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.