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.