Tobit
10:1 Ke kaloku uTobhite uyise wayebala imihla ngemihla, nangemihla yohambo
ziphelelwe, kwaye abeza;
10:2 Wathi uTobhite, Bavalelwe na? okanye uGabhayeli ufile, akakho
indoda yokumnika imali?
10:3 Waba buhlungu kakhulu ngoko.
10:4 Wathi umkakhe kuye, Unyana wam ufile; kwaye
waqala ukumbambazela, wathi.
10:5 Kungokunje andikhathali, nyana wam;
amehlo am.
10:6 Wathi uTobhite kuye, Yithi tu, musa ukuxhala, ngokuba ukhuselekile.
10:7 Wathi yena, Yithi tu, ungandilukuhli; unyana wam ufile. Kwaye
ubephuma yonke imihla, esiya ngendlela abehamba ngayo, akadla nto
emini, akayekanga ukumbambazela unyana wakhe uTobhiya ubusuku bonke.
zada zaphela iintsuku ezilishumi elinesine zomtshato, awayenazo uRaguel
Wafunga ukuba makachithe ixesha khona. Wathi uTobhiya kuRaguweli, Ndiyeke ndihambe.
kuba utata nomama abasandiboni.
10:8 Wathi uyise womkakhe kuye, Hlala nam, ndithumele
uyihlo, bamchazele indlela ohamba ngayo nawe.
10:9 Wathi uTobhiya, Hayi; kodwa ndivumele ndiye kubawo.
10:10 Wesuka uRagueli, wamnika uSara umkakhe, nesiqingatha sempahla yakhe.
izicaka, neenkomo, nemali;
10:11 Wabasikelela, wabandulula, esithi, UThixo wamazulu makakuphe
nihambe kakuhle bantwana bam.
10:12 Wathi ke entombini yakhe, Beka uyihlo nonyokozala;
abangabazali bakho ngoku, ukuze ndive udaba olulungileyo ngawe. Kwaye yena
wamphuza. Wathi uEdna kuTobhiya, UYehova wamazulu makakubuyisele;
mzalwana wam oyintanda, undinike ukuba ndibone abantwana bakho bentombi yam
USara ndingekafi, ukuze ndibe nemihlali phambi koYehova;
ntombi yam ethembeke kuwe; apho ukhoyo ungamcengi
ububi.