Jobho 2:1-13
2 Godu ngelinye ilanga amadodana kaZimu*+ weqiniso angena bona ajame phambi kwakaJehova,+ uSathana naye wangena wajama phambi kwakaJehova.+
2 UJehova wathi kuSathana: “Ubuyaphi?” USathana wathi kuJehova: “Ekuzulazuleni ephasini nekukhambakhambeni kilo.”+
3 UJehova wathi kuSathana: “Ucabanga ngencekwami uJobho na? Akunamuntu ofana naye ephasini. Uyindoda emsulwa, elungileko,+ esaba uZimu nekubalekelako ukwenza okungakalungi. Usathembekile+ ngitjho nanyana wena ufuna ukungenza+ ngimtjhabalalise ngaphandle kwesizathu.”
4 USathana waphendula uJehova wathi: “Isikhumba ngesikhumba. Umuntu angenza nanyana yini bona asindise ukuphila kwakhe.
5 Kodwana akhe ulule isandla sakho umbethe emathanjeni nenyameni, ngiyakutjela uzokuthuka ebusweni bakho.”+
6 Yeke uJehova wathi kuSathana: “Qala! Usesandleni sakho, kwaphela ungathathi ukuphila* kwakhe!”
7 USathana wasuka phambi kwakaJehova, wabetha uJobho ngamathumba abuhlungu,+ kusukela ngaphasi kweenyawo zakhe ukuyokufika ehloko.
8 Nje-ke uJobho wathatha isiqetjhana somjeka ophukileko, wazinghwaya ngaso begodu bekahlezi emlotheni.+
9 Emaswapheleni umkakhe wathi kuye: “Nanje usathembekile kuZimu na? Thuka uZimu ufe!”
10 Kodwana uJobho wathi kuye: “Ukhuluma njengomfazi onganangqondo. Kghani kufuze samukele okuhle kwaphela kuZimu weqiniso singamukeli nokumbi?”+ Naphezu kwakho koke lokhu, uJobho akhenge one ngomlomakhe.+
11 Abangani bakaJobho bezwa ngobudisi aqalene nabo, boke bebavela eendaweni ezihlukahlukeneko, kungu-Elifazi+ umTemani, uBhilidadi+ umTjhurhi+ noTsofara+ umNama. Nje-ke bavumelana ngokuthi bazokuhlangana bayokuzwelana noJobho bebamduduze.
12 Kwathi nabaseza bakude babona umuntu, bebangaboni ukuthi umuntu abambonako lo nguJobho, yeke kwathi nasele baseduze balila barhuwelela, barathula izambatho zabo, bavusa ithuli bazirhatjha ngehlabathi eenhloko.+
13 Amalanga alikhomba nobusuku obulikhomba bahlala noJobho lapha bekahlezi khona, akekho namunye owatjho okuthileko kuye ngombana bebabona ukuthi useenhlungwini.+
Imitlolo Ephasi
^ Sisitjho sesiHebheru esiqalisele emadodaneni kaZimu aziingilozi.
^ Namkha “umphefumulwakhe.”
