UJobe 37

₁“Yebo, ngenxa yalokho iyathuthumela inhliziyo yami,

isuke endaweni yayo.

₂Yizwani, nizwe indumo yezwi lakhe,

nemvunge ephuma emlonyeni wakhe.

₃Uyakukhipha phansi kwalo lonke izulu,

nonyazi lwakhe luya emagumbini omhlaba.

₄Emva kwalo kuduma izwi;

uduma ngezwi lobukhosi bakhe;

kalumisi unyazi, lapho lizwakala izwi lakhe.

₅UNkulunkulu uyaduma ngezwi lakhe ngokumangalisayo;

wenza izinto ezinkulu esingaziqondi.

₆Ngokuba uthi eqhweni:

‘Khithika emhlabeni;’

kanjalo nasesihlambini semvula,

yebo, ezihlambini zemvula zakhe ezinamandla.

₇Uyanamathelisa izandla zabantu bonke

ukuba bonke abantu bazi imisebenzi yakhe.

₈Seziya izilwane ezikhundleni zazo,

zihlale emihumeni yazo.

₉Isikhwishikhwishi siphuma ekamelweni laso,

namakhaza emimoyeni ehlakazayo.

₁₀Ngokuphefumula kukaNkulunkulu kuvela ungqoqwane,

ububanzi bamanzi buqine.

₁₁Yebo, uyathwesa amafu ngokuswakama;

uyeneka amafu onyazi lwakhe.

₁₂Ayajika, aphenduke njengokunquma kwakhe

ukuba enze konke awayalayo

ebusweni bomhlaba owakhiweyo,

₁₃awafikise abe luswazi,

afike ngenxa yomhlaba

noma ngenxa yomusa.

₁₄“Beka indlebe kulokhu, Jobe;

yima, uqonde izimangaliso zikaNkulunkulu.

₁₅Uyazi yini ukuthi uNkulunkulu uwayala kanjani,

enze ukuba unyazi lwamafu akhe lukhanye na?

₁₆Uyaqonda yini ukulinganiswa kwamafu,

izimangaliso zoPhelele olwazini,

₁₇wena ozingubo zakho zifudumala,

lapho ethulisa umhlaba ngeshisandlu, na?

₁₈Ungeneka isibhakabhaka njengaye,

esiqinile njengesibuko esibunjiweyo, na?

₁₉Sifundise ukuthi siyakuthini kuye;

asinakuhlela indaba yethu ngenxa yobumnyama.

₂₀Uyakutshelwa ukuthi ngiyakhuluma na?

Ukhona yini oshoyo ukuthi makabhubhe na?

₂₁Manje, abantu abanakukubona ukukhanya

okukhazimula esibhakabhakeni,

lapho umoya usudlulile, wasihlanza.

₂₂Ngasenyakatho kuvela inkazimulo yegolide;

uNkulunkulu wembethe ubukhosi obesabekayo.

₂₃USomandla singemqonde;

mkhulu ngamandla nangokwahlulela;

ngokulunga kwakhe okukhulu akoni lutho.

₂₄Ngalokho abantu bayamesaba;

kepha akanaki abazishaya izihlakaniphi ngenhliziyo.”