Tobit
4:1 Ngaloo mini uTobhi wayikhumbula imali awayeyinikele kuGabhayeli
kwiMilo yeMidiya,
4:2 esithi ngaphakathi kwakhe, Bendinqwenela ukufa; yini na ukuba ndingakubizi
ngonyana wam uTobias ukuze ndimbonise imali ngaphambi kokuba ndife?
4:3 Wambiza wathi, Nyana wam, ndakuba ndifile, ndingcwabe;
ungamdeli unyoko; mzukise yonke imihla yokudla kwakho ubomi;
yenza oko kukholekileyo kuyo, musani ukuba buhlungu kuye.
4:4 Khumbula, nyana wam, ukuba wabona ububi obuninzi kuwe, oko ubuphakathi kwakho
akuba efile, nimngcwabele ecaleni lam, ngcwabeni elinye.
4:5 Nyana wam, mkhumbule uYehova uThixo wethu yonke imihla yakho, ungakuvumeli ukuba ube ngowakho
wosonwa, okanye agqithe kwimithetho yakhe; yenzani ngokuthe tye konke
bude ubomi bakho, ungalandeli iindlela zobutshinga.
4:6 Ngokuba xa uthe wenza ngenyaniso, ziya kuphumelela izenzo zakho kuwe;
nabo bonke abahleli ngokusesikweni.
4:7 Nika amalizo ngempahla yakho; naxa sukuba usenza amalizo, malingabi naliso iliso lakho
yiba nomona, ungabususi ubuso bakho kulo naliphi na ihlwempu, nobuso bukaThixo
andiyi kubuya umva kuwe.
4:8 Ukuba uthe waba nentabalala, yenzani isisa kwangokunjalo;
musani ukoyika ukunika ngokokuncinane;
4:9 Kuba uziqwebela ubuncwane obulungileyo, ngemini eyaneleyo
imfuneko.
4:10 Ngokuba amalizo ahlangula ekufeni, akavumi ukuba angene
ubumnyama.
4:11 Kuba lilungelo elilungileyo kubo bonke abanikelayo phambi kwabona baninzi;
Phezulu.
4:12 Kulumkele konke ubuhenyu, nyana wam;
nooyihlo, uze ungamzeki mfazi wasemzini, ongengowakowenu
Kuba singabantwana babaprofeti, uNowa, uAbraham,
Isake noYakobi: Khumbula, nyana wam, ukuba oobawo bethu kwasekuqalekeni.
kwanokuba bonke batshata abafazi bezizalwana zabo, baza basikelelwa
ngoonyana babo, imbewu yabo ilidle ilifa ilizwe.
4:13 Ke ngoko, nyana wam, bathande abazalwana bakho, ungaceki ntliziyo yakho
abazalwana bakho, oonyana bakho, neentombi zabantu bakowenu, ngokungazeki mfazi
ngokuba ukukhukhumala kukho ukubhuqa, nokutshiseka okukhulu, noburhelem
kukubola nokuswela okukhulu; kuba amanyala ngomama wendlala.
4:14 Musa ukuba umvuzo wakhe umntu, into oyisebenzeleyo, ukuba uhlale kunye
kodwa mnike esandleni sakho;
yazi, nyana wam, ezintweni zonke ozenzayo, ulumke
kuyo yonke intetho yakho.
4:15 Uze ungenzi le nto nakubani na ukuthiyileyo; musa ukusela wayini ukuze wenze
Unxilile, makungabikho kunxila ekuhambeni kwakho.
4:16 Nika olambileyo isonka sakho, Neempahla zakho uphe abalambileyo
ze; Yenza amalizo ngokwentabalala yakho;
Yiba nomona xa usazisa.
4:17 Sithulule isonka sakho phezu kokungcwatywa kwamalungisa, unganiki nto kwabathile
engendawo.
4:18 Buza icebo kwizilumko zonke, Ungalideli icebo elikhoyo
inenzuzo.
4:19 Mbonge uYehova uThixo wakho ngamaxesha onke, Unqwenele kuye, ukuba zibe ziindlela zakho
zingqinelwe, zibe nempumelelo zonke iindlela zakho, namacebo akho onke
uhlanga lungacebisana; Ke iNkosi inika zonke izinto ezilungileyo;
kwaye uyamthoba lowo athandayo, njengoko athandayo; ke ngoku, nyana wam,
yikhumbuleni imithetho yam, mayingatshitshiswa engqondweni yakho.
4:20 Ke kaloku ndiyababonisa ukuba ndaninikela eGabhayeli iitalente ezilishumi
unyana kaGabriya eRage kwaMedi.
4:21 Musa ukoyika, nyana wam, ukuba singamahlwempu;
ukuba uyamoyika uThixo, usuke kuso sonke isono, wenze okulungileyo
emehlweni akhe.