UJobe 16

UJobe Uyaphendula

1UJobe wasephendula wathi:

2“Sengezwa izinto ezinengi ezifana lalezi;

lingabaduduzi ababi lina lonke!

3Zizaphela nini inkulumo zokubhuda kwenu lokhu?

Kuyini okulihluphayo laphikelela nje lidaza inkani?

4Lami bengingakhuluma njengani

aluba yini elisesikhundleni sami;

ngabe ngikhupha inkulumo ezimnandi ngilisola

ngize nginikine ikhanda lami.

5Kodwa umlomo wami ngabe uyaliqinisa;

induduzo yezindebe zami idedise inhlungu zenu.

6Kodwa nxa ngikhuluma, ubuhlungu obukimi kabudedi;

loba ngingaze ngithule, kabupheli.

7Ngeqiniso, Nkulunkulu, usungiqede amandla;

usuyitshabalalisile yonke imuli yami.

8Usungibophile sekuyibo ubufakazi balokho;

lokucikizeka kwami kuyakhula kungilahla.

9UNkulunkulu uyanginxwanela angidlikize ngolaka lwakhe,

angigedlele amazinyo;

isitha sami singinyonkoloze ngamehlo ahlabayo.

10Abantu bavula imilomo yabo bengihoza;

bangimakala esihlathini bengihlambaza

babambane bangihlanganyele.

11UNkulunkulu usenginikele ebantwini ababi

wangiphosela ezandleni zezigangi.

12Konke kwakukuhle kimi, kodwa wangibhidliza;

wangixhakalaza ngentamo wangichoboza.

Usengenze ngaba yinto yakhe yokunenjwa;

13abacibi bemtshoko bakhe bangihanqile.

Ungiciba izinso zami engelazwelo

achithele inyongo yami phansi.

14Ungisukela njalonjalo;

angidumele njengebutho.

15Sengithungele isembatho sesaka emzimbeni wami

ngathukuza ibunzi lami othulini.

16Ubuso bami sebubomvu ngokukhala,

amathunzi anzima ahonqolozela amehlo ami;

17kodwa izandla zami kaziluqhelanga udlakela,

lomkhuleko wami uhlanzekile.

18Awu mhlaba, ungaligqibeli igazi lami;

sengathi lokukhala kwami kungaze kwacitshwa lanini!

19Lakhathesi ufakazi wami usezulwini;

umeli wami uphezulu khonale.

20Umeli wami ngumngane wami

nxa amehlo ami empompoza inyembezi kuNkulunkulu;

21uyamncengela umuntu kuNkulunkulu

njengomuntu encengela umngane wakhe.

22Kusasele iminyakana engemingaki

andubana ngiye lapho kungabuywa khona.”