Jobe
4 Umuntfu lonesono angamtala yini umuntfu lote sono?+
Cha!
5 Emalanga akhe abaliwe,
Futsi linani letinyanga tekuphila kwakhe likuwe;
Umbekele umncele kute angengci kuwo.+
6 Susa emehlo akho kuye khona atewuphumula,
Kuze kube ngulapho acedza lilanga lakhe njengesisebenti lesicashiwe.+
7 Ngobe ngisho nesihlahla nasijutjwa
Kunelitsemba lekutsi sitawuphindze sihlume,
Futsi emahlumela aso atawuchubeka akhula.
8 Nangabe timphandze taso tiguga emhlabatsini
Nesiphunti saso soma,
9 Sitawutsi nasitfola umswakama siphindze sihlume;
Futsi sivete emagala njengesihlahla lesisesincane.
10 Kodvwa umuntfu uyafa kube kuphela kwakhe;
Nangabe umuntfu afa, uya kuphi?+
11 Emanti ayaphela elwandle,
Nemfula uyasha ugcine womile.
12 Nemuntfu uyafa futsi angavuki.+
Angeke avuke yingci nje lizulu nalisekhona,
Angeke futsi avuswe ebutfongweni bakhe.+
13 Awu, shengatsi ungangifihla eThuneni,*+
Ungifihle kuze kube ngulapho intfukutselo yakho seyiphelile,
Ungibekele sikhatsi futsi ungikhumbule!+
14 Nangabe umuntfu afa, angaphindze aphile yini?+
15 Utangibita, futsi ngisabele.+
Utawulangatelela* kubona umsebenti wetandla takho.
16 Kodvwa nyalo ubuka tonkhe tintfo lengitentako;
Unaka kuphela tono tami.
17 Tono tami utivalela esikhwameni,
Futsi emaphutsa ami uyawagcina.*
18 Njengobe intsaba idzilika futsi ibhidlika
Nelidvwala lisuka endzaweni yalo,
19 Nanjengobe emanti agugisa ematje
Nemanti lanemandla akhukhula umhlabatsi,
Kanjalo nawe wente umuntfu wababete litsemba.
20 Uhlale umehlula aze afe;+
Ushintja indlela labukeka ngayo, bese umyisa ethuneni.
21 Nangabe emadvodzana akhe advunyiswa, yena akakwati loko;
Nangabe abukelwa phansi, yena akakuboni loko.+
22 Uva buhlungu kuphela nakasaphila;
Ulila kuphela nakasaphila.”