Tobit
13:1 Wabhala uTobhite umthandazo wovuyo, wathi, Makabongwe uThixo
uhleli ngonaphakade, Mabubongwe ubukumkani bakhe.
13:2 Kuba utyakatya, enenceba;
Akukho namnye usithintelayo isandla sakhe.
13:3 Mvumeni yena phambi kweentlanga, nyana bakaSirayeli;
wasichithachitha phakathi kwabo.
13:4 Baxeleni khona ubukhulu bakhe, nimzukise phambi kwabaphilileyo bonke;
yiNkosi yethu, nguThixo uBawo wethu ngonaphakade.
13:5 Wothi, asityakatye ngenxa yobugwenxa bethu, abuye abe nemfesane;
asibuthe ezintlangeni zonke, owasichithachithela kuzo.
13:6 Ukuba nithe nabuyela kuye ngentliziyo yenu iphela, nangengqondo yenu iphela, nangengqondo yenu iphela
uya kubuyela kuni, angazisitheli
ubuso bakhe kuwe. Yibone ngoko aya kukwenza kuwe, uyivume;
Mdumiseni ngomlomo wenu uphela, nimdumise uYehova wemikhosi;
uKumkani ongunaphakade. Ezweni lokuthinjwa kwam ndiya kumdumisa;
Xelani uhlanga olungendawo, ubungangamsha bakhe. jikani, nina boni;
lungisani phambi kwakhe; ngubani na owaziyo ukuba wokwamkela, waba nako na?
inceba kuwe?
13:7 Ndiya kumbeka uThixo wam, Umphefumlo wam umbonge uKumkani wamazulu
uya kuvuya ngobungangamsha bakhe.
13:8 Mabathethe bonke abantu, Bamdumise bonke ngenxa yobulungisa bakhe.
13:9 Yerusalem, mzi ungcwele, uya kukubetha ngenxa yoonyana bakho
uya kubuya abe nenceba kubantwana bamalungisa.
13:10 Bulelani kuYehova, ngokuba elungile, Nidumise ngonaphakade
Kumkani, ukuze umnquba wakhe uphinde wakhiwe kuwe ngovuyo, kwaye uvuswe
makabe nemihlali ngawe abathinjwa, abathande ngawe
ngonaphakade abo baselusizini.
13:11 Izizwe ezininzi ziya kuza egameni leNkosi uYehova zinezipho;
ezandleni zabo, izipho kuKumkani wezulu; ziya kuya zonke izizukulwana
enkosi ngovuyo olukhulu.
13:12 Baqalekisiwe bonke abakuthiyayo, Banoyolo bonke abakuthandayo
wena ngonaphakade.
13:13 Vuyani nigcobe ngabantwana bamalungisa;
behlanganisene ndawonye, bayibonge iNkosi yamalungisa.
13:14 Hayi, uyolo lwabakuthandayo; ngokuba baya kuvuya ngoxolo lwakho;
Hayi, uyolo lwabanomvandedwa ngenxa yazo zonke izibetho zakho; ngenxa
ziya kuvuya ngawe, xa zibubonile ubuqaqawuli bakho bonke;
baya kuvuya ngonaphakade.
13:15 Umphefumlo wam mawumbonge uThixo, uKumkani omkhulu.
13:16 Kuba iYerusalem iya kwakhiwa ngesafire nangeemeraldi
iindonga zakho, neenqaba zakho ezinde, neemboniselo zakho, ngegolide engcwengiweyo.
13:17 Kwaye izitrato zaseYerusalem ziya kugalelwa ikrisolite, nekarbhuksile, nesardiyo
amatye aseOfire.
13:18 Zonke izitrato zayo ziya kuthi, Haleluya! baya kumdumisa;
zisithi, Makabongwe uThixo, owuphakamise ngonaphakade.