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 ulwesabise. 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.