1 Walakini, Ayubu, nakuomba usikilize matamko yangu, Ukayasikilize maneno yangu yote.
Job 13.6 Psaumes 49.1-49.3 Job 34.2 Marc 4.9
2 Tazama basi, nimefunua kinywa changu, Ulimi wangu umenena kinywani mwangu.
Job 3.1 Matthieu 5.2 Job 31.30 Psaumes 78.2
3 Maneno yangu yatatamka uelekevu wa moyo wangu; Na hayo niyajuayo midomo yangu itayanena kwa unyofu.
Job 27.4 Proverbes 20.15 Proverbes 15.7 Job 6.28 Proverbes 15.2
4 Roho ya Mungu imeniumba, Na pumzi za Mwenyezi hunipa uhai.
Genèse 2.7 Job 32.8 Job 27.3 Psaumes 33.6 1 Corinthiens 15.45
5 Kwamba waweza, nijibu; Yapange maneno yako sawasawa mbele yangu, usimame.
Job 33.32-33.33 Job 32.1 Psaumes 50.21 Job 23.4-23.5 Job 13.18
6 Tazama, mimi ni mbele ya Mungu kama ulivyo wewe; Mimi nami nilifinyangwa katika udongo.
Job 4.19 Job 23.3-23.4 Job 31.35 Genèse 2.7 Job 13.12
7 Tazama, utisho wangu hautakutia hofu wewe, Wala sitakulemea kwa uzito.
Job 13.21 Job 9.34 Psaumes 88.16 Psaumes 32.4
8 Hakika umenena masikioni mwangu, Nami nimesikia sauti ya maneno yako, ukisema,
Deutéronome 13.14 Jérémie 29.23
9 Mimi ni safi, sina makosa; Sina hatia, wala hapana uovu ndani yangu;
Job 16.17 Job 10.7 Job 29.14 Job 11.4 Job 9.21
10 Tazama, yuaona sababu za kufarakana nami, Hunihesabu kuwa ni adui yake;
Job 19.11 Job 13.24-13.25 Job 34.5 Job 10.15-10.17 Job 30.21
11 Hunitia miguu yangu katika mkatale, Na mapito yangu yote huyapeleleza.Job 13.27 Job 31.4 Psaumes 105.18 Actes 16.24 Daniel 4.35
12 Tazama, nitakujibu, katika neno hili huna haki; Kwa maana Mungu ni mkuu kuliko mwanadamu.
Job 40.8-40.9 Job 36.5 Job 36.22-36.23 Ecclésiaste 7.20 Job 26.14
13 Nawe kwani kumnung’unikia, Kwa vile asivyotoa hesabu ya mambo yake yote?
Job 40.2 Esaïe 45.9 Deutéronome 29.29 Psaumes 62.11 Actes 1.7
14 Kwa kuwa Mungu hunena mara moja, Naam, hata mara ya pili, ajapokuwa mtu hajali.
Psaumes 62.11 Job 40.5 Jean 3.19 Esaïe 6.9 Proverbes 1.24
15 Katika ndoto, katika maono ya usiku, Usingizi mzito uwajiliapo watu, Katika usingizi kitandani;
Job 4.13 Nombres 12.6 Genèse 20.3 Jérémie 23.28 Hébreux 1.1
16 Ndipo huyafunua masikio ya watu, Na kuyatia muhuri mafundisho yao,
Job 36.10 Job 36.15 Esaïe 50.5 Psaumes 40.6 Néhémie 9.38
17 Ili amwondoe mtu katika makusudio yake, Na kumfichia mtu kiburi;
Genèse 20.6 Actes 9.2-9.6 Deutéronome 8.16 2 Chroniques 32.25 Esaïe 23.9
18 Yeye huizuia nafsi yake isiende shimoni, Na uhai wake usiangamie kwa upanga.
2 Pierre 3.15 Job 33.30 Job 33.22 Job 15.22 Actes 16.27-16.33
19 Yeye hutiwa adabu kwa maumivu kitandani mwake, Na kwa mashindano yaendeleayo daima mifupani mwake;
Job 30.17 Job 5.17-5.18 Apocalypse 3.19 2 Chroniques 16.12 Job 20.11
20 Hata roho yake huchukia chakula, Na nafsi yake huchukia nyama nzuri.
Psaumes 107.17-107.18 Amos 5.11 Genèse 3.6 Job 3.24 Jérémie 3.19
21 Nyama ya mwili wake huliwa, isionekane; Na mifupa yake isiyoonekana yatokea nje.
Job 19.20 Proverbes 5.11 Psaumes 102.3-102.5 Job 16.8 Job 14.20
22 Naam, nafsi yake inakaribia shimoni, Na uhai wake unakaribia waangamizi.
2 Samuel 24.16 Exode 12.23 Esaïe 38.10 Job 15.21 Psaumes 17.4
23 Kwamba akiwapo malaika pamoja naye, Mkalimani, mmoja katika elfu, Ili kumwonyesha binadamu hayo yampasayo;
Malachie 3.1 Ecclésiaste 7.28 Psaumes 119.75 Malachie 2.7 Job 11.6
24 Ndipo amwoneapo rehema, na kusema, Mwokoe asishuke shimoni; Mimi nimeuona ukombozi.
Job 33.18 Psaumes 49.7-49.8 1 Pierre 1.18-1.19 Psaumes 40.2 Osée 14.4
25 Nyama ya mwili wake itakuwa laini kuliko ya mtoto; Huzirudia siku za ujana wake;
2 Rois 5.14 Psaumes 103.5 Job 42.16 Josué 14.10-14.11 Osée 2.15
26 Yeye humwomba Mungu, naye akamtakabalia; Hata auone uso wake kwa furaha; Naye humrejezea mtu haki yake.
Psaumes 50.15 Esaïe 30.19 Psaumes 30.5 Psaumes 28.6 Psaumes 67.1
27 Yeye huimba mbele ya watu, na kusema, Mimi nimefanya dhambi, na kuyapotosha hayo yaliyoelekea, Wala sikulipizwa jambo hilo;
Romains 6.21 2 Samuel 12.13 Psaumes 14.2 Jérémie 23.24 Job 34.9
28 Yeye ameikomboa nafsi yangu isiende shimoni, Na uhai wangu utautazama mwanga.
Job 3.9 Job 33.24 Job 33.22 Jean 11.9 Job 33.20
29 Tazama, hayo yote ni Mungu anayeyafanya, Mara mbili, naam, hata mara tatu, kwa mtu,
Ephésiens 1.11 Philippiens 2.13 1 Corinthiens 12.6 2 Rois 6.10 2 Corinthiens 5.5
30 Ili kurudisha roho yake itoke shimoni, Ili atiwe mwanga kwa mwanga wa walio hai.
Psaumes 56.13 Esaïe 38.17 Job 33.28 Jean 8.12 Job 33.24
31 Angalia sana, Ee Ayubu, unisikilize; Nyamaza, mimi nitasema.
Job 32.11 Job 21.2 Job 13.6 Job 18.2
32 Kama una neno la kusema, nijibu; Nena, kwani nataka kukuhesabia kuwa na haki.
Job 15.4-15.5 Job 22.5-22.9 Job 21.27 Job 27.5
33 Kama sivyo, unisikilize mimi; Nyamaza, nami nitakufunza hekima.
Psaumes 34.11 Proverbes 8.5 Proverbes 4.1-4.2 Proverbes 5.1-5.2 Psaumes 49.3