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| 1. | Kwakulosuku futhi lapho amadodana kaNkulunkulu afika ukuzimisa phambi kwe Nkosi, uSathane laye wafika phakathi kwawo ukuzimisa phambi kwe Nkosi. |
| 2. | I Nkosi yasisithi kuSathane: Uvela ngaphi? USathane wasephendula i Nkosi wathi: Ekuzulazuleni emhlabeni lekuhambahambeni kuwo. |
| 3. | I Nkosi yasisithi kuSathane: Ubekile yini inhliziyo yakho encekwini yami uJobe? Ngoba kakho onjengaye emhlabeni, umuntu opheleleyo loqondileyo, owesaba uNkulunkulu, loxwaya ububi? Usabambelele kubo ubuqotho bakhe, lanxa ungivuse ukuze ngimmimilize kungelasizatho. |
| 4. | USathane wasephendula i Nkosi wathi: Isikhumba ngesikhumba, yebo, konke umuntu alakho uzakunikelela impilo yakhe. |
| 5. | Kodwa khathesi yelula isandla sakho, uthinte ithambo lakhe lenyama yakhe; isibili uzakuthuka ebusweni bakho. |
| 6. | I Nkosi yasisithi kuSathane: Khangela, usesandleni sakho; kodwa gcina impilo yakhe. |
| 7. | USathane wasephuma phambi kwe Nkosi, wamtshaya uJobe ngamathumba amabi, kusukela ngaphansi konyawo lwakhe kuze kube enkanda yakhe. |
| 8. | Wasezithathela udengezi ukuziphala ngalo, wahlala phakathi kwesilotha. |
| 9. | Umkakhe wasesithi kuye: Usabambelele yini kubuqotho bakho? Thuka uNkulunkulu, ufe. |
| 10. | Kodwa wathi kuye: Ukhuluma njengokukhuluma komunye wabesifazana abayizithutha. Kambe, sizakwemukela okuhle kuNkulunkulu, singemukeli lokubi yini? Kukho konke lokhu uJobe konanga ngendebe zakhe. |
| 11. | Abangane abathathu bakaJobe sebezwile ngakho konke lokhu okubi okumehleleyo, beza, lowo lalowo evela endaweni yakhe, uElifazi umThemani, loBilidadi umShuhi, loZofari umNahama; bavumelana ndawonye ukuthi beze bamkhalele bamduduze. |
| 12. | Lapho bephakamisa amehlo abo bekhatshana, kabamazanga, baphakamisa ilizwi labo, bakhala inyembezi, badabula ngulowo ibhatshi lakhe, bavuvuzela uthuli emakhanda abo ngasemazulwini. |
| 13. | Basebehlala laye emhlabathini insuku eziyisikhombisa lobusuku obuyisikhombisa, njalo kakho owakhuluma ilizwi kuye, ngoba babona ukuthi ubuhlungu bukhulu kakhulu. |
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