Job 11
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Wasephendula uZofari umNahama wathi:
2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
Kambe kabuphendulwa yini ubunengi bamazwi? Njalo isilawuli singalungisiswa yini?
3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Ukulawula kwakho kuzathulisa abantu yini? Lapho ukloloda, kakho ongakuyangisa yini?
4 For thou hast said, My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
Ngoba uthe: Imfundiso yami ihlanzekile, ngihlambulukile emehlweni akho.
5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
Kodwa-ke kungathi uNkulunkulu angakhuluma, avule indebe zakhe kuwe,
6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that [they are] double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee [less] than thine iniquity [deserveth].
ukuze akwazise imfihlakalo zenhlakanipho, ukuthi ziphindwe kabili ngenhlakanipho eqotho. Yazi-ke ukuthi uNkulunkulu ubiza kuwe okulutshwana kulecala lakho.
7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
Ungafumana ukujula kukaNkulunkulu na? Ungamfumana yini uSomandla kuze kube sekupheleleni?
8 [It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)
Kuphakeme njengamazulu, ungenzani? Kutshonile kulesihogo, ungazini? (Sheol h7585)
9 The measure thereof [is] longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Isilinganiso sakho side kulomhlaba, sibanzi kulolwandle.
10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
Uba esedlula avalele kumbe abuthanise, ngubani-ke ongamnqanda?
11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider [it]?
Ngoba yena uyabazi abantu abayize, uyabona ububi; ngakho kayikukuqaphelisa yini?
12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born [like] a wild ass’s colt.
Ngoba umuntu oyisiphukuphuku angaba lokuqedisisa, lanxa umuntu engazalwa njengethole likababhemi weganga.
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
Uba wena ulungisa inhliziyo yakho, welulele izandla zakho kuye,
14 If iniquity [be] in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
uba ububi busesandleni sakho, bubeke khatshana, lobubi kabungahlali emathenteni akho.
15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
Ngoba lapho uzaphakamisa ubuso bakho ungelasici, njalo uqine, ungesabi.
16 Because thou shalt forget [thy] misery, [and] remember [it] as waters [that] pass away:
Ngoba wena uzakhohlwa usizi lwakho, ulukhumbule njengamanzi asedlulile.
17 And [thine] age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
Lobude bempilo yakho buzakhanya kulemini enkulu; loba kulomnyama kuzakuba njengekuseni.
18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig [about thee, and] thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
Njalo uzakuba lethemba ngoba kulethemba; uzagebha, uzalala ngokuvikeleka.
19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make [thee] afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
Uzalala, njalo kakho ozakwethusa, labanengi bazancenga phambi kwakho.
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope [shall be as] the giving up of the ghost.
Kodwa amehlo ababi azafiphala, lesiphephelo sizachitheka kubo, lethemba labo lizakuba yikuphela komphefumulo.
