ze­ni ba­lo li­ngaka­khi­wa, ku­be ka­nti li­bu­na ku­qa­la kwa­zo zo­nke izi­hla­hla­ka­za­nam.

13 Zi­nja­lo indle­la za­bo bo­nke aba­mkho­hlwa­yo uNku­lu­nku­lu, le­the­mba lo­mze­nzi­si li­za­bhu­bhan.

14 Othe­mba la­khe li­za­qu­nywa, lo­ku­the­mba kwa­khe ku­yi­bu­le­mbu1 be­sa­yo­be.

15 Uye­ya­ma endli­ni ya­khe, ko­dwa ka­yi­mi; uba­mbe­le­la ki­yo, ko­dwa ka­yi­hla­lio.

16 Ulu­hla­za pha­mbi kwe­la­ngap, la­ma­hlu­me­la akhe aphu­ma esi­va­nde­ni sa­kheq.

17 Impa­nde za­khe zi­tha­nde­le enqu­nji­ni; ubo­na inda­wo ya­ma­tsher.

18 Uba emchi­tha enda­we­ni ya­khes, iza­mphi­ka ithi: Ka­ngi­za­nge ngi­ku­bo­net.

19 Kha­nge­la, le yi­nto­ko­zo ye­ndle­la ya­khe; nja­lo ku­za­khu­la aba­nye emhla­ba­thi­niu.

20 Kha­nge­la, uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­yi­ku­mla­hla ophe­le­le­yo, ka­ba­mbi isa­ndla sa­be­nzi bo­bu­bi.

21 Aze agcwa­li­se umlo­mo wa­kho ngo­hle­ko, le­zi­nde­be za­kho ngo­ku­me­me­za kwe­nto­ko­zov.

22 Aba­ku­zo­nda­yo ba­za­kwe­mbe­swa nge­nhlo­niw, le­the­nte la­ba­bi li­nga­bi kho­nax.

Impe­ndu­lo ka­Jo­be. We­hlu­le­ka uku­mphe­ndu­la uNku­lu­nku­lu

9UJo­be wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi:

2 Nge­qi­ni­soa ngi­ya­zi uku­thi ku­nja­lob. Ko­dwa umu­ntu anga­lu­nga nja­ni ku­Nku­lu­nku­luc?

3 Uba efi­sa uku­phi­ki­sa­na la­ye, ka­yi­ku­mphe­ndu­la oku­ko­dwa pha­ka­thi kwe­nku­lu­ngwa­ne.

4 Uhla­ka­ni­phi­le enhli­zi­ywe­ni, uqi­ni­le ema­ndle­nid: Ngu­ba­ni ozi­qi­ni­si­le­yo wa­me­la­na la­ye wa­phu­me­le­lae?

5 Osu­sa izi­nta­ba nja­lo zi­nga­zi, ozi­ge­nqu­la entu­ku­the­lwe­ni ya­khe.

6 Onyi­ki­nya umhla­ba awu­su­se enda­we­ni ya­wof, le­nsi­ka za­wo zi­za­ma­za­meg.

7 Ola­ya ila­nga uku­thi li­nga­phu­mi, ava­le­le inka­nye­zi ngo­pha­wu.

8 Owe­ndla­la ama­zu­lu eye­dwa, anya­the­le phe­zu kwe­zi­ngqo­nga zo­lwa­ndleh.

9 Owe­nzai iBhe­rej, izi­Njak, le­si­Li­me­la, la­ma­ka­me­lo eni­ngi­zi­mul.

10 Owe­nza izi­nto ezi­nku­lu ezi­nge­la­ku­hlo­lwa, le­zi­ma­nga­li­sa­yo ezi­nge­la­ku­ba­lwam.

11 Kha­nge­la, uye­dlu­la pha­nsi kwa­mi ngi­ngambo­nin, edlu­le­le pha­mbi­li ngi­nga­mu­zwao.

12 Kha­nge­la, uya­hlu­thu­na, ngu­ba­ni onga­mnqa­nda1? Ngu­ba­ni onga­thi ku­ye: We­nza­nip?

13 UNku­lu­nku­lu ka­yi­nqa­ndi intu­ku­the­lo ya­khe. Aba­si­zi ba­ka­Ra­ha­bi2 ba­ya­kho­tha­ma pha­nsi kwa­khe.

14 Pho-ke, mi­na ngi­nga­mphe­ndu­la ngi­thi­niq, ngi­khe­the ama­zwi ami oku­qo­nda­na la­yer?

15 Ebe­ngi­nge­ke nga­mphe­ndu­la lo­ba be­ngi­lu­ngi­le; ngi­za­ce­la isi­ha­wu ku­ma­hlu­le­li wa­mis.

16 Uba be­ngi­bi­zi­le, wa­ngi­phe­ndu­la, be­ngi­nga­yi­ku­kho­lwa uku­thi ube­ki­le indle­be eli­zwi­ni la­mi.

17 Ngo­ba uya­ngi­hli­fi­za nge­si­phe­phot, andi­se ama­nxe­ba ami ku­nge­la­si­za­thou.

18 Ka­ngi­vu­me­li uku­kho­kha umo­ya, ko­dwa engi­gcwa­li­sa nge­zi­nto ezi­ba­ba­yov.

19 Uba ku­nga­ma­ndla, kha­nge­la, ula­ma­ndlaw. Nja­lo uba ku­nge­sa­hlu­le­lo, ngu­ba­ni oza­ngi­bi­zax?

20 Alu­ba ngi­lu­ngi­le, umlo­mo wa­mi uza­ngi­la­hla; uba ngi­phe­le­le, uza­ku­thi ngo­na­ke­ley.

21 Ngi­phe­le­le, angi­kha­tha­le­li umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi, ngi­de­le­la impi­lo ya­miz.

22 Ku­nye lo­kho, nge­nxa ya­lo­kho ngi­thi: Uya­bhu­bhi­sa olu­ngi­le­yo lo­mu­bia.

23 La­pho isi­swe­pu si­bu­la­la ngo­ku­ju­ma­yo, uza­hle­ka uku­da­nga­la kwa­ba­nge­la­ca­lab.

24 Umhla­ba uni­ke­lwe esa­ndle­ni so­mu­bi; we­mbe­sa ubu­so ba­be­hlu­le­li ba­woc. Uba ku­nge­nja­lo, pho, ngu­ba­nid?

25 Nja­lo insu­ku za­mi zi­le­ju­ba­nee ku­le­si­gi­ji­mif; zi­ya­ba­le­ka, ka­zi­bo­ni oku­hleg.

26 Zi­ye­dlu­la nje­nge­zi­ke­pe zo­mhla­nga, nje­ngo­kho­zi olu­the­le­ka empa­ngwe­nih.

27 Uba ngi­si­thi: Ngi­za­kho­hlwa uku­so­la kwa­mii, ngi­tshi­ye uku­nyu­ku­ma­la kwa­mi, ngi­tho­ko­zej,

28 ngi­ye­sa­ba zo­nke insi­zi za­mi, ngi­ya­zi uku­thi ka­wu­yi­ku­ngi­pha­tha nje­ngo­nge­la­ca­lak.

29 Ngi­le­ca­la mi­na, pho, ngi­za­tshi­ka­tshi­ke­le­la­ni ize?

30 Uba ngi­zi­ge­zi­sa nga­ma­nzi eli­qhwa eli­khi­thi­ki­le­yo, ngi­hla­mbu­lu­le iza­ndla za­mi nge­se­pa,

31 kho­na uza­ngi­pho­se­la emgo­di­ni, be­se­ngi­se­nya­nywa yi­zi­gqo­ko za­mi.

32 Ngo­ba ka­su­ye umu­ntu nje­nga­mi uku­ze ngi­mphe­ndu­le, uku­ze si­ye nda­wo­nye ku­sa­hlu­le­lol.

33 Ka­ku­kho umqa­mu­li pha­ka­thi kwe­thum o­nga­be­kan isa­ndla sa­khe phe­zu kwe­thu so­ba­bi­lio.

34 Ka­su­sep uswa­zi lwa­khe ki­miq, nja­lo uva­lo nga­ye lu­nga­nge­thu­sir.

35 Be­ngi­nga­khu­lu­ma ngi­nga­me­sa­bi, ko­dwa angi­nja­lo ngo­kwa­mi.

UJo­be ukha­la ngo­ku­phi­la kwa­khe

10Umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ukha­the­le yi­mpi­lo ya­mia; ngi­za­tshi­ya inso­lo ya­mi phe­zu kwa­mib; ngi­za­khu­lu­ma eku­ba­be­ni ko­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mic.

2 Ngi­za­ku­thi ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu: Unga­ngi­la­hli; nga­zi­sa uku­thi ku­nga­ni uphi­ki­sa­na la­mid.

3 Ku­hle yi­ni ku­we uku­thi uci­nde­ze­lee, uku­thi ude­le­le umse­be­nzi we­za­ndla za­kho, ukha­nye phe­zu kwe­ce­bo la­ba­bif?

4 Ula­me­hlo enya­ma yi­nig? Ubo­nah nje­ngo­ku­bo­na ko­mu­ntui?

5 Insu­ku za­kho zi­nje­nge­nsu­ku zo­mu­ntu na? Imi­nya­ka ya­kho inje­nge­nsu­ku zo­mu­ntu yi­nij,

6 uku­thi udi­nge ngo­bu­bi ba­mi, uhlo­li­si­se nge­so­no sa­mi?

7 Ngo­ba usa­zi uku­thi ka­ngi­kho­hla­ka­la­nga, lo­ku­thi ka­kho onga­khu­lu­la esa­ndle­ni sa­kho.

8 Iza­ndla za­kho za­ngi­bu­mbak za­nge­nza ka­nye­ka­nye inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, ka­nti uya­ngi­chi­thal.

9 Ake ukhu­mbu­le uku­thi wa­nge­nza nje­nge­bu­mbam. Pho, uza­ngi­bu­yi­se­la ethu­li­nin?

10 Ka­wu­ngi­thu­lu­la­nga nje­ngo­cha­go, wa­ngi­ji­yi­sa nje­nga­ma­si yi­nio?

11 Ungi­gqo­ki­se isi­go­go le­nya­ma, wa­ngi­hla­nga­ni­sa nda­wo­nye nga­ma­tha­mbo la­nge­mi­si­pha.

12 Unge­nze­le impi­lo lo­mu­sa, lo­ku­na­ke­ke­la kwa­kho ku­lo­ndo­lo­zi­le umo­ya wa­mi.

13 Ka­nti le­zi­zi­nto uzi­fi­hli­le enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho; ngi­ya­zi uku­thi lo­khu ku­ku­wep.

14 Uba ngi­so­na, ungi­qa­phe­leq, ka­wu­yi­ku­ngi­ye­ke­la ngi­nge­la­ca­la eso­nwe­ni sa­mir.

15 Uba ngi­mu­bi, ma­ye ki­mis! Uba ngi­lu­ngi­let, be­ngi­nga­yi­ku­pha­ka­mi­sa ikha­nda la­mui. Ngi­gcwe­le ihla­zo, nga­kho bo­na inhlu­phe­ko ya­miv.

16 Ngo­ba ku­ya­zi­pha­ka­mi­sa; uya­ngi­zi­nge­la nje­nge­si­lwa­ne; ubu­ye uze­nze oku­ma­nga­li­sa­yo ki­miw.

17 Uya­vu­se­le­la aba­fa­ka­zi ba­kho aba­me­le­ne la­mi, wa­ndi­se ula­ka lwa­kho ki­mi; izi­ngu­qu­ko le­mpi ku­la­mix.

18 Pho ku­nga­ni wa­ngi­khu­pha esi­za­lwe­niy? Ku­nga­thi nga­be nga­phe­la, le­li­hlo li­nga­ngi­bo­na­nga!

19 Nga­ngi­za­ku­ba nje­ngo­ku­nga­thi ka­ngi­khoz; nga­ngi­za­thwa­lwa ngi­su­swe esi­za­lwe­ni ngi­si­we engcwa­be­nia.

20 Insu­ku za­mi ka­zi­nlu­tshwa­na yi­nib? Kha­wu­la phe­lac, ungi­ye­ke­le uku­ze ngi­tho­ko­ze ka­nci­nya­ned,

21 ngi­nga­ka­yi - ngi­nga­bu­yi e- eli­zwe­ni lo­mnya­maf le­thu­nzi lo­ku­fag,

22 ili­zwe lo­mnya­mah, nje­ngo­bu­mnya­mai, ithu­nzi lo­ku­faj, eli­nge­la­hle­lo, lo­ku­kha­nya ku­nje­ngo­bu­mnya­mak.

Inku­lu­mo yo­ku­qa­la ka­Zo­fa­ri. Uthi uJo­be wo­ni­le

11Wa­se­phe­ndu­la uZo­fa­ri umNa­ha­ma wa­thia:

2 Ka­mbe ka­bu­phe­ndu­lwa yi­ni ubu­ne­ngi ba­ma­zwi? Nja­lo isi­la­wu­li si­nga­lu­ngi­si­swa yi­nib?

3 Uku­la­wu­la kwa­kho ku­za­thu­li­sa aba­ntu yi­ni? La­pho uklo­lo­da, ka­kho ongaku­ya­ngi­sa yi­ni?

4 Ngo­ba uthec: Imfu­ndi­so ya­mi ihla­nze­ki­le, ngi­hla­mbu­lu­ki­le eme­hlwe­ni akhod.

5 Ko­dwa-ke ku­nga­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu anga­khu­lu­ma, avu­le inde­be za­khe ku­we,

6 uku­ze akwa­zi­se imfi­hla­ka­lo ze­nhla­ka­ni­pho, uku­thi zi­phi­ndwe ka­bi­lie nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho eqo­thof. Ya­zi-ke uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu ubi­za ku­we oku­lu­tshwa­na ku­le­ca­la la­khog.

7 Unga­fu­ma­na uku­ju­la ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nah? Unga­mfu­ma­na yi­ni uSo­ma­ndla ku­ze ku­be se­ku­phe­le­le­nii?

8 Ku­pha­ke­me nje­nga­ma­zu­lu, unge­nza­ni? Ku­tsho­ni­le ku­le­si­ho­go, unga­zi­nij?

9 Isi­li­nga­ni­so sa­kho si­de ku­lo­mhla­ba, si­ba­nzi ku­lo­lwa­ndle.

10 Uba ese­dlu­la ava­le­lek ku­mbe abu­tha­ni­sel, ngu­ba­ni-ke onga­mnqa­nda1?

11 Ngo­ba ye­na uya­ba­zi aba­ntu aba­yi­ze, uya­bo­na ubu­bi; nga­kho ka­yi­kuku­qa­phe­li­sa yi­nim?

12 Ngo­ba umu­ntu oyi­si­phu­ku­phu­ku anga­ba lo­ku­qe­di­si­sa, la­nxa umu­ntun enga­za­lwa nje­nge­tho­le li­ka­ba­bhe­mi we­ga­ngao.

13 Uba we­na ulu­ngi­sa inhli­zi­yo ya­khop, we­lu­le­le iza­ndla za­kho ku­yeq,

14 uba ubu­bi bu­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­kho, bu­be­ke kha­tsha­na, lo­bu­bi ka­bu­nga­hla­li ema­the­nte­ni akhor.

15 Ngo­ba ng'kho­na uza­pha­ka­mi­sa ubu­so ba­kho unge­la­si­cis, nja­lo uqi­ne, unge­sa­bit.

16 Ngo­ba we­na uza­kho­hlwa usi­zi lwa­kho, ulu­khu­mbu­le nje­nga­ma­nzi ase­dlu­li­leu.

17 Lo­bu­de be­mpi­lo ya­khov bu­za­kha­nya2 ku­le­mi­ni enku­lu; lo­ba ku­lo­mnya­ma ku­za­ku­ba nje­nge­ku­se­niw.

18 Nja­lo uza­ku­ba le­the­mba ngo­ba ku­le­the­mba; uza­ge­bha, uza­la­la ngo­ku­vi­ke­le­kax.

19 Uza­la­la, nja­lo ka­kho ozakwe­thu­sa, la­ba­ne­ngi ba­za­nce­nga pha­mbi kwa­khoy.

20 Ko­dwa ame­hlo aba­bi aza­fi­pha­laz, le­si­phe­phe­lo si­za­chi­the­ka ku­bo, le­the­mba la­boa li­za­ku­ba yi­ku­phe­la ko­mphe­fu­mu­lob.

Impe­ndu­lo ka­Jo­be. Ukhu­lu­ma nga­ma­ndla la­ngo­ku­hla­ka­ni­pha ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

12Wa­se­phe­ndu­la uJo­be wa­thi:

2 Ngo­ba isi­bi­lia li­nga­ba­ntub, le­nhla­ka­ni­pho iza­ku­fa la­ni.

3 La­mi ngi­le­ngqo­ndo nje­nga­ni, ka­ngi­pha­nsi ku­la­ni. Nja­lo ngu­ba­ni onge­la­zo izi­nto ezi­nje?

4 Ngi­yi­nhle­ki­sa ku­mnga­ne wa­mic, obi­za ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu amphe­ndu­le; olu­ngi­le­yo oqo­ndi­le­yo uyi­nhle­ki­sad.

5 Uyi­si­ba­ne esi­de­le­le­ka­yo emna­ka­nwe­ni wo­wo­nwa­bi­le­yoe; ulu­nge­le uku­tshe­le­la ngo­nya­wof.

6 Ama­the­nte aba­pha­ngi alo­ku­thu­la, la­ba­mthu­ku­the­li­sa­yo uNku­lu­nku­lu ba­vi­ke­le­ki­le, ku­lo­wo ole­tha uNku­lu­nku­lu esa­ndle­ni sa­kheg.

7 Ko­dwa-ke bu­za kha­the­si inya­ma­za­na, zi­za­ku­fu­ndi­sa, le­nyo­ni za­ma­zu­lu, zi­za­ku­tshe­la.

8 Ku­mbe khu­lu­ma lo­mhla­ba, uza­ku­fu­ndi­sa, le­nhla­nzi zo­lwa­ndle zi­za­ku­la­ndi­se­la.

9 Ngu­ba­ni onga­zi­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­kho ko­nke lo­khu uku­thi isa­ndla si­ka­Je­ho­vah si­kwe­nzi­le lo­khui?

10 Oku­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­khej umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho ko­nke oku­phi­la­yok, lo­mo­ya wa­yo yo­nke inya­ma yo­mu­ntul.

11 Indle­be ka­yi­hlo­li yi­ni ama­zwi, nje­ngo­lwa­nga lu­zi­na­mbi­the­la uku­dlam?

12 Kwa­ba­da­la ka­khu­lu ku­le­nhla­ka­ni­pho, le­bu­deni be­zi­nsu­ku ku­lo­ku­qe­di­si­san.

13 Ku­ye ku­kho­na inhla­ka­ni­pho la­ma­ndlao, ule­se­lu­le­ko lo­ku­qe­di­si­sap.

14 Kha­nge­la, udi­li­za, ku­nga­be ku­sa­khi­wa; uva­le­la umu­ntu, ku­nga­be ku­sa­vu­lwaq.

15 Kha­nge­la, uvi­mbe­la ama­nzi, atsher; abe­se­wa­thu­ma, age­nqu­le umhla­bas.

16 Ku­ye ku­kho­na ama­ndla le­nhla­ka­ni­phot; okho­hli­si­we­yo lo­mkho­hli­si ba­nga­ba­khe.

17 Ukhu­pha abe­lu­le­ki ba­ha­mbe be­hlu­tshu­lweu, enze abe­hlu­le­li ba­be yi­zi­thu­thav.

18 Uthu­ku­lu­la isi­bo­pho sa­ma­kho­si, abo­phe umbhi­nco enka­lwe­ni za­wow.

19 Ukhu­pha aba­pri­stix ba­ha­mbe be­hlu­tshu­lwe, awi­se aba­la­ma­ndlay.

20 Upha­mbu­la inku­lu­mo ya­ba­the­mbe­ki­le­yoz, asu­se uku­qe­di­si­sa kwa­ba­se­be­khu­li­lea.

21 Uthe­la uku­de­le­la phe­zu kwe­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla, axe­gi­se umbhi­nco wa­ba­la­ma­ndlab.

22 We­mbu­la izi­nto ezi­ju­li­le­yo ezi­se­mnya­me­nic, akhu­phe­le eku­kha­nye­ni ithu­nzi lo­ku­fad.

23 Enze izi­zwe zi­be zi­nku­lu, abe­se­zi­chi­thae; andi­se izi­zwe, abe­se­zi­su­sa1.

24 Usu­sa inhli­zi­yo ye­nhlo­ko za­ba­ntu bo­mhla­baf, azi­du­hi­seg enka­nga­la e­nge­la­ndle­lah.

25 Zi­phu­mpu­the emnya­me­ni ku­nge­la­ku­kha­nyai, uze­nza zi­di­ya­ze­le nje­ngo­da­ki­we­yoj.

UJo­be uca­ba­nga uku­thi ulu­ngi­le

13Kha­nge­la, ko­nke ili­hlo la­mi li­ku­bo­ni­le, indle­be ya­mi izwi­le ya­ku­qe­di­si­sa.

