Tobit
7:1 Ekufikeni kwabo e-Ekbhatane, bangena endlwini kaRaguweli;
uSara waqubisana nawo. Babulisana, weza
bangene endlini.
7:2 Wathi uRagueli kuEdna umkakhe, Ifana njani na le ndodana eTobhite?
umzala wam!
7:3 Wathi uRaguweli kubo, Nivela phi na, bazalwana? Bathi kuye,
Singoonyana bakaNafetali, abathinjwa eNineve.
7:4 Wathi kubo, Niyamazi na uTobhi umkhuluwa wethu? Bathi ke bona, Thina
uyamazi. Wathi, Usaphilile na?
7:5 Bathi ke bona, Uhleli, uphilile. Wathi uTobhiya, Uhleli
ngutata wam.
7:6 Wesuka umtsi uRagueli, wamanga, walila;
7:7 Wamsikelela wathi kuye, Wena ungunyana womntu othembekileyo, wena unguye
indaoda elungile. Uthe ke akuva ukuba uTobhite uyimfama, waba buhlungu.
balila.
7:8 Kwangokunjalo uEdna umkakhe, noSara intombi yakhe, walila. Ngaphezu koko ba
babonwabisa ngovuyo; emva koko bayixhela inkunzi yegusha
emhlambini, babeka inyama etafileni. Wathi uTobhiya kuRafayeli,
Mzalwana uAzariya, thetha ngezinto owathetha ngazo ebandleni
indlela, kwaye eli shishini malithunyelwe.
7:9 Wayithetha ke le nto kuRaguweli; wathi uRaguweli kuTobhiya,
Yidla usele, uchwayite;
7:10 Ngokuba kufanelekile ukuba uthabathe intombi yam;
uya kukuxelela inyaniso.
7:11 Intombi yam ndiyinike amadoda asixhenxe, afileyo ngobo busuku;
beza kuye; noko vuyani okwakalokunje. Kodwa Tobias
wathi, Andiyi kudla nto apha, side sivumelane, sifungelane.
7:12 Wathi uRagueli, Mthabathe kaloku ngokwesiko;
Ungumzala wakhe, kwaye ngowakho, kwaye uThixo onenceba wakunika
impumelelo entle kuzo zonke izinto.
7:13 Wabiza uSara intombi yakhe, yeza kuyise, wafika yena
wambamba ngesandla, wamnika ukuba abe ngumkakhe kuTobhiya, esithi, Nanku!
mthabathe ngokomyalelo kaMoses, umse kuyihlo. Kwaye yena
wabasikelela;
7:14 Wabiza uEdna umkakhe, wathabatha iphepha, wabhala incwadi
iminqophiso, yayitywina.
7:15 Baqala ke ukudla.
7:16 URaguweli wambiza uEdna umkakhe, wathi kuye, Dade, lungisa
kwelinye igumbi, umngenise khona.
7:17 Yakwenza ke njengoko abemwisele umthetho ngako, wayizisa khona.
walila, wamkela iinyembezi zentombi yakhe;
yena,
7:18 Yomelela, ntombi yam; Makakunike iNkosi yezulu nomhlaba
yomelela, ntombi yam.