Tobit
5:1 Waphendula ke uTobias, wathi, Bawo, zonke izinto osukuba ndizenza ndiya kuzenza
undiyalele:
5:2 Kodwa ndingayifumana njani imali, ekubeni ndingamazi?
5:3 Wamnika ke umbhalo, wathi kuye, Zifunele umntu
oya kuhamba nawe ndisadla ubomi nje, ndimnike umvuzo;
niye kuyithabatha imali.
5:4 Wathi ke esiya kufuna indoda, wamfumana uRafayeli, obeyindoda
ingelosi.
5:5 Wayengazi yena; wathi kuye, Ungahamba na nam siye eRage?
uyazazi kakuhle ezo ndawo?
5:6 Esathi kuye isithunywa, Ndiya kuhamba nawe, kwaye ndiyayazi indlela kakuhle.
ngokuba ndike ndalala nomzalwana wethu uGabhayeli.
5:7 Wathi uTobhiya kuye, Ndilinde, ndide ndimxelele ubawo.
5:8 Wathi kuye, Hamba uze ungalibali. Wangena ke wathi kweyakhe
bawo, uyabona, ndifumene owohamba nam. Emva koko wathi,
Mbizeni kum, ndisazi ukuba ungowasiphi na isizwe, nokuba ungowasiphi na
indoda ethembekileyo ukuba ihambe nawe.
5:9 Wambiza ke, wangena, babulisana.
5:10 Wathi uTobhi kuye, Mzalwana, ndibonise ukuba ungowesizwe sini na, nemizalwane yakho
ubugcisa.
5:11 Wathi kubo, Ufunela isizwe, nokuba ufunele umzi, nokuba ngumqeshwa?
uhambe nonyana wakho? Wathi uTobhite kuye, Ndiya kukwazi, mzalwana wakho
isihlobo kunye negama.
5:12 Wathi, Mna ndinguAzariya, unyana ka-Ananiyas omkhulu, nowosapho lwakho.
bazalwana.
5:13 Wathi uTobhite, Wamkelekile, mzalwana; musa ukundiqumbela ngoku.
ngenxa yokuba ndifune ukwazi isizwe sakowenu nemizalwane yakho; ngokuba nguwe
umzalwana wam oyingxilimbela, olungileyo; ngokuba ndiyamazi uHananiya no
uYonata, oonyana bakaSamaya omkhulu, njengoko sasihamba kunye ukuya eYerusalem
ukuze baqubude, banyuse amazibulo, nesishumi seziqhamo; kwaye
abalukuhlwanga ngobugwenxa babazalwana bethu: mzalwana wam, wena
ubugcisa besitokhwe esilungileyo.
5:14 Ndixelele ke, ukuba ndokunika umvuzo mni na? Ngaba ufuna idrarhima ngemini, kwaye
Ziintoni na ezifunekayo kowam unyana?
5:15 Ngaphezu koko, ukuba ubuye wabuya unoxolo, ndokongeza into emvuzweni wakho.
5:16 Bakholiswa ke ngoko. Wathi kuTobhiya, Zilungiselele
uhambo, kwaye uThixo akuthumele uhambo oluhle. Kwaye xa unyana wakhe waba
wazilungisa zonke izinto zendlela. Wathi uyise, Hamba nantsi
umntu, noThixo ohleli emazulwini, akwenzelel’ indlela uhambo lwakho,
ingelosi kaThixo ikugcine. Baphuma ke bobabini, nomntwana
inja yomntu kunye nabo.
5:17 Walila unina uAna, wathi kuTobhite, Yini na ukuba usindulule?
unyana? Akangumsimelelo wesandla sethu na, ngokungena nokuphuma phambi kwethu?
5:18 Musa ukukungxamela ukongeza imali; mayibe njengenkunkuma
ngomntwana wethu.
5:19 Kuba oko esinike khona iNkosi, ukuba siphile, kwanele kuthi.
5:20 Wathi uTobhi kuye, Musa ukuba yixhala, dade wethu; uya kubuya angene
Amehlo akho aya kumbona.
5:21 Kuba isithunywa esilungileyo siya kumgcina, kwaye uhambo lwakhe luya kuba
uya kubuya enoxolo.
5:22 Wagqiba ke ukulila.