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| 1. | Emva kwalokho uJobe wavula umlomo wakhe, waqalekisa usuku lwakhe. |
| 2. | UJobe wasephendula wathi: |
| 3. | Kalubhubhe usuku engazalwa ngalo, lobusuku okwathiwa ngalo: Kukhulelwe umntwana wesilisa. |
| 4. | Lolosuku kalube ngumnyama, uNkulunkulu angalunanzi ephezulu, lokukhanya kungalukhanyisi. |
| 5. | Umnyama lethunzi lokufa kakulubange, iyezi lihlale phezu kwalo, umnyama welanga ulesabise. |
| 6. | Lobobusuku, umnyama ububambe, lungathokozi ensukwini zomnyaka, lungezi kunani lezinyanga. |
| 7. | Khangela, lobobusuku kabube yinyumba, umsindo wentokozo ungangeni kubo. |
| 8. | Kababuqalekise abaqalekisi bosuku, abalungele ukuvusa uLeviyathani*. |
| 9. | Zibe mnyama inkanyezi zokusa kwabo, bulindele ukukhanya, kodwa kungabi khona, bungaboni inkophe zokusa. |
| 10. | Ngoba bungavalanga iminyango yesisu sika mama wami, bungafihlanga usizi emehlweni ami. |
| 11. | Kungani ngingafanga kusukela esizalweni, ngiphele ekuphumeni kwami esiswini? |
| 12. | Kungani amadolo angandulela? Kungani lamabele ukuthi ngimunye? |
| 13. | Ngoba khathesi ngabe ngacambalala ngathula, ngalala, khona ngaba lokuphumula, |
| 14. | kanye lamakhosi labeluleki bomhlaba abazakhela amanxiwa, |
| 15. | kumbe kanye leziphathamandla ezazilegolide ezagcwalisa izindlu zazo ngesiliva. |
| 16. | Kumbe njengomphunzo ofihliweyo ngingabi khona, njengensane e zingabonanga ukukhanya. |
| 17. | Lapho ababi bayekela ukuhlupha, lapho abakhathele ngamandla bephumula. |
| 18. | Izibotshwa ziyaphumula ndawonye, kazizwa ilizwi lomcindezeli. |
| 19. | Omncinyane lomkhulu balapho, lesigqili sikhululekile enkosini yaso. |
| 20. | Kungani enika ukukhanya kohluphekayo, lempilo kwabalokubaba komphefumulo; |
| 21. | abalindele ukufa, kodwa kungekho, bekugebha kulenotho efihliweyo, |
| 22. | abathabayo kakhulu ngentokozo, bajabule lapho bethola ingcwaba? |
| 23. | Emuntwini yini, ondlela yakhe ifihliwe, uNkulunkulu ambiyeleyo? |
| 24. | Ngoba ukububula kwami kuza phambi kokudla kwami, lokubhonga kwami kuthululeka njengamanzi. |
| 25. | Ngoba engikwesabayo ngokwesaba sekungehlele, lengilovalo ngakho kufikile kimi. |
| 26. | Ngangingahlalisekanga, ngingaphumuli, ngingelakuthula, lohlupho lweza. |
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