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| 1. | Wasephendula uElihu wathi: |
| 2. | Zwanini amazwi ami, zihlakaniphi, lani zazi, libeke indlebe kimi. |
| 3. | Ngoba indlebe ihlola amazwi, njengolwanga lunambitha ukudla. |
| 4. | Asizikhetheleni isahlulelo; sazi phakathi kwethu okuhle. |
| 5. | Ngoba uJobe uthe: Ngilungile, kodwa uNkulunkulu ususe isahlulelo sami; |
| 6. | ngiqamba amanga ngimelene lelungelo lami; umtshoko wami kawelapheki, ngaphandle kwesiphambeko. |
| 7. | Nguwuphi umuntu onjengoJobe? Unatha ukuklolodelwa njengamanzi, |
| 8. | ahambahambe exukwini labenzi bobubi, ahambe labantu benkohlakalo. |
| 9. | Ngoba uthe: Kakumsizi umuntu nxa ethokoza ngoNkulunkulu. |
| 10. | Ngakho, bantu bengqondo, ngilalelani: Kakube khatshana loNkulunkulu ukwenza inkohlakalo, loSomandla ukwenza isiphambeko. |
| 11. | Ngoba umsebenzi womuntu uzawubuyisela kuye, amenze athole njengendlela yalowo lalowo. |
| 12. | Yebo, isibili uNkulunkulu kenzi okubi, njalo uSomandla kagobisi isehlulelo. |
| 13. | Ngubani owambeka phezu komhlaba? Kumbe ngubani owamisa umhlaba wonke? |
| 14. | Uba ebeka inhliziyo yakhe phezu kwakhe, uzabuthela umoya wakhe lomphefumulo wakhe kuye. |
| 15. | Inyama yonke ibizaphela kanyekanye, lomuntu abuyele ethulini. |
| 16. | Uba kulokuqedisisa-ke, zwana lokhu, ubeke indlebe elizwini lamazwi ami. |
| 17. | Kambe, ozonda isehlulelo ubengabusa yini? Kambe uzamlahla yini olungileyo kakhulu? |
| 18. | Angatsho yini enkosini: Mkhohlisi; kuziphathamandla: Ba ngelaNkulunkulu? |
| 19. | Kuye ongemukeli ubuso beziphathamandla, engananzi isinothi phambi komyanga? Ngoba bonke bangumsebenzi wezandla zakhe. |
| 20. | Bayafa ngesikhatshana; laphakathi kobusuku abantu bayaqhuqhiswa, bedlule; kuzasuswa olamandla kungelasandla. |
| 21. | Ngoba amehlo akhe aphezu kwendlela zomuntu, uyabona zonke izinyathelo zakhe. |
| 22. | Kakulamnyama njalo kakulathunzi lokufa lapho abenzi bobubi abangacatsha khona. |
| 23. | Ngoba kabeki futhi phezu komuntu, ukuthi aye kuNkulunkulu esahlulelweni. |
| 24. | Uyaphahlaza abalamandla kungahlolwanga, amise abanye endaweni zabo. |
| 25. | Ngakho uyayazi imisebenzi yabo, uya ba genqula ebusuku, bachotshozwe. |
| 26. | Uyabatshaya njengababi endaweni yababukelayo. |
| 27. | Ngenxa yokuthi bephambukile ekumlandeleni, bengananzanga leyodwa yezindlela zakhe, |
| 28. | baze benza ukukhala komyanga kufike kuye, njalo wakuzwa ukukhala kwabahluphekayo. |
| 29. | Lapho yena ethulisa, ngubani-ke ongaziphatha ngenkohliso? Lapho efihla ubuso, ngubani-ke ongambona? Loba esizweni loba emuntwini eyedwa. |
| 30. | Ukuze umuntu ongumzenzisi angabusi, ukuze kungabi lemijibila ebantwini. |
| 31. | Isibili uthe kuNkulunkulu: Ngithwele isijeziso, kangiyikona. |
| 32. | Ngaphandle kw e ngikubonayo ungifundise wena; uba ngenze okubi kangisayikukwenza futhi. |
| 33. | Uzaphindisela yini ngokukuwe, loba uyala, loba wena ukhetha, njalo kungesimi? Wazini-ke? Khuluma. |
| 34. | Abantu abalokuqedisisa bazakhuluma kimi, lomuntu ohlakaniphileyo uzangizwa. |
| 35. | UJobe ukhulume engelalwazi, lamazwi akhe kawalanhlakanipho. |
| 36. | Kungathi ngabe uJobe uyahlolwa kuze kube sekupheleni, ngenxa yempendulo zakhe phakathi kwabantu ababi. |
| 37. | Ngoba esonweni sakhe wengezelela ububi, eqakeza izandla phakathi kwethu, esandisa amazwi akhe emelene loNkulunkulu. |
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