2 Nje­ngo­ko­lwa­zi lwe­nu la­mi ngi­ya­kwa­zi; ka­ngi­pha­nsi ku­la­nia.

3 Ko­dwa mi­na ngi­za­khu­lu­ma lo­So­ma­ndlab, ngi­fi­sa uku­qo­ndi­sa­na lo­Nku­lu­nku­luc.

4 Ko­dwa li­na-ke li­gco­na nga­ma­ngad, lo­nke li­nga­be­la­phie aba­nge­la­mse­be­nzif.

5 Ku­nga­thi nga­be li­ya­thu­la li­thi zwi; lo­khu ku­be yi­nhla­ka­ni­pho ki­nig!

6 Ake li­zwe uku­zi­vi­ke­la kwa­mi, li­la­le­le impi­ki­so ze­nde­be za­mih.

7 Li­za­mkhu­lu­me­la uNku­lu­nku­lu ngo­ku­bii, li­mkhu­lu­me­le nge­nko­hli­so yi­nij?

8 Li­za­kwe­mu­ke­la ubu­so ba­khek, li­za­mme­la yi­ni uNku­lu­nku­lul?

9 Ku­za­ku­ba ku­hle yi­nim la­pho eli­hlo­lan? Li­za­mkho­hli­sa yi­ni nje­ngo­kho­hli­sa umu­ntuo?

10 Isi­bi­li uza­li­so­lap, uba li­se­mu­ke­la ubu­so ensi­thaq.

11 Ubu­khu­lu ba­khe ka­bu­le­thu­si yi­ni, lo­kwe­sa­be­ka kwa­khe ku­le­hle­ler?

12 Izi­khu­mbu­zo ze­nus zi­yi­za­gat zo­mlo­thau, izi­vi­ke­lo ze­nu zi­yi­zi­vi­ke­lo ze­bu­mba.

13 Thu­la­ni li­ngi­ye­ke­le, uku­ze ngi­khu­lu­me mi­na; ku­nge­hle­lev lo­ba ku­yi­niw.

14 Ngi­za­yi­tha­the­la­ni inya­ma ya­mi nga­ma­zi­nyo ami, ngi­be­ke impi­lo ya­mi esa­ndle­ni sa­mix?

15 La­nxa eza­ngi­bu­la­lay, ngi­za­the­mba ku­yez. Ka­nti ngi­za­zi­me­la indle­la za­mi pha­mbi kwa­khea.

16 Nja­lo uza­ku­ba lu­si­ndi­so lwa­mi; ngo­ba umze­nzi­si ka­yi­ku­za pha­mbi kwa­khe.

17 Zwi­si­sa­ni ili­zwi la­mib, le­ngca­ze­lo ya­mi nge­ndle­be ze­nuc.

18 Kha­nge­la­ni-ke, se­ngi­lu­be­ke ku­hle uda­ba lwa­mi, ngi­ya­zi uku­thi mi­na ngi­za­lu­ngi­si­swad.

19 Ngu­ba­ni lo­wo oza­phi­ki­sa­na la­mi? Nxa kha­the­si ngi­thu­la ngi­za­phe­lae.

20 Ku­phe­la unge­nzi izi­nto ezi­mbi­li ki­mi; kho­na ngi­nga­yi­ku­ca­tshe­la ubu­so ba­khof.

21 Su­se­la kha­tsha­na la­mi isa­ndla sa­khog, lo­kwe­sa­be­ka kwa­kho ku­nga­nge­thu­sih.

22 Ubu­su­ngi­bi­za, mi­na ngi­za­phe­ndu­lai; ku­mbe ngi­khu­lu­me, ungi­phe­ndu­lej.

23 Zi­nga­ki izi­pha­mbe­ko le­zo­no engi­la­zo? Nga­zi­sa isi­pha­mbe­ko sa­mi le­so­no sa­mik.

24 Ufi­hle­la­ni ubu­so ba­khol, ungi­pha­the nje­nge­si­tha sa­khom?

25 Uza­kwe­thu­sa yi­ni ihla­mvu eli­phe­phe­the­ka­yon? Nja­lo uza­xo­tsha­na lo­mu­le owo­mi­le­yo yi­ni?

26 Ngo­ba uba­le izi­nto ezi­ba­ba­yo ume­le­ne la­mio, wa­nge­nza nga­dla ili­fa le­zi­pha­mbe­ko zo­bu­tsha ba­mip.

27 Ufa­ke le­nya­wo za­mi esi­go­dwe­niq, wa­qa­phe­la zo­nke indle­la za­mi, wa­zi­dwe­ba ulu­pha­wu empa­nde­ni ze­zi­nya­wo za­mir.

28 Ye­na-ke nje­ngo­ku­bo­li­le­yo uya­gu­gas, nje­nge­se­mba­tho inu­ndu esi­dla­yot.

UJo­be ukhu­lu­ma ngo­ku­hlu­phe­ka ko­mu­ntu

14Umu­ntu, oze­lwe ngo­we­si­fa­za­naa ule­nsu­ku ezi­mfi­tsha­ne, ezi­gcwe­le inhlu­phe­kob.

2 Uya­ve­la nje­nge­lu­bac, abu­ned, aba­le­ke nje­nge­si­thu­nzi, ake­mie.

3 Ka­mbe onja­lo umvu­le­la ame­hlo akho, ungi­nge­ni­se ekwa­hlu­le­lwe­ni ka­nye la­wef.

4 Ngu­ba­ni onga­ve­za oku­hla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo ko­ku­ngco­li­le­yog? Ka­kho lo­ye­dwah.

5 Lo­khu insu­ku za­khe zi­mi­si­we, ina­ni le­nya­nga za­khe li­ku­we, ummi­se­le imi­ngce­le ya­khe ange­ye­dlu­lei;

6 unga­mkha­nge­li, uku­ze aphu­mu­lej, aze atho­ko­zek ngo­su­ku lwa­khe nje­nge­si­qa­tshwal.

7 Ngo­ba ku­kho­na ithe­mba esi­hla­hle­ni uba si­ga­nyu­lwam uku­thi si­za­bu­ya si­hlu­men, lo­ku­thi ihlu­me­la la­so ka­li­yi­ku­phe­lao.

8 La­nxa impa­nde ya­so isi­ba nda­la emhla­be­ni, le­si­phu­nzi sa­so si­fe­le emhla­ba­thi­nip,

9 nge­phu­nga la­ma­nzi si­za­hlu­ma, se­nze inga­tsha nje­nge­si­tho­mboq.

10 Ko­dwa umu­ntu uya­fa ala­li­swe pha­nsir, ye­bo, umu­ntu uya­phe­la, unga­phi-kes?

11 Ama­nzi aye­mu­ka elwa­ndlet, lo­mfu­la uyo­ma utsheu,

12 ngo­ku­nja­lo umu­ntu uya­la­la pha­nsi anga­vu­ki; ku­ze ku­thi ama­zu­lu anga­bi­kho, ba­nga­vu­ki, ku­mbe ba­nga­pha­tsha­nyi­swa ebu­tho­ngwe­ni ba­bov.

13 Ku­nga­thi unga­ngi­fi­hla engcwa­be­niw, ungi­thu­ku­zex, ize iphe­ndu­ke intu­ku­the­lo ya­khoy, ungi­mi­se­le isi­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yo, ungi­khu­mbu­lez!

14 Uba umu­ntu esi­fa, uza­bu­ya aphi­le yi­nia? Zo­nke insu­ku ze­mfa­zo ya­mib ngi­za­li­ndac, ku­ze ku­fi­ke uku­khu­lu­lwa kwa­mid.

15 Uza­bi­za, mi­na-ke ngi­za­sa­be­lae, uza­la­nga­tha umse­be­nzi we­za­ndla za­khof.

16 Ka­nti kha­the­si uya­zi­ba­la izi­nya­the­lo za­mig; ka­wu­yi­ku­qa­phe­li­sa nge­so­no sa­mih yi­ni?

17 Isi­pha­mbe­ko sa­mi si­na­nye­kwe esi­khwa­me­nii, wa­su­si­be­ke­la iso­no sa­mij.

18 Isi­bi­li-ke inta­ba ewa­yo iya­bhi­dli­ka, le­dwa­la li­ya­su­swa enda­we­ni ya­lok.

19 Ama­nzi aya­gu­gu­da ama­tshel, impo­pho­ma za­wo zi­ya­khu­khu­la ubhu­qu lo­mhla­ba. Uya­chi­tha-ke ithe­mba lo­mu­ntum.

20 Uya­me­hlu­lan pha­ka­deo, adlu­lep; uya­gu­qu­la ubu­so ba­khe, umxo­tsheq.

21 Ama­do­da­na akhe aya­du­nyi­swar, ko­dwa enga­kwa­zis; ku­mbe aye­hli­se­lwa pha­nsi, ko­dwa anga­ku­na­nze­le­lit.

22 Ko­dwa inya­ma ya­khe ku­ye ise­bu­hlu­ngwi­ni, lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe ku­ye uya­li­la.

Inku­lu­mo ye­si­bi­li kaE­li­fa­zi. Uthi uJo­be uzi­pha­ka­mi­si­le

15Wa­se­phe­ndu­la uE­li­fa­zi umThe­ma­ni wa­thia:

2 Ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo anga­phe­ndu­la yi­ni ulwa­zi olu­ngu­mo­yab, agcwa­li­se isi­su sa­khec ngo­mo­ya we­mpu­ma­la­ngad?

3 Aphi­ki­se nga­ma­zwi anga­si­zi lu­thoe, la­nge­nku­lu­mo ezi­nge­la­nzu­zo yi­nif?

4 Ye­bo, we­na uya­chi­tha ukwe­sa­bag, uvi­mbe­la umkhu­le­ko pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

5 Ngo­ba umlo­mo wa­kho ufu­ndi­sa ubu­bi ba­kho, ukhe­the uli­mi lwa­ma­qi­li.

6 Umlo­mo wa­kho uya­ku­la­hla, ka­yi­si­mih; ye­bo, inde­be za­kho zi­ya­fa­ka­za nga­wei.

7 Ungu­mu­ntu wo­ku­qa­la owa­za­lwa­yo yi­ni? Ku­mbe wa­za­lwa ma­ndu­loj kwa­ma­qa­qa yi­nik?

8 Uzwi­le yi­ni ice­bo la­nga­se­se li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lul? Ku­mbe uzi­go­dle­le inhla­ka­ni­pho yi­nim?

9 Ku­yi­ni okwa­zi­yo esi­nga­kwa­zi­yo? Ku­yi­ni oku­qe­di­si­sa­yo oku­nge­kho ki­thin?

10 Ku­kho­na pha­ka­thi kwe­thu le­mpu­ngao le­khe­hla, omda­la nge­nsu­ku ku­lo­yi­hlop.

11 Zi­nci­nya­ne yi­ni ku­we indu­du­zo zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, le­li­zwi eli­khu­lu­nywa ku­hle la­we?

12 Ku­nga­ni inhli­zi­yo ya­kho iku­mu­ki­sa? Nja­lo ku­nga­ni ame­hlo akho epha­yi­za,

13 uku­thi uphe­ndu­le umo­ya wa­kho ume­la­ne lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ukhu­phe ama­zwi anje emlo­nye­ni wa­khoq?

14 Umu­ntu uyi­ni uku­thi abe ngo­hla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yor, lo­ze­lwe ngo­we­si­fa­za­na uku­thi abe ngo­lu­ngi­le­yos?

15 Kha­nge­la, ka­the­mbe­lit kwa­ba­ngcwe­le ba­kheu, la­ma­zu­lu ka­wa­hla­mbu­lu­ka­nga eme­hlwe­ni akhe.

16 Ku­ka­nga­ka­na­ni umu­ntu one­nge­ka­yov lo­wo­na­ke­le­yow, ona­tha ubu­bi nje­nga­ma­nzix!

17 Ngi­za­ku­tshe­ngi­sa, ungi­la­le­le, le­ngi­ku­bo­ni­le­yo ngi­za­ku­la­ndi­sa,

18 lo­kho izi­hla­ka­ni­phiy ezi­ku­khu­lu­mi­le­yo ku­su­ke­la ku­bo­yi­sez, nja­lo ka­zi­ku­fi­hla­ngaa,

19 okwa­ni­kwa ku­zo zo­dwa ili­zwe, lo­ku­nga­dlu­la­nga izi­ha­mbi pha­ka­thi kwa­zob.

20 Insu­ku zo­nke zo­kho­hla­ke­le­yo uzi­zwi­sa ubu­hlu­ngu, le­na­ni le­mi­nya­ka ebe­ke­le­lwec umci­nde­ze­lid.

21 Umsi­ndo we­ze­thu­so use­ndle­be­ni za­khe; empu­me­le­lwe­ni umchi­thi uza­mfi­ke­lae.

22 Ka­kho­lwa uku­thi uza­phe­ndu­ka emnya­me­ni, ko­dwa uku­thi uli­nde­lwe yi­nke­mba.

23 Uzu­le­la uku­dlaf. Ku­nga­phig? Uya­zi uku­thi usu­ku lo­bu­mnya­ma lu­lu­ngi­si­we esa­ndle­ni sa­kheh.

24 Uhlu­pho lo­si­zi ku­ya­me­thu­sa, ku­me­hlu­lei nje­nge­nko­si elu­nge­le impij.

25 Ngo­ba we­lu­le isa­ndla sa­khe eme­le­ne lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu, we­nza nga­ma­ndla uku­me­la­na lo­So­ma­ndla.

26 Wa­gi­ji­ma eme­le­ne la­yek nge­nta­mol, ngo­hlo­nzi lwa­ma­qhu­bu ezi­hla­ngu za­khe.

27 Ngo­ba wa­mbo­za ubu­so ba­khe nga­ma­fu­tha akhe, we­nza ukha­lo lwa­khu­khu­ma­la nga­ma­fu­tham.

28 Uhla­la emi­zi­ni echi­the­ki­le­yo, izi­ndlu aba­nga­hla­li ku­zo, ezi­lu­nge­le uku­ba zi­nqu­mbi.

29 Ka­yi­ku­no­tha, le­no­tho ya­khe ka­yi­yi­ku­ma, le­nzu­zo ya­khe ka­yi­yi­ku­sa­ba­la­la emhla­be­ni.

30 Ka­yi­ku­su­ka emnya­me­ni; ila­nga­bi li­za­ko­mi­sa ihlu­me­la la­khen, nja­lo uza­su­ka ngo­ku­phe­fu­mu­la ko­mo­ya wa­kheo.

31 Odu­hi­si­we­yo ka­nga­the­mbe­li eze­ni­ni, ngo­ba ize li­za­ku­ba ngu­mvu­zo wa­khe.

32 Ku­za­fe­zwa ku­nga­ka­bi lu­su­ku lwa­khep, lo­ga­tsha lwa­khe alu­yi­ku­ba lu­hla­zaq.

33 Uza­wo­hlo­zar izi­the­lo za­khe ezi­nga­vu­thwa­nga nje­nge­vi­nis, athi­nti­the impo­ko za­khe nje­nge­si­hla­hla so­mhlwa­thit.

34 Ngo­ba inhla­nga­no ya­ba­ze­nzi­siu iza­ku­ba nge­nge­la­zi­the­lov, lo­mli­lo uza­qo­thu­la ama­the­nte ezi­va­la­mlo­mow.

35 Ba­mi­thax uhlu­phoy, ba­za­le iso­noz, le­si­za­lo sa­bo si­lu­ngi­sa inko­hli­soa.

Impe­ndu­lo ka­Jo­be. Uso­la ngo­ku­pha­thwa kwa­khe ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu

16Wa­se­phe­ndu­la uJo­be wa­thi:

2 Ngi­zwi­le izi­nto ezi­ne­ngi ezi­njea; li­nga­ba­du­du­zi aba­kha­tha­za­yo li­na lo­nkeb.

3 Ku­za­ku­ba le­si­phe­tho yi­ni ema­zwi­ni angu­mo­ya? Ku­mbe ku­yi­ni oku­li­cu­nu­la­yo uku­thi li­phe­ndu­lec?

4 La­mi be­ngi­nga­khu­lu­ma nje­nga­ni uba umphe­fu­mu­lo we­nu ubu­se­nda­we­ni yo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi; be­ngi­nga­bu­the­le­la ama­zwi phe­zu kwe­nu, ngi­li­ni­ki­ne­le ikha­nda la­mid.

5 Be­ngi­nga­li­qi­ni­sa ngo­mlo­mo wa­mi, lo­ku­nyi­ki­nye­ka kwe­nde­be za­mi be­ku­nga­de­di­sae ubu­hlu­ngu be­nu.

6 Uba ngi­khu­lu­ma, ubu­hlu­ngu ba­mi ka­bu­de­di; uba ngi­ye­ke­la, ku­yi­ni oku­su­ka ki­mi?

7 Ko­dwa kha­the­si ungi­di­ni­si­le ye­na, we­na uchi­thi­le yo­nke inhla­nga­no ya­mif.

8 Ungi­tshwa­bha­ni­si­leg, ku­be yi­bu­fa­ka­zih, lo­ku­ca­ka kwa­mii ku­ngi­vu­ke­lej, ku­ya­fa­ka­za ebu­swe­ni ba­mi.

9 Ula­ka lwa­khe lu­yangi­dwe­ngu­lak, nja­lo uya­ngi­zo­ndal; ungi­ge­dle­la ama­zi­nyo akhem; isi­tha sa­mi si­ngi­ci­ji­se­la ame­hlo ason.

10 Ba­ngi­kha­mi­se­la umlo­mo wa­boo, ba­ngi­wa­ka­la esi­hla­thi­ni ngo­ku­ya­ngi­sap, be­ngi­hla­nga­nye­la nda­wo­nye.

11 UNku­lu­nku­lu ungi­ni­ke­le ko­kho­hla­ke­le­yoq, wa­ngi­pho­se­la eza­ndle­ni za­ba­bir.

12 Nga­ngo­nwa­bi­le, ko­dwa wa­ngi­cho­bo­zas, wa­ngi­du­me­la nge­nta­mo, wa­ngi­pha­hla­zat, wa­ngi­mi­sa nga­ba yi­nto ya­khe yo­ku­ne­njwau.

13 Aba­tsho­ki ba­khe ba­ngi­go­mbo­lo­ze­lav; uqhe­ke­ze izi­nso za­mi, enga­ye­ke­li, wa­chi­the­la emhla­ba­thi­ni inyo­ngo ya­miw.

14 Wa­ngi­vo­dlo­za ngo­ku­vo­dlo­vo­dlo­za1, wa­gi­ji­me­la ki­mi nje­nge­qha­wex.

15 Nga­thu­nga isa­kay phe­zu kwe­si­khu­mba sa­miz, nga­thu­ku­za upho­ndo lwa­mi othu­li­nia.

16 Ubu­so ba­mi bu­bo­mvu ngo­ku­kha­lab, le­nko­tshe­ni za­mi ku­le­thu­nzi lo­ku­fac,

17 la­nxa ku­nge­kho isi­hlu­ku eza­ndle­ni za­mi, lo­mkhu­le­ko wa­mi uhla­nze­ki­led.

18 Mhla­ba, unga­li­gqi­be­li iga­zi la­mie, lo­ku­kha­la kwa­mi ka­ku­nga­bi la­nda­wof.

19 La­kha­the­si, kha­nge­la­ni, ubu­fa­ka­zi ba­mi bu­se­ma­zu­lwi­ni, lo­mfa­ka­zi wa­mi use­zi­nda­we­ni ezi­pha­ke­me­yog.

20 Aba­nga­ne ba­mi ba­ya­ngi­klo­lo­de­la; ili­hlo la­mi li­ya­tho­nta ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

21 Ku­nga­thi ku­nga­ba kho­na onga­mla­mu­le­la umu­ntu ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, nje­nge­ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu ku­mnga­ne wa­yoh.

22 Ngo­ba imi­nya­ka emi­lu­tshwa­na iza­fi­ka, ng'kho­na ngi­za­ha­mba nge­ndle­la engi­nga­yi­ku­bu­ya nga­yo.

17Umo­ya wa­mi wo­na­ke­le, insu­ku za­mi zi­ci­tshi­wea, ama­ngcwa­ba nga­wa­mib.

