Jobe
16 Jobe waphendvula watsi:
2 “Sengive tintfo letinyenti letifana naleti.
Kunekutsi ningidvudvute, ningivisa buhlungu lobukhulu!+
3 Kantsi angeke aphele yini lamavi lalite?*
Yini lenenta nikhulume ngalendlela?
4 Nami bengingakhuluma njengani.
Kube benehlelwe nguloku lokungehlele,
Bengitawusho tintfo letinyenti letimelene nani
Futsi nginikine inhloko yami ngekunedzelela.+
5 Kodvwa kunekutsi ngente njalo, bengitanicinisa ngemavi laphuma emlonyeni wami,
Futsi emavi lamnandzi lebengitawasho bekatanidvudvuta.+
6 Nangikhuluma, buhlungu bami abupheli,+
Futsi ngisho ngiyekela kukhuluma, buhlungu bami buchubeka bukhona.
8 Uyangibamba, nebantfu bayakubona loko,
Kangangekutsi kondza kwami sekubufakazi lobumelene nami.
9 Intfukutselo yakhe ingidzabule ngaba ticucu, futsi uyangenyanya.+
Uyatfukutsela* nakangibona.
Sitsa sami singibuka kabi.+
10 Titsa tami tivule imilomo kuze tingimite,+
Tangidzabula ngetimphama etihlatsini tingedzelela,
Tibutsene taba sicumbi kuze tingihlasele.+
11 Nkulunkulu uvumele kutsi ngihlaselwe bafanyana,
Futsi ungifucele etandleni talababi.+
12 Kute lebekungikhatsata, kodvwa yena wangivisa buhlungu lobukhulu;+
Ungibambile futsi wacindzetela inhloko yami phansi ngelunyawo lwakhe;
Butjoki bakhe ubucondzise kimi.
13 Bantfu bakhe labasebentisa butjoki bangitungeletile;+
Ugwaza tinso tami+ futsi angabi nandzaba;
Inyongo yami uyicitsela phansi emhlabatsini.
14 Nginjengelubondza loluchubeka lubhotjoswa timbobo;
Yena ugijimela kimi njengelisotja.
15 Sengitfunge indvwangu yelisaka kute ngiyembatse,+
Ngitiva ngiphansi futsi sengite emandla kangangekutsi sengihleti elutfulini.+
17 Kodvwa tandla tami atikalimati muntfu
Futsi nemthantazo wami ucotfo.
18 Awu mhlaba, ungayimbonyi ingati yami!+
Shengatsi kukhala kwami kungete kwathuliswa ngumuntfu!
19 Fakazi wami usemazulwini;
Loyo longangifakazela usendzaweni lephakeme.
21 Akube khona lowehlulela emkhatsini wami naNkulunkulu,
Njengobe kungaba njalo nasemkhatsini wemuntfu nemngani wakhe.+
22 Ngobe imbalwa iminyaka leseyisele,
Futsi ngitawuhamba ngingaphindzi ngibuye.+