1 Ngemva kwalokho uJobe wavula umlomo wakhe waliqalekisa ilanga azalwa ngalo.
2 Wathi:
3 “Sengathi ilanga lokuzalwa kwami lingatshabalala,
4 Lolosuku sengathi lungaphenduka ubumnyama;
5 Sengathi ubumnyama lethunzi elikhulu kungaluginya njalo;
6 Lobobusuku, sengathi ubumnyama bungabuthi jwamu;
7 Sengathi lobobusuku bungaba yinyumba;
8 Sengathi labo abaqalekisa insuku bangaluqalekisa lolosuku,
9 Sengathi izinkanyezi zalo zokusa zingafiphala;
10 ngoba kaluyivalanga iminyango yesibeletho ngisiza
11 Kungani ngingafanga ngizalwa,
12 Kungani kwaba lamadolo okungemukela
13 Ngoba manje ngabe ngilele ekuthuleni;
14 kanye lamakhosi lababusi bomhlaba,
15 kanye lamakhosana ayelegolide,
16 Kumbe kungani ngingathukuzwanga emhlabathini njengomphunzo na,
17 Khonale ababi kabasaxokozeli,
18 Abathunjiweyo labo bazuza ukukhululeka;
19 Abantukazana lezikhulu bakhonale,
20 Kungani ukukhanya kuphiwa labo abasosizini na,
21 kulabo abakhalela ukufa okungafikiyo,
22 abaphuphuma ngenjabulo
23 Kungani impilo iphiwa umuntu
24 Ngoba ukububula sokuphenduke ukudla kwami kwansukuzonke;
25 Ebengikwesaba sekungehlele,
26 Kangilakho ukuchelesa, kangilakho ukuthula;