2 Ka­ba­kho la­mi yi­ni aba­klo­lo­da­yo, le­li­hlo la­mi li­chi­tha ubu­su­ku eku­vu­ke­le­ni kwa­bo?

3 Aku­be­ke isi­ba­mbi­so sa­mi ku­wec; ngu­ba­ni ye­na o­za­tsha­ya esa­ndle­ni sa­mid?

4 Ngo­ba inhli­zi­yo ya­bo uyi­fi­hle­le uku­qe­di­si­sa; nge­nxa ya­lo­khu ka­wu­yi­ku­ba­pha­ka­mi­sa.

5 Okhu­lu­ma ngo­ku­ye­nga ku­ba­nga­ne, la­me­hlo aba­ntwa­na ba­khe aza­fi­pha­lae.

6 Nja­lo ungi­mi­se nga­ba yi­sa­ga se­zi­zwef, nga­ze nga­ba ngo­kha­fu­le­lwa­yo pha­mbi kwa­zo.

7 Nja­lo ili­hlo la­mi li­fi­phe­le ngo­si­zig, la­ma­lu­nga ami anje­nge­si­thu­nzi wo­nkeh.

8 Aba­qo­tho ba­za­kwe­thu­swa yi­khoi, lo­nge­la­ca­la uvu­ke­la onga­me­sa­bi­yo uNku­lu­nku­luj.

9 Lo­lu­ngi­le­yo uza­ba­mbe­le­la endle­le­ni ya­khe, lo­le­za­ndla ezi­hla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo uza­kwe­nge­za ama­ndlak.

10 Ko­dwa-ke li­na lo­nke, phe­ndu­ka­ni ake li­bu­ye, ngo­ba ka­ngi­tho­li ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­nul.

11 Insu­ku za­mi ze­dlu­lem, la­ma­ce­bo ami ada­bu­ke pha­ka­thin, izi­fi­so ze­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi.

12 Ba­mi­sa ubu­su­ku bu­be yi­mi­nio; uku­kha­nya ku­se­du­zep pha­mbi ko­bu­mnya­maq.

13 Uba ngi­li­nda, ingcwa­ba li­za­ku­ba yi­ndlu ya­mir; nge­ndla­la umbhe­da wa­mi emnya­me­ni.

14 Ngi­bi­za ingcwa­ba ngi­si­thi: We­na ungu­ba­ba; impe­thu ngi­si­thi: Uma­ma lo­da­de­we­thu.

15 Pho-ke ithe­mba la­mi li­nga­phi? Ye­bo, ithe­mba la­mi ngu­ba­ni oza­li­bo­na?

16 Ku­za­kwe­hle­la ku­mi­ja­bo ye­ngcwa­bas, la­phot si­za­phu­mu­lau kho­na nda­wo­nye enhla­ba­thi­niv.

Inku­lu­mo ye­si­bi­li ka­Bi­li­da­di. Uthi aba­bi ba­za­chi­thwa

18Wa­se­phe­ndu­la uBi­li­da­di umShu­hi wa­thia:

2 Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni li­be­ke­la ama­zwi imi­gi­be? Na­nze­le­la­ni, le­mva kwa­lo­kho si­khu­lu­meb.

3 Ku­nga­ni si­thi­wa si­zi­nya­ma­za­na, si­ngco­li­le eme­hlwe­ni enuc?

4 Udwe­ngu­la umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe ngo­ku­thu­ku­the­la kwa­khed. Umhla­ba uza­tshi­ywa nge­nxa ya­kho yi­ni, lo­ba idwa­la li­su­swe enda­we­ni ya­loe?

5 Ye­bo, uku­kha­nya kwa­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo ku­za­ci­tshwa, le­nhla­nsi yo­mli­lo wa­khe ka­yi­yi­ku­kha­nyaf.

6 Uku­kha­nya ku­za­fi­pha­la ethe­nte­ni la­kheg, le­si­ba­ne sa­kheh nga­phe­zu kwa­khe si­za­ci­tshwai.

7 Izi­nya­the­lo za­ma­ndla akhe zi­za­fi­nye­zwa, le­ce­bo la­khe li­za­mwi­se­la pha­nsij.

8 Ngo­ba uza­pho­se­lwak embu­le­ni zi­nya­wo za­khe, aha­mbe phe­zu kwe­mbu­lel.

9 Umji­bi­la uzamba­mba isi­the­ndem, isi­hi­tshe­la si­za­mkhu­le­lan.

10 Igo­da la­khe li­fi­hlwe emhla­ba­thi­ni, lo­mji­bi­la wa­khe endle­le­nio.

11 Ize­sa­bi­so zi­za­me­thu­sa inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkep, zi­xo­tsha­ne la­ye enya­we­ni za­kheq.

12 Ama­ndla akhe aza­qe­dwa yi­ndla­la, le­ngo­zi ili­nde­ler uku­khu­be­ka kwa­khes.

13 Ku­za­ku­dla ingxe­nye ze­si­khu­mba sa­khet; izi­bu­lo lo­ku­fa li­dle ingxe­nye za­kheu.

14 Ithe­mba la­khev li­za­hlu­thu­nwaw ethe­nte­ni la­khex, nja­lo ku­me­nze aye enko­si­ni ye­ze­sa­bi­soy.

15 Ku­za­hla­la ethe­nte­ni la­khe eli­nge­yi­si­lo la­khez; iso­lu­fa iza­vu­vu­ze­lwa phe­zu kwe­nda­wo ya­khe yo­ku­hla­laa.

16 Impa­nde za­khe zi­za­ko­ma nga­pha­nsib, lo­ga­tsha lwa­khe lu­bu­ne nga­phe­zu­luc.

17 Uku­khu­nju­lwa kwa­khe ku­za­bhu­bha emhla­be­nid, anga­bi la­bi­zo ezi­ta­la­de­nie.

18 Ba­za­mfu­qa ba­msu­se eku­kha­nye­ni ba­mu­se emnya­me­ni, ba­mxo­tshe emhla­be­ni.

19 Ka­yi­ku­ba le­nza­lof la­si­zu­ku­lwa­na eba­ntwi­ni ba­ki­bog; ka­ku­yi­ku­ba la­nsa­lih enda­we­ni za­khe zo­ku­hla­lai.

20 Aba­la­nde­la­yo ba­za­kwe­thu­swa lu­su­ku lwa­khej, la­bo­ku­qa­la ba­za­ba­njwa yi­se­sa­bi­so1.

21 Isi­bi­li zi­nja­lo inda­wo zo­ku­hla­la zo­mu­bi, nja­lo yi­yo le inda­wo yo­nga­ma­zi­yo uNku­lu­nku­luk.

Impe­ndu­lo ka­Jo­be. Uya­zi uku­thi umsi­zi wa­khe uza­msi­za

19Wa­se­phe­ndu­la uJo­be wa­thi:

2 Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni li­hlu­pha umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi, li­ngi­pha­hla­za nga­ma­zwi?

3 Le­zi­zi­kha­thi ezi­li­tshu­mi li­ngi­the­la nge­hla­zo; ka­li­la­nhlo­ni, li­ngi­pha­tha ku­bia.

4 Uba-ke ku­li­qi­ni­so uku­thi ngi­du­hi­le, uku­du­ha kwa­mi ku­za­hla­la la­mi.

5 Uba isi­bi­li li­zi­khu­khu­me­za phe­zu kwa­mi, li­phi­ki­sa­ne la­mi nge­hla­zo la­mib,

6 ya­zi­ni-ke uku­thi ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu ongi­hla­ne­ke­le­yo, wa­ngi­go­mbo­lo­ze­la nge­mbu­le la­khec.

7 Kha­nge­la, ngi­ya­me­me­za ngi­thi: Oku­bi! Ko­dwa ka­ngi­phe­ndu­lwad. Ngi­ce­la usi­zo, ko­dwa aku­la­sa­hlu­le­loe.

8 Uyi­va­li­le indle­la ya­mi ngo­mdu­li uku­ze ngi­nge­dlu­li, wa­mi­sa umnya­ma emi­kho­ndwe­ni ya­mif.

9 Ungi­hlu­bu­le udu­mo lwa­mig, wa­su­sa umqhe­le we­kha­nda la­mih.

10 Ungi­bhi­dli­zi­le inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, se­ngi­ha­mbi­lei, uli­si­phu­le ithe­mba la­mi nje­nge­si­hla­hla.

11 Ulu­ma­thi­si­le ula­ka lwa­khe ki­mi, ungi­ba­le nje­nge­zi­tha ku­yej.

12 Ama­bu­tho akhe afi­ka ka­nye­ka­nyek, abu­the­le­la indle­la ya­wo eme­le­ne la­mil, ami­sa inka­mba ago­mbo­lo­ze­la ithe­nte la­mim.

13 Ube­ke aba­fo­we­thu kha­tsha­na la­min, la­ba­nga­zi­yo isi­bi­li se­be­nga­be­mzi­ni ki­mio.

14 Izi­hlo­bo za­mi zi­nya­ma­le­lep, la­ba­za­na la­mi ba­ngi­kho­hli­weq.

15 Aba­hla­la endli­ni ya­mi le­nce­ku­ka­zi za­mi ba­ngi­ba­la nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe; ngi­ngu­mfo­ka­zi eme­hlwe­ni abor.

16 Nga­bi­za ince­ku ya­mi, ko­dwa ka­yi­phe­ndu­la­nga; nga­yi­nce­nga ngo­mlo­mo wa­mi.

17 Umo­ya wa­mi uye­nya­nye­ka ku­mka­mi, se­ngi­yi­si­ne­ngi­so ku­ma­do­da­na esi­za­lo sa­mis.

18 La­ba­ntwa­na aba­nci­nya­ne ba­ya­ngi­de­le­la; nga­su­ku­ma, ba­se­be­khu­lu­ma be­me­le­ne la­mit.

19 Bo­nke aba­ntu be­si­fu­ba sa­mi ba­ne­ngwa yi­mi, la­bo ebe­ngi­ba­tha­nda se­be­ngi­phe­ndu­ke­leu.

20 Itha­mbo la­mi li­na­ma­the­la­na le­si­khu­mba sa­mi le­nya­ma ya­mi, nja­lo ngi­phe­phe nge­si­khu­mba sa­ma­zi­nyo amiv.

21 Ngi­ha­wu­ke­la­ni, ngi­ha­wu­ke­la­ni, li­na ba­nga­ne ba­miw; ngo­ba isa­ndla si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu si­ngi­thi­nti­lex.

22 Li­ngi­zi­nge­le­la­ni nje­ngo­Nku­lu­nku­luy, li­nge­ne­li­swa yi­nya­ma ya­miz?

23 Ku­nga­thi nga­be kha­the­si ama­zwi ami abha­li­we! Ku­nga­thi nga­be aci­nde­ze­lwea egwa­lwe­nib!

24 Nga­be aba­zwe nge­phe­ni ye­nsi­mbi la­ngo­mnu­soc edwa­le­ni ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nid!

25 Ngo­ba mi­na ngi­ya­zie uku­thi umhle­ngi wa­mi uya­phi­laf, le­ku­phe­le­ni uza­ku­mag emhla­ba­thi­nih.

26 La­pho se­ku­tsha­ba­la­li­se lo­khu emva kwe­si­khu­mba sa­mii, ka­nti enya­me­ni ya­mi ngi­za­mbo­na uNku­lu­nku­luj,

27 mi­na engi­za­zi­bo­ne­la ye­na, la­me­hlo ami aza­bo­na, ha­tshi omu­nyek. Izi­nso za­mi se­zi­phe­li­le nga­pha­ka­thi kwa­mil.

28 Ko­dwa li­thim: Ku­nga­ni si­mzi­nge­la? Ngo­ba impa­nde ye­nda­ba itho­la­ka­la ki­min.

29 Li­na ye­sa­be­ni inke­mbao, ngo­ba ula­ka lu­le­tha izi­je­zi­so ze­nke­mbap, uku­ze la­zi uku­thi si­kho­na isa­hlu­le­loq.

Inku­lu­mo ye­si­bi­li ka­Zo­fa­ri. Uthi into­ko­zo ya­ba­bi imfi­tsha­ne

20Wa­se­phe­ndu­la uZo­fa­ri umNa­ha­ma wa­thia:

2 Nga­kho imi­ca­ba­ngo ya­mi inge­nza ngi­phe­ndu­leb, la­nge­nxa yo­ku­pha­ngi­sa kwa­mi pha­ka­thi kwa­mi.

3 Ngi­zwi­le isi­je­zi­so se­hla­zo la­mi, lo­mo­ya wo­ku­qe­di­si­sa kwa­mi unge­nza ngi­phe­ndu­lec.

4 Uya­kwa­zi lo­khu yi­ni, ku­su­ke­la endu­lod, se­lo­khu kwa­be­kwa umu­ntu emhla­be­nie,

5 uku­thif inja­bu­lo ya­ba­bi imfi­tsha­ne, le­nto­ko­zo yo­mze­nzi­si nge­ye­si­kha­tsha­na njeg?

6 Lo­ba ubu­kho­si ba­khe bu­se­nyu­ke­la ema­zu­lwi­ni, le­kha­nda la­khe li­fi­nye­le­la ema­ye­zi­nih,

7 uza­bhu­bha pha­ka­dei nje­ngo­bu­lo­ngwe ba­khej; la­bo aba­mbo­ni­le­yo ba­thi: Unga­phik?

8 Uza­pha­pha nje­nge­phu­pho, ba­nga­be be­sa­mtho­la; ye­bo, uza­xo­tshwa nje­ngo­mbo­no we­bu­su­kul.

9 Ili­hlo eli­ke la­mbo­nam ali­yi­ku­phi­ndan, le­nda­wo ya­khe ka­yi­sa­yi­ku­mbo­na.

10 Aba­ntwa­na ba­khe ba­za­di­nga uku­tho­ko­zi­sa aba­ya­nga, le­za­ndla za­khe zi­bu­yi­se­le ino­tho ya­kheo.

11 Ama­tha­mbo akhe aye­gcwe­le ubu­tsha ba­khe, ko­dwa aza­la­la ka­nye la­ye enhla­ba­thi­nip.

12 Uba ubu­bi bu­mna­ndi emlo­nye­ni wa­khe, ebu­fi­hla nga­pha­nsi ko­li­mi lwa­khe,

13 ebu­go­dla, enga­bu­ye­ke­li, ko­dwa ebu­gci­na pha­ka­thi ko­mlo­mo wa­khe,

14 uku­dla kwa­khe ku­za­phe­ndu­ka esi­swi­ni sa­khe, ku­za­ku­ba yi­bu­hlu­ngu be­zi­nyo­ka pha­ka­thi kwa­kheq.

15 Ugi­nye ino­tho, ko­dwa uza­yi­hla­nza; uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­yi­khu­pha esi­swi­ni sa­khe.

16 Uza­mu­nya ubu­hlu­ngu be­zi­nyo­kar, lo­li­mi lwe­bu­lu­lu lu­za­mbu­la­las.

17 Ka­yi­ku­bo­na izi­fu­lat, imi­fu­la, izi­fu­dla­nau zo­lu­juv lo­la­zaw.

18 Uza­bu­yi­se­la lo­kho aku­se­be­nze­la­yox, anga­ku­gi­nyiy; nje­ngo­kwe­no­tho iza­ku­ba nja­lo inhla­wu­lo, nja­lo ka­yi­ku­tho­ko­za.

19 Ngo­ba uba­ci­nde­ze­le wa­ba­de­la aba­ya­nga, wa­pha­nga indlu abe­nga­ya­kha­nga.

20 Ngo­ba ka­kwa­zi uku­thu­la esi­swi­ni sa­khez, ka­yi­ku­si­ndi­sa lu­tho ku­si­fi­so sa­khea.

21 Ka­ku­yi­ku­sa­la lu­tho eku­dle­ni kwa­khe; nge­nxa ya­lo­khu oku­hle kwa­khe ka­ku­yi­ku­ma.

22 Eku­gcwa­le­ni ko­kwa­ne­la kwa­khe uza­ku­ba le­nci­nde­ze­lo; so­nke isa­ndla so­hlu­phe­ka­yo si­za­mfi­ke­lab.

23 Ku­za­ku­thi la­pho egcwa­li­sa isi­su sa­khe, uNku­lu­nku­lu athu­me­le ku­ye uku­vu­tha kwe­ntu­ku­the­lo ya­khec, aku­ni­se phe­zu kwa­khe eku­dle­ni kwa­khed.

24 Uza­ba­le­ke­la isi­kha­li se­nsi­mbie, ida­ndi­li le­thu­sif li­za­mhla­bag.

25 Uya­li­hwa­tsha, li­phu­me emhla­nah, lo­ku­be­nye­ze­la­yo ku­za­phu­mai enyo­ngwe­ni ya­khej; ize­sa­bi­so zi­phe­zu kwa­khek.

26 Ubu­mnya­ma bo­nke bu­gci­ne­lwel izi­nto za­khe ezi­be­ke­le­lwe­yom; umli­lo onga­vu­the­lwa­yo uza­mqe­dan; ku­za­ku­ba ku­bi ku­nsa­li ethe­nte­ni la­kheo.

27 Ama­zu­lu aza­kwe­mbu­la ubu­bi ba­khep, lo­mhla­ba umvu­ke­leq.

28 Ukwa­nda kwe­ndlu ya­khe ku­za­nya­ma­la­la, ku­khu­khu­lwe osu­kwi­ni lwe­ntu­ku­the­lo ya­kher.

29 Le­sis yi­sa­be­lo so­mu­ntu omu­bi esi­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lut, le­li­fa ali­mi­se­lwa ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

Impe­ndu­lo ka­Jo­be. Ubo­ni­le uku­thi aba­bi ba­ya­phu­me­le­la

21Wa­se­phe­ndu­la uJo­be wa­thi:

2 Zwa­ni­ni li­la­le­le ili­zwi la­mi, la­lo­kho ku­be zi­ndu­du­zo ze­nua.

3 Ngi­be­ke­ze­le­la­ni, uku­thi mi­na ngi­khu­lu­me; le­mva ko­ku­khu­lu­ma kwa­mi li­nga­klo­lo­dab.

4 Mi­na-ke uku­so­la kwa­mi ku­se­mu­ntwi­ni yi­nic? Ko­dwa uba ku­nja­lo, ku­nga­ni umo­ya wa­mi unge­kha­tha­ze­ked1?

5 Ngi­kha­nge­la­ni, li­kha­kha­ma­le, li­be­ke isa­ndla phe­zu ko­mlo­moe.

6 Ye­bo, la­pho ngi­khu­mbu­la, ngi­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo, lo­ku­thu­thu­me­la ku­ba­mba inya­ma ya­mif.

7 Aba­bi ba­phi­le­la­ni, ba­be ba­da­la, ye­bo, ba­khu­le ema­ndle­ni?

8 Inza­lo ya­bo izi­nze pha­mbi kwa­bo ka­nye la­bo, le­mbe­wu ya­bo eme­hlwe­ni abo.

9 Izi­ndlu za­bo zi­lo­ku­thu­la ku­nge­la­kwe­sa­ba, lo­swa­zi lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­lu­phe­zu kwa­bo.

10 Inku­nzi ya­khe iya­khwe­la inga­phu­thi; inko­mo­ka­zi ya­khe iya­za­la, inga­phu­nzi.

11 Ba­khu­pha aba­ntwa­nya­na ba­bo nje­ngo­mhla­mbi, la­ba­ntwa­na ba­bo ba­ya­gi­da.

12 Ba­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi nge­si­gu­ja­na le­cha­cho, ba­tho­ko­ze nge­li­zwi lo­mhla­nga.

13 Ba­chi­tha insu­ku za­bo ngo­ku­hle, be­hle­le engcwa­be­ni ngo­ku­cwa­yi­za kwe­li­hlo.

14 Ba­be­se­be­si­thi ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu: Su­ka ki­thi; ngo­ba ka­si­fi­si ulwa­zi lwe­ndle­la za­kho.

15 Uyi­ni uSo­ma­ndla uku­thi si­mkho­nze? Si­za­zu­za­ni uba si­mnce­nga?

16 Kha­nge­la, oku­hle kwa­bo ka­ku­kho esa­ndle­ni sa­bo; ice­bo la­ba­bi li­kha­tsha­na la­mi.

17 Ku­ka­nga­ki isi­ba­ne sa­ba­bi si­ci­tshwag, ku­si­za uku­chi­the­ka kwa­bo phe­zu kwa­bo! UNku­lu­nku­lu uba­be­la ubu­hlu­ngu ela­ke­ni lwa­kheh.

18 Ba­nje­nga­ma­hla­nga pha­mbi ko­mo­ya, la­nje­ngo­mu­le isi­phe­pho esi­wu­phe­phu­la­yoi.

19 UNku­lu­nku­lu ube­ke­laj aba­ntwa­na ba­khe usi­zi lwa­khek. Uya­mvu­za, nja­lo uza­kwa­zil.

20 Ame­hlo akhe aza­bo­na uku­chi­the­ka kwa­khe, ana­the oko­la­ka lu­ka­So­ma­ndlam.

21 Ngo­ba iyi­ni into­ko­zo ya­khe endli­ni ya­khe emva kwa­khen, la­pho ina­ni le­nya­nga za­khe li­qu­nywao?

22 Ku­kho­na onga­fu­ndi­sa uNku­lu­nku­lu ulwa­zi yi­nip? Ngo­ba ye­na we­hlu­le­la aba­phe­zu­luq.

23 Lo uya­fa ese­ma­ndle­ni akhe aphe­le­le­yo, ye­na wo­nke onwa­bi­le, elo­ku­thu­la.

24 Izi­pha­the­lo za­khe zi­gcwe­le ucha­go, lo­mnka­ntsho wa­ma­tha­mbo akhe uma­nzir.

25 Lo­mu­nye ufa elo­mphe­fu­mu­lo oba­ba­yos, enga­dla­nga ko­ku­hlet.

26 Ba­la­la nda­wo­nyeu ethu­li­niv, le­mpe­thu zi­ba­si­be­ke­le.

27 Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­ya­ya­zi imi­ca­ba­ngo ye­nu, la­ma­ce­bo e­li­wa­ce­ba li­me­le­ne la­mi.

