1Ngemva kwalokho uJobe wavula umlomo wakhe waliqalekisa ilanga azalwa ngalo.
2Wathi:
3“Sengathi ilanga lokuzalwa kwami lingatshabalala,
4Lolosuku sengathi lungaphenduka ubumnyama;
5Sengathi ubumnyama lethunzi elikhulu kungaluginya njalo;
6Lobobusuku, sengathi ubumnyama bungabuthi jwamu;
7Sengathi lobobusuku bungaba yinyumba;
8Sengathi labo abaqalekisa insuku bangaluqalekisa lolosuku,
9Sengathi izinkanyezi zalo zokusa zingafiphala;
10ngoba kaluyivalanga iminyango yesibeletho ngisiza
11Kungani ngingafanga ngizalwa,
12Kungani kwaba lamadolo okungemukela
13Ngoba manje ngabe ngilele ekuthuleni;
14kanye lamakhosi lababusi bomhlaba,
15kanye lamakhosana ayelegolide,
16Kumbe kungani ngingathukuzwanga emhlabathini njengomphunzo na,
17Khonale ababi kabasaxokozeli,
18Abathunjiweyo labo bazuza ukukhululeka;
19Abantukazana lezikhulu bakhonale,
20Kungani ukukhanya kuphiwa labo abasosizini na,
21kulabo abakhalela ukufa okungafikiyo,
22abaphuphuma ngenjabulo
23Kungani impilo iphiwa umuntu
24Ngoba ukububula sokuphenduke ukudla kwami kwansukuzonke;
25Ebengikwesaba sekungehlele,