Tobit
1:1 Ekitabo ky'ebigambo bya Tobiti, mutabani wa Tobiyeeri, mutabani wa Ananiya, omu...
mutabani wa Adueri, mutabani wa Gabayeeri, ow'ezzadde lya Asayeeri, ow'ekika kya
Nefutali;
1:2 Mu kiseera kya Enemesar kabaka w’Abaasuli n’atwalibwa mu buwambe
wa Thisbe, eri ku mukono ogwa ddyo ogw’ekibuga ekyo, ekiyitibwa
mu butuufu Nefusali mu Ggaliraaya waggulu wa Aseri.
1:3 Nze Tobiti natambulira ennaku zonna ez'obulamu bwange mu makubo ag'amazima era
obwenkanya, ne nkola ebirabo bingi eri baganda bange, n’eggwanga lyange, abaa
yajja nange e Nineeve, mu nsi y'Abasuuli.
1:4 Awo bwe nnali mu nsi yange, mu nsi ya Isiraeri nga ndi naye
muto, ekika kyonna ekya Nefusali kitange kyagwa okuva mu nnyumba ya
Yerusaalemi, eyalondebwa okuva mu bika byonna ebya Isiraeri, nti byonna
ebika biweeyo ssaddaaka eyo, awali yeekaalu y’okubeera
asinga Waggulu yatukuzibwa era n’azimbibwa okumala emirembe gyonna.
1:5 Kale ebika byonna ne bijeema wamu n'ennyumba ya kitange
Nefutali, eyaweebwayo eri ente ennume Baali.
1:6 Naye nze nzekka nnagendanga emirundi mingi e Yerusaalemi ku mbaga, nga bwe kyateekebwawo
eri abantu ba Isiraeri bonna mu kiragiro ekitaggwaawo, nga balina
ebibala ebibereberye n'ebitundu ekkumi eby'ebibala, n'ebyo ebyasooka okusalibwa; ne
naziwa bakabona abaana ba Alooni ku kyoto.
1:7 Ekitundu eky’ekkumi ekisooka eky’ebyo byonna ne mbiwa batabani ba Alooni, aba
ne mpeereza e Yerusaalemi: ekitundu ekirala eky'ekkumi nakitunda, ne ŋŋenda, ne
yagimala buli mwaka mu Yerusaalemi:
1:8 N'ekyokusatu ne nkiwa abo abasaanira, nga Debora wange
maama wa taata yali andagidde, kubanga nnaleka nga mulekwa olwange
taata.
1:9 Ate era bwe nnatuuka ku myaka gy’omusajja, ne nfumbirwa Ana wange
ab’eŋŋanda zange, era ku ye nazaala Tobiya.
1:10 Awo bwe twatwalibwa mu buwambe e Nineeve, baganda bange bonna ne...
abo abaali ab’eŋŋanda zange ne balya ku mugaati gw’ab’amawanga.
1:11 Naye ne nneekuuma nga sirya;
1:12 Kubanga najjukira Katonda n’omutima gwange gwonna.
1:13 Oyo Ali Waggulu Ennyo n’ampa ekisa n’ekisa mu maaso ga Enemesar, ne nfuna
ye yali omugabi we.
1:14 Ne ŋŋenda e Media, ne nvaayo ne Gabayeeri muganda wa
Gabriya, e Rages ekibuga kya Media ttalanta kkumi eza ffeeza.
1:15 Enemesaali bwe yafa, Sennakeribu mutabani we n’amusikira kabaka;
eby’obugagga bye byali bitabuse, ne sisobola kugenda mu Media.
1:16 Awo mu biro bya Enemessari nawa baganda bange ebirabo bingi, ne mbawa
omugaati gwange eri abalumwa enjala, .
1:17 N'engoye zange eri obwereere: era bwe nnalaba omuntu yenna ow'eggwanga lyange ng'afudde oba ng'asuuliddwa
ku bbugwe w’e Nineeve, nnamuziika.
1:18 Kabaka Sennakeribu singa yatta omuntu yenna, bwe yatuuka n’adduka
okuva e Buyudaaya, ne mbaziika mu kyama; kubanga mu busungu bwe yatta bangi; naye
emirambo tegyazuulibwa, bwe gyanoonyezebwa kabaka.
1:19 Omu ku Baninive bwe yagenda n’anneemulugunya eri kabaka.
nti naziziika ne nneekweka; okutegeera nti nnali nnoonyezebwa
okuttibwa, neeggyayo olw’okutya.
1:20 Awo ebintu byange byonna ne bitwalibwa n’amaanyi, era nga tewali kintu kyonna
yandeka, ku mabbali ga mukyala wange Ana ne mutabani wange Tobiya.
1:21 Ne wayitawo ennaku amakumi ataano mu ttaano nga batabani be babiri tebannatta
ye, ne baddukira mu nsozi za Alarasi; ne Sarkedonus ye
omwana n’afuga mu kifo kye; eyalonda okulabirira ebitabo bya kitaawe, era
ku nsonga ze zonna, Akiakarus mutabani wa Anaeri muganda wange.
1:22 Akiakaro bwe yanneegayirira, ne nzirayo e Nineeve. Kati Achiacharus
yali mukwasi w’okunywa, era omukuumi w’akabonero, era omuwanika, era omulabirizi wa
ebibalo: Sarkedono n'amulonda okumuddirira: era ye yali wange
mutabani wa muganda we.