Tobit
11:1 Emveni kwezi zinto, wemka uTobhiya, edumisa uThixo, ngokuba amnikile;
Wamsikelela uhambo olunempumelelo, waza wamsikelela uRaguel noEdna umkakhe, wahamba
wahamba ngendlela yakhe, bada basondela eNineve.
11:2 Wathi uRafayeli kuTobhiya, Uyazi nawe, mzalwana, ukunduluka kwakho
uyihlo:
11:3 Masikhawuleze phambi komkakho, silungise indlu.
11:4 Yiphathe ngesandla sakho inyongo yentlanzi. Bahamba ke;
yazilandela inja.
11:5 Ke uAna wayehleli ejonge endleleni yonyana wakhe.
11:6 Wambona esiza, wathi kuyise, Nanku unyana wakho
yafika indoda eyayihamba naye.
11:7 Wathi uRafayeli, Ndiyazi, Tobhiya, ukuba uyihlo uya kuwavula amehlo akhe.
11:8 Ngako oko, thambise amehlo akhe ngenyongo, uhlatywe
uya kuhlikihla ngayo, kwaye ubumhlophe buya kususwa, kwaye uya kuba
ndiza kubona.
11:9 Wagidima uAna, wawa phezu kwentamo yonyana wakhe, wathi kuye
wathi kuye, Ndikubona nje, nyana wam, kuthabathele kweli xesha
fa. Balila bobabini.
11:10 Waphuma uTobhi, waya emnyango, wakhubeka;
kuye,
11:11 Wambamba uyise, wababetha ooyise ngenyongo.
amehlo athi, Themba, bawo.
11:12 Uthe ke akuqala ukuba norhatyazo, wawacikica;
11:13 Kwaye ubumhlophe bancothula kwiimbombo zamehlo akhe;
wambona unyana wakhe, wawa entanyeni yakhe.
11:14 Walila wathi, Mawubongwe wena, Thixo; malibongwe igama lakho.
ngonaphakade; zaye, zinoyolo zonke izithunywa zakho ezingcwele.
11:15 Ngokuba undityakatyile, wandisizela; ngokuba, uyabona, ndibona imfesane yam.
unyana kaTobias. Wangena unyana wakhe evuya, waxelela uyise omkhulu
izinto ezamehlelayo kwelaseMedi.
11:16 Waphuma uTobhi, waya kukhawulela umolokazana wakhe esangweni laseNineve;
Bavuya, bedumisa uThixo; Bamangaliswa ke abo babembona ehamba;
waye wabuya wabona.
11:17 Ke uTobhiya wabulela phambi kwabo, ngokuba uThixo wamenzela inceba. Kwaye
Wasondela kuSara umolokazana wakhe, wamsikelela, wathi,
Wamkelekile, ntombi; Makabongwe uThixo okuzisileyo
kuthi, makasikelelwe uyihlo nonyoko. Kwaye kwabakho uvuyo phakathi
bonke abazalwana bakhe ababeseNineve.
11:18 Weza uAhikarosi, noNabhas unyana womninawa wakhe;
11:19 Kwaye umtshato kaTobhiya wabanjwa iintsuku ezisixhenxe ngovuyo olukhulu.