UJobe.
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Amadoda la womathathu ema ukuphendula uJobe ngoba wayelungile ngokubona kwakhe. 
Kodwa u-Elihu indodana kaBharakeli umBhuzi, owendlu kaRamu, wamzondela uJobe ngokuzigeza yena endaweni yokugezwa nguNkulunkulu. 
Wayebazondele njalo labangane labo bobathathu ngoba babengayitholanga indlela yokuphikisa uJobe kodwa bemlahlile ngokumsola. 
U-Elihu wayeke wema ukukhuluma loJobe ngoba babebadala kulaye. 
Kodwa kwathi esebona ukuthi wonke amadoda womathathu ayengaselalutho ayengalutsho, ulaka lwakhe lwavutha. 
Ngakho-ke u-Elihu indodana kaBharakeli umBhuzi wathi: “Ngimncinyane ngeminyaka, lina libadala; yikho bengisesaba, ngithikaza ukutsho engikwaziyo. 
Ngikhumbule ngathi, ‘Kakukhulume ubudala; iminyaka yokukhula kayifundise ukuhlakanipha.’ 
Kodwa kungumoya osemuntwini, ukuphefumula kukaSomandla, okumupha ukuqedisisa. 
Kakusibo bodwa abadala abahlakaniphileyo, njalo kakusibo bodwa abalupheleyo abakuzwisisayo okulungileyo. 
Ngakho ngithi: Lalelani kimi; lami ngizalitshela engikwaziyo. 
Bengithule lisakhuluma, ngikulalele ukucabanga kwenu; lathi lisadinga amazwi, 
ngalilalela ngokupheleleyo. Kodwa kakho lamunye kini otshengise ukuthi uJobe ulahlekile; kakho omunye wenu osephendule imibono yakhe. 
Lingaze lathi, ‘Sesikutholile ukuhlakanipha; uNkulunkulu kaveze ukuphosisa kwakhe, hatshi umuntu.’ 
Kodwa uJobe kakaqondisisi amazwi akhe kimi, futhi kangiyikumphendula ngendlela yenu yokuphikisa. 
Sebededile kabaselakho okunye abangakutsho; sebesilela amazwi. 
Ngike ngime na njengoba sebethule, sebemi nje laphayana bengaselampendulo? 
Lami ngisake ngikhulume; lami ngizakutsho engikwaziyo. 
Ngoba manengi amazwi engilawo, umoya ongaphakathi kwami uyangifuqa; 
ngaphakathi ngiyafuthelana njengewayini elivalelwe embodleleni; njengemixhaka yewayini esifuna ukudubuka. 
Kumele ngikhulume ukuze ngibhodle; kumele ngivule indebe zami ngiphendule. 
Kangizukutshengisa ubandlululo loba kukubani, futhi kangisoze ngiyenge muntu; 
ngoba ngabe ngangiligabazi ekukhulumeni, uMenzi wami ubezangisusa masinyane.” 
