¹ Elyo Eliphaz umwina Temanite ayaswike no kutila, ² Bushe umwaume wamano kuti ayasuka ukwabula ukwishiba nokuisushamo ena ku mwela wakukabanga. ³ Bushe kuit aibukisha kukusosa ukushumfwa kantu nangu kufyalunda ififshitika cisuma? ⁴ Iwe niwe ufulunganya akatina kakuli Lesa: ulenga ukukana bikako amano kuli ena, ⁵ Pantu amampulu yobe eyasambilishe akanwa kobe: usula ukukwata ululimi lwa mwaume incenjeshi. ⁶ Akanwa kobe ekasushishe, teine: ne milomo yobe elekushinina. ⁷ Bushe niwe mwaume wabalilapo ukufyalwa? Nelyo bakuletele kuno ninshi utupili tatulabako? ⁸ Bushe walufyanya icankama camano Yawe Lesa? Walinga iwe amano yacifyalilwa kuli wemwime. ⁹ Cinshi waishiba ico ifwe tushaishiba? cinshi wailuka icishaba muli ifwe? ¹⁰ Kuli ifwe bonse tulinabo abamfwi nabakote, abakulu ukucila na wiso. ¹¹ Bushe ifyakusansamusha fyakwa Lesa tafyacepesha kuli iwe, amashiwi aya mutembo yelekukonka. ¹² Cinshi ico umutima obe ukutwalila kumbi? Cinshi ico amenso yobe yalenkumina. ¹³ Eico wabwesha umutima obe kuli Lesa no leta kunse yalya amashiwi ukufumya mukanwa kobe? ¹⁴ Nani umwaume uwakuti asunguluke? Nani uyo uwafyalwa kumwanakashi ukuti abe umulungami? ¹⁵ Mona, Lesa tatetekela nelyo ni mubamushilo bakwe: nemyulu nayo tayawama mumenso yakwe; ¹⁶ Pali bufi efyo bwacepesha ubulungami kuli umo uwamuselu no kuboshiwa umwaume uunwa ubupondamishi nga menshi: ¹⁷ Nkalanga iwe; umfwa kuli ine; nkashimikila kuli iwe ifintu ifyo namona, ¹⁸ ifintu ifyo abaume bamoano ifyo papitamo ukufuma kuli bashibo, ifintu ifikolwe fyabo tafyafisa. ¹⁹ Ifi efyali ifikolwe fyabo, kubo impanga yapelwe na muli bene tamwapitile umutulatula. ²⁰ Nomubifi umwaume akalipwa mukupusanishiwa kwanshiku shakwe shonse, impendwa yamyaka isha buluku inshiku shonse ishamyaka yakwe. ²¹ Iciunda cakwipaya caba mumatwi yakwe; munshita yamutende, aba konaula bakesa pali wena. ²² Tatontonkanya ngacakuti akafuma mumfifi; nolupanga lulamulolela ena. ²³ Endauka muncende mukufwaya umukate, atila, '' Ilikwi? Aishiba ukuti ubushiku bwamfimfi buli muminwe. ²⁴ Ubulanda ne nenkumbabulili fimupanga ena umwenso; filamucila ena, nge mfumu iipekenye ku bulwi, ²⁵ Pmulandu wakuti aimishe ukuboo kwakwe pali Lesa no kuisansabika ukucila uwamaka yonse. ²⁶ Uyu mwaume wamiya abutukila pa Les natalamika umukoshi nenkwela ishitikama. ²⁷ Ici cishinka, ngacakuti afimba kumenso kukwina kwakwe no kulonganya ukwina mumusana wakwe, ²⁸ no kwikala mumisumba iikapaswa, mu mayanda ayo umuntu nangu umo takabe ici kwatwa lelo yali nokusanguka ifishala. ²⁹ Takabe umukankala; nefyuma fyakwe tafyakatwalile, efyo anonka takafisalanganye pano panshi. ³⁰ Takafume mumfifi; ulubingu lukomika imisango yakwe kumupu wkanwa kakwa Lesa akasendwa. ³¹ Lekeni ena etekela icafye, cilufiwa umwine; pantu icafye ecikaba icilambu cakwe. ³² Cikacitika ninshi inshila yakwe tilafika iya kufwa; imisambo yakwe tayakabe iyakatapa katapa. ³³ Akaponya ifipompo fyakwe ifyamyangashi nge bala lyamyangashi: akalukusha aabula yakwe nge cimuti ca maorifi. ³⁴ Pantu ulukuta lwabantu basenshi lukaba ing'umba; umulilo ukoca amafisakanwa. ³⁵ Baimito bucushi nokupapa icabipa; ifumo lyabo limita ubucenjeshi.''