I-Tobit
11:1 Ngemva kwalezi zinto, uThobiya wahamba, edumisa uNkulunkulu ayemnike
wamnika uhambo oluphumelelayo, futhi wabusisa uRaguel no-Edna umkakhe, futhi wahamba
wahamba baze basondela eNineve.
11:2 Khona-ke uRafayeli wathi kuTobia, "Uyazi, mfowethu, ukuthi uhambe kanjani
uyihlo:
11:3 Ake sisheshe phambi komkakho, futhi silungise indlu.
11:4 Futhi ubambe ngesandla sakho inyongo yezinhlanzi. Bahamba-ke, futhi
inja yabalandela.
11:5 Manje u-Ana wayehlezi ebuka indlela indodana yakhe.
11:6 Futhi lapho ebona ukuthi ufika, wathi kuyise: "Bheka, indodana yakho."
uyeza, nomuntu owayehamba naye.
11:7 Wathi uRafayeli, "Ngiyazi, Tobias, ukuthi uyihlo uzovula amehlo akhe.
11:8 Ngakho wena ugcobe amehlo akhe ngenyongo, futhi uhlatshwe
uyakuhlikihla ngakho, ubumhlophe buwohloke, abuye
ngizokubona.
11:9 Khona-ke u-Ana wagijima, wawela entanyeni yendodana yakhe, futhi wathi kuye
kuye, njengoba ngikubonile, ndodana yami, kusukela manje kuya phambili ngiyenelisekile
fa. Bakhala bobabili.
11:10 UTobit naye waphuma waya emnyango, futhi wakhubeka, kodwa indodana yakhe yagijima
kuye,
11:11 Wambamba uyise, wabetha oyise ngenyongo.
amehlo, ethi: Yiba nethemba, baba.
11:12 Futhi lapho amehlo akhe eqala ukuphaphatheka, wawahlikihla;
11:13 Futhi ubumhlophe pie off kusukela emagumbini amehlo akhe: futhi lapho yena
ebona indodana yakhe, yawa entanyeni yayo.
11:14 Wakhala, wathi: "Ubusisiwe, O Nkulunkulu, futhi libusisiwe igama lakho.
kuze kube phakade; futhi zibusisiwe zonke izingelosi zakho ezingcwele.
11:15 Ngokuba ungibhaxabulile, wangihawukela, ngokuba bheka, ngibona umphefumulo wami.
indodana kaThobia. Yangena indodana yakhe ithokoza, yamtshela uyise omkhulu
izinto ezenzeke kuye eMediya.
11:16 Khona-ke uTobit waphuma ukuyohlangabeza umalokazana wakhe esangweni laseNineve.
bethokoza, bedumisa uNkulunkulu: nabambona ehamba bamangala, ngokuba
wayesethole ukubona.
11:17 Kodwa uThobiya wabonga phambi kwabo, ngoba uNkulunkulu wayenomusa kuye. Futhi
lapho esondela kuSara umalokazana wakhe, wambusisa, wathi:
Wamukelekile, ndodakazi: makabusiswe uNkulunkulu okulethile
thina, futhi mababusiswe uyihlo nonyoko. Futhi kwaba khona injabulo phakathi
bonke abafowabo ababeseNineve.
11:18 Futhi Ahicharus, noNasbas, indodana yomfowabo, wafika.
11:19 Futhi umshado Tobias igcinwe izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngenjabulo enkulu.