1 U-Elihu wasesithi:
2 “Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kulungile yini?
3 Kodwa uyambuza uthi, ‘Kungisiza ngani lokhu na,
4 Ngithanda ukukuphendula
5 Ake ukhangele emazulwini ubone;
6 Ungaze wenze isono, lokho kumthinta ngani na?
7 Nxa ulungile, kuyini omnika khona wena na,
8 Ububi bakho bulimaza kuphela umuntu onjengawe,
9 Abantu bayakhala ngomthwalo wokuncindezelwa;
10 Kodwa kakho othi, ‘Ungaphi uNkulunkulu uMenzi wami na,
11 osifundisayo thina kulezinyamazana zalapha emhlabeni
12 Kaphenduli nxa abantu bebiza
13 Ngempela uNkulunkulu kakulaleli ukuncenga kwabo kwamanga;
14 Kuzakuba njani pho, angakulalela
15 njalo futhi, ukuthi ulaka lwakhe kalujezisi
16 Yikho uJobe evula umlomo wakhe ekhuluma ize;