I-Tobit
3:1 Ngase ngidabukile ngakhala, ngakhuleka ngisosizini, ngathi:
3:2 O Nkosi, wena ulungile, futhi yonke imisebenzi yakho futhi zonke izindlela zakho ziyisihawu futhi
iqiniso, wahlulela ngeqiniso nangokulunga kuze kube phakade.
3:3 Ngikhumbule, futhi ubheke kimi, ungangijezisi ngenxa yezono zami nokungazi.
nezono zawobaba abonile phambi kwakho;
3:4 Ngoba abazange balalele imiyalo yakho, ngakho-ke usikhulule
kube yimpango, nasekuthunjweni, nasekufeni, nesaga sokuthi
ihlazo kuzo zonke izizwe esihlakazekele phakathi kwazo.
3:5 Manje izahlulelo zakho ziningi futhi ziyiqiniso: yenza kimi njengokwami
izono nezobaba, ngokuba asigcinanga imiyalo yakho noma
ngihambe eqinisweni phambi kwakho.
3:6 Ngakho-ke yenza kimi njengoba kubonakala kungcono kuwe, futhi uyale yami
umoya wokususwa kimi, ukuze ngincibilike, ngibe ngumhlaba;
ngoba kungcono kimi ukufa kulokuphila, ngoba nginakho
ngizwile ihlazo, ngibe nosizi olukhulu;
khathesi angakhululwa kulolu sizi, aye ephakadeni
indawo: ungabususi ubuso bakho kimi.
3:7 Kwathi ngalona lolo suku, e-Ekibhatane umuzi waseMediya uSara
indodakazi kaRaguweli yahlanjalazwa yizincekukazi zikayise;
3:8 Ngoba wayeshade amadoda ayisikhombisa, ngubani Asmodewu the
umoya omubi wayebulele, ngaphambi kokuba balale naye. Angithi
Athi uyazi ukuthi uklinyiwe amadoda akho? uke waba nakho
sebengamadoda ayisikhombisa, futhi awubizwanga ngegama kuwo.
3:9 Kungani usishaye ngenxa yabo? uma zifile, landela indlela yakho
bona, singalokothi sikubone indodana noma indodakazi.
3:10 Lapho ezwa lezi zinto, waba lusizi kakhulu, kangangokuthi wacabanga
ukuziklinya; wathi: Mina ngingedwa indodakazi yami
baba, futhi uma ngenza lokhu, kuyakuba yihlazo kuye, futhi ngiyoba
lethe ukuguga kwakhe ngosizi endaweni yabafileyo.
3:11 Wakhuleka ngasefasiteleni, wathi: "Ubusisiwe, O Nkosi yami
Nkulunkulu, negama lakho elingcwele nelikhazimulayo malibongwe futhi liyahlonishwa
naphakade: yonke imisebenzi yakho mayikubonge kuze kube phakade.
3:12 Manje, O Nkosi, ngibhekise amehlo ami nobuso bami ngakuwe.
3:13 Futhi uthi: 'Ngikhiphe emhlabeni, ukuze ngingabe ngisazwa isihlamba.
3:14 Uyazi, Nkosi, ukuthi ngimsulwa kuzo zonke izono kumuntu;
3:15 Futhi ukuthi angizange angcolise igama lami, noma igama likababa, e
izwe lokuthunjwa kwami: Mina ngedwa indodakazi kababa, futhi akanayo
loba yiwuphi umntwana ozakuba yindlalifa yakhe, loba yisiphi isihlobo esiseduze, loba yiyiphi indodana
ephila, engingazigcinela kuye ngibe ngumkakhe: amadoda ami ayisikhombisa anga
esefile kakade; futhi ngiphilelani? kodwa uba kungakuthandi ukuthi mina
kufanele ngife, ngiyale ukuthi nginakwe, futhi ngihawukelwe,
ukuze ngingabe ngisezwa inhlamba.
3:16 Ngakho imithandazo yabo bobabili wezwakala phambi kobukhosi omkhulu
uNkulunkulu.
3:17 Futhi uRafayeli wathunyelwa ukubaphulukisa bobabili, okungukuthi, ukuhlehlisa
ubumhlophe bamehlo kaThobithi, lokunika uSara indodakazi kaRaguweli ibe ngumkakhe
umfazi kaThobiya indodana kaThobiti; nokubopha u-Asmodeus umoya omubi;
ngoba wayengokaThobiya ngelungelo lefa. Okufanayo
isikhathi safika ekhaya uThobiti, wangena endlini yakhe, noSara indodakazi
kaRaguweli wehla ekamelweni lakhe eliphezulu.