Tobit
6:1 Ke kaloku, ekuhambeni kwabo, bafika emlanjeni ngokuhlwa
eTigris, alala khona.
6:2 Wehla umfana lowo, esiya kuhlamba, yasuka yaxhuma intlanzi
umlambo, yayifuna ukumqwenga.
6:3 Sathi kuye isithunywa, Thabatha intlanzi. Wayibamba umfana
yentlanzi, wayitsalela emhlabeni.
6:4 Sathi kuye isithunywa, Vula intlanzi, uyithabathe intliziyo nesibindi
nenyongo, wayigcina.
6:5 Wenza ke umfana njengoko samwiselayo isithunywa sezulu; kwaye xa babenayo
yosiwe intlanzi, badla; bahamba ke bobabini.
bada basondela e-Ebhatane.
6:6 Wathi umfana kwisithunywa eso, Mzalwana uAzariya, yintoni na?
Intliziyo, nesibindi, nomhlehlo wentlanzi?
6:7 Uthe ke yena kuye, Echukumisa intliziyo nesibindi, nokuba yidemon, nokuba sisityholo
umoya okhohlakeleyo uyikhathaze nayiphi na, kufuneka siyiqhumisele phambi komntu okanye
umfazi, netheko aliyi kuba sabandezelwa;
6:8 Ke yona inyongo, kulungile ukuyithambisa indoda enobumhlophe ebusweni bayo
amehlo akhe, kwaye uya kuphiliswa.
6:9 Bathe bakusondela eRages.
6:10 Sathi isithunywa kumfana, Mzalwana, siya kulala naye namhlanje
uRaguweli, umzala wakho; Kananjalo wayenentombi, ibe nye, egama linguSara. I
Womthethelela, anikwe abe ngumfazi wakho.
6:11 Ngokuba ilungelo layo likuwe, ngokuba nguwe wedwa ophuma kuye
izalamane.
6:12 Ke intombi leyo iyinzwakazi, isilumko; ke ngoko ndiphulaphule, ndithethe
kuyise; kwaye xa sibuya eRages siya kubhiyozela
umtshato: kuba ndiyazi ukuba uRaguel akanakumtshata komnye ngokutsho
woba netyala lokufa, ngenxa enokuba ulilungisa
Lilonke ilifa lilunge kuni kunakwezinye iindawo.
6:13 Waphendula umfana wathi kuso, Ndivile, mzalwana uAzariya
ukuba lo mkhonzazana unikwe amadoda asixhenxe, awafayo onke kuloo madoda
igumbi lomtshato.
6:14 Kungokunje ndim ndedwa ke unyana kabawo;
ndiya kufa kuyo, njengoko ebefudula efile; ngokuba ithandwa ngumoya ongendawo;
engenzakalisi mntu, ingenzakalisanga ngabo bezayo kuyo; kungoko nam
hleze ndife, ndize ndisindise ubomi bukabawo nomama ngenxa yabo
ndise kwelabafileyo ndinesingqala, ngokuba àbananyana wumbi wokubangcwaba.
6:15 Sathi kuye isithunywa, Akuyikhumbuli na loo mimiselo?
uyihlo wakunika ukuba uzeke umfazi kowakho
izalamane? Ngako oko ndive, mzalwana wam; ngokuba uya kunikwa wena
umfazi; uze ungamphenduli umoya okhohlakeleyo; ngobu busuku
uya kunikezelwa kuwe ube ngumtshato.
6:16 Ekungeneni kwakho egumbini lomsitho, wolithabatha;
Wobeka phezu kwabo inxalenye yentliziyo nesibindi
intlanzi, uqhumisele ngayo.
6:17 UMtyholi uya kulijoja, asabe, angabuyi abuye
Ke wakufika kuyo, sukani nime nobabini, nithandaze
UThixo onenceba, oya kuba nemfesane kuni, anisindise
hayi, ngokuba umiselwe wena kwasekuqalekeni; nawe uya kwenjenjalo
yigcine, yohamba nawe. Ngaphezu koko ndicinga ukuba yena
uya kuzalela abantwana. Ke kaloku, akukuva uTobhiya ezi zinto, wenjenjalo
wamthanda, yanamathela kuye intliziyo yakhe.