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¹Wayesephendula uJobe, wathi:

²“Ngizwile izinto eziningi ezinjalo; nina nonke ningabaduduzi ababi.

³Amazwi angumoya nje awayikuphela yini? Ucunulwa yintoni ukuba uphendule na?

⁴Nami ngingakhuluma njengani; uma imiphefumulo yenu ibisesikhundleni somphefumulo wami, bengiyakuhlanganisa amazwi ngani, ngininikinele ikhanda lami.

⁵Benginganiqinisa ngomlomo, induduzo yezindebe zami inidambise.

⁶“Noma ngikhuluma, ubuhlungu bami abudanjiswanga; noma ngiyeka, kuyini okumuka kimi na?

⁷Kepha manje ungikhathazile, uyichithile yonke indlu yami.

⁸Ungicindezele, kungubufakazi; ukonda kwami kuyangivukela, kufakaze ebusweni bami.

⁹Ulaka lwakhe luyangidwengula, lungizingele; uyangigedlela amazinyo; isitha sami singicijisela amehlo aso.

¹⁰Bangikhamisela imilomo yabo, bangimukula esihlathini ngenhlamba, bangihlanganyela.

¹¹UNkulunkulu uyanginikela kubantu abonakeleyo, angiphonse esandleni sababi.

¹²Ngangihlezi kahle, wangichoboza; wangibamba ngentamo, wangiphahlaza; wangimisa ngibe yisigcibisholo.

¹³Abacibishelayo bakhe bangihaqa; uyaqhekeza izinso zami engenasihawu; uchithela inyongo yami emhlabathini.

¹⁴Uyangidiliza nokudiliza futhifuthi, angidumele njengeqhawe.

¹⁵“Ngithungile indwangu yamasaka phezu kwesikhumba sami. ngingcolisile uphondo lwami othulini.

¹⁶Ubuso bami bubomvu ngokukhala; ezinkosheni zami kukhona ithunzi lokufa,

¹⁷noma kungekho ubudlova ezandleni zami nokukhuleka kwami kulungile.

¹⁸Mhlaba, ungathukusi igazi lami; ukukhala kwami makungabi nandawo.

¹⁹Namanje bheka, ufakazi wami usezulwini; ummeli wami usezindaweni eziphakemeyo.

²⁰Abangane bami bayangiklolodela; iso lami liphophoza izinyembezi kuNkulunkulu

²¹ukuba amphikele umuntu kuNkulunkulu nendodana yomuntu kumakhelwane wayo.

²²Ngokuba iyingcosana iminyaka eyakubalwa, ngingakahambi indlela engingayikubuya kuyo.