14 Nangabe umuntfu afa, uyawuphindze aphile yini? Kuwo onkhe emalanga ekusebenta kwami kamatima ngiyakuma kuze kufike kuvuseleleka kwami.
Kodvwa Bhazilayi watsi: “Ngisetawuhlala iminyaka lemingaki kutsi ngisengaya eJerusalema kanye nenkhosi?
Nome angangibulala, noko ngitakwetsembela kuye. Nakanjani ngitatikhulumela embikwakhe ngetindlela tami.
“Ngifisa shangatsi ungangifihla ethuneni, ungibhacise khona kuze kwendlule intfukutselo yakho! Nawungamane nje ungincumele sikhatsi, ungikhumbule!
Uyawungibita, mine ngikuphendvule. Uyawufisa kubona leso sidalwa lesentiwa tandla takho.
Emalanga ekuphila kwemuntfu asancunywa, nelinani letinyanga tekuphila kwakhe walimisa; kwajutjwa ngisho nemikhawulo yakhe langeke ayengce.
uyawubhubha kokuphela njengemangcoliso akhe; labo lababeke bambona bayawubutana, batsi: ‘Uphi?’
Emvakwaloko, Jobe waphila iminyaka leli-140; waze wabona bantfwabakhe, nebantfwana bebantfwabakhe, kwaze kwayawufika esitukulwaneni sesine.
“Umuntfu ute yini umsebenti lomatima lapha emhlabeni? Khona emalanga akhe akanjengawo yini emuntfu locashiwe?
Tsemba kuSimakadze, cina ungadzangali, ube nesibindzi. Yebo, tsemba kuSimakadze.
Konkhe kuya endzaweni yinye; konkhe kuphuma elutfulini kuphindze kubuyele elutfulini.
Ngitawulindzela Simakadze lofihla buso bakhe kuyo indlu yakaJakobe. Ngiyawubeka litsemba lami kuye.
Kwentiwa yini lokutsi nine ningakholwa kutsi Nkulunkulu uyabavusa bantfu labafile?
Nguye loyawugucula simo sebuphansi bemtimba wetfu, ufane nemtimba wakhe wenkhatimulo, ngemandla akhe langahlela ngawo konkhe ngephansi kwakhe.
Lwandle lwakhipha labafile lababekulo, kufa nendzawo yalabafile kwaniketa labafile lababekuko; bonkhe bantfu behlulelwa ngekwemisebenti yabo.