Tobit
2:1 Ke kaloku, ndakuba ndibuyele ekhaya, waye uAna umfazi wam ebuyiselwe kum.
kunye nonyana wam uTobias, kumthendeleko wePentekoste, umthendeleko ongcwele
kwiiveki ezisixhenxe ke kwalungiselelwa isidlo esimnandi, endathi ngaso
sahlala phantsi satya.
2:2 Ndabona intabalala yokutya, ndathi kunyana wam, Hamba uye kuthabatha
olihlwempu nokuba uya kulifumana kubazalwana bethu, okhathalayo
iNkosi; uyabona, ndikulindile.
2:3 Wabuya ke weza wathi, Bawo, omnye wohlanga lwakowethu ukrwitshiweyo
ulahlelwa ngaphandle endaweni yembutho.
2:4 Ndanduluka, ndamnyusa, ndingeva nyama
igumbi de kwatshona ilanga.
2:5 Ndabuya ke, ndahlamba, ndadla ukudla kwam kunzima;
2:6 Khumbulani isiprofeto sika-Amos, njengoko wathi, Imithendeleko yenu iya kuba
yajika yaba sisijwili, nalo lonke uvuyo lwenu lwaba sisijwili.
2:7 Ndalila ke; emva kokutshona kwelanga, ndahamba, ndalungisa
wamngcwaba, wamngcwaba.
2:8 Basuka bandigculela abamelwane bam, besithi, Le ndoda ayikankwantya;
makabulawe ngenxa yoko: owasabayo; uyabona, uyawangcwaba
ufile kwakhona.
2:9 Ndabuya ke emngcwabeni ngobo busuku, ndalala ngaseludongeni lwedolophu
ibe yinqambi intendelezo yam, nobuso bam butyhilekile.
2:10 Bendingazi ukuba kukho oongqatyana eludongeni namehlo am
kwavuleka, oongqatyana bathulisa ubulongwe obushushu emehlweni am, kwaza kwafika ubumhlophe
emehlweni am, ndaya kumagqirha, aza akandinceda;
kananjalo uAhikarosi wandondla, ndada ndaya kufika kwaElimayi.
2:11 Ke uAna, umfazi wam, wathabatha imisebenzi yabafazi ukuba ayenze.
2:12 Wazindulula ke ezindlwini zabaninizo, bamnika umvuzo wakhe
wamnika nayo ngaphandle kwetakane lebhokhwe.
2:13 Kwathi, kwakuba sendlwini yam, ndakhala, ndathi kuye, Uvela
uphi lomntwana? ayibiwanga na? yinike abaniniyo; kuba kunjalo
akuvumelekile ukuyidla yonke into ebiweyo.
2:14 Lathi kum, Liphiwe ixabiso elingaphezu komvuzo;
Andikholwanga nguye, kodwa ndathi makayinike abaniniyo
Ndaske ndaxakwa nguye. Wathi kum, Ziphi na izipho zakho zenceba?
izenzo zakho zobulungisa? uyabona, uyaziwa wena nayo yonke imisebenzi yakho.