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1 Lalelani-ke lina abanothileyo, khalani lilile ngenxa \unknownmarker yenhlupheko \u zenu \u2 ezilehlelayo. 2 Inotho yenu ibolile, lezembatho zenu zidliwe yinundu; 3 igolide lenu lesiliva kuthombile, lokuthomba kwakho kuzakuba yibufakazi kini, njalo kuzakudla inyama yenu njengomlilo. Lizibekela inotho ensukwini zokuphela. 4 Khangela, umvuzo wezisebenzi ezigunde amasimu enu, oncitshwe yini, uyakhala; lokukhala kwabavuni kungene endlebeni zeNkosi yamabutho. 5 Libusile ngokuzithokozisa emhlabeni, latamasa; linonise inhliziyo zenu njengesukwini lokuhlatshwa, 6 limlahlile, lambulala olungileyo; kamelananga lani.
Mayelana lokubekezela
7 Ngakho bekezelani, bazalwane, kuze kube sekufikeni kweNkosi. Khangela, umlimi uyalindela isithelo somhlabathi esiligugu, asibekezelele, size sizuze izulu elokuqala lelokucina. 8 Lani bekezelani, liqinise inhliziyo zenu, ngoba ukufika kweNkosi kuyasondela. 9 Lingasolani, bazalwane, ukuze lingalahlwa; khangela, uMgwebi umi emnyango. 10 Thathani isibonelo sokuhlupheka, bazalwane bami, lesokubekezela, abaprofethi abakhuluma ebizweni leNkosi. 11 Khangela, sithi babusisiwe ababekezelayo.
Lizwile ukubekezela kukaJobe, laselibona ukucina kweNkosi, ukuthi iNkosi ilesihawu esikhulu lobubele.
Mayelana lokufunga, langokukhuleka, langokusiza abaduhileyo
12 Kodwa phambi kwakho konke, bazalwane bami, lingafungi, kumbe ngezulu, loba ngomhlaba, loba yisiphi esinye isifungo; kodwa kakuthi uyebo wenu abe nguyebo, lohatshi nguhatshi; ukuze lingehlelwa yikulahlwa.
13 Kukhona ohluphekayo yini phakathi kwenu? Kakhuleke. Kukhona othokozayo yini? Kahlabele indumiso. 14 Kukhona ogulayo phakathi kwenu yini? Kabizele kuye abadala bebandla, babesebemkhulekela, bamgcobe ngamafutha ebizweni leNkosi; 15 lomkhuleko wokholo uzamsindisa ogulayo, leNkosi izamlulamisa; uba-ke enzile isono, kuzathethelelwa kuye. 16 Vumani iziphambeko omunye komunye, libe selikhulekelana, ukuze lisiliswe. Umkhuleko osebenzayo wolungileyo ulamandla kakhulu. 17 UElija wayengumuntu olemizwa efanana leyethu, wasekhuleka umkhuleko wokuthi lingani; njalo kalinanga emhlabeni okweminyaka emithathu lenyanga eziyisithupha; 18 wasebuya ekhuleka, lezulu lanika imvula, lomhlaba wathela isithelo sawo.
19 Bazalwane bami, uba omunye kini ephambuka eqinisweni, lomunye angambuyisa, 20 kazi ukuthi obuyise isoni ekuduheni kwendlela yaso uzasindisa umphefumulo ekufeni, njalo uzasibekela uqhuqhaba lwezono.