Job 15
1 Then Eliphaz replied to Job:
Wasephendula u-Elifazi umThemani wathi:
2 “If you were truly wise [RHQ], you would not have replied to us by claiming that you know a lot; what you are saying is just a lot of hot air [MET].
“Kambe indoda ehlakaniphileyo ingaphendula ngeze nje loba igcwalise isisu sayo ngomoya otshisayo wempumalanga na?
3 You should not [RHQ] be saying things that do not benefit anyone, using words that do no one any good.
Ingadaza inkani ngamazwi angatsho lutho, ngezinkulumo ezingelasisindo na?
4 [By what you say, ] you show that you do not revere God, and you are hindering people from meditating/thinking about God.
Wena uze weyise ukulunga njalo uphazame lokukhonza uNkulunkulu.
5 [It is as though] your sins are telling you what to say; you talk like people who will not admit that they are wicked.
Isono sakho sikhuthaza umlomo wakho; usuthethe ulimi lwamaqili.
6 Everything that you say [MTY] shows that you should be punished; so, it is not necessary for me to show that.
Umlomo wakho yiwo okulahlayo, hatshi owami; izindebe zakho zifakaza ububi bakho.
7 [“Tell me do you know more than everyone else because you think that] you are the first person who was ever born? [SAR, RHQ] Were you born before the hills [were created]?
Nguwe yini umuntu wokuqala ukuzalwa? Wabakhona kuqala kulezintaba na?
8 Were you listening when God made all his plans? [SAR, RHQ] Or do you think that you are the only person who is wise?
Uyake ulalele yini enkundleni kaNkulunkulu? Nguwe wedwa yini ololwazi?
9 (What do you know that we do not know?/You do not know anything that we do not know.) [RHQ] You do not understand [RHQ] anything that is not also clear to us.
Kuyini okwaziyo wena thina esingakwaziyo? Ulemibono bani wena thina esingelayo?
10 My friends and I are also wise; we acquired [wisdom] from old gray-haired people, from people who were born before your father was born.
Asebezimpunga lamakhehla bavumelana lathi, amadoda amadala kuloyihlo.
11 God wants to comfort you, and to speak gently/kindly to you; (is that not enough for you/do you need more than that)?
Induduzo zikaNkulunkulu kazikwanelisi yini, amazwi akhulunywa kamnandi kuwe?
12 Why do you allow yourself to be (carried away/excited) by your emotions? Why are [you very angry, with the result that] your eyes flash?
Kungani uvumela ukufuqwa yinhliziyo na, kungani amehlo akho eqwayiza,
13 You are angry [IDM] with God, and so you [MTY] are criticizing/denouncing him.
uze ubhodlise ulaka lwakho kuNkulunkulu ukhihlize amazwi anjalo ngomlomo wakho?
14 “(How can any person, [including you, ] be sinless?/No person, [including you], can be sinless.) [RHQ] (How can anyone on the earth be [completely] righteous?/No one on the earth can be [completely] righteous.) [RHQ]
Umuntu uyini ukuthi abe ngohlanzekileyo na, lozelwe ngowesifazane ongaba ngcwele?
15 Hey, God does not even trust his angels; he does not consider even them to be [completely] pure.
Nxa uNkulunkulu engazethembi izingilosi zakhe, njalo lamazulu engathembekanga kuye,
16 So, he certainly does not [trust] abominable/disgusting and depraved/corrupt people who do evil things [as easily] as they drink water [MET].
pho umuntu ongcolileyo ke, oxhwalileyo, onatha ububi njengamanzi!
17 Job, listen to what I will tell you. I will declare to you what I know,
Lalela kimi ngikuchazele; wothi ngikutshele esengakubonayo,
18 things that wise men have told me, truths that their ancestors did not keep hidden.
lokho osekwafakazwa yizihlakaniphi, bengafihli lutho abaluthatha kubokhokho babo
19 God gave this land to those ancestors, who were truly wise; no one from another country caused them to think wrongly [IDM].
