1 KwelaseUze kwakukho indoda egama linguYobi. Wayengumfo olungileyo engenabala, umfo omhlonelayo uThixo eyithiyile into embi.
2 Wayenoonyana abasixhenxe neentombi ezintathu.
3 Wayefuyile eneegusha ezingamawaka asixhenxe, amawaka amathathu eenkamela, newaka leenkabi zeenkomo, needonki ezingamakhulu amahlanu. Ngokunjalo ke lo mfo wayenenyambalala yezicaka. Ke uYobi lo wayeyeyona ndoda isisinhanha kubo bonke abantu kwelasempuma.
4 Ke kaloku oonyana bakaYobi babedla ngokuqokelelana benze umbhiyozo endlwini yalowo yayiyimini yakhe. Babemema noodade babo abathathu ukuza kutya basele kunye nabo.
5 Wakuba lo mbhiyozo ujikeleze kubo bonke uYobi wayedla ngokubabiza abantwana bakhe ukuze abahlambulule. Wayevuka kusasa kakhulu, abenzele amadini atshiswayo ngabanye ngabanye. Kaloku uYobi wayesithi: “Mhlawumbi kusenokwenzeka ukuba abantwana bam bonile bamtshabhisa uThixo ezintliziyweni zabo.” Wayesenjenjalo ke uYobi ngayo yonke imihla yakhe.
6 Ngamhla uthile izidwangube zakwaThixo zaya *kuNdikhoyo, noSathana ke ephakathi kwazo.