Woneneza Abweranso
Wotsutsa akubweranso ndipo Atate wathu akulola kukanthidwa kwachiwiri: zilonda kuchokera kumutu mpaka kumapazi. Mkazi wa Yobu akumuuza kuti atemberere Mulungu ndi kufa; iye akukana, osanamizira kuti mavutowo ndi oyenera iye. Abwenzi atatu akufika, akung'amba mikanjo yawo, ndi kukhala naye chete masiku asanu ndi awiri.
2 1Ndipo panafikanso tsiku pamene anthu a bwalo lakumwamba anadza kudzaonekera pamaso pa Atate wathu, ndipo woneneza nayenso anadza pakati pawo kudzaonekera pamaso pake.
2Atate wathu anati kwa woneneza, “Wachokera kuti?” Woneneza anamyankha nati, “Ndachokera kumayendayenda pa dziko lapansi ndi kumayenda uku ndi uku.”
3Atate wathu anati kwa woneneza, “Kodi waganizira za mtumiki wanga Yobu? Palibe wina wofanana naye pa dziko lapansi—munthu wangwiro ndi wolungama, woopa Mulungu ndi kupewa zoipa. Akanagwiritsabe ungwiro wake, ngakhale unandiwutsa kuti ndimuwononge popanda chifukwa.”
4Woneneza anayankha Atate wathu nati, “Khungu kulipira khungu! Munthu adzapereka zonse zimene ali nazo chifukwa cha moyo wake. 5Koma tsopano tambasulani dzanja lanu, ndi kukhudza fupa lake ndi mnofu wake, ndipo ndithudi adzakutembererani pamaso panu.”
6Atate wathu anati kwa woneneza, “Chabwino, iye ali m'manja mwako; koma usunge moyo wake.”
7Ndipo woneneza anachoka pamaso pa Atate wathu, nakantha Yobu ndi zilonda zowawa kuchokera m'mapazi ake mpaka pamsonga pa mutu wake. 8Ndipo Yobu anatenga phale la mbiya kuti adzikande nacho, pamene anakhala pakati pa phulusa. 9Ndipo mkazi wake anati kwa iye, “Kodi ukanagwiritsabe ungwiro wako? Temberera Mulungu, ufe!” a a v9 Mkazi wa Yobu akunena kuti “Mulungu” pano, osati “Atate”—kalankhulidwe kakutali kamene zokambirana za m'buku ili zidzakhalabe mpaka Yobu pomaliza adzakumana ndi Atate wathu maso ndi maso.
10Koma iye anati kwa mkazi wake, “Ukulankhula ngati mkazi wopusa. Kodi tingalandire zabwino kuchokera kwa Mulungu, koma tisalandire zovuta?” M'zonsezi Yobu sanachimwe ndi milomo yake.
Abwenzi Atatu Afika Pafupi
11Pamene abwenzi atatu a Yobu anamva za mavuto onsewa amene anamgwera, anabwera, aliyense kuchokera kwawo—Elifazi Mtemani, Bilidadi Msuhi, ndi Zofari Mnaamati. Anagwirizana kuti abwere kudzamumvera chisoni ndi kumutonthoza. 12Pamene anamuona ali patali, sanamuzindikire. Anakweza mawu awo nalira, ndipo aliyense anang'amba mkanjo wake, naponya fumbi pamutu pake kuloza kumwamba. 13Anakhala naye pansi masiku asanu ndi awiri ndi mausiku asanu ndi awiri, ndipo palibe amene anamnena mawu, pakuti anaona kuti kuvutika kwake kunali kwakukulu kwambiri.
