Tobit
3:1 Ke kaloku mna ndibuhlungu, ndalila, ndithandaza ndisentlungwini, ndisithi,
3:2 Ulilungisa wena, Nkosi yam, nazo zonke izenzo zakho, neendlela zakho zonke ziyinceba yakho
wena ugweba ngenyaniso nangobulungisa ngonaphakade.
3:3 Ndikhumbule, undijonge, Ungandohlwayi ngenxa yezono zam nokungazi kwam;
nezono zoobawo, abonileyo phambi kwakho;
3:4 Ngokuba abayiphulaphulanga imithetho yakho, Wasihlangula
ukuba kuphangwe, kuthinjwe, kuse ekufeni, kube ngumzekeliso
sisingcikivo ezintlangeni zonke, esasasaze phakathi kwazo.
3:5 Ke kaloku zininzi, ziyinyaniso izigwebo zakho;
Ngezono zoobawo, ngenxa enokuba siyigcinanga imithetho yakho, kwanayo
ndihambe enyanisweni phambi kwakho.
3:6 ke ngoko yenza kum njengoko kulungileyo emehlweni akho, uwise umthetho wam
ususwe kum umoya, ndichithakale, ndibe ngumhlaba;
Kuba kunilungele ukuba ndife, kunokuba ndidle ubomi, ngokuba ndifile
ewe, uve izinyeliso zobuxoki, ube nomvandedwa omkhulu;
makhe ndihlangulwe ngoku kule nkxwaleko, uye kude kube ngunaphakade
indawo: musa ukubusithelisa ubuso bakho kum.
3:7 Kwathi kwangaloo mini, e-Ekbhatane, umzi wakwaMedi uSara
intombi kaRaguweli yangcikivwa ziimpelesi zikayise;
3:8 ngenxa yokuba wayenamadoda asixhenxe, uAsmodeyu
umoya ongcolileyo wambulala, bengekalali naye. Akunjalo
Athi uyazi na, ukuba uwakrwitshiweyo amadoda akho? ubunayo
asele engamadoda asixhenxe, ukanti ubungabizwanga ngamagama.
3:9 Yini na ukuba usibethe ngenxa yabo? ukuba zifile, landelani iindlela zenu
masingakuboni nonyana nokuba yintombi.
3:10 Ezivile ke ezo ndawo, waba buhlungu kakhulu, wada wacinga
ukuba wazikrwitsha; wathi, Ndim ndedwa intombi kowabo
bawo, ukuba ndithe ndakwenza oko, kuya kuba sisingcikivo kuye;
Ubuxhego bakhe bubukhwelise kwelabafileyo.
3:11 Wathandaza ke ngasefestileni, wathi, Ungowokubongwa, Nkosi yam
Thixo, igama lakho elingcwele, elizukileyo, malibongwe, libekekile
Yonke imisebenzi yakho mayikubonge ngonaphakade.
3:12 Kaloku, Nkosi yam, ndiwabhekise kuwe amehlo am nobuso bam;
3:13 uthi, Ndisuse emhlabeni, ukuze ndingabi sakuva isingcikivo.
3:14 Uyazi wena, Nkosi yam, ukuba ndimsulwa kuso sonke isono emntwini;
3:15 ukuba ndingalihlambeli igama lam, negama likabawo phakathi kwenu
Ndim ndedwa intombi kabawo, engekhoyo
ngomntwana yena woba yindlalifa yakhe, nabani na ozalana naye, nokuba ngunyana kayise
edla ubomi, endiya kuzigcinela yena ukuba ndibe ngumfazi wakhe: ngamadoda am asixhenxe
sele ufile; yini na ukuba ndiphile? kodwa ukuba akukuthandi ukuba ndithethe mna
ukuba ndife, ndixelele ukuba ndibe nenceba kum, ndibabalwe;
ukuze ndingabi sakuva ukungcikiva.
3:16 Yaviwa imithandazo yabo bobabini phambi kobungangamsha obukhulu
uThixo.
3:17 Wathunywa ke uRafayeli ukuba abaphilise bobabini, oko kukuthi, ukubatshabalalisa
ukuba mhlophe kwamehlo kaTobhite, nokumnika uSara intombi kaRaguweli ukuba abe yindoda
umfazi kaTobhiya, unyana kaTobhi; nokubopha uAsmodeus umoya ongendawo;
ngokuba ubengokaTobhiya ngokwelifa. Kukwanjalo
Wafika ke uTobhi, wangena endlwini yakhe, noSara intombi yakhe
kaRaguweli wehla evela kwigumbi lakhe eliphezulu.