I-Tobit 4:1 Ngalolo suku uTobit wakhumbula imali ayeyinikele kuGabayeli Emidlalweni Yezindaba, 4:2 Wathi phakathi kwakhe, Bengifisa ukufa; kungani ngingafoni ngendodana yami uThobiya ukuthi ngimbonise imali ngaphambi kokuba ngife? 4:3 Esembizile, wathi: "Ndodana yami, uma sengifile, ngimbele; futhi ungamdeleli unyoko, kodwa mhloniphe zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakho, futhi yenza lokho okumthokozisayo, ungamdabuki. 4:4 Khumbula, ndodana yami, ukuthi wabona izingozi eziningi ngawe, lapho wawuphakathi esibelethweni sakhe: lapho esefile, mmbele eduze kwami ethuneni linye. 4:5 Ndodana yami, khumbula iNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu zonke izinsuku zakho, futhi ungavumeli yakho uyokwenziwa esonweni, noma ukweqa imiyalo yakhe: yenzani ngobuqotho konke Impilo yakho ibe yinde, ungalandeli izindlela zokungalungi. 4:6 Ngokuba uma wenza ngeqiniso, izenzo zakho ziyakuphumelela kuwe. lakubo bonke abaphila ngokulunga. 4:7 Phana izipho ngempahla yakho; nalapho upha, iso lakho malingavumeli ube nomona, futhi ungabususi ubuso bakho kunoma yimuphi ompofu, nobuso bukaNkulunkulu kayikufulathela. 4:8 Uma unokuchichima, yipha izipho njengalokho; uma unokuncane, ningesabi ukupha ngokwalokho okuncane; 4:9 Ngoba uzibekelela ingcebo enhle kuze kufike usuku isidingo. 4:10 Ngoba umusa uyakhulula ekufeni, futhi ungavumeli ukungena ubumnyama. 4:11 Ngoba isipho kuyisipho esihle kubo bonke abaphayo phambi kwamehlo amaningi Phezulu. 4:12 Qaphela bonke ubufebe, ndodana yami, futhi ikakhulukazi ukuthatha umfazi wenzalo oyihlo, ungathathi owesifazane ongesiye owakho isizwe sikayise: ngokuba singabantwana babaprofethi, uNowa, uAbrahama, o-Isaka, noJakobe: khumbula, ndodana yami, ukuthi obaba bethu kusukela ekuqaleni. ngisho nokuthi bonke bashada abafazi bezihlobo zabo, futhi babusiswa kubantwana babo, lenzalo yabo izakudla ilifa lelizwe. 4:13 Manje, ndodana yami, thanda abafowenu, futhi ungadeleli enhliziyweni yakho abafowenu, amadodana namadodakazi abantu bakini, ngokungathathi umfazi kubo: ngokuba ngokuzidla kukhona ukubhujiswa nokuhlupheka okuningi, nasemehlweni ukubola nokuswela okukhulu, ngokuba ubufebe bungunina wendlala. 4:14 Ungavumeli inkokhelo yanoma yimuphi umuntu akusebenzele, ingahlali kodwa mnike esandleni sakho, ngoba uba ukhonza uNkulunkulu, laye uzakwenza buyisela kuwe: qaphela ndodana yami kukho konke okwenzayo, uhlakaniphe kukho konke ukukhuluma kwakho. 4:15 Ungakwenzi lokho kumuntu ozondayo; ungaphuzi iwayini ukuze ulenze udakiwe: ungavumeli ukudakwa kuhambe nawe endleleni yakho. 4:16 Nika isinkwa sakho kwabalambile, futhi izingubo zakho kulabo abalambile nqunu; Phana izipho ngokwechichima kwakho, futhi iso lakho malingavumeli yiba nomona lapho upha izipho. 4:17 Thela isinkwa sakho phezu kokungcwatshwa kwabalungileyo, kodwa unganiki lutho kubo ababi. 4:18 Buza iseluleko kubo bonke abahlakaniphileyo, futhi ungadeleli noma isiphi iseluleko enenzuzo. 4:19 Bongani iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho njalo, futhi ucele kuye ukuze izindlela zakho zibe uqondiswe, ukuze zonke izindlela zakho namacebo akho aphumelele, kukho konke isizwe asinacebo; kepha uJehova unika konke okuhle, futhi uyamthobisa athanda ukuzithoba, njengoba ethanda; manje, ndodana yami, khumbulani imiyalo yami, futhi ningayisusi engqondweni yakho. 4:20 Futhi manje ngibonisa lokhu kubo ukuthi ngizinikele amathalenta ayishumi eGabayeli indodana kaGabriya eRages eMediya. 4:21 Ungesabi, ndodana yami, ukuthi simpofu, ngokuba unengcebo eningi; uma umesaba uNkulunkulu, usuka kuso sonke isono, wenze okuhle emehlweni akhe.