28 Ngo­ba li­thi: Inga­phiw indlu ye­si­pha­tha­ma­ndlax? Nja­lo li­nga­phi ithe­nte le­nda­wo za­ba­bi zo­ku­hla­lay?

29 Ka­li­ba­bu­za­nga yi­ni aba­dlu­la nge­ndle­la, nja­lo ka­li­na­nze­le­li izi­bo­ni­so za­bo?

30 Uku­thi omu­bi uye­ke­lwa osu­kwi­ni lo­ku­bhu­ji­swaz; ba­za­le­thwa osu­kwi­ni lwe­zi­ntu­ku­the­lo.

31 Ngu­ba­ni oza­mtshe­la indle­la ya­khe ebu­swe­nia? Ngu­ba­ni oza­mphi­ndi­se­la nga­kwe­nzi­le­yob?

32 Ka­nti ye­na uza­si­wa engcwa­be­ni, li­li­ndwe idu­ndu­luc.

33 Ama­ga­de esi­ho­tsha amna­ndi ku­yed, nja­lo udo­nsa wo­nke umu­ntu emva kwa­khe, nje­ngo­ba be­nge­la­ku­ba­lwa aba­pha­mbi kwa­khee.

34 Pho li­za­ngi­du­du­za nja­ni nge­ze, ngo­ba empe­ndu­lwe­ni ze­nu ku­se­le inko­hli­so?

Inku­lu­mo ye­si­tha­thu kaE­li­fa­zi: Uthi ubu­bi bu­ka­Jo­be bu­khu­lu

22Wa­se­phe­ndu­la uE­li­fa­zi umThe­ma­ni wa­thia:

2 Umu­ntu anga­ba lo­si­zo ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu yi­nib, ngo­ba ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo elu­si­zo ku­ye ngo­kwa­khec?

3 Ku­yi­nto­ko­zo yi­ni ku­So­ma­ndla uku­thi ulu­ngi­le? Ku­mbe inzu­zo ku­ye uku­thi uphe­le­li­se indle­la za­khod?

4 Uza­ku­so­la yi­ni nge­nxa yo­kwe­sa­ba kwa­kho? Uza­nge­na la­we ku­sa­hlu­le­loe.

5 Ubu­bi ba­kho ka­bu­bu­khu­lu yi­ni, le­zo­no za­kho ka­zi­la­ku­phe­la?

6 Ngo­ba uthe­the isi­ba­mbi­so ku­ba­fo­we­nu ku­nge­la­si­za­thof, wa­hlu­bu­la aba­nqu­nu izi­gqo­kog.

7 Ka­wu­mna­thi­sa­nga ama­nzi odi­ni­we­yo, lo­la­mbi­le­yo umgo­dle­le uku­dlah.

8 Ko­dwa umu­ntu ole­nga­lo, umhla­ba ungo­wa­khe, lo­we­mu­ke­le­ka ebu­swe­ni wa­hla­la ku­woi.

9 Uxo­tshi­le aba­fe­lo­ka­zi be­nge­la­lu­thoj, le­nga­lok ze­zi­nta­nda­ne zi­cho­tsho­zi­wel.

10 Nga­kho-ke imi­ji­bi­la iku­ha­nqi­le, lo­va­lo lu­hle lwa­kwe­sa­bi­sam,

11 ku­mbe ubu­mnya­ma uku­ze unga­bo­ni, le­si­khu­khu­lan sa­ma­nzi si­ku­si­be­ke­leo.

12 UNku­lu­nku­lu ka­kho yi­ni engqo­nge­ni ya­ma­zu­lu? Bo­na-ke ingqo­nga ye­zi­nka­nye­zi, uku­thi zi­pha­ke­mep ka­nga­ka­na­ni.

13 Ka­nti uthi: UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­zi­niq? Anga­hlu­le­la yi­ni enge­mu­va ko­mnya­ma onzi­mar?

14 Ama­ye­zi amnya­ma ayi­si­si­be­ke­lo sa­khe uku­ze anga­bo­nis, uha­mba esi­go­mbo­lo­zi­ni sa­ma­zu­lut.

15 Usu­na­nze­le­le indle­la enda­la yi­ni aba­ntu aba­bi aba­nya­the­la ku­you?

16 Aba­hlu­thu­nwav ku­ngaka­bi yi­si­kha­thiw; uza­mco­lo wa­thu­lu­lwa phe­zu kwe­si­se­ke­lo sa­bo.

17 Aba­thi ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu: Su­ka ki­thix. Lo­So­ma­ndla wa­ye­nze­niy ku­boz?

18 Ka­nti ye­na wa­ye­gcwa­li­se izi­ndlu za­bo ngo­ku­hle; ko­dwa ice­bo la­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo li­kha­tsha­na la­mia.

19 Aba­lu­ngi­le­yo ba­ya­ku­bo­na ba­tho­ko­zeb, lo­msu­lwa uba­hle­ka usu­luc.

20 Isi­bi­li isi­tha se­thu si­chi­thi­we, lo­mli­lo uqe­de insa­li ya­bod.

21 Ake we­jwa­ye­la­ne la­yee, ube lo­ku­thu­laf, nga­lo­kho oku­hle ku­za­ku­za ku­we.

22 Ake we­mu­ke­le umla­yo ove­la emlo­nye­ni wa­khe, ube­ke ama­zwi akhe enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khog.

23 Uba ubu­ye­la ku­So­ma­ndlah, uza­kwa­khi­wai, usu­se oku­bij kha­tsha­na la­ma­the­nte akhok.

24 Ubu­su­be­ka igo­li­de la­kho othu­li­ni, lego­li­de leO­fi­ri eli­tshe­ni le­zi­fu­lal.

25 Nga­kho uSo­ma­ndla uza­ku­ba li­go­li­de la­kho, le­si­li­va sa­kho esi­ne­ngi.

26 Ngo­ba nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uza­zi­tho­ko­zi­sa ngo­So­ma­ndlam, upha­ka­mi­se­le ubu­so ba­kho ku­Nku­lu­nku­lun.

27 Uza­khu­le­ka ku­ye, aku­zweo, ukho­khe izi­fu­ngo za­khop.

28 Uza­qu­ma-ke uda­baq, lu­qi­ni­se­ke ku­wer, lo­ku­kha­nya ku­kha­nye endle­le­ni za­khos.

29 Nxa be­hli­se­lwe pha­nsi, ubu­su­si­thi: Phe­zu­lut! Abe­se­si­ndi­sa otho­be­ki­le­yo nga­me­hlou.

30 Uza­mkhu­lu­la onge­msu­lwa; nja­lo ukhu­lu­lwa ngo­ku­hla­nze­ka kwe­za­ndla za­khov.

Impe­ndu­lo ka­Jo­be: Ufi­sa uku­la­ndi­sa uda­ba lwa­khe pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

23Wa­se­phe­ndu­la uJo­be wa­thi:

2 La­la­mu­hlaa isi­kha­la­zo sa­mi si­le­nka­nib; isa­ndla sa­mi si­nzi­ma phe­zu ko­ku­bu­bu­la kwa­mi.

3 Ku­nga­thi nga­be ngi­ya­zi la­pho engi­nga­mtho­la kho­nac! Be­ngi­nge­za enku­ndle­ni ya­khed!

4 Ngi­be­ke ku­hle uda­ba lwa­mi pha­mbi kwa­khee, ngi­gcwa­li­se umlo­mo wa­mi ngo­ku­phi­ki­saf.

5 Be­ngi­nga­wa­zi ama­zwi aza­ngi­phe­ndu­la nga­wo, ngi­qe­di­si­se aza­ku­tsho ki­mi.

6 Uza­phi­ki­sa­na la­mi ngo­bu­khu­lu ba­ma­ndla yi­ni? Ha­tshi, ko­dwa uza­be­ka inhli­zi­yo ya­khe ki­mig.

7 La­pho oqo­tho anga­phi­ki­sa­na la­ye; nga­kho be­ngi­za­phe­pha pha­ka­de ku­ma­hlu­le­li wa­mi.

8 Kha­nge­la­nih ngi­ya pha­mbi­li, ko­dwa ka­khoi, le­mu­vaj, ko­dwa ka­ngi­mbo­nik.

9 Nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo eku­se­be­nze­ni kwa­khe, ko­dwa ka­ngimbo­nil; uya­ca­tsha nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­nem, ko­dwa ka­ngimbo­nin.

10 Ka­nti uya­ya­zi indle­la ela­mio; ka­ngi­hlo­le, ngi­za­phu­ma nje­nge­go­li­dep.

11 Unya­wo lwa­mi lu­ba­mbe­le­le enya­the­lwe­ni la­kheq, ngi­yi­gci­ni­le indle­la ya­khe, ka­ngi­pha­mbu­ka­ngar.

12 Ka­ngi­su­ka­nga le­mla­ywe­ni we­zi­nde­be za­khe, nga­wa­lo­ndo­lo­za ama­zwi omlo­mo wa­khe okwe­dlu­la isa­be­lo sa­mi.

13 Ko­dwa ye­na uko­ku­ko­dwa, ngu­ba­ni-ke onga­mbu­yi­se­la emu­vas? Lo­kho umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe oku­fi­sa­yo uya­kwe­nzat.

14 Ngo­ba uza­phe­le­li­sa engi­ku­mi­se­lwe­yo; le­zi­nto ezi­ne­ngi ezi­nja­lo zi­ku­yeu.

15 Nge­nxa ya­lo­kho ngi­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo pha­mbi kwa­khe; ngi­ca­ba­nga, ngi­ya­me­sa­bav.

16 Ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nze inhli­zi­yo ya­mi ya­phe­la ama­ndla, lo­So­ma­ndla unge­thu­si­lew.

17 Ngo­ba ka­ngi­qu­nywa­nga pha­mbi ko­mnya­max, wa­gu­bu­ze­la ubu­mnya­may ebu­swe­ni ba­miz.

UJo­be uso­la uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­na­nzi ubu­bi

24Ku­nga­ni izi­kha­thia zi­nga­fi­hle­lwa­nga uSo­ma­ndlab, la­ba­ma­zi­yo be­nga­bo­nic insu­ku za­khed?

2 Ba­thu­thu­ki­sa imi­ngce­lee, ba­pha­nge imi­hla­mbi ba­ye­lu­se.

3 Ba­xo­tsha uba­bhe­mi we­zi­nta­nda­nef, ba­tha­the inka­bi yo­mfe­lo­ka­zi ibe yi­si­ba­mbi­sog.

4 Ba­pha­mbu­la aba­swe­la­yo emi­gwa­qwe­nih; aba­ya­nga bo­mhla­bai ba­ca­tsha nda­wo­nyej.

5 Kha­nge­la­ni, ba­ngo­ba­bhe­mi be­ga­nga enka­nga­lak, ba­phu­me­la emse­be­nzi­ni wa­bol, ba­di­nge impa­ngom ngo­vi­vin; inka­nga­la ibe yi­ku­dla kwa­khe lo­kwa­ba­ntwa­na.

6 Ema­si­mi­ni ba­vu­na uku­dla kwa­khe, ba­kho­tho­ze e­si­vi­nini so­mu­bi.

7 Ba­la­la be­ze ebu­su­ku be­nge­la­se­mba­tho, be­nge­la­si­gu­bu­ze­lo emqa­ndwe­ni.

8 Ba­ma­nzi nge­zi­hla­mbo ze­zi­nta­bao, ba­ba­mbe­le­la edwa­le­ni ngo­ba be­nge­la­si­phe­phe­lop.

9 Ba­hlu­thu­na inta­nda­ne ebe­le­ni, ba­tha­the le­si­ba­mbi­so ku­mya­ngaq.

10 Ba­ha­mba be­zer be­nge­la­si­gqo­kos, la­ba­la­mbi­le­yo ba­thwa­la isi­thu­ngot.

11 Pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­du­li ya­bo ba­hlu­za ama­fu­thau, ba­nya­the­la izi­kha­me­lo ze­wa­yi­ni, ko­dwa bo­mi­lev.

12 Aba­ntu ba­ya­bu­bu­la be­se­mzi­niw, lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­ba­li­me­le­yo uya­kha­lax; ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu kaba­ba­le­li uku­nga­lu­ngiy.

13 Bo­na ba­pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­vu­ke­la uku­kha­nya; ka­ba­za­zi indle­la za­khe, ka­ba­hla­li emi­kho­ndwe­ni ya­khez.

14 Umbu­la­li uya­vu­ka ngo­vi­vi, abu­la­le umya­nga lo­swe­la­yo; le­bu­su­ku unje­nge­se­la.

15 Le­li­hlo le­si­phi­ngi li­li­nde­la uku­hlwa, si­si­thi: Ka­ku­la­li­hlo eli­za­ngi­bo­na; si­fa­ke isi­mbo­mbo­zo ebu­swe­ni ba­so.

16 Emnya­me­ni uge­bha aphu­tshe­le ezi­ndli­ni a­ba­zi­pha­wu­le­le zo­na emi­ni; ka­ba­kwa­zi uku­kha­nya.

17 Ngo­ba iku­se­ni ka­nye­ka­nye ili­thu­nzi lo­ku­fa ku­bo; uba be­sa­zi­wa ba­ku­ze­sa­bi­so ze­thu­nzi lo­ku­fa.

18 Ulu­la phe­zu ko­bu­so ba­ma­nzi; isa­be­lo sa­bo si­qa­le­ki­si­we emhla­be­ni; ka­phe­ndu­ke­li endle­le­ni ye­zi­vi­ni.

19 Imba­le­la lo­ku­tshi­sa ku­qe­da ama­nzi eli­qhwa eli­khi­thi­ki­le­yo, ngo­ku­nja­lo ingcwa­ba abo­ni­le­yo.

20 Isi­za­lo si­za­mkho­hlwa, impe­thu iza­mmu­nya, enga­be esa­khu­nju­lwa, le­nko­hla­ka­lo iza­kwe­phu­lwa nje­nge­si­hla­hla.

21 Udla ngo­ku­mi­nza inyu­mba enga­za­li­yo, ka­me­nze­li oku­hle umfe­lo­ka­zi.

22 Nja­lo udo­nsa aba­la­ma­ndla nga­ma­ndla akhe, uya­vu­ka, nja­lo ku­nga­bi lo­le­the­mba le­mpi­loa.

23 Uya­mni­ka uku­ze alo­ndo­lo­ze­ke, ese­ya­ma ku­kho, ko­dwa ame­hlo akhe aphe­zu kwe­ndle­la za­bob.

24 Ba­ya­pha­ka­nyi­swa okwe­si­kha­tsha­na, ba­be­se­be­nga­se­kho, be­hli­se­lwa pha­nsi, ba­va­le­lwe nje­nga­ye wo­nkec, ba­ya­qu­nywad nje­nge­si­hlo­ko se­si­khwe­bue.

25 Uba-ke ku­nge­nja­lo, ngu­ba­ni onga­nge­nza umqa­mbi­ma­nga, enze inku­lu­mo ya­mi ibe yi­zef?

Inku­lu­mo ye­si­tha­thu ka­Bi­li­da­di: Uthi ka­kho umu­ntu ohla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu

25Wa­se­phe­ndu­la uBi­li­da­di umShu­hi wa­thia:

2 Uku­bu­sa lo­kwe­sa­be­ka ku­la­ye; uye­nza uku­thu­la enda­we­ni za­khe ezi­phe­zu­lub.

3 Ku­kho­na ina­ni yi­nic la­ma­bu­tho akhed? Ngu­ba­ni oku­nga­mphu­me­li­yo uku­kha­nya kwa­khee?

4 Pho umu­ntu anga­lu­nga nja­ni ku­Nku­lu­nku­luf? Ku­mbe oze­lwe ngo­we­si­fa­za­nag anga­hla­mbu­lu­ka nja­nih?

5 Kha­nge­la ku­ze ku­be se­nya­nge­ni, nja­lo ka­yi­kha­zi­mu­li, le­zi­nka­nye­zi ka­zi­hla­mbu­lu­ka­nga eme­hlwe­ni akhe.

6 Pho ka­nga­ka­na­ni umu­ntu oyi­mpe­thui, le­ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntuj engu­mswe­nyak!

Impe­ndu­lo ka­Jo­be: Ukhu­lu­ma ngo­bu­khu­lu bu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

26Wa­se­phe­ndu­la uJo­be wa­thi:

2 Umsi­ze nja­ni onge­la­ma­ndla, wa­si­ndi­sa inga­lo e­nge­la­ma­ndla?

3 Ume­lu­le­ke nja­ni onge­la­ku­hla­ka­ni­pha, wa­tshu­ma­ye­la ngo­bu­ne­ngia ulwa­zi olu­qo­tho?

4 Utshe­le ba­ni ama­zwi? Nja­lo ngu­mo­ya ka­ba­ni ophu­me ku­we?

5 Aba­fi­le­yob ba­ya­thu­thu­me­la nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­nzic, la­ba­hla­li ba­wo.

6 Isi­ho­go si­nqu­nu pha­mbi kwa­khed, le­nci­tha­ka­lo ka­yi­la­si­si­be­ke­loe.

7 We­lu­le­la inya­ka­thof phe­zu kwe­nda­wo enge­la­lu­tho, apha­nye­ke umhla­ba phe­zu kwe­zeg.

8 Uya­bo­phe­la ama­nzi ema­ye­zi­ni akhe, ko­dwa ama­ye­zi ka­wa­da­bu­ki nga­pha­nsi kwa­woh.

9 Uya­si­be­ke­la ubu­so be­si­hla­lo sa­khe so­bu­kho­si, endla­le iye­zi phe­zu kwa­soi.

10 Udwe­be umngce­lej oyi­si­go­mbo­lo­zi phe­zu ko­bu­so ba­ma­nzik, ku­ze ku­be se­ku­ci­ne­ni ko­ku­kha­nya lo­mnya­ma.

11 Insi­ka za­ma­zu­lu zi­ya­thu­thu­me­la, ze­thu­swa yi­ku­khu­za kwa­khel.

12 Nga­ma­ndla akhe uthu­li­sa ulwa­ndle, la­nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho ya­khe upha­hla­za uku­zi­qhe­nyam.

13 Ngo­mo­ya wa­khe uce­ci­se ama­zu­lu; isa­ndla sa­khe sa­gwa­zan inyo­ka eba­le­ka­yoo.

14 Kha­nge­la, lo­khu ku­nga­ma­phe­the­lo ezi­ndle­la za­khep; ko­dwa ku­zwa­ka­la into enci­nya­neq ka­nga­ka­na­ni nga­yer! Ka­nti umdu­mo wa­ma­ndla akhe ngu­ba­ni onga­wu­qe­di­si­sa?

UJo­be uthi ka­la­ca­la

27UJo­be wa­se­bu­ya epha­ka­mi­sa isa­ga sa­khe wa­thi:

2 Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua osu­se ilu­nge­lo la­mib, lo­So­ma­ndla owe­nze umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi wa­ba­ba.

3 Isi­bi­li nga­so so­nke isi­kha­thi umphe­fu­mu­lo use­ki­mi, lo­mo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu use­ma­kha­le­ni amic,

4 oqo­tho inde­be za­mi ka­zi­yi­ku­khu­lu­ma oku­bid, lo­li­mi lwa­mi si­bi­li lu­nga­khu­lu­mi inko­hli­soe.

5 Ka­ku­be kha­tsha­na la­mi uku­thi ngi­thi li­lu­ngi­lef; ngi­ze ngi­phe­le ka­ngi­yi­ku­su­sa ubu­qo­tho ba­mi ki­mig.

6 Ngi­za­ba­mbe­le­la eku­lu­nge­ni kwa­mihi ngi­nga­ku­ye­ke­lij; inhli­zi­yo ya­mi ka­yi­yi­ku­so­la ensu­kwi­ni za­mik.

7 Isi­tha sa­mi ka­si­be nje­ngo­mu­bi, lo­ngi­vu­ke­la­yo nje­ngo­nga­lu­nga­ngal.

8 Ngo­ba li­yi­ni ithe­mba lo­nga­me­sa­bi­yo uNku­lu­nku­lum, ese­qu­nyi­we, uNku­lu­nku­lu ese­khu­phi­le umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khen?

