UJobe uyaphendula
UJobe uhleka usizo alunikeziwe, bese edlula umngane wakhe ekuhlabeleleni ngamandla kaBaba wethu: umhlaba ulengiswe phezu kweze, amanzi aboshwe emafwini, ulwandle oluthuliswe, uRahabi ophahlazwe. Futhi konke lokhu, usho kanjalo, kungumphetho nje ofiphele wokuhleba kwakhe.
26 1UJobe waphendula wathi: 2“Yeka indlela omsize ngayo ongenamandla! Yeka indlela oyisindise ngayo ingalo engenawo amandla! 3Yeka indlela omeluleke ngayo ongenakuhlakanipha, wabelana kakhulu ngokuqonda okuhle! 4Ukhulume la mazwi ngosizo lukabani? Umoya kabani ophume kuwe? 5Imimoya yabafileyo iyathuthumela—leyo engaphansi kwamanzi nabo bonke abahlala khona. 6Ithuna lisobala phambi kukaBaba wethu, neNcithakalo ayinasembozo. 7Welula amazulu asenyakatho phezu kwendawo engenalutho; alengise umhlaba phezu kweze. 8Ugoqela amanzi emafwini akhe aminyene, kodwa amafu awaqhumi ngaphansi kwesisindo sawo. 9Usibekela ubuso benyanga egcwele, esendlala amafu akhe phezu kwayo. 10Udwebe umjikelezo ebusweni bamanzi, emngceleni ophakathi kokukhanya nobumnyama. 11Izinsika zamazulu ziyathuthumela, zimangaliswa ukukhuza kwakhe. 12Ngamandla akhe wawuthulisa ulwandle; ngokuqonda kwakhe wayichoboza isilo solwandle uRahabi. 13Ngomphefumulo wakhe amazulu acwebile; isandla sakhe sagwaza inyoka ebalekayo. 14Lezi ziyimingcele nje yangaphandle yezindlela zakhe—yeka ubuthakathaka bokuhleba esikuzwa ngaye! Kodwa ubuduma bamandla akhe, ngubani ongaqonda?”
