UJobe 36

₂“Ngihlalele kancane, ngiyakukubonisa,

ngokuba ngisenamazwi okummela uNkulunkulu.

₃Ngiyakulanda kude ulwazi lwami,

nginike uMenzi wami ukulunga.

₄Impela amazwi ami awasiwo amanga;

unawe ophelele ekwazini.

₅“Bheka, uNkulunkulu unamandla,

kepha kadeleli muntu;

mkhulu emandleni okuqonda.

₆Akenzi ukuba omubi aphile,

kepha abampofu uyabanika ukwahlulelwa.

₇Akabuyisi amehlo akhe kwabalungileyo,

kepha ubahlalisa namakhosi ezihlalweni zobukhosi,

baphakame kuze kube phakade.

₈Uma beboshwa ngamaketanga,

babanjwe ngezintambo zokuhlupheka,

₉uyababonisa izenzo zabo

neziphambeko zabo zokuthi baziphakamisile.

₁₀Uyavulela izindlebe zabo ukulaywa,

asho ukuba babuye ebubini.

₁₁Uma belalela, bamkhonze,

bayakuqeda imihla yabo ebuhleni

neminyaka yabo kukho okumnandi.

₁₂Kepha uma bengalaleli,

bayakuphela ngenkemba,

bafe bengenalwazi.

₁₃“Abangesabi ngenhliziyo baqongelela ulaka;

abakhali lapho ebabopha.

₁₄Bafa besebasha,

ukuphila kwabo kube njengokwezifebe zethempeli.

₁₅Ukhulula ompofu ngobumpofu bakhe,

avule indlebe yabo ngokuhlupheka.

₁₆“Yebo, nga ekuvusa ukuba uphume emlonyeni wosizi,

uye endaweni ebanzi,

lapho kungekho kunyinyeka khona,

kunone okubekwa etafuleni lakho.

₁₇Kepha ugcwele ukwahlulelwa kwababi;

ukwahlulela nokulunga kuyakubamba.

₁₈Xwaya ukuba ulaka lungakuvusi usashaywa,

ungachezukiswa ngobuningi bamahlawulo.

₁₉Ukukhala kwakho kungakusiza ukuba ungahlali osizini,

nazo zonke izikhwepha zamandla akho, na?

₂₀Ungafisi ubusuku,

lapho abantu beyakususwa ezindaweni zabo.

₂₁Xwaya ukuba ungabhekisi ubuso bakho ebubini,

ngokuba ukhethile lokho kunokuhlupheka.

₂₂“Bheka, uNkulunkulu uphakeme ngamandla akhe;

ngubani ofundisa njengaye na?

₂₃Ngubani ommisele indlela yakhe na?

Ngubani ongasho ukuthi:

‘Wenzile okubi,’ na?

₂₄Khumbula ukukhulisa izenzo zakhe

abahlabelela ngazo abantu.

₂₅Bonke abantu bayazibona;

abokufa bayazibuka besekude.

₂₆Bheka, uNkulunkulu uphakeme,

asimqondi;

umumo weminyaka yakhe ayinakuphenywa.

₂₇“Wenyusa amathonsi amanzi,

abuye awathulule njengemvula enkungwini yakhe;

₂₈amafu awenza ukuba aconse,

awathele phezu kwabantu abaningi.

₂₉Ukhona ongaqonda ukwenekeka kwamafu

nokuduma kwedokodo lakhe na?

₃₀Bheka, uyasakaza ukukhanya kwakhe ngakuye;

uyasibekela ubuphansi bolwandle.

₃₁Ngokuba ngalokho uyabahlulela abantu,

aphane kakhulu ngokudla.

₃₂Uyasibekela izandla zakhe ngokukhanya,

akuyale ukuba kushaye isigcibisholo.

₃₃Umsindo wakhe ulanda ngaye oshisekela ububi ngentukuthelo.