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 boastings 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 sayest, 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 is manifold in effectual working! 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?
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 pass through, and shut up, and call unto judgment, then who can hinder him?
Uba esedlula avalele kumbe abuthanise, ngubani-ke ongamnqanda?
11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not.
Ngoba yena uyabazi abantu abayize, uyabona ububi; ngakho kayikukuqaphelisa yini?
12 But vain man is void of understanding, yea, man is born as a wild ass’s colt.
Ngoba umuntu oyisiphukuphuku angaba lokuqedisisa, lanxa umuntu engazalwa njengethole likababhemi weganga.
13 If thou set thine heart aright, 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 unrighteousness dwell in thy tents;
uba ububi busesandleni sakho, bubeke khatshana, lobubi kabungahlali emathenteni akho.
15 Surely 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 For thou shalt forget thy misery; thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away:
Ngoba wena uzakhohlwa usizi lwakho, ulukhumbule njengamanzi asedlulile.
17 And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday; though there be darkness, it shall 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 search [about thee], and 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 have no way to flee, and their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.
Kodwa amehlo ababi azafiphala, lesiphephelo sizachitheka kubo, lethemba labo lizakuba yikuphela komphefumulo.
