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4 Pahe Elifasi+ watukile mu Temaa, apopi ati:
2 “Ine pena ou upopia noove kumankhi elundo?
Mukwe pahe tyitavela umwe okukutala vala?
3 Mwene noove uhole okuviyula vakwenyi,
Ove ankho upameka omavoko asoya.
4 Onondaka upopia mbapindaulile-po ou ulipuma-po,
Ove wetyivilile okupameka vonongolo mbuteketa.
5 Mahi pahe hono ove, noove hono wehulilwa.*
Hono otyove-vo, noove hono weihamenwa.
6 Ove kuna owoma na Huku, hae uyumba onthumbi?
Ove have apa ukakatela motyili,+ utupu ekevelelo?
7 Noove nkhele soka-vo vala: Okuti wamwene-ale omunthu uviukisa mahi ahanyunwa-ko?
Onalupi wamwene vokulinga oviwa vahanywa-ko?
8 Etyi ame ndyihole okumona okuti vana vakuna* ovivi,
Vana vakuna ononkhumbi, evi vakuna ovio umwe vateya.
9 Omphepo itunda momulungu wa Huku iveipaa,
Onyengo ya Huku okututana vanyima-ko.
10 Onkheyama ikoma, eli ewena lionkheyama lioona,
Mahi nomayo ononkheyama umwe ateka, otyinyama tyokwapama.*
11 Onkheyama okuhamono etyi ilia inkhia,
Evi oviwena viatyo viliyandyana.
12 Tala! Navakelwa-po ondaka imwe,
Ndyina otyipuka natotovekelwa tyehika mokutwi kwange.
13 Kounthiki etyi ankho ndyilele nakala nomalusoko amwe emphwilisa unene,
Tyina ovanthu aveho ankho velele umwe nthipa,
14 Andyivahiwa notyipuka tyimwe tyantheketesa unene,
Etyi tyambasa, andyiteketa unene.
15 Motyipala tyange amuti umwe okamphepo felelee,
Andyilingi omatwenyonga.
16 Pahe otyipuka otyo, anehetyimono vali,
Mahi, ame anehetyinoñgoka otyityi.
Komaiho ange ankho ndyilwete otyililimbe.
Ngwe ankho kwati umwe filuu, ame andyiivi ondaka yati:
17 ‘Okuti omunthu unkhia upondola okukala omuviuki vali ku Huku?
Okuti omunthu upondola okusukuka vali ku Una wemutunga?’
18 Tala! Huku ovafendi vae keveyumbu onthumbi,
No monoandyu* mbae umona-mo ovinthembia.
19 Pahe ovanthu vakala monondywo mbonthata,
Onondywo mbokwaika pohi,+
Vamiangulwa avasenguluka vala liwa-liwa ngokativa!
20 Kutya umwe vena omwenyo, katyikehika-le kongulohi vamiangulwa-le.
Vanyima umwe avahamonaika vali, ovanthu avehetyimono.
21 Okuti kavafwile vala ohinge yapamena mepanda liakutululwa-po?
Vankhia tyehena ounongo.