9 UNku­lu­nku­lu uza­ku­zwa yi­ni uku­kha­la kwa­khe, uku­hlu­phe­ka se­kwe­hle­le phe­zu kwa­kheo?

10 Uza­zi­tho­ko­zi­sa yi­ni ngo­So­ma­ndla? Uza­bi­za uNku­lu­nku­lu yi­ni so­nke isi­kha­thip?

11 Ngi­za­li­fu­ndi­sa nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; oku­ku­So­ma­ndla ka­ngi­yi­ku­ku­fi­hlaq.

12 Kha­nge­la, li­na lo­nke li­ku­bo­ni­le. Pho, ku­nga­ni se­li­be yi­ze lo­ku­ba yi­ze ngo­ku­nja­lo?

13 Le­si yi­sa­be­lo so­mu­ntu omu­bi ku­Nku­lu­nku­lur, le­li­fa la­ba­le­si­hlu­ku a­bale­mu­ke­la ku­So­ma­ndlas.

14 Uba aba­ntwa­na ba­khe be­sa­ndat, ku­ngo­kwe­nke­mbau, le­nza­lo ya­khev ka­yi­yi­ku­su­tha isi­nkwaw.

15 Insa­li za­khe zi­za­ngcwa­tshwa eku­fe­nix, la­ba­fe­lo­ka­zi ba­khe ka­ba­yi­ku­kha­la inye­mbe­ziy.

16 La­nxa ebu­the­le­la isi­li­va nje­ngo­thu­li, elu­ngi­sa isi­gqo­ko nje­ngo­da­kaz;

17 anga­lu­ngi­sa, ko­dwa olu­ngi­le­yo uza­si­gqo­ka, lo­nge­la­ca­la uza­kwa­ba isi­li­vaa.

18 Wa­kha indlu ya­kheb nje­nge­nu­nduc, la­nje­nge­du­mbad umli­ndi ale­nza­yo.

19 Ula­la eno­thi­lee, ko­dwa ka­bu­thwaf; uvu­la ame­hlo akhe, ka­se­khog.

20 Ize­sa­bi­so zi­za­mba­mbah nje­nga­ma­nzii; ebu­su­kujk isi­phe­pho si­za­me­bal.

21 Umo­ya we­mpu­ma­la­nga uza­mtha­tha, aha­mbem, umphe­phu­len asu­ke enda­we­ni ya­kheo.

22 Abe­se­pho­se­la phe­zu kwa­khe anga­ye­ke­li; pha­mbi kwe­sa­ndla sa­khep uza­ba­le­ka isi­bi­li.

23 Aba­ntu ba­za­tsha­ya iza­ndla za­bo nga­yeq, ba­mnci­fe­ler enda­we­ni ya­khes.

Ma­ye­la­na lo­ku­hla­ka­ni­pha

28Isi­bi­li ku­kho­na umtha­pho we­si­li­vaa, le­nda­wo ye­go­li­deb aba­li­ce­nga­yoc.

2 Insi­mbi itha­thwa enhla­ba­thi­ni, le­thu­si li­nci­bi­li­ki­swa e­li­tshenid.

3 Umi­se­la umnya­ma umngce­le, udi­ngi­si­sa ku­ze ku­be se­ku­phe­le­le­ni ko­nkee, ama­tshe obu­mnya­maf le­thu­nzi lo­ku­fag.

4 Uqhe­ke­za umgo­di kha­tsha­na la­la­pho oku­hla­la kho­na aba­ntu, la­pho aba­kho­hlwe kho­na lu­nya­wo; ba­ya­le­nga be­ji­ka­ji­ka kha­tsha­na la­ba­ntuh.

5 Umhla­ba, ku­phu­ma uku­dla ku­woi, la­nga­pha­nsi kwa­wo ku­phe­ndu­ka kwa­nga­thi ngu­mli­loj.

6 Ama­tshe awo ayi­nda­wok ye­sa­fi­re*l, nja­lo ulo­thu­li lwe­go­li­de.

7 Inyo­ni edla inya­ma ka­yi­ya­zi indle­la, le­li­hlo le­li­nqem ka­li­yi­bo­na­ngan.

8 Imi­dlwa­ne yo­ku­zi­qhe­nya­yo ka­yi­yi­nya­the­la­ngao, isi­lwa­ne ka­si­ha­mba­nga ku­yop.

9 Uye­lu­la isa­ndla sa­khe eli­tshe­ni eli­lu­khu­ni, uya­ge­nqu­la izi­nta­ba ezi­mpa­nde­ni.

10 Aqhe­ke­ze imi­se­le ema­dwa­le­ni, le­li­hlo la­khe li­bo­na ko­nke oku­li­gu­guq.

11 Uya­bo­pha izi­fu­la zi­nga­tho­ntir, lo­ku­fi­hla­ke­le­yo uku­khu­phe­la eku­kha­nye­nis.

12 Ko­dwa inhla­ka­ni­phot inga­tho­la­ka­la ive­la nga­phiu? Le­nda­wo yo­ku­qe­di­si­sa inga­phiv?

13 Umu­ntu ka­la­zi ixa­bi­so la­khow, nja­lo ka­ku­tho­la­ka­li eli­zwe­ni la­ba­phi­la­yox.

14 Uku­ju­la ku­thi: Ka­ku­kho ki­mi. Lo­lwa­ndle lu­thi: Ka­ku­la­miy.

15 Igo­li­de eli­hlez li­nge­ni­kwe enda­we­ni ya­khoa, le­si­li­va si­nge­li­nga­ni­selwe inte­ngo ya­kho.

16 Ku­nge­li­nga­neb le­go­li­dec leO­fi­rid, le-o­ni­kse* eli­gu­gue, le­sa­fi­re*f.

17 Igo­li­de le­kri­sta­li* ku­nge­li­nga­ne la­khog, fu­thi kunge­na­ni­swe nge­si­tsha se­go­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yo.

18 Iko­ra­li* le­kri­sta­lih ka­ku­yi­ku­khu­nju­lwai, ngo­ba inte­ngo ye­nhla­ka­ni­pho inga­phe­zu kwa­ma­tshe ali­gu­guj.

19 Ito­pa­zi*k leE­thi­yo­phi­yal li­nge­li­nga­ni­swe la­khom, ku­nge­li­nga­nen le­go­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yoo.

20 Pho, inhla­ka­ni­pho ive­la nga­phi? Le­nda­wo yo­ku­qe­di­si­sa inga­phip?

21 Ngo­ba ku­si­the­ki­le eme­hlwe­ni abo bo­nke aba­phi­la­yo, kwa­fi­hlwa ezi­nyo­ni­ni za­ma­zu­luq.

22 Uku­bhu­ji­swa lo­ku­fa ku­thi: Si­zwi­le nge­ndle­be ze­thu umbi­ko wa­khor.

23 UNku­lu­nku­lu uya­yi­qe­di­si­sa indle­la ya­kho, nja­lo ye­na uya­ya­zi inda­wo ya­khos.

24 Ngo­ba ye­na uya­kha­nge­la ku­ze ku­be se­mi­kha­wu­lwe­ni yo­mhla­ba, abo­ne nga­pha­nsi kwa­wo wo­nke ama­zu­lu.

25 Ese­nze­la umo­ya isi­si­ndo, wa­li­nga­ni­sa ama­nzi nge­si­li­nga­ni­sot.

26 La­pho ese­nze­lau izu­lu isi­mi­sov, lo­mba­ne wo­ku­du­ma indle­law.

27 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi wa­ku­bo­na, wa­la­ndi­sa nga­kho; wa­ku­lu­ngi­sa, ye­bo, wa­ku­hlo­li­si­sa.

28 Wa­se­si­thi emu­ntwi­ni: Kha­nge­la, ukwe­sa­ba iNko­si, lo­khu ku­yi­nhla­ka­ni­phox, lo­ku­su­ka ebu­bi­ni ku­yi­ku­qe­di­si­say.

UJo­be ukhu­mbu­la inhla­lo ya­khe ya­ku­qa­la

29UJo­be wa­se­bu­ya epha­ka­mi­sa isa­ga sa­khe wa­thi:

2 Ku­nga­thi nga­be ngi­nje­nge­nya­ngeni za­ma­ndu­lo, nje­nge­nsu­kwi­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu angi­gci­ne nga­zoa,

3 la­pho isi­ba­ne sa­khe sa­kha­nya phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­mi; nga­ha­mba e­mnya­meni ngo­ku­kha­nya kwa­kheb!

4 Nje­ngo­ba nga­ngi­nja­lo ensu­kwi­ni zo­ku­vu­thwa kwa­mi, la­pho ise­lu­le­ko si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luc sa­si­phe­zu kwe­the­nte la­mid,

5 la­pho uSo­ma­ndla wa­ye­se­se­la­mi, la­ba­ntwa­na ba­mi be­ngi­pha­hli­lee,

6 la­pho nga­ge­zi­sa izi­nya­the­lo za­mif ngo­la­zag, le­dwa­lah la­ngi­thu­lu­le­lai imi­fu­la ya­ma­fu­thaj!

7 La­pho nga­phu­ma nga­ya esa­ngwe­nik ngi­da­bu­la umu­zi, nga­lu­ngi­sa isi­hla­lo sa­mi emda­nge­nil;

8 ama­ja­ha angi­bo­na, aca­tsha; la­ma­xhe­gu asu­ku­ma emam;

9 izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ye­ke­la uku­khu­lu­ma, za­be­ka isa­ndla phe­zu ko­mlo­mo wa­zon;

10 ili­zwi la­ba­khu­lu la­ca­tsha, lo­li­mi lwa­bo lwa­na­ma­the­lao elwa­nge­ni lwa­bop.

11 La­pho indle­be isi­zwa ya­ngi­bu­si­sa, le­li­hlo li­bo­na la­ngi­fa­ka­ze­la,

12 ngo­ba nga­khu­lu­la umya­nga okha­la­yo, le­nta­nda­ne, lo­nge­la­msi­ziq.

13 Isi­bu­si­sor so­bhu­bha­yo se­hle­le phe­zu kwa­mis, nja­lo nge­nza inhli­zi­yo yo­mfe­lo­ka­zit ihla­be­le nge­nto­ko­zou.

14 Nge­mba­tha uku­lu­nga, kwa­nge­mbe­sav; isa­hlu­le­lo sa­mi sa­ba nje­nge­se­mba­tho lo­mqhe­lew.

15 Nga­ngi­nga­me­hlo ko­yi­si­pho­fu, nga­ngi­zi­nya­wo ku­si­qhu­lix.

16 Nga­ngi­ngu­yi­se wa­ba­ya­nga, le­nda­ba e­ngi­nga­ya­zi­yo nga­yi­hlo­li­si­say.

17 Nga­se­ngi­se­phu­la umhla­thi wo­mu­bi, ngame­nza a­la­hle impa­ngo ema­zi­nywe­ni akhez.

18 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Ngi­za­phe­laa le­si­dle­ke sa­mib, nga­ndi­se insu­ku nje­nge­tshe­be­tshe­bec.

19 Impa­nde za­mi zi­na­be­led ema­nzi­nie, la­ma­zo­lo ala­le ubu­su­ku oga­tshe­ni lwa­mifg.

20 Udu­mo lwa­mi lu­tsha ki­mi, le­da­ndi­li la­mi la­gu­qu­ka esa­ndle­ni sa­mih.

21 Ba­ngi­la­le­la, be­li­nde­le, ba­thu­le­la ise­lu­le­ko sa­mi.

22 Emva kwe­li­zwi la­mi ka­ba­phe­ndu­la­nga, le­li­zwi la­mi la­tho­nte­la phe­zu kwa­boi.

23 Ba­ngi­li­nde­la nje­nge­zu­lu, lo­mlo­mo wa­bo ba­wu­kha­mi­se­laj izu­lu lo­ku­ci­nak.

24 La­pho ngi­ba­hle­ke­la, ka­ba­kho­lwa­ngal, lo­ku­kha­nyam ko­bu­so ba­mi ka­ba­ku­wi­se­la­nga pha­nsin.

25 Nga­khe­tha indle­la ya­bo nga­hla­la ngi­yi­nhlo­ko, nga­hla­la nje­nge­nko­sio pha­ka­thi kwe­vi­yop, nje­ngo­du­du­za aba­li­la­yo.

UJo­be ukha­la ngo­ku­hlu­phe­ka kwa­khe oku­khu­lu

30Ko­dwa kha­the­si aba­tsha ku­la­mi nge­nsu­ku ba­ya­ngi­hle­ka, oyi­se ba­bo enga­ngi­nga­ba­de­le­la uku­ba­fa­ka le­zi­nja zo­mhla­mbi wa­mi.

2 Ye­bo, ama­ndla eza­ndla za­bo aye­nga­ba yi­ni ki­mi, uku­vu­thwa kwa­bo se­ku­phe­li­le?

3 Nge­nswe­lo la­nge­ndla­la ba­ju­ju­ki­le, ba­ngqa­thu­ze e­li­zweni elo­mi­le­yo, ela­li­ka­de liyi­nka­nga­la le­gwa­du­le.

4 Aba­kha imi­bhi­da ye­tshwa­yi enko­the­ni, le­mpa­nde ye­si­hla­hla se­ro­te­mu* iyi­ku­dla kwa­bo.

5 Ba­xo­tshwa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu; ba­me­me­za nga­bo ku­nga­thi li­se­la;

6 uku­thi ba­hla­le eli­we­ni le­zi­ho­tsha, imi­go­di ye­nhla­ba­thi, la­ma­dwa­la.

7 Ba­ya­kho­nya pha­ka­thi kwe­nko­tha, ba­bu­tha­ne pha­nsi ko­khu­la.

8 Ba­nga­ba­ntwa­na be­zi­phu­ku­phu­ku, ye­bo aba­ntwa­na aba­nge­la­bi­zo; be­tsha­ywa, be­xo­tshwa emhla­be­ni.

9 Kha­the­sia se­ngi­yi­ngo­ma ya­bob, se­ngi­yi­si­ga sa­boc.

10 Ba­ne­ngwa yi­mi, ba­me­la kha­tsha­na la­mid; ka­ba­ye­ke­li uku­ngi­kha­fu­le­la ebu­swe­ni nga­ma­thee.

11 Ngo­ba ukhu­lu­le inta­mbo ya­mif, wa­ngi­ci­nde­ze­lag, nga­kho ba­la­hle ito­mu pha­mbi kwa­mih.

12 Nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne aba­tsha ba­ya­su­ku­mai, ba­fu­qa inya­wo za­mij, ba­ngi­vu­se­la indle­la za­bo zo­ku­bhu­bhi­sak.

13 Ba­di­li­za indle­la ya­mi, ba­nce­di­sa uku­qhu­be­la pha­mbi­li inci­tha­ka­lo ya­mi, ka­ba­la­mnce­di­sil.

14 Be­za ku­nga­thi ba­fo­hle­la esi­kha­le­ni esi­ba­nzim; pha­ka­thi kwe­nci­tha­ka­lo ba­the­le­kan.

15 Ize­sa­bi­so zi­phe­ndu­ke­le phe­zu kwa­mio; ba­xo­tsha­na lo­du­mo lwa­mi nje­ngo­mo­ya, le­mpu­me­le­lo ya­mi ye­dlu­la nje­nge­ye­zip.

16 Kha­the­si-ke umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi uya­zi­thu­lu­laq phe­zu kwa­mir; insu­ku zo­si­zi zi­ngi­ba­mbi­le.

17 Ubu­su­ku bu­gwa­za ama­tha­mbo ami pha­ka­thi kwa­mis, lo­ku­ngi­ngqa­thu­za­yo ka­ku­phu­mu­lit.

18 Ngo­bu­ne­ngi ba­ma­ndla akhe ise­mba­tho sa­miu si­ya­gu­qu­lwav; uya­ngi­bhi­ncaw nje­nge­si­phi­ka se­bha­tshi la­mix.

19 Ungi­pho­se­le oda­ke­niy, se­ngi­nje­ngo­thu­liz lo­mlo­thaa.

20 Ngi­ya­kha­la ku­we, ko­dwa ka­wu­ngi­phe­ndu­li; ngi­ya­su­ku­ma, ungi­na­nze­le­le nje.

21 Usu­phe­ndu­ke wa­ba le­si­hlu­ku ki­mi; nga­ma­ndla esa­ndla sa­kho ume­la­na la­mib.

22 Ungi­pha­ka­mi­se­la emo­ye­ni, ungi­ga­di­se ku­wo, ungi­nci­bi­li­ki­se­le ku­si­phe­phoc.

23 Ngo­ba ngi­ya­zi uku­thi uza­ngi­bu­yi­se­la e­ku­fe­nid, le­ndli­ni emi­se­lwe bo­nke aba­phi­la­yoe.

24 Ko­dwa umu­ntu ka­yi­kwe­lu­le­la isa­ndla engcwa­be­ni, ku­mbe enci­tha­ka­lwe­ni ya­khef akha­le­le usi­zog.

25 Ka­ngi­mkha­le­la­nga inye­mbe­zi yi­ni owa­ye­le­nsu­ku ezi­lu­khu­ni, umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi wa­da­bu­ka ngo­ngu­mya­ngah?

26 La­pho ngi­li­nde­le oku­hle, kwe­za oku­bii; la­pho ngi­li­nde­le uku­kha­nya, kwe­za umnya­maj.

27 Imi­bi­li­ni ya­mi ya­bi­la, ka­yi­thu­la­ngak, le­nsu­ku zo­si­zi zi­nga­ndu­le­lel.

28 Nga­ha­mba ngi­li­lam, ku­nge­la­la­ngan; nga­su­ku­ma eba­ndle­ni nga­kha­le­la usi­zoo.

29 Ngi­ngu­mfo­wa­bo we­mi­go­bhop, lo­mnga­ne we­zi­ntshe.

30 Isi­khu­mba sa­mi si­mnya­ma phe­zu kwa­miq, la­ma­tha­mbo amir atshi­le ngo­ku­tshi­sas.

31 Icha­cho la­mit se­li­be yi­si­li­lou, lo­mhla­nga wa­mi uyi­li­zwi la­ba­kha­la inye­mbe­ziv.

UJo­be uca­ba­nga uku­thi ulu­ngi­le

31Nge­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­noa la­me­hlo amib; pho ngi­nga­na­nze­le­la nja­nic into­mbid?

2 Ngo­ba si­yi­ni isa­be­lo si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu esi­ve­la phe­zu­lue, le­li­fa li­ka­So­ma­ndlaf eli­ve­la enda­we­ni ezi­phe­zu­lug?

3 Inci­tha­ka­lo ka­yi­si­yo­mu­bi yi­ni, le­ngo­zi ya­be­nzi bo­bu­bih?

4 Ye­na ka­zi­bo­ni yi­ni indle­la za­mii, aba­le zo­nke izi­nya­the­lo za­mij?

5 Uba ngi­ha­mbe ngo­ku­yi­ze, ku­mbe unya­wo lwa­mi lu­phu­thu­me­le enko­hli­swe­ni,

6 ka­ngi­li­nga­ni­se nge­si­li­nga­ni­so esi­lu­ngi­le­yo, uku­ze uNku­lu­nku­lu azi ubu­qo­tho ba­mi.

7 Uba inya­the­lo la­mi li­pha­mbu­ki­le endle­le­ni, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi ya­la­nde­la ame­hlo amik, ku­mbe ku­na­ma­the­le isi­ci eza­ndle­ni za­mil;

8 ka­ngi­hla­nye­le, ko­dwa ku­dle omu­nyem, le­zi­li­mo za­mi zi­si­tshu­lwen.

9 Uba inhli­zi­yo ya­mi iye­ngwe ngo­we­si­fa­za­nao, ku­mbe nga­ca­tha­ma emnya­ngo ka­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­mip,

10 umka­mi ka­cho­le­le omu­nyeq, la­ba­nye ka­ba­gu­qe phe­zu kwa­kher.

11 Ngo­ba lo­kho ku­yi­nko­hla­ka­los, nja­lo ku­yi­so­not nga­ba­hlu­le­liu.

12 Ngo­ba ngu­mli­lo odlav ku­ze ku­be yi­nci­tha­ka­lo, usi­phu­le so­nke isi­vu­no sa­miw.

13 Uba nga­li­le uda­ba lwe­nce­ku ya­mi lo­ba olwe­nce­ku­ka­zi ya­mi, la­pho zi­phi­ki­sa­na la­mi,

14 pho ngi­za­kwe­nza­ni la­pho uNku­lu­nku­lu esu­ku­max? La­la­pho ese­the­ke­lay, ngi­za­phe­ndu­la­ni ku­yez?

