| ← Job (42/42) |
| 1. | UJobe waseyiphendula i Nkosi wathi: |
| 2. | Ngiyazi ukuthi ungakwenza konke, lokuthi kakulacebo elingavinjelwa kuwe. |
| 3. | Ngubani lo ofiphaza iseluleko engelalwazi? Ngakho ngikhulumile lokho ebengingakuqedisisi, izinto ezimangalisayo kakhulu kimi, ebengingazazi. |
| 4. | Ake uzwe, ngizakhuluma mina. Ngizakubuza, njalo wenze ngazi. |
| 5. | Ngokuzwa kwendlebe ngikuzwile, kodwa khathesi ilihlo lami liyakubona. |
| 6. | Ngakho-ke ngiya zi nenga, ngiyaphenduka ethulini lemlotheni. |
| 7. | Kwasekusithi i Nkosi isikhulume lamazwi kuJobe, i Nkosi yathi kuElifazi umThemani: Ulaka lwami luyavutha kuwe lakubangane bakho ababili, ngoba kalikhulumanga ngami okuqondileyo njengenceku yami uJobe. |
| 8. | Ngakho-ke zithatheleni amajongosi ayisikhombisa lenqama eziyisikhombisa, liye encekwini yami uJobe, lizinikelele umnikelo wokutshiswa, njalo uJobe inceku yami uzalikhulekela; ngoba isibili ngizakwemukela ubuso bakhe, ukuze ngingenzi kini njengo buthutha benu; ngoba kalikhulumanga ngami okuqondileyo njengenceku yami uJobe. |
| 9. | Ngakho bahamba oElifazi umThemani loBilidadi umShuhi lo Zofari umNahama, benza njengokutsho kwe Nkosi kubo; njalo i Nkosi yemukela ubuso bukaJobe. |
| 10. | I Nkosi yasiphendula ukuthunjwa kukaJobe esekhulekele abangane bakhe; njalo i Nkosi yengezelela konke uJobe ayelakho kuze kuphindwe kabili. |
| 11. | Kwasekufika kuye bonke abafowabo labo bonke odadewabo, labo bonke ababemazi mandulo, badla isinkwa laye endlini yakhe, bamkhalela, bamduduza ngakho konke okubi i Nkosi eyayimehlisele khona; bamnika ngulowo lalowo uhlamvu lwemali, lalowo lalowo isongo legolide. |
| 12. | I Nkosi yasibusisa isiphetho sikaJobe okwedlula ukuqala kwakhe; ngoba waba lezimvu ezizinkulungwane ezilitshumi lane, lamakamela azinkulungwane eziyisithupha, lezipane zenkabi eziyinkulungwane, labobabhemi abasikazi abayinkulungwane. |
| 13. | Wasesiba lamadodana ayisikhombisa lamadodakazi amathathu. |
| 14. | Wasebiza ibizo leyokuqala wathi nguJemima, lebizo leyesibili wathi nguKeziya, lebizo leyesithathu wathi nguKereni-Hapuki. |
| 15. | Njalo kakutholakalanga abesifazana abahle njengamadodakazi kaJobe elizweni lonke; loyise wawanika ilifa phakathi kwabanewabo. |
| 16. | Lemva kwalokho uJobe waphila iminyaka elikhulu lamatshumi amane; wabona abantwana bakhe, labantwana babantwana bakhe, kwaze kwaba yizizukulwana ezine. |
| 17. | UJobe wasesifa, emdala, enele ngezinsuku. |
| ← Job (42/42) |