I-Tobit
8:1 Futhi lapho sebedlile, bangenisa uThobiya kuye.
8:2 Futhi njengoba ehamba, wakhumbula amazwi Raphael, futhi wathatha umlotha
wamakha, wabeka phezu kwawo inhliziyo nesibindi senhlanzi;
washunqisa ngawo.
8:3 Iphunga lapho umoya omubi usunukile, wabalekela endlini
emajukujukwini aseGibithe, ingelosi yambopha.
8:4 Futhi ngemva kwalokho bobabili bevalekile ndawonye, Tobias wasukuma waphuma
embhedeni, futhi wathi, Dadewethu, vuka, futhi asikhulekele ukuba uNkulunkulu abe nesihawu
kithi.
8:5 Khona-ke waqala uThobiya ukuthi: "Ubusisiwe wena, O Nkulunkulu wawobaba, futhi
malibongwe igama lakho elingcwele nelikhazimulayo kuze kube phakade; izulu malibusise
wena, nazo zonke izidalwa zakho.
8:6 Wamenza u-Adamu, wamnika u-Eva umkakhe ukuba abe ngumsizi nokuhlala: ka
bafika abantu; wena wathi, Akulungile ukuba umuntu abe njalo
yedwa; masenze kuye usizo olunjengaye.
8:7 Manje, O Nkosi, angimthathi lo dadewethu njengenkanuko, kodwa ngobuqotho.
ngakho-ke beka ngomusa ukuthi siguge ndawonye.
8:8 Wathi kuye, Amen.
8:9 Balala bobabili ngalobo busuku. URaguweli wasukuma, wahamba, walungisa
ithuna,
8:10 esithi: Ngesaba ukuthi laye usefile.
8:11 Kodwa lapho uRaguweli wangena endlini yakhe.
8:12 Wathi kumkakhe u-Edna. Thumela enye yezincekukazi, ibone
ukuthi uyaphila: uma engekho, ukuze simngcwabe, futhi akukho muntu owaziyo
yona.
8:13 Incekukazi yasivula umnyango, yangena, yabafica belele bobabili.
8:14 Waphuma, wabatshela ukuthi uyaphila.
8:15 Khona-ke uRaguweli wadumisa uNkulunkulu, futhi wathi: "O Nkulunkulu, ufanelwe ukudunyiswa
ngayo yonke indumiso emsulwa nengcwele; ngalokho abangcwele bakho mabakudumise kanye
zonke izidalwa zakho; zonke izingelosi zakho nabakhethiweyo bakho mabakubonge
kuze kube phakade.
8:16 Uyakudunyiswa, ngokuba ungenze ngajabula; futhi akunjalo
woza kimi ebengikusola; kepha wenzile kithi njengokusho kwakho
umusa wakho omkhulu.
8:17 Umelwe ukudunyiswa, ngokuba uhawukele ababili ababengakholwa
abantwana abazelwe yodwa koyise: baphe umusa, Nkosi, futhi
baqede ukuphila kwabo bephilile ngentokozo nangomusa.
8:18 Khona-ke uRaguweli watshela izinceku zakhe ukuba bagcwalise ithuna.
8:19 Futhi wenza umshado izinsuku eziyishumi nane.
8:20 Ngoba ngaphambi kokuba ziphele izinsuku zomshado, uRaguweli wayethe kuye
ngesifungo sokuthi akayikumuka kuze kube yizinsuku eziyishumi nane zeNkosi
umshado waphela;
8:21 Futhi ke kufanele athathe ingxenye yempahla yakhe, futhi uhambe ngokuphepha kweyakhe
ubaba; futhi kufanele ngithole ukuphumula lapho mina nomkami sesifile.