Jobe
18 Bidade mukwa Suwá watambwijila, wixi:
2 “Wanda suluka ni kuzwela o ima yiyi kate bhwebhi?
Xinganeka hanji kyambote ni tuzwele kiwa.
3 Mukonda dyahi wa mutumona kala kitwala ni kilunji?
O kwila tu yama?
4 Né mwene se uditalesa hadi mukonda dya njinda yé,
O kwila o ixi anda ibwazeka mukonda dya éye?
O kwila o matadi amakota anda sondoloka bhu ididi yâ?
5 O mukengeji wa mukwa phulu, wanda jima,
O mulengu wa túbhya twê, kiwanda mwika dingi.
6 O mukengeji wa balaka yê, wa kà jima mwene,
O kandeya ka mumwikina o balaka yê, kanda jima we.
7 Mwene kala ni nguzu ya kwenda,
Kanda zediwa mu yoso ya xinganeka o kubhanga.
8 Mwene wanda dyota ku wanda,
O inama yê yanda dinyinga ku mikolo kate kyanda dibhala.
9 O mubhetu wanda mukwatela ku kasende,
Anda mukwata mwene mu dibhebhe.
10 O mukolo a muswekela-wu koxi a mavu,
A mutela mubhetu mu njila yê.
11 Mwene wala ni wôma wa ima yoso ya mukondoloka,
Kwoso kwaditela, wôma u mukwata.
12 O nguzu yê yanda tola,
O kutata kwê, kwanda mubhangesa kubhendujuka.
13 Mukutu wê wezala ni mabhumbu,
Kyene, wakwata uhaxi wabhonzo.
14 Mukonda dya kutata kwê, mu balaka yê kimwanda kala kutululuka.
O kutata kwanda mujibha mwene.*
15 Mu balaka yê mwa kà tunga athu engi,
O inzo yê anda ita túbhya.*
16 O jindanji koxi dyê janda kukuta,
O ku thandu dyê, o jithangu janda kukuta we.
17 O dijina dyê dyanda jimuka mu ngongo,
O athu kanda mulembalala dingi.
18 O athu anda mukatula bhwazele, n’a mute mwavundu,
Anda mukaya mu ixi ibhana idima yambote.
19 Mwaxaxi ka mundu kanda kala-mu ni an’a mba alawula,
Mu dibhata dyê, kimwanda subhuka muthu ni mwenyu.
20 Kyoso kyanda bhixila o kizuwa kya kutata kwê, o mundu watungu ku mbandu ku tundila o dikumbi, wanda diwana,
O mundu watungu ku mbandu kufwila o dikumbi, wanda bhuwama.
21 Kiki kyene kyanda bhita ni balaka ya muthu wayibha,
Ni yó akambe kwijiya Nzambi.”