Tobit
14:1 Wagqiba ke uTobit ukudumisa uThixo.
14:2 Kwaye wayeneminyaka engamashumi amahlanu anesibhozo ubudala xa walahlekelwa ukubona, nto leyo
wambuyisela kuye ekupheleni kweminyaka esibhozo; wapha amalizo, wanda
ukoyika uYehova, bamdumisa.
14:3 Uthe ke, xa wayesel’ aluphele kakhulu, wambiza unyana wakhe, noonyana bonyana wakhe.
wathi kuye, Nyana wam, bathabathe abantwana bakho; ngokuba, uyabona, ndaluphele;
ndikulungele ukumka kobu bomi.
14:4 Hamba uye kwelamaMedi, nyana wam; kuba okunene ndiyakholwa zizinto awazenzayo uYona
Umprofeti wathetha ngeNineve, ukuba iya kubhukuqwa; kwaye ukuba a
ixesha kobakho uxolo kwaMedi; nokuba abazalwana bethu baya kuxoka
Uchithachitheke emhlabeni, uphuma kuloo mhlaba ulungileyo, ibe iYerusalem ke
nendlu kaThixo iya kutshiswa ibe senkangala
kube yinkangala okwexeshana;
14:5 Kwaye ukuba kwakhona uThixo uya kuba nenceba kubo, yaye uya kubabuyisela kwakhona
ilizwe abaya kwakha kulo indlu, lingabi njengelokuqala;
kude kube lixesha laloo phakade; emva koko baya kubuya emva koko
kuzo zonke iindawo zokuthinjwa kwabo, ayakhe iYerusalem ibe nobuqaqawuli.
nendlu kaThixo iya kwakhiwa kuyo ngonaphakade, ibe nobungangamsha
ukwakha, njengoko babetshilo abaprofeti.
14:6 Kwaye zonke iintlanga ziya kuguquka, kwaye ziyoyike iNkosi uYehova ngenyaniso, kwaye ziya kungcwaba
izithixo zabo.
14:7 Ziya kudumisa uYehova zonke iintlanga, Bamdumise uYehova abantu bakhe;
kwaye uYehova uya kubaphakamisa abantu bakhe; nabo bonke abayithandayo iNkosi
UThixo ngenyaniso nangobulungisa uya kuvuya, ebonisa inceba kubazalwana bethu.
14:8 Ngoku ke, nyana wam, hamba uye eNineve, ngenxa yokuba ezo zinto uzithethileyo
watshoyo uYona umprofeti, inene, kuya kwenzeka.
14:9 Ke wena wugcine umyalelo nemithetho, ube nenceba
nobulungisa, ukuze kulunge kuwe.
14:10 undingcwabe ngokubekekileyo, nonyoko ndawonye nam; kodwa musani ukuma
iNineve. Khumbula, nyana wam, indlela uHaman awaqhubana ngayo noAhikarosi owamzisayo
phezulu, indlela amkhupha ngayo ekukhanyeni ebumnyameni, nendlela awavuza ngayo
kodwa uAhikarosi wasindiswa, kodwa omnye wafumana umvuzo wakhe;
wehla waya ebumnyameni. UManase wenza amalizo, wayibaleka imigibe
Ukufa ababembekele kona; ke uHaman wawela esibatheni, waza
utshabalele.
14:11 Kaloku ke, nyana wam, khawuve ububele bothando, nobulungisa
iyanikezela. Akuba ezithethile ezi zinto, waphuma umphefumlo
umandlalo, eminyaka ilikhulu elinamanci mahlanu anesibhozo; wamngcwaba
ngembeko.
14:12 Wafa uAna unina, wamngcwaba noyise. Kodwa
UTobias wemka nomfazi wakhe nabantwana bakhe baya e-Ekbatane kuRaguweli wakhe
utatazala,
14:13 apho waluphele khona ngozuko, waza wangcwatywa uyise nonina
Umthetho ngesidima, waza wadla ilifa impahla yabo, kunye noyise
ITobit's.
14:14 Wafela e-Ekebhatane kwelamaMedi, elikhulu elinamanci mabini anesixhenxe
iminyaka ubudala.
14:15 Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba afe weva ngokutshatyalaliswa kweNineve, eyayikho
uNebhukadenetsare noAssuwerosi; ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe waba nemihlali
phezu kweNineve.