I-Tobit
6:1 Futhi njengoba beqhubeka uhambo lwabo, bafika emfuleni kusihlwa
iTigrisi, balala khona.
6:2 Futhi lapho insizwa yehla ukuyogeza, inhlanzi yeqa
umfula, futhi ubefuna ukumqeda.
6:3 Khona-ke ingelosi yathi kuye, Thatha izinhlanzi. Yabamba insizwa
lenhlanzi, wayidonsela emhlabathini.
6:4 Ingelosi yathi kubo, Vula inhlanzi, uthathe inhliziyo nesibindi
nenyongo, wayibeka kahle.
6:5 Ngakho insizwa yenza njengoba ingelosi yayiyalile; kwathi sebenayo
yosiwe izinhlanzi, badla; base behamba bobabili.
baze basondela e-Ekibatane.
6:6 Khona-ke insizwa yathi engelosini: "UMfoweth Azarias, kusizani?"
inhliziyo, nesibindi, nenyongo yezinhlanzi na?
6:7 Wathi kuye, Othinta inhliziyo nesibindi, uma idemoni noma idemoni
umoya omubi uhlupha noma yimuphi, kumelwe siyithunqise phambi komuntu noma
owesifazana, ledili lingabe lisakhathazeka.
6:8 Ngokuqondene nenyongo, kuhle ukugcoba umuntu onobumhlophe emzimbeni wakhe
amehlo, futhi uyophulukiswa.
6:9 Kwathi sebesondele eRages.
6:10 Ingelosi yathi ensizwa: "Mfowethu, namuhla sizolala."
uRaguel, ongumzala wakho; futhi unendodakazi eyodwa, igama layo linguSara; I
uyakumkhulumela, ukuze anikwe wena abe ngumkakho.
6:11 Ngoba ilungelo lempahla yakhe liza kuwe, njengoba wena wedwa uvela kuye
izihlobo.
6:12 Futhi incekukazi muhle futhi uhlakaniphile: manje ngizwe, futhi ngizokhuluma
kuyise; futhi lapho sibuya eRages sizogubha
umshado: ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi uRaguel angeke amshade komunye njengokusho kwakhe
emthethweni kaMose, kepha uyakuba necala lokufa, ngokuba ulungile
ifa lilungele wena kunanoma yimuphi omunye.
6:13 Khona-ke insizwa yaphendula ingelosi, "Ngizwile, mfowethu Azariya
ukuthi le ncekukazi iphiwe amadoda ayisikhombisa, afa wonke emgwaqeni
igumbi lomshado.
6:14 Manje mina ngingedwa indodana kababa, futhi ngiyesaba, funa uma ngingena
kuye, ngiyafa njengakuqala, ngokuba umoya omubi uyamthanda;
elingalimazi umzimba, kodwa abeza kuye; ngalokho nami
ngesabe hlezi ngife, ngikhiphe impilo kababa nomama ngenxa yayo
ngiye ethuneni ngosizi, ngokuba abanayo enye indodana engabambela.
" 6:15 Khona-ke ingelosi yathi kuye: "Awuyikhumbuli yini imiyalo
uyihlo ukunikile ukuba uganwe umfazi ongowakho
izihlobo? ngalokho ngizwe, mfowethu; ngoba uzaphiwa wena
umfazi; futhi ungabaleli umoya omubi; ngalobu busuku
izakwendiswa kuwe.
6:16 Futhi lapho ungena endlini yomshado, uzothatha
umlotha wamakha, ubeke phezu kwawo ingxenye yenhliziyo nesibindi
inhlanzi, uthunqise ngayo;
6:17 Futhi uSathane ngeke iphunga it, futhi abaleke, futhi ngeke aphinde abuye
kepha nxa usufikile kuye, sukuma nobabili, nikhuleke kuye
uNkulunkulu onomusa, oyakuhawukela, anisindise; yesabani
hhayi, ngokuba umiselwe wena kwasekuqaleni; futhi uyakwenza
mlondoloze, futhi uzohamba nawe. Ngaphezu kwalokho ngicabanga ukuthi yena
uzokuzalela abantwana. Manje lapho uThobiya esezwile lezi zinto, yena
wayemthanda, futhi inhliziyo yakhe yanamathela ngokuphumelelayo kuye.