UJobe 17
1 Umoya wami wonakele, insuku zami zicitshiwe, amangcwaba ngawami.
Mi spirit schal be maad feble; my daies schulen be maad schort, and oneli the sepulcre is left to me.
2 Kabakho lami yini abaklolodayo, lelihlo lami lichitha ubusuku ekuvukeleni kwabo?
Y have not synned, and myn iye dwellith in bittirnessis.
3 Akubeke isibambiso sami kuwe; ngubani yena ozatshaya esandleni sami?
Lord, delyuere thou me, and sette thou me bisidis thee; and the hond of ech fiyte ayens me.
4 Ngoba inhliziyo yabo uyifihlele ukuqedisisa; ngenxa yalokhu kawuyikubaphakamisa.
Thou hast maad the herte of hem fer fro doctryn, `ethir knowyng of treuthe; therfor thei schulen not be enhaunsid.
5 Okhuluma ngokuyenga kubangane, lamehlo abantwana bakhe azafiphala.
He bihetith prey to felowis, and the iyen of hise sones schulen faile.
6 Njalo ungimise ngaba yisaga sezizwe, ngaze ngaba ngokhafulelwayo phambi kwazo.
He hath set as in to a prouerbe of the comyn puple, and his saumple bifor hem.
7 Njalo ilihlo lami lifiphele ngosizi, lamalunga ami anjengesithunzi wonke.
Myn `iye dasewide at indignacioun; and my membris ben dryuun as in to nouyt.
8 Abaqotho bazakwethuswa yikho, longelacala uvukela ongamesabiyo uNkulunkulu.
Iust men schulen wondre on this thing; and an innocent schal be reisid ayens an ypocrite.
9 Lolungileyo uzabambelela endleleni yakhe, lolezandla ezihlambulukileyo uzakwengeza amandla.
And a iust man schal holde his weie, and he schal adde strengthe to clene hondis.
10 Kodwa-ke lina lonke, phendukani ake libuye, ngoba kangitholi ohlakaniphileyo phakathi kwenu.
Therfor alle `ye be conuertid, and come ye; and Y schal not fynde in you ony wiys man.
11 Insuku zami zedlule, amacebo ami adabuke phakathi, lezifiso zenhliziyo yami.
My daies ben passid; my thouytis ben scaterid, turmentynge myn herte.
12 Bamisa ubusuku bube yimini; ukukhanya kuseduze phambi kobumnyama.
Tho han turned the nyyt `in to day; and eft aftir derknessis hope liyt.
If Y `susteyne, ether suffre pacientli, helle is myn hous; and Y haue arayede my bed in derknessis. (Sheol h7585)
14 Ngibiza ingcwaba ngisithi: Wena ungubaba; impethu ngisithi: Umama lodadewethu.
Y seide to rot, Thou art my fadur; and to wormes, Ye ben my modir and my sister.
15 Pho-ke ithemba lami lingaphi? Yebo, ithemba lami ngubani ozalibona?
Therfor where is now myn abidyng? and who biholdith my pacience?
