Tobit
1:1 Bhuku remashoko aTobhiti, mwanakomana waTobhieri, mwanakomana waAnanieri
mwanakomana waAdhueri, mwanakomana waGabhaeri, worudzi rwaAsaeri, worudzi rwa
Nephthali;
1:2 iye panguva yaEnimesari mambo weAsiria, akatapwa
yeIbe, iri kuruoko rworudyi rweguta rinonzi
Neftari muGarireya kumusoro kweAseri.
1:3 Ini Tobit ndakafamba mazuva ese ehupenyu hwangu munzira dzechokwadi uye
kururamisira, uye ndakaita mabasa erudo mazhinji kuhama dzangu, nerudzi rwangu, avo
akaenda neni kuNinivhi, kunyika yevaAsiria.
1:4 Zvino ndakanga ndiri munyika yangu, munyika yaIsiraeri ndichiri muduku
muduku, rudzi rwose rwaNaftari baba vangu vakawa kubva paimba ya
Jerusarema, iro rakasarudzwa kubva kumarudzi ose aIsraeri, kuti vose
marudzi anofanira kubayirapo, ipo patemberi yougaro hwaJehovha
Wokumusorosoro akakumikidzwa uye akavakirwa mazera ose.
Zvino marudzi ose akamumukira pamwe chete, neimba yababa vangu
Nafitari, akabayira tsiru Bhaari.
1:6 Asi ini ndoga ndaienda kuJerusarema kazhinji kumitambo, sekuraira
kuvana vaIsiraeri vose nomutemo usingaperi, unesimba
zvibereko zvokutanga, nezvegumi zvezvibereko zvokutanga, pamwechete nehwokutanga kuveurwa; uye
ndikadziisa paaritari kuvapristi vanakomana vaAroni.
1:7 Chegumi chokutanga chezvibereko zvose zvandakapa vanakomana vaAroni, ivo vakabereka vana
Ndakashumira paJerusarema; chimwe chegumi ndakachitengesa, ndikaenda, ndikaenda
aipedza makore ose paJerusaremu;
1:8 Uye wechitatu ndakapa kune avo vakafanirwa, saDhebhora wangu
Ndanga ndarairwa namai vababa, nekuti ini ndakasiiwa ndiri nherera
baba.
1:9 Uyezve, pandakasvika pazera remurume, ndakaroora Anna wangu
kuhama dzake, uye naye ndakabereka Tobhia.
1:10 Uye panguva yatakatapwa kuNinevhe, hama dzangu dzose uye
avo vaiva vehama dzangu vakadya zvechingwa chavahedheni.
1:11 Asi ndakazvidzora pakudya;
1:12 Nokuti ndakarangarira Mwari nomwoyo wangu wose.
1:13 Uye Wokumusoro-soro akandipa nyasha nenyasha pamberi paEnessar, kuti ini
akanga ari muchengeti wake.
1:14 Ipapo ndakaenda kuMedhia, ndikabva ndachengetwa naGabhaeri, munin'ina waShe
Gabriasi, paRage, guta reMedhia, matarenda ane gumi esirivha.
1:15 Zvino Enemesari akafa, Saniheribhi mwanakomana wake akamutevera paushe;
nyika yavo yakatambudzika, ndikakoniwa kuenda Medhia.
1:16 Uye panguva yaEnimesari ndakapa zvipo zvizhinji kuhama dzangu,
zvokudya zvangu kune vane nzara,
1:17 nenguvo dzangu kune vakashama; uye kana ndikaona mumwe werudzi rwangu afa kana akakandwa
pamusoro pamasvingo eNinevhe, ndikamuviga.
1:18 Kana mambo Saniheribhi akanga auraya munhu, akasvika akatiza
kubva kuJudhea ndakavaviga muchivande; nekuti pakutsamwa kwake akauraya vazhinji; asi
mitumbi haina kuwanikwa pakutsvakwa kwamambo.
1:19 Zvino mumwe wevaNinivhi akati aenda akandonyunyuta pamusoro pangu kuna mambo.
kuti ndakavaviga, ndikavanza; kunzwisisa kuti ndaitsvagwa
kuti ndiurawe, ndakanzvenga ndimene nokutya.
1:20 Ipapo nhumbi dzangu dzose dzakatorwa nechisimba, uye pakanga pasina chinhu
akandisiya, padivi pomukadzi wangu Anna nomwanakomana wangu Tobiasi.
1:21 Mazuva makumi mashanu haana kupera, vanakomana vake vaviri vasati vaurawa
iye, vakatizira kumakomo eArarati; naSakedhono wake
mwanakomana akamutevera paushe; iye akagadza pamusoro penhoroondo dzababa vake, uye
pamusoro pamabasa ake ose, Ahikarosi, mwanakomana womunun'una wangu Anaeri.
1:22 Zvino Ahikarasi wakandikumbirira, ndikadzokera Ninini. Zvino Achicharo
akanga ari mudiri, nomuchengeti wechidhindo, nomutariri, nomutariri weimba
uye Sakedhonia akamugadza kuti ave pedyo naye, uye akanga ari wangu
mwana wemukoma.