UJobe.
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UJobe wasephendula wathi: 
“Sengezwa izinto ezinengi ezifana lalezi; lingabaduduzi ababi lina lonke! 
Zizaphela nini inkulumo zokubhuda kwenu lokhu? Kuyini okulihluphayo laphikelela nje lidaza inkani? 
Lami bengingakhuluma njengani aluba yini elisesikhundleni sami; ngabe ngikhupha inkulumo ezimnandi ngilisola ngize nginikine ikhanda lami. 
Kodwa umlomo wami ngabe uyaliqinisa; induduzo yezindebe zami idedise inhlungu zenu. 
Kodwa nxa ngikhuluma, ubuhlungu obukimi kabudedi; loba ngingaze ngithule, kabupheli. 
Ngeqiniso, Nkulunkulu, usungiqede amandla; usuyitshabalalisile yonke imuli yami. 
Usungibophile sekuyibo ubufakazi balokho; lokucikizeka kwami kuyakhula kungilahla. 
UNkulunkulu uyanginxwanela angidlikize ngolaka lwakhe, angigedlele amazinyo; isitha sami singinyonkoloze ngamehlo ahlabayo. 
Abantu bavula imilomo yabo bengihoza; bangimakala esihlathini bengihlambaza babambane bangihlanganyele. 
UNkulunkulu usenginikele ebantwini ababi wangiphosela ezandleni zezigangi. 
Konke kwakukuhle kimi, kodwa wangibhidliza; wangixhakalaza ngentamo wangichoboza. Usengenze ngaba yinto yakhe yokunenjwa; 
abacibi bemtshoko bakhe bangihanqile. Ungiciba izinso zami engelazwelo achithele inyongo yami phansi. 
Ungisukela njalonjalo; angidumele njengebutho. 
Sengithungele isembatho sesaka emzimbeni wami ngathukuza ibunzi lami othulini. 
Ubuso bami sebubomvu ngokukhala, amathunzi anzima ahonqolozela amehlo ami; 
kodwa izandla zami kaziluqhelanga udlakela, lomkhuleko wami uhlanzekile. 
Awu mhlaba, ungaligqibeli igazi lami; sengathi lokukhala kwami kungaze kwacitshwa lanini! 
Lakhathesi ufakazi wami usezulwini; umeli wami uphezulu khonale. 
Umeli wami ngumngane wami nxa amehlo ami empompoza inyembezi kuNkulunkulu; 
uyamncengela umuntu kuNkulunkulu njengomuntu encengela umngane wakhe. 
Kusasele iminyakana engemingaki andubana ngiye lapho kungabuywa khona.” 
