Amazwi Okukhulumela uNkulunkulu

U-Elihu ukhulumela uNkulunkulu: ukuhlupheka kuwukufundiswa, kuwukuvulwa kwendlebe, futhi uJobe wayengadonselwa endaweni ebanzi. Bese izwi lakhe liphenduka libe ngelokumangala: imvula ehluzwa enkungwini, ukuduma, umbani oqondiswe lapho uhlose khona. UNkulunkulu mkhulu, futhi asimazi.

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U-Elihu waqhubeka wathi: “Ngibekezelele kancane, ngizokukubonisa, ngokuba asekhona amazwi okukhulumela uNkulunkulu. Ngizoluletha ulwazi lwami luvela kude, ngibeke ukulunga kuMenzi wami. Ngokuba ngempela amazwi ami awamanga; ophelele elwazini unawe. Bheka, uNkulunkulu unamandla, kepha akadeleli; unamandla emandleni okuqonda. Akabagcini bephila ababi, kodwa unika abahluphekayo ubulungiswa. Akawasusi amehlo akhe kwabalungileyo; ubahlalisa namakhosi ezihlalweni zawo zobukhosi kuze kube phakade, baphakanyiswe. Uma bona beboshwe ngamaketanga, bebanjwe nkqi ngezibopho zokuhlupheka, khona ubatshela izenzo zabo nokuhlubuka kwabo, ukuthi baziphethe ngokuzidla. Uyazivula izindlebe zabo ukuba zemukele isiyalo, abayale ukuba baphenduke esonweni. Uma belalela bemkhonza, baqeda izinsuku zabo ngokuchuma, neminyaka yabo idlule ngenjabulo. Kodwa uma bengalaleli, babhubha ngenkemba, bafe bengenalwazi. Abanezinhliziyo ezingenaNkulunkulu bagcina ulaka; abakhali becela usizo lapho ebabopha. Umphefumulo wabo ufa ebusheni, nokuphila kwabo kuphela phakathi kwezifebe zasethempelini. Ukhulula abahluphekayo ngokuhlupheka kwabo, avule izindlebe zabo ngosizi. Wayezokukukhipha futhi emlonyeni wosizi akuyise endaweni ebanzi, evulekile lapho kungekho kucindezela, netafula lakho lalizokwendlalwa ngezinto ezinonileyo. Kodwa ugcwele ukwahlulelwa okufanele ababi; ukwahlulela nobulungiswa kukubambile. Qaphela ukuba ulaka lungakuyengi uye ekuklolodeni, ungavumi ukuba isihlengo esikhulu sikudukise. Ukukhala kwakho ucela usizo kungakuvikela osizini na, noma wonke amandla akho na? Ungabulangazeleli ubusuku, lapho izizwe zinqunywa ziqedwa endaweni yazo. Qaphela; ungaphendukeli esonweni, ngokuba ukhethe lokhu kunokuhlupheka. Bheka, uNkulunkulu uphakeme emandleni akhe; ngubani ongumfundisi onjengaye na?

“Ngubani ommisele indlela yakhe, noma ngubani ongathi, ‘Wenze okubi’ na? Khumbula ukuphakamisa umsebenzi wakhe, abantu abawuhlabelele ngengoma. Bonke abantu bawubukile; isintu siwubona sikude. Bheka, uNkulunkulu mkhulu, asimazi; inani leminyaka yakhe lingaphezu kokuhlolwa. Ngokuba udonsela phezulu amaconsi amanzi; aconse abe yimvula evela enkungwini yakhe, amafu awathululayo, awathontsise ngobuningi phezu kwabantu. Ikhona yini ongaqonda ukwendlaleka kwamafu, ukuduma kwedokodo lakhe na? Bheka, usabalalisa umbani wakhe nxazonke zakhe, asibekele ukujula kolwandle. Ngokuba ngalezi zinto ubusa izizwe; unika ukudla ngobuningi. Ugcwalisa izandla zakhe ngombani, awuyale ukuba ushaye lokho akuqondileyo. Ukuduma kwawo kukhuluma ngaye; ngisho nezinkomo ziyasizwa isiphepho esizayo.”