JOBO 35
1Elehu a bua hape, a re:
2“Na o bona ho nepahetse
ha o re:
‘Nna ke lokile ho feta Modimo?’
3O re ho yena:
‘Molemo ke ofe oo ke tla o bona?
ke tla boellwa keng
ka ho se etse sebe?’
4“Jwale nna polelo tsa hao
ke tla di araba,
le tsona tsa metswalle ya hao.
5Lelalla mahodimong o ke o bone,
tadima maru a o phahametseng.
6Ha o etsa sebe
Modimo o mo senyetsa eng?
Ha o ngatafatsa tshito tsa hao,
hoo hona ho mo etsetsa eng?
7Haeba o lokile o mo nea eng?
Kapa o amohela eng
letsohong la hao?
8Bokhopo ba hao
bo senyetsa ba jwaloka wena,
ho loka ha hao
ho thusa ba jwaloka wena.
9“Batho ba lliswa
ke ho hatellwa haholo,
ba llela ho namolelwa
kgokeng tsa ramonatla.
10Empa ha ho ya reng:
‘Modimo, Mmopi wa ka, o kae,
ya re kgothatsang ka difela bosiu,
11ya re rutang
ho fetisa phoofolo tsa naha,
ya re hlalefisang
ho fetisa nonyana tse fofang?’
12Leha ba ipiletsa,
yena ha a arabe,
ka baka la boikakaso
ba ba etsang bokgopo.
13Ruri Modimo a ke ke
a mamela mafeela,
Ya Matla wohle
a ke ke a a natsa.
14“A ka o mamela jwang,
o re ha o mmone;
o re nyewe ya hao
e kapele ho yena,
wena o so lebeletse yena feela?
15O ithetsa ka ho re
kgalefo ya hae ke mosesetso,
esita le bokgopo
Modimo ha a bo natse.
16Ka baka lena, Jobo o bua feela,
o pepeta haholo,
feela a se na tsebo.”
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