(abayibo kuphela abaphiwa ilizwe njalo akwaze kwedlula muntu wezizweni phakathi kwabo):
20 It is wicked people who suffer with great pain all the time that they are alive; that is what happens to those who (oppress/act violently toward) others.
Ngezinsuku zakhe zonke umuntu omubi uhlutshwa yizinhlungu, kube yisihluku seminyaka yonke ayibekelweyo.
21 They constantly hear sounds that terrify them; while they are prospering, bandits attack them.
Imisindo eyesabisayo iyagcwala ezindlebeni zakhe; nxa kusithi kuyalunga, izikliwi zimhlasele.
22 Wicked people surely know that they will not escape from darkness/death, because [they are sure that someone] is waiting to kill them with a sword.
Ulahlekelwa lithemba lokuwuphepha umnyama; umiselwe inkemba.
23 They wander around, searching for food, saying ‘Where can I find some?’ And they know that they will soon experience disasters.
Uyantula nje abe yikudla kwamanqe; uyazi ukuthi usuku lobumnyama selusondele.
24 Because they are afraid of those things happening to them, they are afraid and worry that these things will come to them like [the army of] a king comes to attack [their enemies and cause them to suffer] [SIM].
Usizi lobuhlungu emoyeni bumlethela uvalo; inhlupho ziyamgabhela, njengenkosi isilungele ukuhlasela,
25 [Those things happen to them] because they (shook their fists/dared to fight) against Almighty God, and thought that they were strong enough to defeat him.
ngoba efumbathele uNkulunkulu inqindi, ezimisela ukulwa loSomandla,
26 They stubbornly [IDM] rush to attack God [as though they were carrying] a strong shield [to protect themselves].
aqholoze amhlasele ngesihlangu esiqinileyo, esilohlonzi.
27 They are so fat [that they are unable to fight].
Lanxa ezimuke ubuso bungaka, umkhaba ulenga ngedanga,
28 They will live in cities that have been abandoned, cities which have become a heap of ruins.
uzahlala emadolobheni angamanxiwa lezindlini ezingahlali muntu, izindlu eziwohlokayo zibe yinqumbi.
29 But they will not remain rich very long; Everything that they own will be taken from them; their possessions will all disappear.
Kasayikunotha futhi lenotho yakhe kayiyikuma, lezifuyo zakhe kazisayikugcwala ilizwe lonke.
30 They will not escape from the darkness [of death]; they will be like trees whose branches are burned by fire and whose blossoms are blown away by the wind.
Kayikuphepha emnyameni; ilangabi lizabunisa amahlumela akhe lomoya wokuphefumula komlomo kaNkulunkulu uzamthwalela kude.
31 Since they are very foolish, with the result that they trust in things that are really worthless, then things that are worthless will be all that they get.
Makangazikhohlisi ngokuthemba okuyize, ngoba akazukuzuza lutho ngakho.
32 Before they are old, they will wither; they will be like [MET] branches that wither and never become green again.
Singakapheli isikhathi sakhe uzajeziswa, lezingatsha zakhe kaziyikuhluma.
33 They will be like [SIM] vines whose grapes fall off before they are ripe, like olive trees whose blossoms fall off before they produce any fruit.
Uzaba njengevini eliphundlwe izithelo zalo zingakavuthwa, njengesihlahla se-oliva sikhithiza impoko zaso.
34 Wicked/godless people will not have any descendants, and fires will completely burn up the homes of [those who built those homes using] money they received from bribes.
Ngoba ixuku labangamesabiyo uNkulunkulu kalizukuba lezithelo, lomlilo uzawahangula amathente alabo abathanda isivalamlomo.
35 They plan to cause trouble and to do evil things, and they are always preparing to deceive people.”
Bazithwala uhlupho babelethe ububi; isibeletho sabo sibumba inkohliso.”
