Job: Proverbs for the Despairing
Njengoba amaHubo eyizinkulumo zokudumisa ezidalula ukuzizwa komuntu ngokoqobo lapho ephakathi kokwenyuka nokwehla kwempilo, njengoba umShumayeli eyindantshana yempilo kaSolomoni eguqulwe yaba ngamazwi okuhlakanipha, futhi njengoba IZaga zingamazwi abahlakaniphileyo alondolozelwe bonke abafuna ukuhlakanipha, kanjalo noJobe uyinqolobane yezindatshana zabaphelelwe ithemba. Ubude balezi zindatshana bungadikibalisa umuntu ekuzifundeni, kodwa ubude bazo buwumfuziselo wobude bezinye zezilingo zempilo ezigcina zisiholele ekuphelelweni ithemba ngokuphelele.
Nanka amanye amanenjana okuhlakanipha avela encwadini kaJobe, aqhamuka okholweni ngenkathi umuntu esesigodini sokuphelelwa ithemba.
uJobe 4:6
“Ukumesaba kwakho uNkulunkulu akusikho yini ukuzethemba kwakho, nobuqotho bezindlela zakho kungesilo yini ithemba lakho?”
uJobe 5:8
“Mina-ke, bengiyofuna uNkulunkulu, ngiphathise uNkulunkulu udaba lwami.”
uJobe 8:5-6
“Uma ungamfuna uNkulunkulu, uncenge uSomandla ngomusa, uma uhlanzekile futhi uqotho, impela uyokuvukela akubuyisele indawo yakho efaneleyo.”
uJobe 9:4
“UNkulunkulu uhlakaniphile enhliziyweni futhi unamandla amakhulu; ngubani owake wamphikisa waphumelela?”
uJobe 12:13
“KuNkulunkulu kukhona ukuhlakanipha namandla; kuye kukhona isu nokuqonda.”
uJobe 15:11
“Induduzo kaNkulunkulu incane kakhulu yini kuwe, noma izwi elikhuluma nawe ngobumnene?”
uJobe 19:25-27
“Ngiyazi ukuthi uMhlengi wami uyaphila, futhi ekugcineni uyokuma emhlabeni. Emva kokuba isikhumba sami sesibhujisiwe kanje, nokho enyameni yami ngiyombona uNkulunkulu; engiyombona mina uqobo, namehlo ami ayombuka, kungabi ngomunye. Inhliziyo yami iyaphela amandla ngaphakathi kwami!”
uJobe 22:21-22
“Vumelana noNkulunkulu, ube nokuthula; ngalokho okuhle kuyokuza kuwe. Yamukela ukufundiswa okuvela emlonyeni wakhe, ugcine amazwi akhe enhliziyweni yakho.”
Sengathi lawa, kanye namanye amaningi afana nawo, angaba njengezinyathelo ezincane, esisodwa ngesikhathi, eziphakamisa ukukholwa kwakho zikubhekise kuNkulunkulu futhi.