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| 1. | UJobe wasephendula wathi: |
| 2. | Ngeqiniso ngiyazi ukuthi kunjalo. Kodwa umuntu angalunga njani kuNkulunkulu? |
| 3. | Uba efisa ukuphikisana laye, kayikumphendula okukodwa phakathi kwenkulungwane. |
| 4. | Uhlakaniphile enhliziyweni, uqinile emandleni: Ngubani oziqinisileyo wamelana laye waphumelela? |
| 5. | Osusa izintaba njalo zingazi, ozigenqula entukuthelweni yakhe. |
| 6. | Onyikinya umhlaba awususe endaweni yawo, lensika zawo zizamazame. |
| 7. | Olaya ilanga ukuthi lingaphumi, avalele inkanyezi ngophawu. |
| 8. | Owendlala amazulu eyedwa, anyathele phezu kwezingqonga zolwandle. |
| 9. | Owenza iBhere, iziNja, lesiLimela, lamakamelo eningizimu. |
| 10. | Owenza izinto ezinkulu ezingelakuhlolwa, lezimangalisayo ezingelakubalwa. |
| 11. | Khangela, uyedlula phansi kwami nginga m boni, edlulele phambili ngingamuzwa. |
| 12. | Khangela, uyahluthuna, ngubani ongamnqanda? Ngubani ongathi kuye: Wenzani? |
| 13. | UNkulunkulu kayinqandi intukuthelo yakhe. Abasizi bokuziqhenya bayakhothama phansi kwakhe. |
| 14. | Pho-ke, mina ngingamphendula ngithini, ngikhethe amazwi ami okuqondana laye? |
| 15. | Ebengingeke ngamphendula loba bengilungile; ngizacela isihawu kumahluleli wami. |
| 16. | Uba bengibizile, wangiphendula, bengingayikukholwa ukuthi ubekile indlebe elizwini lami. |
| 17. | Ngoba uyangihlifiza ngesiphepho, andise amanxeba ami kungelasizatho. |
| 18. | Kangivumeli ukukhokha umoya, kodwa engigcwalisa ngezinto ezibabayo. |
| 19. | Uba ku ngamandla, khangela, ul amandla. Njalo uba ku ngesahlulelo, ngubani ozangimisela isikhathi? |
| 20. | Aluba ngilungile, umlomo wami uzangilahla; uba ngiphelele, uzakuthi ngonakele. |
| 21. | Ngiphelele, angikhathaleli umphefumulo wami, ngidelela impilo yami. |
| 22. | Kunye lokho, ngenxa yalokho ngithi: Uyabhubhisa olungileyo lomubi. |
| 23. | Lapho isiswepu sibulala ngokujumayo, uzahleka ukudangala kwabangelacala. |
| 24. | Umhlaba unikelwe esandleni somubi; wembesa ubuso babehluleli bawo. Uba kungenjalo, pho, ngubani? |
| 25. | Njalo insuku zami zilejubane kulesigijimi; ziyabaleka, kaziboni okuhle. |
| 26. | Ziyedlula njengezikepe zomhlanga, njengokhozi olutheleka empangweni. |
| 27. | Uba ngisithi: Ngizakhohlwa ukusola kwami, ngitshiye ukunyukumala kwami, ngithokoze, |
| 28. | ngiyesaba zonke insizi zami, ngiyazi ukuthi kawuyikungiphatha njengongelacala. |
| 29. | Ngilecala mina, pho, ngizatshikatshikelelani ize? |
| 30. | Uba ngizigezisa ngamanzi eliqhwa elikhithikayo, ngihlambulule izandla zami ngesepa, |
| 31. | khona uzangiphosela emgodini, besengisenyanywa yizigqoko zami. |
| 32. | Ngoba kasuye umuntu njengami ukuze ngimphendule, ukuze siye ndawonye kusahlulelo. |
| 33. | Kakukho umqamuli phakathi kwethu o ngabeka isandla sakhe phezu kwethu sobabili. |
| 34. | Kasuse uswazi lwakhe kimi, njalo uvalo ngaye lungangethusi. |
| 35. | Bengingakhuluma ngingamesabi, kodwa anginjalo ngokwami. |
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