1. Ke uElihu utyatyadule wenjenje:
2. “Hoyina, nani nina zilumko;khanibek' iindlebe, nani zingqondi!
3. Ukutya kungcanyulwa lulwimi,ke yona intetho iviwa ziindlebe.
4. Makhe sikhethe oko kulungileyo;ewe, masiphicothe oko kufanelekileyo.
5. “Kaloku uYobi uthi: ‘Ndimsulwa,kodwa uThixo undivimb' ubulungisa.
6. Nangona ndinyanisekile, ndiphathwa okwexoki;nangona ndingenatyala, utolo lwakhe lundingxwelerhile.’
7. Wakha wakho phi ofana noYobi lo,osoloko ehlalele ukuphoxisa,
8. umnt' osoloko ethene mbende nabenzi bobubi,ohlal' eqhogene nezikhohlakali?
9. Kaloku yena uthi:‘Akumncedi lutho umntuukuzimisela ukukholisa uThixo.’
10. “Kambe ke ndiphulaphuleni, zingqondi:kukude lé kuThixo ukwenza ububi,kuSomandla ukwenza ubugwenxa.
11. Kuye umntu uvuna loo nto ayilimileyo;umntu umphatha ngokwehambo yakhe.
12. Hayi bo, uThixo akayenzi inkohlakalo;uSomandla akabugqwethi ubulungisa.
13. Kakade ngubani owammiselayo ukuba alawule ihlabathi?Ngubani owambeka ukuba alongamele lonke elimiweyo?
14. Xa ebenokusuka azimiseleawunqamle umoya wakhe nempefumlelo yakhe