¹ 1 Elo Bildadi umwina shuli alyasukile no kwebati, ² "ukufika ku ushita nshi ulo kaleka ukulanda wiluke, kabili panuma takolanda. ³ Nindo twatungilwa nge ngombe, abakutumpa mu menso yobe. ⁴ We ukoilepaula we mweine mu bukali bobe. Bushe isonde likalekeleshiwa pa mulandu obe nangu bushe amabwe yakoseshiwa ukufuma pa fifulo fyayako? ⁵ Kwena, ulubuto lwa muntu umubifi lukoshima; icengelo ca mulilo wakwe tacakabeke, ⁶ ulubuto lukaba ulwafita mwi hema lya kwe: Inyali pa mulu wakwe likashima. ⁷ Amatampulo ya maka yakwe yakoipifiwa; amapange yakwe yakoposwa pa nshi. ⁸ Ico wena akopaswa mu bukonde ku maksa yakwe umwine, nokwesenda mu cakuponenamo. ⁹ Icibili cikomwikata ku citende; Iciteyo cikomufyenta. ¹⁰ Umwando ulifishile pa mushili; ne ciliba cakwe mu nshila. ¹¹ Utuyofi tukomulenga ukutina uku no ku, tuli no kumupepekela pa fitende fyakwe. ¹² Ifyuma fyakwe fikopilibuka ukuka insala, na kayofi kakoipekanya ku lubali lwakwe. ¹³ Ifilundwa fya mubili wakwe fikoikwa; kwena, ububeli bwa mfwa bukolya iflundwa fyakwe. ¹⁴ Alilepawilwe ukufuma mu bucingo bwe hema lyakwe no kutamuna ukuya ku mfumu ya tuyofi. ¹⁵ Abantu abashili bantu bakwe bakoikala mwi hema lyakwe pa numa balimwene ukwebati amabwe ya mingu yalisalanganine mu bwikalo bwakwe. ¹⁶ Imishila yakwe ikoma mwi samba; pa mulu imisambo yakwe ikaputulwa. ¹⁷ Icibukisho cakwe cikalabwa ukufuma mwi sonde: takakwate ishina mu mpito. ¹⁸ Akafumishiwa ukufuma mu lubuto ukuya umwakufita no kupepekwa ukufuma mu calo cakwe. ¹⁹ Tali na bana nangu balupwa mu bantu bakwe, no wapusunswike nintu alikwikala. ²⁰ Abo abakoikala ku masamba bakapapa pacikocitika kuli ena ubuushiku bumo; nabakoikala ku kabanga bakomfwa umwenso pali ci. ²¹ Mucinefye ayae mayanda yabantu abashalungama, incende sha abo abashaishiba Lesa."