I-Tobit
12:1 Khona-ke uTobit wabiza indodana yakhe uThobiya, futhi wathi kuye, "Ndodana yami, bona
umuntu unenkokhelo yakhe, eyahamba nawe, futhi kumelwe umnike
Okuningi.
" 12:2 Futhi uThobiya wathi kuye: "O, Baba, akuyona into embi kimi ukumnika ingxenye
walezo zinto engizilethile:
12:3 Ngoba ungibuyisele kuwe ngokulondeka, futhi wamphilisa umkami.
wangilethela imali, wakuphilisa lawe.
12:4 Khona-ke ixhegu lathi: "Kumelwe kuye."
12:5 Ngakho wabiza ingelosi, futhi yathi kuye: "Thatha ingxenye yakho konke onakho."
balethe bahamba ngokuphepha.
12:6 Wasebahlukanisa bobabili, wathi kubo: Bongani uNkulunkulu, mdumiseni.
nimkhulise, nimdumise ngalokho akwenzileyo kukho
wena emehlweni abo bonke abaphilayo. Kuhle ukudumisa uNkulunkulu, nokudumisa
igama lakhe, futhi ngokuhlonipheka ukuveza imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu; ngakho-ke yiba
ungalibali ukumdumisa.
12:7 Kuhle ukugcina imfihlo yenkosi, kodwa kuhloniphekile
yembula imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu. Yenza okuhle, kungabi nakuthinta okubi
wena.
12:8 Umthandazo muhle ngokuzila ukudla, izipho kanye nokulunga. Kancane nge
ukulunga kungcono kunokuningi nokungalungi. Kungcono uku
ukupha izipho kunokubuthela igolide;
12:9 Ngoba izipho khulula ekufeni, futhi uyosusa zonke izono. Labo
abenza izipho zomusa nokulunga bayakugcwala ukuphila;
12:10 Kodwa labo abenza isono bayizitha zokuphila kwabo siqu.
12:11 Impela mina ngeke uvale lutho kuwe. Ngoba ngithe: Kuhle
gcina imfihlo yenkosi, kodwa ukuthi bekuhloniphekile ukudalula
imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu.
12:12 Manje, lapho uthandaza, futhi uSara umalokazana wakho, Ngenza
letha isikhumbuzo semikhuleko yakho phambi koNgcwele: nalapho wena
wangcwaba abafileyo, ngangilawe ngokunjalo.
12:13 Futhi lapho ungalibalanga ukusukuma, futhi ushiye isidlo sakho, uhambe
wembesa abafileyo, umsebenzi wakho omuhle awufihlekanga kimi, kodwa nganginaye
wena.
12:14 Futhi manje uNkulunkulu ungithumile ukuba ngiphulukise wena noSara umalokazana wakho.
12:15 NginguRaphael, omunye wezingelosi eziyisikhombisa ezingcwele, ezethula imithandazo
abangcwele, nabangena bephuma phambi kwenkazimulo yoNgcwele.
12:16 Khona-ke bobabili bakhathazeka, futhi bawa ngobuso babo, ngoba bona
ethukile.
12:17 Kodwa wathi kubo: "Ningesabi, ngokuba niyonihambela kahle; dumisa
Ngakho-ke uNkulunkulu.
12:18 Ngoba angizanga ngokwanoma yimuphi umusa wami, kodwa ngentando kaNkulunkulu wethu.
ngalokho mdumiseni kuze kube phakade.
12:19 Zonke lezi zinsuku ngibonakale kuwe; kepha angidlanga, angiphuzanga;
kodwa nabona umbono.
12:20 Ngakho manje bongani uNkulunkulu, ngoba ngenyukela kongithumileyo; kodwa
loba konke okwenziwa encwadini.
12:21 Futhi lapho besukuma, abaphinda bambona.
12:22 Khona-ke bavuma imisebenzi emikhulu nezimangalisayo kaNkulunkulu, futhi kanjani
ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kubo.