¹ Elo Bildad umwina shuri waasukile nokulanda, ² nalwisa ukalaka utwakutotwa? Tontonkanya, kabili elo tukasosa. ³ Cindo ukotumwe na kubati nongombe, ukupu ba mumenso yobe? ⁴ Weukoililila wemwine mubukali bobe wemwine, bushe isonde kuti lya lekeshiwa pali webo nangu bushe amabwe kuti yase shiwa pancende yayako? ⁵ Mucine, ulubuto lwamuntu umubifi luka shima; insase shamulilo wakwe tashakasa satike. ⁶ Ulubuto lukafita mwi hema lyakwe; Inyali yakwe peule lyakwe ba kali fumyapo. ⁷ Ntampulo shakukosa kwakwe shikepipa amapange yakwe yaka muponya panshi. ⁸ pantu akaposwa mwisumbu kumakasa yakwe; akaiposa mucilindi. ⁹ Iciliba cikamwikata kukashishilo; iciteyo cikamufyenta. ¹⁰ Ubucinga bulimwimbilwe mumushili; neciliba cakwe munshila. ¹¹ Ubo naushi bu katinya mumbali shonse baka mukunkunika notushishilo twakwe. ¹² Icuma cakwe cikasanguka insala, kabili iccikuko cikaba pambli yakwe. ¹³ Ifipande fya mubili wakwe fikasampaulwa mucine, ibeli lyamfwa likasampaula ifipande fyakwe. ¹⁴ Alilepawilwe ukufuma kubucingo bwe hema lyakwe nokusensela ukufuma kumfumu yabonaushi. ¹⁵ Abantu abata li bakwe bakekala mwihema lyakwe. panuma yakumona kuti salufa alisalangene mukati kangánda yakwe. ¹⁶ Imishilayakwe ikominapanshi, peulu imisambo yakwe bakaiputulako. ¹⁷ Ukwibukisha kwakwe kukaloba ukufuma pesonde; mumiseba takakwatemo ishina. ¹⁸ Bakamutamfya mulubuto ukuya mumfinshi nokumuamfya ukufuma mucalo. ¹⁹ Takwetepo abana nangula abana kufyalwa pakati ka mubanti bakwe, takuli uwapuswikepo umo aikelepo limo. ²⁰ Abo abekala kumasamba bakasunguka pafikamucitikila pabushiku bumo abo abekala kukabanga bakatina. ²¹ Cishinka yalya emayanda yabantu yabata alunga ama, incende sha abo abatamwishiba Lesa."