UJobe 18

₂“Koze kube nini nibekela amazwi ami izingibe na?

Qondani, andukuba sikhulume.

₃Kungani ukuba sithiwe siyizilwane,

singcolile emehlweni enu, na?

₄Wena ozidwengula olakeni lwakho,

umhlaba uyakushiywa ngenxa yakho,

nedwala lisuswe endaweni yalo, na?

₅Yebo, nokukhanya komubi kuyakucimeka,

nelangabi lomlilo wakhe aliyikukhanya.

₆Ukukhanya kuyakufiphala etendeni lakhe,

nesibani sakhe phezu kwakhe siyakucimeka.

₇Izinyathelo zakhe ezinamandla ziyakufinyezwa;

amasu akhe ayamlahla phansi.

₈Ngokuba uyaphonswa yizinyawo zakhe enetheni,

uhamba phezu kweveku.

₉Isicupho siyakumbamba ngesithende;

ifolo liyakumbamba.

₁₀Uthukuselwe inkintshela emhlabathini,

nesihibe emgwaqweni.

₁₁Ingebhe iyakumethusa nxazonke;

iyamzingela ezinyathelweni zakhe.

₁₂Ububi buyakumlambela,

ulungiselwe ingozi eceleni kwakhe.

₁₃Amalungu omzimba wakhe ayakudliwa,

yebo, ukufa okwesabekayo kuyakudla amalungu akhe.

₁₄Uyakuhlwithwa etendeni lakhe alethembayo,

ayiswe enkosini yengebhe.

₁₅Etendeni lakhe bayakuhlala abangesibo abakhe,

kuvumvuzelwe isibabule ekhaya lakhe.

₁₆Izimpande zakhe ziyakoma ngaphansi;

phezulu kuyabuna amagatsha akhe.

₁₇Ukukhunjulwa kwakhe kuyakuphela emhlabeni,

angabi negama ezweni.

₁₈Uyakukhishwa ekukhanyeni, aqhutshelwe ebumnyameni,

axoshwe ezweni.

₁₉Akayikuba nandodana namzukulwana phakathi kwabantu bakhe;

akuyikuba khona lapho egogobala khona.

₂₀Abasentshonalanga bayethuswa lusuku lwakhe,

nabasempumalanga babanjwa ngukwesaba.

₂₁Impela zinjalo izindlu zaboni;

injalo indawo engamazi uNkulunkulu.”