15 Lo­wo owa­nge­nza esi­swi­ni ka­me­nza­nga ye­na yi­ni, lo­wa­si­bu­mba esi­swi­ni mu­nyea?

16 Uba ngi­go­dle­le umya­nga isi­fi­sob, ku­mbe ngi­fi­pha­ze ame­hlo omfe­lo­ka­zic,

17 ku­mbe nga­dla uce­zu lwa­mi nge­dwa, uku­ze inta­nda­ne inga­dli ku­lod

18 (ngo­ba kwa­se­bu­tshe­ni ba­mi ya­khu­la la­mi ngi­nje­ngo­yi­se, nga­mqo­ndi­sa ku­su­ke­la esi­za­lwe­ni si­ka­ma­ma)e,

19 uba nga­bo­na obhu­bhaf nge­nxa yo­ku­swe­la isi­gqo­kog, lo­ba umya­nga enge­la­se­mba­thoh,

20 uba inka­lo za­khe zi­nga­ngi­bu­si­sa­nga, ngo­ba ekhu­du­nye­zwe yi­bo­ya be­zi­mvu za­mii,

21 uba nga­pha­ka­mi­sa isa­ndla sa­mij ngi­me­le­ne le­nta­nda­nek, la­pho nga­bo­na usi­zo lwa­mi esa­ngwe­nil,

22 ka­li­we ihlo­mbe la­mi esi­pha­nge­ni sa­mi, le­nga­lo ya­mi iqa­mu­ke etha­nje­ni la­yo.

23 Ngo­ba inci­tha­ka­lo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lum ya­yi­yi­se­sa­bi­so ki­min, ngi­nge­ne­li­si nge­nxa yo­bu­khu­lu ba­kheo.

24 Uba nge­nzi­le igo­li­dep la­ba li­the­mba la­miq, nga­thi ku­go­li­de eli­hle: The­mba la­mir.

25 Uba ngi­tho­ko­zi­le ngo­ba ino­tho ya­mi ine­ngis, la­ngo­ba isa­ndla sa­mi si­tho­le oku­ne­ngit;

26 uba ngi­kha­nge­leuv ila­nga la­pho li­be­nye­ze­law, lo­ba inya­nga eha­mba enka­zi­mu­lwe­ni,

27 le­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi ya­ye­ngwa ensi­thax, ku­mbe isa­ndla sa­mi sa­nge umlo­mo wa­mi,

28 la­lo­kho yi­si­pha­mbe­koy pha­mbi kwa­be­hlu­le­liz, ngo­ba nga­be ngi­mphi­ki­le uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­phe­zu­lua.

29 Uba ngi­tho­ko­zi­leb ngo­ku­chi­the­ka ko­ngi­zo­nda­yoc, ku­mbe nga­ja­bu­lad la­pho ubu­bi bu­mtho­lae;

30 nja­lo ngi­nga­vu­me­la­nga umlo­mo wa­mi uku­thi wo­ne, ngo­ku­ce­la umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe nge­si­qa­le­ki­sof;

31 uba aba­ntu be­the­nte la­mi be­be­nga­tsho­ngo uku­thig: Ha­wu, alu­ba be­si­lo­kwe­nya­ma ya­khe, nga­be ka­si­su­tha­ngah.

32 Owe­mzi­ni ka­za­nga ala­le esi­ta­la­de­ni; imi­nya­ngo ya­mi nga­yi­vu­le­la isi­ha­mbii.

33 Uba nga­si­be­ke­la izi­pha­mbe­ko za­mij nje­ngoA­da­mu, ngo­ku­fi­hla iso­no sa­mi esi­fu­be­ni sa­mik.

34 Ngo­ba nge­thu­swa li­xu­ku eli­khu­lu, lo­ku­de­le­lwa nga­be­nse­ndo kwa­nge­sa­bi­sa, nga­kho nga­thu­la, ka­nga­ze nga­phu­ma emnya­ngo.

35 Ku­nga­thi nga­be ngi­lo­nga­ngi­zwal! Kha­nge­la­ni upha­wu lwa­mi. Ku­nga­thi uSo­ma­ndla anga­ngi­phe­ndu­lam, lo­ku­thi ophi­ki­sa­na la­mi nga­be ubha­le ugwa­lon!

36 Isi­bi­li, be­ngi­nga­lu­thwa­la ehlo­mbe la­mio, ngi­lu­bo­phep lu­be ngu­mqhe­le ki­miq.

37 Ngi­mtshe­le ina­ni le­zi­nya­the­lo za­mi, ngi­so­nde­le ku­ye nje­nge­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla.

38 Uba umhla­ba wa­mi ukha­li­le nga­mi, le­mi­fo­lo ya­wo ili­li­le nda­wo­nye,

39 uba ngi­dli­le ama­ndla awo ku­nge­la­ma­li, ku­mbe nge­nza umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­ba­ni­ni­wo uphe­ler,

40 ka­ku­hlu­me ukhu­la olu­hla­ba­yo enda­we­ni ye­ngqo­lo­yi, lo­khu­la olu­nu­ka­yo enda­we­ni ye­bha­lis.

Ama­zwi ka­Jo­be ase­phe­li­let.

UE­li­hu uya­qha­mu­ka. Uqa­la uku­mphe­ndu­la uJo­be

32La­wo­ma­do­da ama­tha­thu ase­ye­ke­la uku­mphe­ndu­la uJo­be, ngo­ba wa­ye­lu­ngi­le eme­hlwe­ni akhea.

2 Lwa­se­lu­vu­tha ula­ka lu­kaE­li­hu indo­da­na ka­Ba­ra­ke­li umBu­zib, owo­se­ndo lu­ka­Ra­muc. Ula­ka lwa­khe lwa­vu­the­la uJo­be ngo­ba wa­zi­lu­ngi­si­sa ye­na ku­lo­Nku­lu­nku­lud.

3 Ula­ka lwa­khe lwa­ba­vu­the­la la­bo aba­nga­ne ba­khe aba­tha­thu, ngo­ba be­nga­tho­la­nga impe­ndu­lo, ku­be ka­nti ba­mla­hla uJo­bee.

4 Ko­dwa UE­li­hu wa­ye­li­nde­le uJo­be ekhu­lu­ma, ngo­ba ba­be­ba­da­la nge­nsu­ku ku­la­ye.

5 UE­li­hu ese­bo­ni­le uku­thi kwa­ku­nge­la­mpe­ndu­lo emlo­nye­ni wa­la­ma­do­da ama­tha­thu, ula­ka lwa­khe lwa­se­lu­vu­tha.

6 Nga­kho uE­li­hu indo­da­na ka­Ba­ra­ke­li umBu­zi wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi:

Mi­na ngi­ngo­mnci­nya­ne nge­zi­nsu­ku, li­na-ke li­ba­da­laf. Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu be­ngi­thi­ka­za, nge­sa­ba uku­li­tshe­lag umca­ba­ngo wa­mih.

7 Nga­thi: Ka­ku­khu­lu­me izi­nsu­ku, lo­bu­ne­ngi be­mi­nya­ka ba­zi­se inhla­ka­ni­pho.

8 Isi­bi­li umo­ya ukho­na emu­ntwi­nii, lo­ku­phe­fu­mu­le­la ku­ka­So­ma­ndlaj ku­ya­ba­ni­ka uku­qe­di­si­sak.

9 Aba­khu­lu ka­ba­hla­ka­ni­phil nge­zi­kha­thi zo­nke, la­ba­lu­phe­le­yo ka­ba­qe­di­si­si isa­hlu­le­lom.

10 Nga­kho ngi­thi: La­le­la­ni ki­mi; la­mi ngi­za­tshe­ngi­sa umca­ba­ngo wa­min.

11 Kha­nge­la­ni, be­ngi­wa­li­nde­le ama­zwi enu, nga­be­ka indle­be eku­khu­lu­me­ni kwe­nu oku­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo, li­sa­di­nga ama­zwi.

12 Ye­bo, nga­li­la­le­la, kha­nge­la­ni-ke, ka­kho pha­ka­thi kwe­nu omvu­mi­si­le­yo uJo­be, owa­phe­ndu­le­yo ama­zwi akheo.

13 Hle­zi li­thi: Si­tho­li­le inhla­ka­ni­pho; ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu oza­mxo­tsha, ha­tshi umu­ntup.

14 Ko­dwa ka­ngi­hle­le­la­nga ama­zwi, la­nga­ma­zwi enu ka­ngi­yi­ku­mphe­ndu­la.

15 Ba­di­de­ka, ka­ba­sa­phe­ndu­la­nga, ba­su­sa ama­zwi ku­bo.

16 Nga­se­ngi­li­nda, ko­dwa ka­ba­khu­lu­ma­nga, ngo­ba be­ma, ka­ba­sa­phe­ndu­la­nga.

17 La­mi ngi­za­phe­ndu­la ingxe­nye ya­miq, la­mi ngi­tshe­ngi­ser umca­ba­ngo wa­mis.

18 Ngo­ba ngi­gcwe­le ama­zwi, umo­ya we­si­su sa­mi uya­ngi­qhu­be­ze­la.

19 Kha­nge­la­ni, isi­su sa­mi si­nje­nge­wa­yi­ni enga­vu­lwa­nga, nje­nge­mi­go­dla emi­tsha si­za­da­bu­kat.

20 Ngi­za­khu­lu­ma uku­ze ngi­phe­fu­mu­le; ngi­vu­le inde­be za­mi, ngi­phe­ndu­le.

21 Ake ngi­nga­pha­ka­mi­si ubu­so bo­mu­ntuu, ngi­nga­bi­zi umu­ntu nge­bi­zo lo­ku­ba­mba ame­hlov.

22 Ngo­ba ka­ngi­kwa­zi uku­ni­ka ama­bi­zo oku­ba­mba ame­hlo; ma­si­nya­ne ume­nzi wa­mi anga­ngi­su­saw.

UE­li­hu ukhu­za uJo­be ngo­ku­so­la kwa­khe uNku­lu­nku­lu

33Ku­be ka­nti-ke, Jo­be, ake uzwe inku­lu­mo za­mi, ube­ke indle­be ku­wo wo­nke ama­zwi ami.

2 Kha­nge­la­ni, se­ngi­vu­le umlo­mo wa­mi, uli­mi lwa­mi lu­khu­lu­ma emlo­nye­ni wa­mia.

3 Ama­zwi ami anga­wo­ku­qo­nda kwe­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi, aza­khu­lu­ma ulwa­zi lwe­nde­be za­mi ngo­ku­hla­nze­kab.

4 UMo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­nge­nza, lo­ku­phe­fu­mu­la ku­ka­So­ma­ndla kwa­ngi­ni­ka impi­loc.

5 Uba ula­kho ngi­phe­ndu­lad; zi­hle­le pha­mbi kwa­mi, uzi­mi­see.

6 Kha­nge­la, ngi­nje­nga­we ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, la­mi nga­tha­tshwa ebu­mbe­nif.

7 Kha­nge­la, ukwe­thu­sa kwa­mi ku­nga­kwe­thu­sig, le­sa­ndla sa­mi si­nga­bi nzi­ma phe­zu kwa­khoh.

8 Isi­bi­li ukhu­lu­me endle­be­ni za­mi, nge­zwa ili­zwi la­ma­zwi, uthi:

9 Ngi­msu­lwai, kangi­la­si­pha­mbe­koj, ngi­hla­nze­ki­le, nja­lo ka­ku­la­bu­bi ki­mi.

10 Kha­nge­la, utho­la ama­thu­ba oku­me­la­na la­mik, ungi­ba­la nje­nge­si­tha sa­khel.

11 Ufa­ka inya­wo za­mi esi­go­dwe­nim, aqa­phe­le zo­nke indle­la za­mino.

12 Kha­nge­la, ku­lo­khu ka­wu­lu­nga­nga; ngi­za­ku­phe­ndu­la, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu mkhu­lu ku­lo­mu­ntu.

13 Umphi­ki­se­la­ni? Ngo­ba enga­phe­ndu­li le­yo­dwa ye­zi­nda­ba za­khep.

14 Ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ukhu­lu­ma ka­nye, ye­bo, ka­bi­li, enge­kho ona­nza­yoq.

15 Ephu­tshe­nir, ku­mbo­no we­bu­su­kus, la­pho ubu­tho­ngo obu­nzi­ma bu­se­hle­la aba­ntu, eku­wo­ze­le­ni embhe­de­nit;

16 abe­se­se­mbu­la indle­be ya­ba­ntu, apha­wu­le uku­qo­ndi­swa kwa­bou;

17 uku­ze apha­mbu­le umu­ntu e­kwe­nzeni kwa­khe, afi­hle uku­zi­gqa­ja emu­ntwi­niv,

18 anqa­nde umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe ego­di­ni, le­mpi­lo ya­khe ekwe­dlu­le­ni nge­nke­mbaw.

19 Nja­lo uje­zi­swa ngo­bu­hlu­ngu embhe­de­ni wa­khe, la­ngo­ku­qa­qa­mba kwa­ma­tha­mbo akhe oku­nga­phe­li­yo,

20 ize impi­lo ya­khe ine­ngwe yi­si­nkwa, lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe yi­ku­dla oku­lo­yi­se­ka­yox.

21 Inya­ma ya­khe iya­phe­la, inga­bo­na­ka­li, la­ma­tha­mbo akhe abe­ka­de enga­bo­na­ka­li ave­ley.

22 Lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe use­du­ze le­go­diz, le­mpi­lo ya­khe ku­ba­bu­la­lia.

23 Uba ku­le­si­thu­nywa ka­nye la­yeb, umla­mu­lic, oye­dwad pha­ka­thi kwe­nku­lu­ngwa­nee, uku­tshe­la umu­ntu uku­qo­nda kwa­khef,

24 uza­ku­ba lo­mu­sa ku­ye athi: Mkhu­lu­le ekwe­hle­le­ni ego­di­ni, se­ngi­tho­le inhla­wu­log.

25 Inya­ma ya­khe iza­ku­ba ntsha okwe­dlu­la ubu­tshah; abu­ye­le ensu­kwi­ni zo­bu­tsha ba­khei.

26 Akhu­le­ke ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, oza­ku­ba le­si­sa ku­yej, abo­ne ubu­so ba­khek nge­nto­ko­zol; ngo­ba uza­bu­yi­se­la emu­ntwi­ni uku­lu­nga kwa­khe.

27 Ukha­nge­la eba­ntwi­nim athin: Ngo­ni­leo, nga­hla­ne­ke­la oku­lu­ngi­le­yo, ko­dwa ka­ku­ngi­si­za­ngap.

28 Uhle­ngi­le umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ekwe­dlu­le­ni ego­di­niq, le­mpi­lo ya­mi iza­bo­na uku­kha­nyar.

29 Kha­nge­la­ni, le­zi­zi­nto uNku­lu­nku­lu uya­ze­nza ngo­mu­ntu ka­bi­li ku­mbe ka­tha­thu,

30 uku­ze abu­yi­se umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe ego­di­nis, uku­ze akha­nyi­swe ngo­ku­kha­nya kwa­ba­phi­la­yot.

31 Zwa­na, Jo­be, ungi­la­le­le, uthu­le, nja­lo mi­na ngi­khu­lu­me.

32 Uba ku­la­ma­zwi, ungi­phe­ndu­leu; khu­lu­ma, ngo­ba ngi­fi­sa uku­tshe­ngi­sa uku­thi ulu­ngi­lev.

33 Uba ku­ngenja­lo, we­na ngi­la­le­la; thu­la, nja­lo ngi­za­ku­fu­ndi­sa inhla­ka­ni­phow.

UE­li­hu uvi­ke­la uku­lu­nga ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

34Wa­se­phe­ndu­la uE­li­hu wa­thia:

2 Zwa­ni­ni ama­zwi ami, zi­hla­ka­ni­phi, la­ni za­zi, li­be­ke indle­be ki­mi.

3 Ngo­ba indle­be ihlo­la ama­zwi, nje­ngo­lwa­nga lu­na­mbi­tha uku­dlab.

4 Asi­zi­khe­the­le­ni isa­hlu­le­lo; sa­zi pha­ka­thi kwe­thu oku­hlec.

5 Ngo­ba uJo­be uthe: Ngi­lu­ngi­led, ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu usu­se isa­hlu­le­lo sa­mie;

6 ngi­qa­mba ama­nga ngi­me­le­ne le­lu­nge­lo la­mif; umtsho­ko wa­mi ka­we­la­phe­ki, nga­pha­ndle kwe­si­pha­mbe­kog.

7 Ngu­wu­phi umu­ntu onje­ngo­Jo­be? Una­tha uku­klo­lo­de­lwa nje­nga­ma­nzih,

8 aha­mba­ha­mbe exu­kwi­ni la­be­nzi bo­bu­bi, aha­mbe la­ba­ntu be­nko­hla­ka­lo.

9 Ngo­ba uthei: Ka­ku­msi­zi umu­ntu nxa etho­ko­za ngo­Nku­lu­nku­luj.

10 Nga­kho, ba­ntu be­ngqo­ndo, ngi­la­le­la­ni: Ka­ku­be kha­tsha­na lo­Nku­lu­nku­luk ukwe­nza inko­hla­ka­lol, lo­So­ma­ndla ukwe­nza isi­pha­mbe­kom.

11 Ngo­ba umse­be­nzi wo­mu­ntu uza­wu­bu­yi­se­la ku­yen, ame­nze atho­le nje­nge­ndle­la ya­lo­wo la­lo­woo.

12 Ye­bo, isi­bi­li uNku­lu­nku­lu ke­nzi oku­bi, nja­lo uSo­ma­ndla ka­go­bi­si ise­hlu­le­lop.

13 Ngu­ba­ni owa­mbe­ka phe­zu ko­mhla­baq? Ku­mbe ngu­ba­ni owa­mi­sa umhla­ba wo­nker?

14 Uba ebe­ka inhli­zi­yo ya­khe phe­zu kwa­khes, uza­bu­the­lat umo­ya wa­khe lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe ku­yeu.

15 Inya­ma yo­nke ibi­za­phe­la ka­nye­ka­nyev, lo­mu­ntu abu­ye­le ethu­li­niwx.

16 Uba ku­lo­ku­qe­di­si­sa-ke, zwa­na lo­khu, ube­ke indle­be eli­zwi­ni la­ma­zwi amiy.

17 Ka­mbe, ozo­nda ise­hlu­le­lo ube­nga­bu­sa yi­ni? Ka­mbe uza­mla­hla yi­ni olu­ngi­le­yo ka­khu­luz?

18 Anga­tsho yi­ni enko­si­nia: Mkho­hli­si; ku­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla: Li­na aba­nge­la­Nku­lu­nku­lub?

19 Ku­ye onge­mu­ke­li ubu­so be­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndlac, enga­na­nzi isi­no­thi pha­mbi ko­mya­ngad? Ngo­ba bo­nke ba­ngu­mse­be­nzi we­za­ndla za­khee.

20 Ba­ya­fa nge­si­kha­tsha­naf; la­pha­ka­thi ko­bu­su­ku aba­ntu ba­ya­qhu­qhi­swa, be­dlu­leg; ku­za­su­swa ola­ma­ndla ku­nge­la­sa­ndlah.

21 Ngo­ba ame­hlo akhe aphe­zu kwe­ndle­la zo­mu­ntui, uya­bo­na zo­nke izi­nya­the­lo za­khej.

22 Ka­ku­la­mnya­mak nja­lo ka­ku­la­thu­nzi lo­ku­fa la­pho abe­nzi bo­bu­bi aba­nga­ca­tsha kho­nal.

23 Ngo­ba ka­bi lo­khu ena­ka umu­ntu, uku­thi aye ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu esa­hlu­le­lwe­ni.

24 Uya­pha­hla­za aba­la­ma­ndla ku­nga­hlo­lwa­nga, ami­se aba­nye enda­we­ni za­bom.

25 Nga­kho uya­ya­zi imi­se­be­nzi ya­bo, uyaba­ge­nqu­lan ebu­su­ku, ba­cho­tsho­zweo.

26 Uya­ba­tsha­ya nje­nga­ba­bi enda­we­ni ya­ba­bu­ke­la­yop.

27 Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi be­pha­mbu­ki­le eku­mla­nde­le­ni, be­nga­na­nza­nga le­yo­dwa ye­zi­ndle­la za­kheq,

28 ba­ze be­nza uku­kha­la ko­mya­nga ku­fi­ke ku­yer, nja­lo wa­ku­zwa uku­kha­la kwa­ba­hlu­phe­ka­yos.

29 La­pho ye­na ethu­li­sa, ngu­ba­ni-ke onga­zi­pha­tha nge­nko­hli­sot? La­pho efi­hla ubu­so, ngu­ba­ni-ke onga­mbo­nau? Lo­ba esi­zwe­ni lo­ba emu­ntwi­ni eye­dwa.

30 Uku­ze aba­ntu aba­nga­ba­ze­nzi­si ba­nga­bu­si, uku­ze ba­nga­bi yi­mi­ji­bi­la eba­ntwi­niv.

31 Isi­bi­li uthe ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu: Ngi­thwe­le isi­je­zi­sow, ka­ngi­yi­ko­nax.

32 Lo­khu engi­nga­ku­bo­ni­yo ngi­fu­ndi­se we­na; uba nge­nze oku­bi ka­ngi­sa­yi­ku­kwe­nza fu­thiy.

33 Uza­phi­ndi­se­la yi­ni nje­ngo­ku­tha­nda kwa­kho, lo­ba uya­la, lo­ba we­na ukhe­tha, nja­lo ku­nge­si­mi? Wa­zi­ni-ke? Khu­lu­maz.

