I-Tobit
5:1 Khona-ke uTobias waphendula, wathi, "Baba, Ngizokwenza konke onakho."
ungiyalile:
5:2 Kodwa ngingayithola kanjani imali, njengoba ngingamazi?
5:3 Khona wamnika umbhalo wesandla, wathi kuye: "Zifunele umuntu."
angahamba nawe ngisekhona, ngimnike inkokhelo;
uhambe uyethatha imali.
5:4 Ngakho lapho eyofuna indoda, wathola uRafayeli owayengumuntu
ingelosi.
5:5 Kodwa yena wayengazi; wathi kuye: Ungahamba nami eRage?
futhi uyazazi kahle lezo zindawo?
5:6 Ingelosi yathi kuye: "Ngizohamba nawe, futhi ngiyayazi indlela.
ngokuba ngilale nomfowethu uGabayeli.
" 5:7 Khona-ke uThobiya wathi kuye, "Ngilinde, ngize ngitshele ubaba."
5:8 Wathi kuye, Hamba ungalibali. Wangena ke wathi kowakhe
baba, bheka, ngimtholile ozohamba nami. Wabe esethi,
Mbizeni kimi, ukuze ngazi ukuthi ungowasiphi isizwe, nokuthi ungowasiphi isizwe
indoda ethembekileyo ukuhamba lawe.
5:9 Ngakho wambiza, futhi wangena, futhi babingelelana.
5:10 Khona-ke uTobit wathi kuye, "Mfowethu, ngibonise ukuthi yisiphi isizwe nomndeni wena
ubuciko.
5:11 Athi kubo, Ingabe ufuna isizwe noma umndeni, noma umqashwa
ukuhamba nendodana yakho? Wayesethi uTobithi kuye: "Ngiyathanda, mfowethu, ukwazi kwakho."
isihlobo negama.
5:12 Wayesethi: "Ngingu-Azariya, indodana ka-Ananiya omkhulu,
bazalwane.
5:13 Khona-ke uTobit wathi, "Wenze kahle, mfowethu; ungangithukutheleli manje.
ngokuba ngibuzile ukwazi isizwe sakho nomndeni wakho; ngoba wena
umfowethu, oqotho, omuhle; ngokuba ngiyamazi u-Ananiya no-Ananiya
uJonatha, amadodana kaSamaya omkhulu, njengoba sasihamba ndawonye ukuya eJerusalema
ukukhulekela, nokunikela ngamazibulo, nokweshumi kwezithelo; futhi
abazange bayengwe ngesiphambeko sabafowethu: mfowethu, wena
ubuciko besitoko esihle.
5:14 Kodwa ngitshele, imuphi umvuzo engiyakukunika wona? ufuna idrakemu ngosuku, futhi
okudingakalayo ngendodana yami uqobo?
5:15 Yebo, ngaphezu kwalokho, uma ubuya uphephile, Ngizonezela okuthile enkokhelweni yakho.
5:16 Ngakho bathokoza kakhulu. Wasesithi kuThobiya: Zilungisele
uhambo, futhi uNkulunkulu akuthumele uhambo oluhle. Futhi lapho indodana yakhe
walungisa zonke izinto zendlela, wathi uyise: Hamba nalokhu
umuntu, noNkulunkulu ohlezi ezulwini, aphumelelise uhambo lwakho, futhi
ingelosi kaNkulunkulu ikugcine. Base bephuma bobabili nensizwa
inja yomuntu nabo.
5:17 Kodwa u-Ana unina wakhala izinyembezi, futhi wathi kuTobit, "Kungani uye wamukisa wethu?
indodana? Akasilo udondolo lwesandla sethu, ekungeneni nasekuphumeni phambi kwethu?
5:18 Ungahahi ukwenezela imali emalini, kepha makube njengemfucumfucu
wengane yethu.
5:19 Ngoba lokho uJehova asinike ukuba siphile nakho kwanele kithi.
5:20 Wayesethi uTobit kuye: "Ungakhathazeki, dadewethu; uzobuyela phakathi
ukuphepha, namehlo akho ayakumbona.
5:21 Ngoba ingelosi enhle uyomgcina inkampani, futhi uhambo lwakhe kuyoba
uyaphumelela, futhi uyobuya ephephile.
5:22 Wabe eseqeda ukukhala.