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UJobe wayemhlonipha kakhulu uNkulunkulu, ekuzonda okubi. (Jobe 1:8) Wayengumngane kaJehova ngempela. 8 USathane wathi uJobe wayekhonza uNkulunkulu ngoba efuna ukuthola izinto ezithile, hhayi ngoba emthanda. USathane wathi kuJehova: “Awuzange yini wena umbiyele yena nendlu yakhe nakho konke anakho nxazonke? Umsebenzi wezandla zakhe uwubusisile, nemfuyo yakhe ithé chithi saka emhlabeni. Kodwa, ngiyacela, ake welule isandla sakho, uthinte konke anakho ubone ukuthi ngeke yini akuthuke khona kanye ebusweni bakho.”—Jobe 1:10, 11.9
Yini uJehova avumela uSathane ukuba ayenze? 9 USathane wathi uJobe ukhonza uJehova ngoba efuna ukuthola izinto ezithile. Waphinde wathi angakwazi ukwenza uJobe ayeke ukukhonza uJehova. UJehova wayengavumelani noSathane, kodwa wamnika ithuba lokuba avivinye uJobe ukuze uSathane abone ukuthi uJobe wayemthanda ngempela uJehova.
USATHANE UHLASELA UJOBE Yiziphi izinto ezimbi uSathane azenza kuJobe, futhi uJobe wenzani? 10 USathane waqale waphuca uJobe yonke imfuyo yakhe. Ngemva kwalokho wabulala izinceku zikaJobe eziningi. UJobe walahlekelwa yikho konke ayenakho. Ekugcineni, uSathane wabangela ukuba kube nesiphepho esabulala izingane zikaJobe eziyishumi. Kukho konke lokho, uJobe wahlala ethembekile kuNkulunkulu. “Kukho konke lokhu uJobe akazange one noma amsole uNkulunkulu.”—Jobe 1:12-19, 22.
UJehova wambusisa uJobe ngoba wayengumngane wakhe oqotho
UJobe wabonisa kanjani ukuthi uSathane unamanga? 12 UJobe wayengazi ukuthi kunezinto ezimbi uSathane ayezishilo ngaye, nokuthi kungani ayenezinkinga ezingaka. Wayecabanga ukuthi nguJehova obangela izinkinga zakhe. (Jobe 6:4; 16:11-14) Noma kunjalo, waqhubeka ethembekile kuJehova. Kwacaca ukuthi uJobe wayekhonza uJehova ngoba emthanda, hhayi ngoba kukhona ayekufuna. Lokho uSathane ayekushilo ngoJobe kwakungamanga!
Yini uJobe ayithola ngokuba qotho?
13 Nakuba uJobe ayengazi ukuthi yini eyayenzeka ezulwini, wahlala ethembekile kuNkulunkulu wabonisa ukuthi uSathane akalungile. UJehova wambusisa uJobe ngokuba umngane oqotho.—Jobe 42:12-17.LOKHO USATHANE AKUSHOYO NGAWE14, 15. Yini uSathane ayishoyo ngabo bonke abantu?
Ungakhetha ukulalela uJehova futhi ube umngane wakhe othembekile, ubonise ukuthi uSathane unamanga. Ukuba umngane kaNkulunkulu kuyisinqumo esingcono kunazo zonke ongazenza, ngisho noma ngabe kudingeka ushintshe izinto eziningi ekuphileni kwakho ukuze ube umngane wakhe! Lesi isinqumo esibaluleke kakhulu. USathane uthi uma wena ungaba nezinkinga, uzoyeka ukulalela uNkulunkulu.