UJobe 12

¹Wasephendula uJobe wathi:

²“Wo, lina yini elizibona kuyini abantu,

³Kodwa lami ngilayo ingqondo njengani;

⁴Sengiyinto yokuhlekisa ebanganini bami,

⁵Abantu abahlezi kuhle bayakweyisa ukwehlelwa ngumnyama,

⁶Amathente ezigebenga avikelekile,

⁷Kodwa ake ubuze izinyamazana, zizakufundisa,

⁸kumbe khuluma lomhlaba, uzakufundisa,

⁹Yikuphi kwalezizinto okungaziyo na

¹⁰Esandleni sakhe kulempilo yazo zonke izidalwa

¹¹Indlebe kayiwahloli yini wonke amazwi

¹²Angithi ukuhlakanipha kufunyanwa ebadaleni na?

¹³NgokukaNkulunkulu ukuhlakanipha lamandla;

¹⁴Lokho akubhidlizayo kungeke kwamiswa njalo;

¹⁵Angaze awavale amanzi, kuba lokoma;

¹⁶Angawakhe amandla lenhlakanipho;

¹⁷Abeluleki uyabakhupha bahambe beze

¹⁸Uyanyomula izibopho ezibotshwe ngamakhosi

¹⁹Abaphristi uyabakhupha beze

²⁰Uyazithulisa izindebe zabeluleki

²¹Izikhulu uzihleka usulu

²²Uyembula imfihlo ezenzeka emnyameni

²³Wenza izizwe zikhule, abesezidiliza;

²⁴Abakhokheli basemhlabeni ubemuka ukuhlakanipha kwabo;

²⁵Bayaphumputha emnyameni kungelakukhanya;