1 Wasephendula uJobe wathi:
2 “Wo, lina yini elizibona kuyini abantu,
3 Kodwa lami ngilayo ingqondo njengani;
4 Sengiyinto yokuhlekisa ebanganini bami,
5 Abantu abahlezi kuhle bayakweyisa ukwehlelwa ngumnyama,
6 Amathente ezigebenga avikelekile,
7 Kodwa ake ubuze izinyamazana, zizakufundisa,
8 kumbe khuluma lomhlaba, uzakufundisa,
9 Yikuphi kwalezizinto okungaziyo na
10 Esandleni sakhe kulempilo yazo zonke izidalwa
11 Indlebe kayiwahloli yini wonke amazwi
12 Angithi ukuhlakanipha kufunyanwa ebadaleni na?
13 NgokukaNkulunkulu ukuhlakanipha lamandla;
14 Lokho akubhidlizayo kungeke kwamiswa njalo;
15 Angaze awavale amanzi, kuba lokoma;
16 Angawakhe amandla lenhlakanipho;
17 Abeluleki uyabakhupha bahambe beze
18 Uyanyomula izibopho ezibotshwe ngamakhosi
19 Abaphristi uyabakhupha beze
20 Uyazithulisa izindebe zabeluleki
21 Izikhulu uzihleka usulu
22 Uyembula imfihlo ezenzeka emnyameni
23 Wenza izizwe zikhule, abesezidiliza;
24 Abakhokheli basemhlabeni ubemuka ukuhlakanipha kwabo;
25 Bayaphumputha emnyameni kungelakukhanya;