Tobit
12:1 UTobhi wambiza uTobhiya unyana wakhe, wathi kuye, Yabona, nyana wam
indoda inomvuzo wayo ebihamba nawe, uyinike
Kaninzi.
12:2 Wathi uTobhiya kuye, Bawo, akukho nto imbi kum ukumnika isiqingatha
yezo zinto ndize nazo.
12:3 Ngokuba undibuyisele kuwe ndikholosile, wamphilisa umkam;
wandizisela imali, wakuphilisa nawe.
12:4 Yathi indoda enkulu, Kungenxa yakhe.
12:5 Wasibiza ke isithunywa, sathi kuso, Thabatha isiqingatha sezinto zonke onazo
bazise bemka bekholosile.
12:6 Wabathabatha ke bobabini, wathi kubo, Makabongwe uThixo, mdumiseni;
nimenze mkhulu, nimdumise ngezinto azenzileyo kuye
wena emehlweni abo bonke abaphilayo. Kulungile ukudumisa uThixo, nokudumisa
igama lakhe, nangokubekekileyo, ukuba abonise imisebenzi kaThixo; ke ngoko yiba
ningalibazisi ukumdumisa.
12:7 Kulungile ukulufihla ucweyo lokumkani, Kubekekile oko
tyhila imisebenzi kaThixo. Yenza okulungileyo, ungachukumisi bubi
wena.
12:8 Ulungile umthandazo kunye nokuzila ukudla, nenceba, nobulungisa. Kancinci nge
bulungile ubulungisa, ngaphezu kobuninzi obunokuchasa. Kungcono ukuba
Nika amalizo kunokufumba igolide;
12:9 Kuba amalizo liyahlangula ekufeni, yaye liya kusicamagushela sonke isono. Ezo
abenza amalizo nobulungisa baya kuhlutha bubomi;
12:10 Ke bona abonayo baziintshaba kowabo umphefumlo;
12:11 Inene, andiyi kunivimba; Ngokuba ndithe, Kulungile
gcina imfihlelo yokumkani, kodwa ukuba kube yinto ebekekileyo ukuyityhila
imisebenzi kaThixo.
12:12 Ke ngoko, oko wena wathandaza, yaye uSara umolokazana wakho, ndakwenza oko
isikhumbuzo sokuthandaza kwenu phambi koyiNgcwele;
wabangcwaba abafileyo, nam bendinawe.
12:13 Kwaye xa ungalibali ukuvuka, kwaye ushiye isidlo sakho, uhambe
Wagubungela abafileyo; ukulunga kwakho bekungafihlakele kum; bendinaye
wena.
12:14 Kwaye ngoku uThixo undithume ukuba ndiphilise wena noSara umolokazana wakho.
12:15 NdinguRafael, enye yeengelosi ezisixhenxe ezingcwele, ezinikela imithandazo ye
abangcwele, nabangena bephuma phambi kobuqaqawuli boyiNgcwele.
12:16 Bothuka ke bobabini, bawa ngobuso;
esoyika.
12:17 Wathi ke kubo, Musani ukoyika; kuba kuya kunihambela kakuhle; dumisani
UThixo ngoko.
12:18 Ngokuba andizanga kukuthanda kwam, ndize ngokuthanda kukaThixo wethu;
Ngenxa yoko, mdumiseni ngonaphakade.
12:19 Yonke ke loo mihla ndabonakala kuwe; andidlanga, ndingaseli;
kodwa nabona umbono.
12:20 Ngoku ke bulela kuThixo; kuba ndiyenyuka, ndiya kowandithumayo; kodwa
zibhaleni zonke izinto ezenziwayo encwadini.
12:21 Besukile ke, ababa sambona.
12:22 Baye ke beyixela imisebenzi emikhulu, engummangaliso kaThixo, nendlela awenza ngayo
kwabonakala kubo isithunywa seNkosi.