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.
11 Nangoku ke khawolule isandla sakho uchukumise yonke le nto anayo; uya kubona, uya kukushwabulela nawe lo!”
12 UNdikhoyo ke wathi kuSathana: “Kulungile ke, ungayenza into oyenzayo kwinto yonke anayo, kodwa uze ungakhe ulinge umchukumise yena siqu.”USathana ke wemka apho phambi koNdikhoyo.
13 Ngenye imini xa oonyana bakaYobi neentombi zakhe babebhiyoza besitya besela endlwini yenkulu yakhe,
14 kwafika isigidimi kuYobi, sathi: “Besilima ngeenkabi, zona iidonki zisitya kwalapho kufutshane;