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