UYobi: Ngubani ongàzaziyo ezi zinto?
1 Ke uYobi waphendula wathi:
2 “Inene, ningabona bantu;
ibe ke nobulumko buya kufa nani!
3 Kambe ke nam ndinengqondo njengani;
anindidluli nganto.
Kakade ke nithi ngubani ongàzaziyo ezi zinto?
4 “Mna ndiyakhala kuThixo, aze andiphendule;
kodwa ngoku sendiyintlekisa nakwizihlobo zam –
ewe, ilungisa lomfo ongenabala,
kambe ke namhlanje ndisisigculelo!
5 Oseshweni uyadelwa ngabathe zava;
ogxadazelayo uyakhatywa!
6 Kukho ulonwabo ezindlwini zezikrelemnqa;
abamqumbisayo uThixo bakhuselekile;
nditsho abo bacingayo ukuba uThixo usezandleni zabo.
7 “Kodwa ke khanibuze nakwiinyamakazi, ziya kunifundisa;
nibuze nasezintakeni, zinixelele.
8 Khaningqawe ulwazi nakwizilo zomhlaba, ziya kuninika;
ninkinkqe ukuqonda nasezintlanzini elwandle, ziya kuniphokozela.
9 Phakathi kwazo akukho ungaqondiyo ukuba le nto yenziwe *nguNdikhoyo.
10 Kaloku zonke izinto eziphilayo zisesandleni sakhe,
nobomi boluntu lonke buxhomekeke kuye.
11 Kaloku kwanjengokuba umlomo usiva ubunjani bokutya,
nendlebe ke iyawaphicotha amazwi.
12 Ubulumko buyafumaneka kwiingwevu;
ke bona ubudala buza namava.
13 “Kanti ke yena uThixo unobulumko namandla,
amacebo nengqiqo.
14 Into ayiqhaqhileyo akukho mntu unokubuya ayakhe;
ngokunjalo nomntu amvaleleyo akukho ungamvulelayo.
15 UThixo akuwavalela amanzi kuyabalela;
kanti ke akuwavulela kutsho kube ziimpuphuma.
16 Ukomelela noloyiso lolwakhe,
kanti ke nabakhohlisi ngokunjalo nabakhohliswa basesandleni sakhe.
17 Yena amaphakathi uwatsho ancitheke,
nabagwebi abatsho babe ziimpanga-mpanga.
18 Uyawakhulula amakhamandela aqhotyoshwe ngookumkani,
aze bona ngokwabo abanxibise umbhinqo wamabanjwa.
19 Ababingeleli ubatsho baphoxeke,
aze wona amakhwahla awakhiqe.
20 Amaciko athenjiweyo uwatsho abhibhidle;
aze ayiphuthise nengqiqo yamadoda amakhulu.
21 Amatshawe uwahlaza ngendelelo;
ke zona iingwanyalala uzihlutha izixhobo.
22 Utyhila izinto ezifihlakele ezinzulwini zobumnyama,
nobona bumbonde-mbonde abujike bube kukukhanya.
23 Uyazikhulisa izizwe, abuye azivuthulule;
azithi jize ngobungangalala, abuye aziyekele zithinjwe.
24 Iinkokheli zezizwe uzitsho zibe zizithwanga-thwanga,
zifathule zibhadula enkangala.
25 Ngoko ke ziphutha-phutha ebumnyameni, kungekho kukhanya;
zigxadazele njengamanxila.