Tobit 1:1 Incwadi yamazwi kaTobhi, unyana kaTobhiyeli, unyana ka-Ananiyeli, unyana ka-Aduweli, unyana kaGabhayeli, wembewu ka-Asayeli, wesizwe sakwa-Asaheli UNeftali; 1:2 owathi ngemihla kaEnemesare, ukumkani waseAsiriya, wathinjwa yethi Lebe, engasekunene kwaloo mzi kuthiwa ngokufanelekileyo uNafetali kwelaseGalili ngaphezu kweAshere. 1:3 I Tobit ndihambe ngenyaniso yonke imihla yobomi bam ubulungisa, kwaye ndenze izipho ezininzi zenceba kubazalwana bam, nesizwe sam, esathi Weza nam eNineve, ezweni lama-Asiriya. 1:4 Kwaye oko ndandisezweni lakowethu, ezweni lakwaSirayeli ngoku Ndiselula, sonke isizwe sakwaNafetali ubawo wawa endlwini ka iYerusalem, eyanyulwa kuzo zonke izizwe zakwaSirayeli, ukuba bonke Izizwe zimele zibingelele khona, apho itempile yomnquba we Oyena uPhakamileyo wangcwaliswa waza wakhelwa izizukulwana ngezizukulwana. 1:5 Ke kaloku zonke izizwe ezakreqa kunye nendlu kabawo UNafetali, wabingelela kwithokazi elinguBhahali. 1:6 Mna ke bendisiya ndedwa, ukuya eYerusalem emithendelekweni, ngokwemithendeleko kubo bonke oonyana bakaSirayeli ngokommiselo ongunaphakade, ukuba ube ngummiselo ongunaphakade iintlahlela, nezishumi zongeniselo, ngolo hlobo luchetyiweyo; kwaye ndazinikela esibingelelweni kubabingeleli, oonyana baka-Aron. 1:7 Isishumi sokuqala songeniselo lonke ndasinika oonyana baka-Aron ndilungiselela eYerusalem, esinye isahlulo seshumi ndathengisa ngaso, ndemka Wayichitha iminyaka ngeminyaka eYerusalem; 1:8 Kwaye elesithathu ndalinika abo kufanekileyo, njengoko uDebhora wam Umama katata wayendiyalele, kuba ndandishiywe ndiyinkedama utata. 1:9 Ngaphezu koko, xa ndakuba yindoda, ndazeka uAnna owam + yaye ndazala uTobhiya ngaye. 1:10 Kwaye xa thina bathinjelwe eNineve, bonke abazalwana bam kunye abo babengabewethu badla kwisonka seentlanga. 1:11 Ndazila ukudla; 1:12 Ngokuba ndikhumbula uThixo ngentliziyo yam yonke. 1:13 Kwaye Oyena Uphakamileyo wandenzela ubabalo netarhu phambi koEmessar, ukuze nam wayengumcebisi wakhe. 1:14 Ndaya kwelaseMedi, ndamshiya egcinwe kuGabhayeli, umzalwana kaYoram uGabriya, eRage, umzi wakwaMedi, wafumana ishumi leetalente zesilivere. 1:15 Wafa uEnemesare, wathi uSenaribhe, unyana wakhe, waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sakhe; omizi yakhe yakhwankqiswa, ukuba ndingabi nako ukuya kwelaseMedi. 1:16 Ke kaloku, ngexesha lika-Enemesare ndapha abazalwana bam amalizo amaninzi, ndaye ndibapha amalizo. isonka sam kolambileyo; 1:17 neengubo zam kwabahamba ze; malunga neendonga zaseNineve, ndamngcwaba. 1:18 Ukuba ukumkani uSenaribhe wayebulele umntu, ekufikeni kwakhe wasaba Ndabangcwaba ngasese kwelakwaYuda; kuba ngomsindo wakhe wabulala abaninzi; kodwa akufunyanwanga izidumbu ekufuneni kwazo kukumkani. 1:19 Kwathi, xa omnye waseNineve waya kundimangalela kukumkani. ndabangcwaba, ndazimela; ukuqonda ukuba bendifunwa ukuba ndibulawe, ndarhoxa kukoyika. 1:20 Yahluthwa yonke impahla yam, akwabakho nto Wandishiya ecaleni komkam uAna, noTobhiya unyana wam. 1:21 Akudlulanga iintsuku ezimashumi mahlanu anantlanu, babulawa oonyana bakhe ababini basabela ezintabeni zeArarati; noSarkedonus owakhe unyana waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sakhe; owamisa emalini kayise; phezu kwayo yonke imicimbi yakhe, uAhikarosi, unyana womntakwethu uAnayeli. 1:22 Waza uAhikaro wandibongoza, ndabuyela eNineve. Ngoku uAhicharus ubengumngcamli, nomgcini wokutywina, negosa, nomveleli wabo noSarkedono wammisela ecaleni kwakhe; waye engowam ke unyana kabhuti.