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.