34 Aba­ntu aba­lo­ku­qe­di­si­sa ba­za­khu­lu­ma ki­mi, lo­mu­ntu ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo uza­ngi­zwa.

35 UJo­be ukhu­lu­me enge­la­lwa­zi, la­ma­zwi akhe ka­wa­la­nhla­ka­ni­phoa.

36 Ku­nga­thi nga­be uJo­be uya­hlo­lwa ku­ze ku­be se­ku­phe­le­ni, nge­nxa ye­mpe­ndu­lo za­khe nje­nga­ba­ntu aba­bi.

37 Ngo­ba eso­nwe­ni sa­khe we­nge­ze­le­la ubu­bi, etsha­ya iza­ndla pha­ka­thi kwe­thu, esa­ndi­sa ama­zwi akhe eme­le­ne lo­Nku­lu­nku­lub.

35UE­li­hu wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thia:

2 Ukhu­mbu­la uku­thi lo­khu ku­qo­ndi­le yi­ni? Uthe: Uku­lu­nga kwa­mi kwe­dlu­la oku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lub.

3 Ngo­ba uthe ku­si­za­ni ku­wec, ku­ngi­si­za­ni okwe­dlu­la iso­no sa­mid?

4 Mi­na ngi­za­ku­phe­ndu­la, la­ba­nga­ne ba­kho ka­nye la­wee.

5 Kha­nge­la ama­zu­lu ubo­ne; ukha­nge­le ama­ye­zi, apha­ke­me ku­la­wef.

6 Uba uso­na, we­nza­ni ku­ye? Uba izi­pha­mbe­ko za­kho zi­zi­ne­ngi, we­nza­ni ku­yeg?

7 Uba ulu­ngi­le, umni­ka­ni, ku­mbe we­mu­ke­la­ni esa­ndle­ni sa­khoh?

8 Ubu­bi ba­kho bu­thi­nta umu­ntu onje­nga­wei, lo­ku­lu­nga kwa­kho indo­da­na yo­mu­ntuj.

9 Nge­nxa yo­bu­ne­ngi be­nci­nde­ze­lok ba­be­nza ba­kha­lel; ba­ya­kha­la nge­nxa ye­nga­lo ya­ba­la­ma­ndlam.

10 Ko­dwa ka­kho othi: Unga­phi uNku­lu­nku­lu ume­nzi wa­min, oni­ka ama­hu­boo ebu­su­kup,

11 osi­fu­ndi­sa okwe­dlu­la inya­ma­za­na zo­mhla­ba, ase­nze si­hla­ka­ni­phe okwe­dlu­la inyo­ni za­ma­zu­lu?

12 La­pho ba­ya­kha­la, ko­dwa ka­phe­ndu­li, nge­nxa yo­ku­zi­gqa­ja kwa­ba­biq.

13 Isi­bi­li uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­yi­ku­zwa ize, lo­So­ma­ndla ka­yi­ku­ku­na­nzar.

14 Ye­bo, la­nxa usi­thi: Ka­wu­mbo­nis, ka­nti isa­hlu­le­lo si­pha­mbi kwa­khe; nga­kho umli­nde­let.

15 Ko­dwa kha­the­si, ngo­ba intu­ku­the­lo ya­khe inga­je­zi­sa­ngau, la­ye ka­yi­kwe­jwa­ye­la ka­khu­lu yi­ni uku­zi­pha­ka­mi­sa?

16 Nga­kho uJo­be uvu­le umlo­mo wa­khev nge­zew, wa­ndi­sa ama­zwix enge­la­lwa­ziy.

UE­li­hu ukhu­lu­ma ngo­bu­khu­lu bu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

36UE­li­hu wa­se­qhu­be­ka wa­thi:

2 Ngi­be­ke­ze­le­la ka­nci­nya­ne, ngi­za­ku­bo­ni­sa uku­thi ku­se­se­la­ma­zwi ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

3 Ngi­za­tha­tha ulwa­zi lwa­mi lu­ve­la kha­tsha­naa, ngi­ni­ke uku­lu­nga ku­Me­nzi wa­mib.

4 Ngo­ba isi­bi­li ama­zwi ami ka­wa­yi­si­wo ama­nga; ophe­le­le­yo elwa­zi­ni ula­wec.

5 Kha­nge­la, uNku­lu­nku­lu ula­ma­ndla, nja­lo ke­yi­sid; mkhu­lu ema­ndle­ni oku­qe­di­si­sae.

6 Ka­ye­ke­li omu­bi aphi­le, ko­dwa uni­ka aba­ya­nga oku­lu­ngi­le­yo.

7 Ka­su­si ame­hlo akhe ko­lu­ngi­le­yof, ko­dwa ba­la­ma­kho­si esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­sig; ye­bo, uya­wa­hla­li­sa pha­ka­de, abe­se­pha­ka­mah.

8 Nja­lo uba be­bo­tshi­weij nge­zi­bo­phok, be­thu­njwe nge­zi­nta­mbo ze­nhlu­phe­kol,

9 ng'kho­na eza­ba­tshe­la ise­nzo sa­bom, le­zi­pha­mbe­ko za­bo, uku­thi za­zi­la­ma­ndlan.

10 Uya­vu­la indle­be ya­bo eku­la­ywe­ni, ala­ye ba­phe­ndu­ke ebu­bi­nio.

11 Uba be­la­le­lap, bamkho­nzeq, ba­za­chi­tha insu­ku za­bo ko­ku­hler, le­mi­nya­ka ya­bo ezi­nto­ko­zwe­nis.

12 Ko­dwa uba be­nga­la­le­li, ba­za­dlu­la ngo­mkho­ntot, ba­phe­le be­nge­la­lwa­ziu.

13 La­ba­nga­me­sa­bi­yo uNku­lu­nku­lu nge­nhli­zi­yo ba­bu­the­le­la intu­ku­the­lov; ka­ba­kha­li ese­ba­bo­phi­lew.

14 Umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­bo uza­fe­la ebu­tshe­ni, le­mpi­lo ya­bo pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­nko­tsha­nax.

15 Uza­khu­lu­la ohlu­phe­ka­yo eku­hlu­phe­ke­ni kwa­khe, avu­le indle­be ya­bo eci­nde­ze­lwe­niy.

16 Ye­bo, la­we wa­ku­hu­ga uku­thi uphu­me emlo­nye­ni wo­ci­nde­ze­loz uye e­nda­weni eba­nziab, oku­nge­la­ci­nde­ze­lo ku­yoc, lo­ku­phe­zud kwe­ta­fu­la la­khoe ku­za­gcwa­la ama­no­nof.

17 Ko­dwa ugcwa­li­se isi­gwe­bo so­mu­bi; isi­gwe­bo lo­ku­lu­nga kuku­ba­mbi­le.

18 Qa­phe­la ula­ka lu­nga­ku­hu­ge­li eku­klo­lo­de­nig, lo­bu­khu­lu be­nhla­wu­lo bu­nga­ku­pha­mbu­lih.

19 Ube­nga­li­nga­ni­sa ino­tho ya­khoi, uku­thi u­bu­ngebe eci­nde­ze­lwe­ni, le­mi­za­mo yo­nke ela­ma­ndlaj?

20 Unga­khe­fu­ze­le­lik lo­bo­bu­su­kul bo­ku­su­swa kwa­ba­ntum enda­we­ni ya­bon.

21 Qa­phe­la, unga­phe­ndu­ke­li ebu­bi­nio, ngo­ba ukhe­the lo­kho ku­lo­ku­hlu­phe­kap.

22 Kha­nge­la, uNku­lu­nku­lu uzi­pha­ka­mi­sa nga­ma­ndla akhe; ngu­ba­ni ongu­mfu­ndi­si nje­nga­yeq?

23 Ngu­ba­ni ommi­se­le indle­la ya­khe? Ku­mbe ngu­ba­ni othe: We­nze ubu­bir?

24 Khu­mbu­la uku­thi ukhu­li­se umse­be­nzi wa­khe, aba­hla­be­la nga­wos aba­ntut.

25 Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­ya­wu­bo­na; umu­ntu uya­wu­kha­nge­la ekha­tsha­na.

26 Kha­nge­la, uNku­lu­nku­lu upha­ke­me, nja­lo ka­sima­ziu, le­na­ni le­mi­nya­ka ya­khev ka­yi­la­ku­hlo­lwaw.

27 Ngo­ba we­nyu­sa ama­tho­nsi ama­nzix, ahla­mbu­lu­le izu­lu nje­nge­nku­ngu ya­woy;

28 ama­ye­zi ali­thu­lu­le­la pha­nsiz, li­tho­nte ka­khu­lu phe­zu ko­mu­ntua.

29 Ye­bo, ku­kho­na yi­ni onga­qe­di­si­sa ukwe­ndla­le­ka kwa­ma­ye­zib, umsi­ndo we­du­mba la­khec?

30 Kha­nge­la, we­ndla­la uku­kha­nya kwa­khe phe­zu kwa­wod, agu­bu­ze­le impa­nde zo­lwa­ndlee.

31 Ngo­ba nga­wo uye­hlu­le­la aba­ntuf, ani­ke uku­dlag ngo­bu­ne­ngih.

32 Nge­za­ndla usi­be­ke­la uku­kha­nyai, abe­se­ku­la­ya nga­le­lo eli­nge­na pha­ka­thij.

33 Umdu­mo wa­khe ubi­ka nga­kho, le­nko­mo nge­nku­ngu eye­nyu­ka­yok.

37La­nge­nxa ya­lo­kho inhli­zi­yo ya­mi iya­thu­thu­me­la, ye­qe enda­we­ni ya­yo.

2 Zwa­na lo­ku­zwa umdu­mo we­li­zwi la­khe, lo­msi­ndo o­phu­ma emlo­nye­ni wa­khe.

3 Uya­ku­khu­lu­la nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­zu­lu wo­nke, lo­ku­kha­nya kwa­khe ku­ze ku­be se­mi­kha­wu­lwe­ni yo­mhla­ba.

4 Emva kwa­lo­kho ku­bho­nga ili­zwi, uya­du­ma nge­li­zwi lo­ku­pha­ka­ma kwa­khe, anga­ku­nqa­ndi la­pho ku­zwa­ka­la ili­zwi la­khe.

5 UNku­lu­nku­lu uya­du­ma nge­li­zwi la­khe ngo­ku­ma­nga­li­sa­yo ka­khu­lu, we­nza izi­nto ezi­nku­lu, esi­nge­zi­qe­di­si­se.

6 Ngo­ba ku­li­qhwa eli­khi­thi­ki­le­yo uthi: Wo­ba se­mhla­be­ni; laku­zi­hla­mbo ze­zu­lu, laku­zi­hla­mbo ze­zu­lu eli­khu­lu la­ma­ndla akhe.

7 Uya­na­ma­the­li­sa isa­ndla so­mu­ntu wo­nke, uku­ze ba­zi bo­nke aba­ntu bo­mse­be­nzi wa­khe.

8 Inya­ma­za­na zi­ya­nge­na emi­ho­me­ni ya­zo, zi­hla­le ezi­khu­ndle­ni za­zo.

9 Isi­vu­ngu­za­ne si­phu­ma eka­me­lwe­ni le­ni­ngi­zi­mu, lo­mqa­ndo emi­mo­ye­ni ye­nya­ka­tho.

10 Ngo­mo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­ni­kwa ungqwa­qwa­ne, la­ma­nzi aba­nzi abe yi­li­tshe.

11 Nja­lo uthwa­li­sa ama­ye­zi ngo­bu­ma­nzi, ahla­ka­ze iye­zi lo­ku­kha­nya kwa­khe.

12 Nja­lo lo­na li­ya­ji­ka­ji­ka li­phe­ndu­ka ngo­ku­qo­ndi­sa kwa­khea, uku­ze enze ko­nke awa­la­ye kho­nab, ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba emhla­ba­thi­nic.

13 Lo­ba ngo­swa­zid, lo­ba ngo­mhla­ba wa­khee, lo­ba ngo­mu­sa, uya­ku­fi­ki­saf.

14 Be­ka indle­be ku­kho, Jo­be; ma­na, una­nze­le­le imi­se­be­nzi ema­nga­li­sa­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lug.

15 Uya­zi yi­ni uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu uwa­lu­ngi­sa ni­ni, enze uku­kha­nya kwa­ma­ye­zi akhe ku­kha­nyeh?

16 Uya­zi yi­ni uku­le­ngi­swa kwa­ma­ye­zi, izi­ma­nga­li­so zo­phe­le­le­yoi elwa­zi­ni lo­nkej?

17 Uku­thi izi­gqo­ko za­kho zi­khu­du­ma­la nja­ni, eku­thu­li­se­ni umhla­ba ngomo­ya we­ni­ngi­zi­muk?

18 Uwe­ndla­li­le yi­ni ama­ye­zi ka­nye la­yel, aqi­ne nje­nge­si­bu­ko esi­bu­nji­we­yo ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sam?

19 Si­fu­ndi­se uku­thi si­za­ku­thi­ni ku­ye; si­nge­ke si­lu­ngi­se lu­tho nge­nxan yo­mnya­mao.

20 Ku­nga­la­ndi­swa ku­ye yi­ni uku­thi ngi­ya­khu­lu­ma? Uba umu­ntu enga­khu­lu­ma, isi­bi­li uza­gi­nywap.

21 Kha­the­si-ke ka­ba­ku­bo­ni uku­kha­nya oku­be­nye­ze­la­yo oku­se­ma­ye­zi­ni, la­pho umo­ya udlu­la uwa­hla­mbu­lu­laq.

22 Igo­li­de li­ve­la enya­ka­tho. Ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­lo­bu­kho­si obe­sa­be­ka­yor.

23 USo­ma­ndla si­nge­mfu­ma­nes; upha­ke­me nga­ma­ndlat, la­ngo­kwa­hlu­le­la, nja­lo mkhu­lu ngo­ku­lu­nga; ka­ci­nde­ze­liu.

24 Nga­kho aba­ntuv ba­ya­me­sa­baw; ka­na­ki wo­nkex owa­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yoy nge­nhli­zi­yoz.

INko­si iya­mphe­ndu­la uJo­be

38INko­si ya­si­mphe­ndu­la uJo­bea ise­si­vu­ngu­za­ne­ni ya­thib:

2 Ngu­ba­ni lo ofi­pha­za ise­lu­le­ko nga­ma­zwi ange­la­lwa­zic?

3 Bo­pha-ke ukha­lo lwa­kho nje­nge­ndo­dad, nja­lo ngi­za­ku­bu­za, nja­lo unge­nze nga­zie.

4 Wa­wu­nga­phif la­pho ngi­mi­sa izi­se­ke­lo zo­mhla­bag? Tsho­no uba usa­zi uku­qe­di­si­sa.

5 Ngu­ba­ni owa­be­ka izi­li­nga­ni­so za­woh, uba ukwa­zi? Ku­mbe ngu­ba­ni owe­lu­le­la inta­mbo yo­ku­li­nga­ni­sa phe­zu kwa­woi?

6 Izi­se­ke­lo za­wo za­mi­swa phe­zu kwa­ni? Ku­mbe ngu­ba­ni owa­be­ka ili­tshe la­wo le­ngo­nsij,

7 la­pho inka­nye­zi zo­ku­sak za­hla­be­la ka­nye­ka­nyel, la­ma­do­da­na wo­nke ka­Nku­lu­nku­lum ame­me­za nge­nja­bu­lon?

8 Ku­mbe ngu­ba­ni owa­va­le­la ulwa­ndle nge­zi­va­loo, la­pho lu­fo­hla lu­phu­ma esi­swi­nip,

9 la­pho ngi­mi­sa iye­zi la­ba yi­se­mba­tho sa­loq, lo­mnya­ma onzi­ma wa­ba yi­mbe­le­ko ya­lor?

10 Nja­lo nga­lu­qu­me­la isi­mi­sos, nga­mi­sa imi­go­qo le­zi­va­lot,

11 nga­thi: Uza­fi­ka ku­ze ku­be la­pha, ko­dwa unge­dlu­li, la­la­pha ku­za­me­la­na lo­ku­zi­gqa­ja kwa­ma­ga­ga­si akhou.

12 Ku­su­ke­la ensu­kwi­ni za­kho wa­la­wu­la uku­sa yi­ni, we­nza uku­da­bu­ka ko­ku­sa uku­thi kwa­zi inda­wo ya­khov,

13 uku­thi ku­ba­mbe imi­phe­tho yo­mhla­ba, uku­ze ku­thi­nti­the aba­bi ku­wow?

14 Ku­ya­gu­qu­ka nje­nge­bu­mba lo­pha­wu lo­ku­na­ma­thi­se­la, ku­zi­mi­sa nje­nge­se­mba­tho.

15 La­kwa­ba­bi uku­kha­nya kwa­bo ku­ya­go­dlwax, le­nga­lo epha­ke­me­yo iye­phu­lway.

16 Usu­nge­ni­le emi­tho­nje­ni yo­lwa­ndle yi­ni, wa­ha­mba usi­ya le la­le eku­di­nge­ni inzi­ki?

17 Ama­sa­ngo oku­fa wa­we­mbu­le­lwa yi­niz, wa­wa­bo­na ama­sa­ngo ethu­nzi lo­ku­faa?

18 Uqe­di­si­si­le yi­ni ku­ze ku­be se­bu­ba­nzi­ni bo­mhla­ba? Tsho­no uba ukwa­zi ko­nkeb.

19 Inga­phi indle­la la­pho oku­hla­la kho­na uku­kha­nya? Lo­mnya­ma, inga­phi inda­wo ya­wo,

20 uku­ze uku­se emngce­le­ni wa­kho, lo­ku­thi uqe­di­si­se izi­ndle­la zo­mu­zi wa­kho?

21 Uya­zi, ngo­ba wa­wu­su­ze­lwe, le­na­ni le­nsu­ku za­kho li­khu­lu.

22 Usu­nge­ni­le ezi­pha­le­ni ze­li­qhwa eli­khi­thi­ki­le­yo yi­ni, wa­bo­na izi­pha­la ze­si­qho­tho,

23 engi­zi­go­dle ku­ze ku­be yi­si­kha­thi so­ku­hlu­phe­ka, ku­ze ku­be lu­su­ku lo­ku­lwa lo­lwe­mpi?

24 Inga­phi indle­la la­pho uku­kha­nya okwa­bi­wa kho­na, umo­ya we­mpu­ma­la­nga ohla­ka­ze­ka kho­na emhla­be­ni?

25 Ngu­ba­ni owe­hlu­ka­ni­se­la impo­pho­ma indle­la ya­ma­nzi, le­ndle­la yo­mba­ne we­mi­du­mo,

26 uku­thi li­ne emhla­be­ni la­pho oku­nge­la­mu­ntu kho­na, enka­nga­la oku­nge­la­mu­ntu ku­yo,

27 uku­su­thi­sa inka­nga­la le­gwa­du­le, lo­ku­hlu­mi­sa uku­phu­ma ko­tsha­ni?

28 Izu­lu li­lo­yi­se yi­ni, ku­mbe ngu­ba­ni owa­za­la ama­tho­nsi ama­zo­lo?

29 Ungqwa­qwa­ne wa­phu­ma esi­swi­ni si­ka­ba­ni? Nja­lo ngu­ba­ni owa­za­la ili­qhwa la­ma­zu­lu?

30 Ama­nzi afi­hla­ke­le nje­nge­li­tshe, lo­bu­so bo­ku­ju­la bu­ji­yi­le.

31 Unga­zi­bo­pha yi­ni izi­bo­phoc ze­si­Li­me­lad, ku­mbe uthu­ku­lu­le inta­mboe ze­zi­Njaf?

32 Unga­khu­pha yi­ni izi­nka­nye­zi nge­si­kha­thi sa­zo? Unga­kho­khe­la yi­ni iBhe­re ka­nye la­ba­ntwa­na ba­log?

33 Uya­za­zi yi­ni izi­mi­so za­ma­zu­lu, ku­mbe unga­mi­sa umbu­so wa­zo emhla­be­nih?

34 Unga­pha­ka­mi­se­la yi­ni ili­zwi la­kho ema­ye­zi­ni, uku­thi ubu­ne­ngi ba­ma­nzi bu­ku­si­be­ke­lei?

35 Unga­thu­ma yi­ni imi­ba­ne uku­thi iha­mbe, ithi ku­we: Kha­nge­la, sila­pha?

36 Ngu­ba­ni owa­be­ka inhla­ka­ni­phoj emi­bi­li­nik? Ku­mbe ngu­ba­ni oni­ke uku­qe­di­si­sa engqo­ndwe­nil?

37 Ngu­ba­ni onga­ba­la ama­ye­zi nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho? Nja­lo ngu­ba­ni onga­la­li­sa imbo­dle­la za­ma­zu­lu,

38 la­pho uthu­li lu­qi­na lu­be yi­zi­ga­qa, la­ma­ga­de ana­ma­the­la­ne?

