UJobe 40

¹UThixo wathi kuJobe:

²“Lowo ophikisana loSomandla angamqondisa na?

³Ngakho uJobe wasephendula uThixo wathi:

⁴“Kakungilingananga, ngingakuphendula njani na?

⁵Ngikhulumile kanye, kodwa kangilampendulo,

⁶UThixo wasekhuluma loJobe ephakathi kwesiphepho wathi:

⁷“Qina njengendoda;

⁸Ungakusola na ukwahlulela kwami ngokulunga?

⁹Ulayo ingalo enjengekaNkulunkulu na,

¹⁰Nxa kunjalo zicecise ngobukhosi langenkazimulo,

¹¹Khulula ukuvutha kolaka lwakho,

¹²khangela wonke umuntu ozigqajayo umbeke phansi,

¹³Bambele bonke ndawonye othulini;

¹⁴Lapho-ke lami ngizavuma kuwe

¹⁵Khangela imvubu,

¹⁶Ilamandla amangalisayo okhalweni lwayo,

¹⁷Umsila wayo uyazunguza njengomsedari;

¹⁸Amathambo ayo alezimbobo zethusi,

¹⁹Iyingqala yezidalwa zikaNkulunkulu,

²⁰Izintaba zimlethela izithelo zazo,

²¹Ilala ngaphansi kwezihlahla ezibukekayo,

²²Izihlahla ezinhle ziyayisitha ngemithunzi yazo;

²³Nxa umfula uthwele izikhukhula kayethuki;

²⁴Ukhona yini ongayibamba ngamehlo,