Job - Chapter 14

Verse 1: “Umuntu ozelwe ngowesifazane imihla yakhe mifushane, igcwele ukuyaluza.

Verse 2: Uyavela njengembali, abune; ubaleka njengethunzi, angemi.

Verse 3: Konje uvulela onjalo amehlo akho, ungingenise ekwahluleweni nawe, na?

Verse 4: Ngubani ongaveza okuhlambulukileyo kukho okungcolileyo na? Kakho noyedwa.

Verse 5: Uma imihla yakhe inqunyiwe, umumo wezinsuku zakhe ukuwe, ubekile umkhawulo wakhe, aze angadluli,

Verse 6: ungambheki, aphumule, ukuze athokoze ngosuku lwakhe njengomqashwa.

Verse 7: “Ngokuba kukhona ithemba emthini: uma unqunywa, ungabuye uhlume, nehlumela lawo aliyikuphela.

Verse 8: Noma impande yawo iguga emhlabathini, nesiphunzi sawo sifela othulini,

Verse 9: ngephunga lamanzi uyakuhluma, uveze izingatsha njengesithombo.

Verse 10: Kepha umuntu ofileyo uphelile; umuntu ogqabukileyo uphi na?

Verse 11: Njengamanzi anyamalele elwandle, nomfula oshileyo ome,

Verse 12: kanjalo umuntu ulala phansi, angabe esavuka; lize lingabikho izulu abayikuvuka, bangaphaphanyiswa ebuthongweni babo.

Verse 13: Sengathi ungangifihla endaweni yabafileyo, ungisithe kuze kudlule intukuthelo yakho, unginqumele isikhathi, ungikhumbule.

Verse 14: Uma umuntu efa, uyakubuye aphile na? Bengiyakulinda zonke izinsuku zomshikashika wami, kuze kufike ukumuka kwami.

Verse 15: Ubuyakubiza, mina ngiphendule; ubuyakulangazelela umsebenzi wezandla zakho,

Verse 16: yebo, khona ubuyakubala izinyathelo zami, ungaqapheli isono sami.

Verse 17: Isiphambeko besiyakuvalelwa esikhwameni, besewusibekela ukona kwami.

Verse 18: “Impela intaba iyawa, idilike; idwala liyasuswa endaweni yalo;

Verse 19: amanzi ayagubha amatshe; ukuphuphuma kwawo kuyakhukhula uthuli lomhlaba; kanjalo uyachitha nethemba lomuntu.

Verse 20: Uyamsukela kuze kube phakade, amuke; uyaguqula ubuso bakhe, ummukise.

Verse 21: Amadodana akhe ayadunyiswa, engazi yena; ayeyiswa, engakuqondi.

Verse 22: Inyama yakhe iyezwa ubuhlungu bayo kuphela; umphefumulo wakhe uzidabukela wona kuphela.”