39 Unga­si­zi­nge­le­la yi­ni isi­lwa­ne uku­dla, ku­mbe usu­thi­se uku­la­mba kwe­zi­lwa­ne ezi­ntsha,

40 la­pho zi­ca­tha­me emi­ho­me­ni, zi­hla­la esi­khu­ndle­ni uku­thi zi­ca­tha­me?

41 Ngu­ba­ni olu­ngi­se­la iwa­ba­yi uku­dla kwa­lo, la­pho ama­phu­phu alo ekha­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ezu­la­zu­la ngo­ba ku­nge­la­ku­dla?

39Uya­sa­zi yi­ni isi­kha­thi so­ku­za­la kwa­ma­go­go edwa­laa? Uya­na­nze­le­la yi­ni uku­he­le­lwa kwe­zi­mpa­lab?

2 Unga­zi­ba­la yi­ni inya­nga e­zizi­gcwa­li­sa­yo? Nja­lo uya­sa­zi yi­ni isi­kha­thi so­ku­za­la kwa­zoc?

3 Zi­go­ba, zi­za­le aba­ntwa­na ba­zo, zi­khu­phe imi­he­lo ya­zod.

4 Ama­zi­nya­ne azo aqi­ne akhu­le ega­nge­ni; asu­ke aha­mbe, anga­bu­yi ku­zo.

5 Ngu­ba­ni owa­khu­phae uba­bhe­mi we­ga­nga ekhu­lu­le­ki­lef? Nja­lo ngu­ba­ni othu­ku­lu­le izi­bo­pho zi­ka­ba­bhe­mi we­ga­ngagh,

6 engi­mmi­se­le inka­nga­la ibe ngu­mu­zi wa­khe, le­si­mu­nyu si­be zi­nda­wo za­khe zo­ku­hla­lai?

7 Uhle­ka umsi­ndo wo­mu­zi, ange­zwa imi­si­ndo yo­mtsha­ye­li.

8 Udi­nga izi­nta­ba ezi­li­dle­lo la­khe, edi­nga ela­nde­la ko­nke oku­lu­hla­za.

9 Inya­thi iya­vu­ma yi­ni uku­ku­se­be­nze­laj? Iza­la­la yi­ni esi­ba­ye­ni sa­kho ebu­su­kuk?

10 Unga­yi­bo­phe­la inya­thi yi­ni nge­nta­mbo ya­yo emfo­lwe­nil? Inga­bhu­qa yi­ni izi­ho­tsha emva kwa­khom?

11 Unga­the­mbe­la ku­yo yi­ni ngo­ba ama­ndla ayo ma­khu­lu? Unga­yi­ye­ke­le­la yi­ni umtshi­ka­tshi­ka wa­kho?

12 Unga­yi­kho­lwa yi­ni uku­thi iza­bu­yi­sa inhla­nye­lo ya­kho, nja­lo iyi­bu­the­le e­ba­leni lo­ku­bhu­le­la la­kho?

13 Impi­ko ze­zi­ntshe zi­ya­pha­pha­ze­la nge­nto­ko­zo; ko­dwa zi­zi­mpi­ko le­zi­nsi­ba ze­nga­bu­za­ne yi­ni?

14 Ngo­ba itshi­ya ama­qa­nda ayo emhla­ba­thi­ni, iwa­khu­du­me­ze othu­li­ni,

15 iya­kho­hlwa uku­thi unya­wo lu­nga­wa­cho­bo­za, lo­ku­thi isi­lo se­ga­nga si­nga­wa­nya­the­la.

16 Iwa­pha­tha ka­lu­khu­ni ama­phu­phu ayo, ku­nga­thi ka­wa­yi­si­wo awa­yo; umtshi­ka­tshi­ka wa­yo uyi­ze, inge­la­kwe­sa­ba.

17 Ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­yi­tha­the­la inhla­ka­ni­pho, ka­ya­be­la­nga uku­qe­di­si­sa.

18 La­pho se­ku­yi­si­kha­thi iya­zi­pha­ka­mi­se­la phe­zu­lu, ihle­ke ibhi­za lo­mga­di wa­lo.

19 Uza­ni­ka yi­ni ibhi­za ama­ndla? Uya­yi­gqo­ki­sa yi­ni inta­mo ya­lo ngo­mhlo­nga oye­phu­ze­la­yo?

20 Uya­le­nza le­qe yi­ni nje­nge­nte­then? Ubu­kho­si bo­ku­kha­la kwa­lo bu­ye­sa­be­kao.

21 Li­ya­pha­nda esi­ho­tshe­ni, li­tho­ko­ze nga­ma­ndla alo, li­phu­me uku­hla­nga­be­za izi­kha­lip.

22 Li­ya­ku­hle­ka ukwe­sa­ba, ka­le­sa­bi, ka­li­phe­ndu­ki pha­mbi kwe­nke­mbaq.

23 Phe­zu kwa­lo isa­mba se­mi­tsho­ko si­ya­khe­hle­ze­la, umkho­nto opha­zi­ma­yor lo­mdi­ka­di­kas.

24 Ngo­ku­qhu­qha lo­ku­fu­the­ka li­gi­nye umhla­ba; ka­li­kho­lwa uku­thi ngu­msi­ndo wo­pho­ndot.

25 Eku­kha­le­ni ko­pho­ndo li­thi: Aha! Li­nu­ke impi ikha­tsha­na, umdu­mo we­zi­ndu­na, lo­ku­me­me­za.

26 Ukho­zi lu­ya­pha­pha yi­ni ngo­ku­qe­di­si­sa kwa­kho, lu­se­lu­le­la impi­ko za­lo eni­ngi­zi­mu?

27 Ili­nqe li­ya­qo­nga ngo­ku­la­ya kwa­kho, la­khe isi­dle­ke sa­lo engqo­nge­ni yi­ni?

28 Li­hla­la li­la­le ebu­su­ku edwa­le­ni, engqo­nge­ni ye­dwa­la le­ye­nqa­ba.

29 Li­su­ka la­pho li­di­nga uku­dla; ame­hlo alo abo­ne­la kha­tsha­na.

30 La­ma­phu­phu alo azi­ti­ka nge­ga­zi; la­la­pho oku­kho­na aba­bu­le­we­yo li­kho­na.

Impe­ndu­lo ka­Jo­be

40INko­si ya­si­phe­ndu­la uJo­be ya­thia:

2 Ophi­ki­sa­na lo­So­ma­ndla uzamqo­ndi­sa yi­ni? Oso­la uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­ku­phe­ndu­leb.

3 UJo­be wa­se­yi­phe­ndu­la iNko­si wa­thi:

4 Kha­nge­la, ngi­pha­nsi; ngi­nga­ku­phe­ndu­la ngi­thi­nic? Ngi­be­ka isa­ndla sa­mi emlo­nye­ni wa­mid.

5 Ngi­khu­lu­mi­le ka­nye, ko­dwa ka­ngi­yi­ku­phe­ndu­lae; ku­mbe ka­bi­li, ko­dwa ka­ngi­yi­ku­qhu­be­kaf.

INko­si ibo­na­ka­li­sa ama­ndla ayo

6 INko­si ya­si­mphe­ndu­la uJo­be ise­si­vu­ngu­za­ne­ni ya­thig:

7 Bo­pha kha­the­si ukha­lo lwa­kho nje­nge­ndo­dah; ngi­za­ku­bu­za, ubu­su­nga­zi­sai.

8 Isi­bi­li, uza­chi­tha isa­hlu­le­lo sa­mi yi­nij? Ungi­la­hle, uku­ze ube ngo­lu­ngi­le­yo yi­nik?

9 Nja­lo ule­nga­lo yi­ni nje­ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lu? Ku­mbe unga­du­ma yi­ni nge­li­zwi nje­nga­yel?

10 Kha­the­si zi­ce­ci­se ngo­bu­kho­si lo­ku­pha­ka­ma, uze­mbe­se ngo­du­mo le­nka­zi­mu­lom.

11 Usa­ba­la­li­se intu­ku­the­lo zo­la­ka lwa­khon, ukha­nge­le wo­nke ozi­gqa­ja­yo, umtho­bi­seo.

12 Kha­nge­la wo­nke ozi­gqa­ja­yop, ume­hli­se­le pha­nsiq, unya­the­le­le pha­nsi aba­bi enda­we­ni ya­bor.

13 Uba­fi­hle bo­nkes ethu­li­nitu, ubo­phe ubu­so ba­bo nga­se­se.

14 Kho­na la­mi ngi­za­vu­ma ku­we, uku­thi isa­ndla sa­kho so­ku­ne­ne si­nga­ku­si­ndi­sav.

15 Ake ukha­nge­le imvu­bu enga­ye­nza ka­nye la­we; idla utsha­ni nje­nge­nka­biw.

16 Ake ukha­nge­le, ama­ndla ayo ase­kha­lwe­ni lwa­yo, lo­ku­qi­na kwa­yo ku­se­mi­si­phe­ni ye­si­su sa­yo.

17 Iya­go­bi­sa umsi­la wa­yo nje­ngo­mse­da­ri; imi­si­pha ye­mi­le­nze ya­yo ye­lu­ke­nex.

18 Ama­tha­mbo ayo anje­nge­mpo­mpi ze­thu­si, ama­tha­mbo ayo anje­nge­mi­go­qo ye­nsi­mbi.

19 Inge­yo­ku­qa­lay ye­zi­ndle­la zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luz; owa­ye­nza­yo wa­so­nde­za inke­mba ya­yo.

20 Ngo­ba inta­ba zi­ya­yi­ve­ze­la uku­dla, la­pho oku­dla­la kho­na inya­ma­za­na zo­nke ze­ga­nga.

21 Ila­la pha­nsi kwe­si­hla­hla esi­lu­hla­za, eku­si­the­ke­ni kwe­mi­hla­nga la­ma­xha­pho­zia.

22 Izi­hla­hla ezi­lu­hla­za zi­ya­yi­si­be­ke­la ngo­mthu­nzi wa­zo; imi­du­bu ye­si­fu­la iya­yi­pha­hlab.

23 Kha­nge­la, umfu­la uyayi­ci­nde­ze­la, ka­yi­pha­ngi­sic; ile­si­bi­ndi la­nxa iJo­da­ni inga­phu­phu­me­la emlo­nye­ni wa­yod.

24 Onga­yi­ba­mba yi­ni nga­me­hlo ayo? Onga­hla­ba yi­ni ama­kha­la ayo nge­mi­ji­bi­la?

41Unga­mhu­du­la yi­ni uLe­vi­ya­tha­ni nge­ngwe­gwea, ku­mbe uli­mi lwa­khe nge­nta­mbo o­ye­nza itsho­ne?

2 Unga­fa­ka yi­nib umhla­nga ekha­le­ni la­khec, ku­mbe ubho­bo­ze umhla­thi wa­khe nga­me­vad?

3 Uza­ku­nce­nga ka­ne­ngi yi­ni? Uza­khu­lu­ma la­we nga­tha­mbi­le­yo yi­ni?

4 Uza­kwe­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no la­we yi­nie? Uza­mtha­tha abe yi­nce­ku ko­ku­phe­la yi­nif?

5 Uza­dla­la la­ye yi­ni nje­nge­nyo­ni? Ku­mbe uza­mbo­phe­la ama­nto­mba­za­na akho yi­nig?

6 Aba­the­ngih ba­za­the­ngi­se­la­na nga­ye yi­nii? Ba­za­kwe­hlu­ka­ni­se­la­na nga­ye yi­nij pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­the­ngi­sa­yok?

7 Uza­gcwa­li­sa yi­ni isi­khu­mba sa­khe nge­zi­nhle­ndla, le­kha­nda la­khe nge­mi­kho­nto ye­nhla­nzi?

8 Be­ka isa­ndla sa­kho phe­zu kwa­khe, khu­mbu­la impi, unga­kwe­nzi fu­thi.

9 Kha­nge­la, ithe­mba la­khe li­za­ku­ba nga­ma­ngal. La­ye uza­pho­se­lwam pha­nsi yi­ni ngo­ku­mbo­nan?

10 Ka­kho ole­si­hlu­ku so­ku­thi amvu­se. Ngu­ba­ni-ke ye­na onga­zi­mi­sa pha­mbi kwa­mio?

11 Ngu­ba­nip onga­ndu­le­le­yo uku­thi ngimbha­da­leq? Oku­nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­zu­lu wo­nke ngo­kwa­mir.

12 Ka­ngi­yi­ku­thu­la ma­ye­la­na le­zi­tho za­khe, le­nda­ba ya­ma­ndla akhe, lo­bu­hle be­si­mo sa­khes.

13 Ngu­ba­ni onga­bo­na­ka­li­sa ubu­so be­se­mba­tho sa­khe? Ngu­ba­ni onge­za la­ma­to­mu akhe aphi­ndwe ka­bi­lit?

14 Ngu­ba­ni onga­vu­la imi­nya­ngo yo­bu­so ba­khe? Ama­zi­nyo akhe aye­sa­be­ka inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkeu.

15 Imi­zi­la ya­ma­ha­wu akhe ilo­ku­zi­qhe­nya, iva­le­lwe ngo­pha­wu olu­qi­ni­si­we­yo.

16 Eli­nye li­so­nde­le kwe­li­nye, uku­ze ku­nga­nge­ni umo­ya pha­ka­thi kwa­wo.

17 Ahla­nge­ne, aba­mba­nav, uku­ze ange­hlu­ka­ni­swaw.

18 Uku­thi­mu­la kwa­khe ku­pha­zi­ma uku­kha­nyax, la­me­hlo akhe anje­nge­nko­phe ze­ma­da­bu­ka­ku­say.

19 Emlo­nye­ni wa­khe ku­phu­ma izi­hla­nti, zi­qha­tshe zi­phu­me inhla­nsi zo­mli­lo.

20 Ema­kha­le­ni akhe ku­phu­ma intu­thu, nje­nge­mbi­za ebi­la­yoz le­mi­hla­ngaa.

21 Umo­ya wa­khe uvu­the­la ama­la­hle, le­la­nga­bi li­phu­me emlo­nye­ni wa­kheb.

22 Enta­nye­ni ya­khe ku­hla­la ama­ndla, la­pha­mbi kwa­khe ku­gi­ya usi­zi.

23 Ama­vi­nqo enya­ma ya­khe ana­ma­the­le­ne, aqi­ni­le ku­ye, ka­wa­nyi­ki­nye­kic.

24 Inhli­zi­yo ya­khe iqi­ni­le nje­nge­li­tshe, ye­bo, ilu­khu­ni nje­nge­li­tshe lo­ku­cho­la eli­nga­pha­nsid.

25 Eku­vu­ke­ni kwa­khe ama­qha­we aye­sa­ba, nge­nxa yo­kwe­phu­lwa ba­ya­zi­hla­mbu­lu­lae.

26 Ofi­nye­le­la ku­ye nge­nke­mba ange­me, umkho­nto, umtsho­ko, lo­mdi­ka­di­ka.

27 Utha­tha insi­mbi nje­ngo­tsha­ni, ithu­si nje­ngo­go­do olu­bo­li­le­yo.

28 Umtsho­ko ka­wu­me­nzi aba­le­ke; ama­tshe esa­vu­tha aphe­ndu­lwa ngu­ye abe yi­zi­bif.

29 Isa­gi­la si­tsha­ywa nje­nge­zi­bi; uhle­ka uku­ge­nqe­za ko­mdi­ka­di­kag.

30 Nga­pha­nsi kwa­khe ku­le­nde­nge­zi ezi­bu­kha­li; we­ndla­la izi­nto ezi­bu­kha­li oda­ke­nih.

31 We­nza inzi­kii zi­bi­le nje­nge­mbi­zaj, enze ulwa­ndle lu­be nje­nge­mbi­za ya­ma­fu­tha.

32 Nge­mva kwa­khe we­nza indle­la ikha­nye; inzi­ki zi­nga­thi­wa zi­yi­mpu­ngak.

33 Ka­ku­kho emhla­be­nil oku­fa­na­na la­yem, owe­nzi­wa anga­bi lo­kwe­sa­ba.

34 Ukha­nge­la ko­nke oku­pha­ke­me­yo; uyi­nko­si phe­zu kwa­bo bo­nke aba­ntwa­na bo­ku­zi­gqa­jan.

UJo­be uya­zi­tho­ba

42UJo­be wa­se­yi­phe­ndu­la iNko­si wa­thi:

2 Ngi­ya­zi uku­thi unga­kwe­nza ko­nkea, lo­ku­thi ka­ku­la­ce­bob eli­nga­vi­nje­lwa ku­wec.

3 Ngu­ba­ni lo ofi­pha­za ise­lu­le­ko enge­la­lwa­zid? Nga­kho ngi­khu­lu­mi­le lo­kho ebe­ngi­nga­ku­qe­di­si­si, izi­nto ezi­ma­nga­li­sa­yo ka­khu­lu ki­mi, ebe­ngi­nga­za­zie.

4 Ake uzwe, ngi­za­khu­lu­ma mi­na. Ngi­za­ku­bu­za, nja­lo we­nze nga­zif.

5 Ngo­ku­zwa kwe­ndle­be ngi­ku­zwi­le, ko­dwa kha­the­si ili­hlo la­mi li­ya­ku­bo­nag.

6 Nga­kho-keh ngi­yazi­ne­ngai, ngi­ya­phe­ndu­ka ethu­li­nij le­mlo­the­nikl.

7 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi iNko­si isi­khu­lu­me la­ma­zwi ku­Jo­be, iNko­si ya­thi kuE­li­fa­zi umThe­ma­nim: Ula­ka lwa­mi lu­ya­vu­tha ku­we la­ku­ba­nga­ne ba­kho aba­bi­li, ngo­ba ka­li­khu­lu­ma­nga nga­mi oku­qo­ndi­le­yo nje­nge­nce­ku ya­mi uJo­ben.

8 Nga­kho-ke zi­tha­the­le­ni ama­jo­ngo­si ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa le­nqa­ma ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, li­ye ence­kwi­ni ya­mi uJo­beo, li­zi­ni­ke­le­le umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swap, nja­lo uJo­be ince­ku ya­mi uza­li­khu­le­ke­la; ngo­ba isi­bi­li ngi­za­kwe­mu­ke­la ubu­so ba­kheq, uku­ze ngi­nge­nzi ki­ni nje­ngo­bu­thu­tha be­nu; ngo­ba ka­li­khu­lu­ma­nga nga­mi oku­qo­ndi­le­yo nje­nge­nce­ku ya­mi uJo­ber.

9 Nga­kho ba­ha­mba oE­li­fa­zi umThe­ma­ni lo­Bi­li­da­di umShu­hi lo­Zo­fa­ri umNa­ha­ma, be­nza nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­Nko­si ku­bo; nja­lo iNko­si ye­mu­ke­la ubu­so bu­ka­Jo­bes.

Uku­bu­si­swa ku­ka­Jo­be

10 INko­si ya­si­phe­ndu­la uku­thu­njwa ku­ka­Jo­be ese­khu­le­ke­le aba­nga­ne ba­khet; nja­lo iNko­si ye­nge­ze­le­la ko­nke uJo­be aye­la­kho ku­ze ku­phi­ndwe ka­bi­liu.

11 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka ku­ye bo­nke aba­fo­wa­bo la­bo bo­nke oda­de­wa­bov, la­bo bo­nke aba­be­ma­zi ma­ndu­lo, ba­dla isi­nkwa la­ye endli­ni ya­khew, ba­mkha­le­lax, ba­mdu­du­za nga­kho ko­nke oku­bi iNko­si eya­yi­me­hli­se­le kho­nay; ba­mni­ka ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo uhla­mvu lwe­ma­liz, la­ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo iso­ngo le­go­li­dea.

12 INko­si ya­si­bu­si­sa isi­phe­tho si­ka­Jo­be okwe­dlu­la uku­qa­la kwa­kheb; ngo­ba wa­ba le­zi­mvu ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­ne, la­ma­ka­me­la azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­thu­pha, le­zi­pa­ne ze­nka­bi ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne, la­bo­ba­bhe­mi aba­si­ka­zi aba­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­nec.

13 Wa­se­si­ba la­ma­do­da­na ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ama­tha­thud.

14 Wa­se­bi­za ibi­zo le­yo­ku­qa­la wa­thi ngu­Je­mi­ma, le­bi­zo le­ye­si­bi­li wa­thi ngu­Ke­zi­ya, le­bi­zo le­ye­si­tha­thu wa­thi ngu­Ke­re­ni-Ha­pu­ki.

15 Nja­lo ka­ku­tho­la­ka­la­nga abe­si­fa­za­na aba­hle nje­nga­ma­do­da­ka­zi ka­Jo­be eli­zwe­ni lo­nke; lo­yi­se wa­wa­ni­ka ili­fa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ne­wa­boe.

16 Le­mva kwa­lo­kho uJo­be wa­phi­la imi­nya­ka eli­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne; wa­bo­na ama­do­da­na akhe, la­ma­do­da­na ama­do­da­na akhe, kwa­ze kwa­ba yi­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na ezi­nef.

17 UJo­be wa­se­si­fa, emda­la, ene­le nge­zi­nsu­kug.