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.
7 UNdikhoyo ke wathi kuSathana: “Uvela phi wena?”Ke yena uSathana waphendula uNdikhoyo wathi: “Ndivela ekubhaduleni, ndisihla ndinyuka, ndijikeleza ehlabathini.”
8 UNdikhoyo wathi kuSathana: “Usiqondile kodwa isicaka sam uYobi? Akakho onjengaye ehlabathini liphela. Yena ngumfo othembekileyo ongenabala, indoda emhlonelayo uThixo, eyicezelayo into embi.”
9 USathana wamphendula uNdikhoyo wathi: “Kungaba kungelize na ukuba uYobi afumane amoyike uThixo?
10 Kaloku wena umbiyele; usoloko umphahlile yena nendlu yakhe, nako konke anako. Uwuthamsanqele wonke umsebenzi wezandla zakhe, yaye nemfuyo yakhe iye isanda ngokwanda elizweni.