1 Kwesi sithuba ke kuphendule uElifazi waseTeman, wathi:
2 “Ngaba xa umntu enokukuphendula awungekhathazeki kodwa?Phofu ke ibingubani onokuthula nje?
3 Khumbula kaloku ukuba baninzi abantu obaqeqeshileyo,ubakhuthaza ubomeleza abazandla zinomkhinkqi!
4 Ngamazwi akho ubaxhasile abakhubekayo,wabaqinisa abamadolo agevezelayo.
5 Namhlanje ke kungawe, naku ke wena ungenakunyamezela;ewe, zidla kuwe, ngoku ke wena suka wadideka.
6 Andithi na kaloku wena ukholosa ngokuhlonela uThixo?Ewe kaloku, qamela ngobunyulu beendlela zakho, ukholose!