Tobit 1: 1 Igitabo cyamagambo ya Tobiti, mwene Tobyeli, mwene Ananiel, Uwiteka mwene Adueli, mwene Gabaeli, wo mu rubyaro rwa Asaeli, wo mu muryango wa Nephali; 1: 2 Mu gihe c'Umwanzi umwanzi w'Abashuri yajyanywe bunyago ya Thisbe, iri iburyo bw'uwo mujyi, witwa neza Nephthali muri Galilaya hejuru ya Aser. 1: 3 I Tobit nagenze iminsi yose yubuzima bwanjye muburyo bwukuri kandi ubutabera, kandi nkorera benewacu byinshi, nigihugu cyanjye, ninde yazananye nanjye i Nineve, mu gihugu cya Ashuri. 1: 4 Kandi igihe nari mu gihugu cyanjye, mu gihugu cya Isiraheli ariko muto, umuryango wose wa Nephthali data yaguye mu nzu ya Yerusalemu, yatoranijwe mumiryango yose ya Isiraheli, ko bose amoko agomba gutamba aho, aho urusengero rwo guturamo Isumbabyose yeguriwe kandi yubatswe kumyaka yose. 1: 5 Imiryango yose hamwe yigometse, n'inzu ya data Nephthali, yatambiye inyana Baali. 1: 6 Ariko jyenyine nagiye kenshi i Yerusalemu mu minsi mikuru, nk'uko byari byateganijwe ku Bisirayeli bose bakoresheje iteka ryose, bafite Uwiteka imbuto n'icumi byiyongera, hamwe nicyogoshe bwa mbere; na Nampaye ku gicaniro abatambyi abana ba Aroni. 1: 7 Igice cya cumi cyambere cyo kwiyongera nahaye abahungu ba Aroni, uwo yakoreye i Yerusalemu: ikindi gice cya cumi naragurishije, ndagenda, kandi yabikoresheje buri mwaka i Yeruzalemu: Uwa gatatu nabahaye uwo bahuye, nka Debora wanjye nyina wa se yari yarantegetse, kubera ko nari nsigaye ari impfubyi se. 1: 9 Byongeye kandi, igihe nageraga kumyaka yumugabo, nashakanye na Anna wanjye bene wabo bwite, kandi kuri we nabyaye Tobiya. 1:10 Kandi ubwo twajyanwaga bunyago i Nineve, bavandimwe banjye bose kandi abo mu muryango wanjye bariye ku mugati w'Abanyamahanga. 1:11 Ariko narinze kurya; 1:12 Kuberako nibutse Imana n'umutima wanjye wose. 1:13 Kandi Usumbabyose yampaye ubuntu nubuntu imbere ya Enemessar, kugirango njye yari umusuku. 1:14 Ninjira mu Itangazamakuru, ngenda niringira Gabael umuvandimwe wa Gabrias, kuri Rages umujyi wa Media impano icumi ya feza. 1:15 Enemessar amaze gupfa, Senakeribu umuhungu we yima ingoma ye; umutungo we wagize ibibazo, ko ntashobora kujya mubitangazamakuru. 1:16 Kandi mugihe cya Enemessar nahaye benewacu imfashanyo nyinshi, ndatanga Umugati wanjye ushonje, 1:17 Imyenda yanjye nambaye ubusa, kandi nihagira umuntu wo mu bwoko bwanjye apfa, cyangwa natewe hafi y'urukuta rwa Nineve, namushyinguye. 1:18 Niba umwami Senakeribu yishe umuntu uwo ari we wese, araza arahunga mvuye muri Yudaya, nabashyinguye wenyine; kuko uburakari bwe yishe benshi; ariko imirambo ntiyabonetse, igihe bashakishwaga n'umwami. 1:19 Igihe umwe mu Banyanineya yagiye kundega umwami, ko nabashyinguye, nkihisha; kumva ko nashakishijwe kwicwa, nanze kwikuramo ubwoba. 1:20 Ibicuruzwa byanjye byose byambuwe ku gahato, nta kintu na kimwe cyari gihari yansize, iruhande rw'umugore wanjye Anna n'umuhungu wanjye Tobiya. Hashize iminsi itanu n'itanu, abahungu be babiri bicwa we, bahungira mu misozi ya Ararati; na Sarikedoni umuhungu we yima ingoma mu cyimbo cye; washyizeho konti za se, kandi Akiacharus murumuna wanjye Anaeli. 1:22 Akiacharus aranyinginga, nsubira i Nineve. Akiacharus yari umutware w'ibikombe, n'umuzamu w'ikimenyetso, igisonga, n'umugenzuzi wa inkuru: Sarikedoni amushyira iruhande rwe, kandi yari uwanjye umuhungu wa murumuna.