1 UJobe wasephendula wathi:
2 “Lalelani kuhle amazwi ami;
3 Ake lingibekezelele nxa ngisakhuluma,
4 Ukusola kwami kuqonde umuntu yini?
5 Ngikhangelani, lizamangala;
6 Nxa ngikhumbula ngalokhu ngitshaywa luvalo;
7 Kungani ababi bephila impilo ende,
8 Babona abantwababo bezinza benamile,
9 Imizi yabo ihlezi kayilakwesaba;
10 Inkunzi zabo zikhuthele ziyazala;
11 Abantwababo bayazihambela njengomhlambi;
12 Bayahlabela betshaya izigubhu lamachacho;
13 Yonke iminyaka yabo ngeyokuphumelela
14 Kodwa bathi kuNkulunkulu, ‘Tshiyana lathi!
15 Ungubani yena uSomandla ofuna ukuthi simkhonze na?
16 Kodwa ukuphumelela kwabo kakukho ezandleni zabo,
17 Kodwa kukangaki na isibane sababi sicinywa?
18 Kukangaki besiba njengomule emoyeni na,
19 Kuthiwa, ‘UNkulunkulu ulomba isijeziso somuntu
20 Amehlo akhe kawakubone
21 Ngoba uvele uzihlupha ngani ngemuli avele ezayitshiya
22 Kambe ukhona ongafundisa uNkulunkulu ulwazi,
23 Umuntu uyafa ephilile kuhle,
24 umzimba wakhe uzimukile,
25 Omunye ufa elobuhlungu emphefumulweni wakhe,
26 Bobabili balaliswe ndawonye eceleni komunye othulini,
27 Ngiyazi kamhlophe ukuthi licabangani,
28 Lithi, ‘Ingaphi-ke manje indlu yesikhulu,
29 Kalikaze libuze labo abahambayo na?
30 ukuthi umuntu omubi uyaphepha ngosuku lokubhujiswa na,
31 Kambe ngubani omtshela ngobubi bakhe ebusweni bakhe na?
32 Uthwalelwa engcwabeni,
33 Inhlabathi esigodini leso imnandi kuye;
34 Pho-ke lingangiduduza njani likhuluma ize nje?