Job 26

1 Then Job answered,

UJobe wasephendula wathi:

2 “How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!

“Usumsize njani ongelamandla! Usuyilamulele njani ingalo ebuthakathaka!

3 How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

Yiseluleko esinjani osusiphe lowo ongelakuhlakanipha! Njalo usubonise mbono bani!

4 To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?

Ngubani okuncedisileyo ukukhuluma amazwi la na? Ngokabani umoya okhulume ngomlomo wakho na?

5 “The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

Abafileyo basebuhlungwini obukhulu, labo abangaphansi kwamanzi lalabo abahlala kuwo.

6 Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. (Sheol h7585)

UKufa kwambulekile phambi kukaNkulunkulu; ikhamisile indawo yokubhubha. (Sheol h7585)

7 He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.

Uyawendlala umkhathi wenyakatho endaweni engelalutho; aphanyeke umhlaba phezu kweze.

8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.

Ugoqele amanzi emayezini akhe, kodwa amayezi kawapatshaki yikusindwa ngamanzi.

9 He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.

Uyayigubuzela inyanga egcweleyo, endlale amayezi phezu kwayo.

10 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.

Umisa umkhawulo wokwengama umkhathi emanzini kube ngumngcele phakathi kokukhanya lobumnyama.

11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.

Izinsika zamazulu ziyazamazama, zisethuswa yikukhuza kwakhe.

12 He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.

Ngamandla akhe waluthulisa ulwandle; ngenhlakanipho yakhe waquma uRahabi waba yiziqa.

13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.

Ngomoya wakhe umkhathi wacethula; isandla sakhe sayigwaza inyoka ibaleka.

14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”

Njalo le yimisebenzi yakhe engaphandle nje ekucineni; esikuzwayo yilizwana nje lokunyenyeza kwakhe! Pho ngubani ongawuzwisisa umdumo wamandla akhe na?”