Jobe
7 “Kuphila kwemuntfu wasemhlabeni kugcwele bumatima.
Emalanga akhe awafani yini nemalanga esisebenti lesicashiwe?+
2 Njengesigcili, ulangatelela kutfola umtfunti,
Nanjengesisebenti lesicashiwe, umele kutfola umholo wakhe.+
3 Ngako sekuphele tinyanga letinyenti kuphila kwami kulite,
Futsi sekuphele busuku lobunyenti ngisebuhlungwini.+
4 Nangilala ngiyatibuta ngitsi: ‘Ngitawuvuka nini?’+
Kodvwa butsi nabusachubeka busuku, ngigucugucuke kuze kube sentsatsakusa.*
5 Umtimba wami ugcwele timphetfu nekungcola losekutikhokho;+
Sikhumba sami sigcwele tincwencwe nebovu.+
7 Awu Nkulunkulu, khumbula kutsi kuphila kwami kunjengemoya,+
Nekutsi liso lami angeke liphindze liyibone injabulo.*
8 Liso lelingibona nyalo angeke liphindze lingibone;
Emehlo akho atangifuna, kodvwa ngitawube ngingasekho.+
10 Angeke aphindze abuyele endlini yakhe,
Nebantfu labahlala khona angeke basamkhumbula.+
11 Ngako-ke, angeke ngithule.
12 Ngilwandle yini nobe ngisilwane lesikhulu saselwandle,
Kutsi ungangibekela umuntfu lotawuhlale angigadzile?
13 Nangitsi: ‘Umbhedze wami utangidvudvuta;
Unginciphisele buhlungu bami,’
14 Wena ubese ungesabisa ngemaphupho
Ungetfuse nangemibono,
15 Ngako ngize nginconota kufa ngobe angisaphefumuli.
Kuncono kutsi ngivele ngife, kunekutsi umtimba wami ungaba njena.*+
16 Ngiyakwenyanya kuphila kwami;+ angisakufuni kuphila.
Ngiyekele, ngobe emalanga ami afanana nemoya nje lophuma emakhaleni.+
18 Kungani umhlola onkhe malanga
Futsi umvivinya ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi?+
19 Ungeke yini ususe emehlo akho kimi
Nobe ungiyekele kwesikhashana nje ngigwinye ematse?+
20 Nangabe ngonile, ngingakulimata njani, wena lobona konkhe lokwentiwa bantfu?+
Kungani kuhlasela kwakho kucondzene nami?
Sengingumtfwalo yini kuwe?
21 Kungani ungasicoleli sono sami
Futsi utsetselele emaphutsa ami?
Ngobe ngekushesha ngitawufa futsi ngibuyele emhlabatsini,+
Utawutsi nawungifuna, ngitawube ngingasekho.”