1«Yakɔsi Ayuba, i i tuli mati n ma masenyi ra,
2N bara n dɛ rabi,
3N ma masenyi kelixi n bɔɲɛ fiixɛ nan kui,
4Ala Xaxili bara n daa,
5Xa i nɔma n yaabide,
6Won firin birin lan Ala ya i.
7Na kui i naxa gaaxu n ya ra.
8Kɔnɔ i bara wɔyɛnyi nde fala,
9I bara a fala, ‹N sɛniyɛn, n mu yunubi rabaxi,
10kɔnɔ Ala man na fe nde tofe n na,
11A bara n sanyi mabalan yɔlɔnxɔnyi kui,
12Kɔnɔ n xa a fala i bɛ,
13I wama Ala rakiitife munfe ra?
14Ala fe masenma won bɛ ki nde ra,
15A nɔma wɔyɛnde xiye ra kɔɛ ra,
16A nɔma adamadie tuli rabide na tɛmui,
17alako e xa kira ɲaaxi bɛɲin,
18Na kui, a e ratangama nɛ gaburi gbaloe ma,
19Ala man nɔma masenyi tide adamadi bɛ a xa tɔɔrɛ nde ra,
20Donse yati fa raɲaaxu a ma, a mu nɔ a dɛgede.
21A fate ba a ma, a xɔrie birin sa kɛnɛ ma.
22A makɔrɛ aligiyama ra, Sayamalekɛ fa a fɔxɔ ra.»
23«Kɔnɔ xa xɛɛra xunmafalama nde sa lu a bɛ
24Na kui, xɛɛra xunmafalama findima saabui fanyi ra a bɛ,
25Na kui, a fate man gbilenma dimɛdiɲa,
26Adamadi na Ala hinnɛnte maxandi,
27Na kanyi bɛɛti bama nɛ mixie ya i, a a fala,
28Ala bara n xɔrɛya,
29Ala nan na rabama adama bɛ,
30alako a xa a ba faxɛ yi,
31«Ayuba, i tuli mati n na,
32Xa yaabi nde na i bɛ, i xa na fala,
33Kɔnɔ xa na mu a ra, i tuli mati n na,