I-Tobit 13:1 Khona-ke uTobit wabhala umthandazo wenjabulo, futhi wathi: Makabongwe uNkulunkulu lokho ophila phakade, umbuso wakhe mawubusiswe. 13:2 Ngoba yena ushaya ngesiswepu, futhi unesihe: uholela phansi esihogweni, futhi uyavusa, akakho ongagwema isandla sakhe. 13:3 Mvumeni phambi kwabezizwe, nina bantwana bakwa-Israyeli, ngokuba unakho wasihlakaza phakathi kwabo. 13:4 Bhekani lapho ubukhulu bakhe, futhi nimdumise phambi kwabo bonke abaphilayo, ngoba yena uyiNkosi yethu, futhi unguNkulunkulu uBaba wethu kuze kube phakade. 13:5 Futhi uyakusibhaxabula ngenxa yobubi bethu, futhi uyophinde abe nesihe, asibuthe ezizweni zonke asihlakazele kuzo. 13:6 Uma niphendukela kuye ngayo yonke inhliziyo yenu, nangayo yonke ingqondo yenu, futhi yenzani ngobuqotho phambi kwakhe, khona uyakuphendukela kini, angacashi ubuso bakhe kuwe. Ngakho-ke bheka ukuthi uzokwenzani kuwe, futhi uvume mdumise ngomlomo wakho wonke, udumise iNkosi yamandla, uyidumise iNkosi yaphakade. Ezweni lokuthunjwa kwami ngiyakumdumisa, futhi memezelani amandla nobukhosi bakhe esizweni esonayo. O nina zoni, phenduka futhi yenza ubulungisa phambi kwakhe: ngubani ongazi uma eyakukwamukela, abe nakho isihawu kuwe? 13:7 Ngizotusa uNkulunkulu wami, futhi umphefumulo wami uyodumisa iNkosi yezulu, futhi lizathokoza ngobukhulu bakhe. 13:8 Bonke abantu mabakhulume, futhi kwangathi bonke bamdumise ngenxa yokulunga kwakhe. 13:9 O Jerusalema, umuzi ongcwele, uyokubhaxabula wena ngenxa yabantwana bakho imisebenzi, futhi uyophinde abe nesihe emadodaneni abalungileyo. 13:10 Bongani uJehova, ngoba muhle, futhi nidumise okuphakade iNkosi, ukuze itabernakele lakhe libuye lakhiwe kuwe ngokujabula, futhi uvumele makajabule phakathi kwakho abathunjwa, athande kuwe kuze kube phakade abasosizini. 13:11 Izizwe eziningi ziyovela kude egameni leNkosi uNkulunkulu nezipho ezandleni zabo, ngisho izipho eNkosini yezulu; zonke izizukulwane ziyakuba akudumise ngentokozo enkulu. 13:12 Baqalekisiwe bonke abakuzondayo, futhi bayobusiswa bonke abathanda wena kuze kube phakade. 13:13 Jabulani futhi nijabule ngenxa yabantwana abalungile, ngoba bayoba bebuthene ndawonye, njalo bazabusisa iNkosi yabalungileyo. 13:14 Babusisiwe abakuthandayo, ngokuba bayakuthokoza ngokuthula kwakho. babusisiwe abadabukile ngazo zonke izinhlupheko zakho; okwe bayakujabula ngawe, lapho sebeyibonile yonke inkazimulo yakho, futhi lizathokoza kuze kube nininini. 13:15 Umphefumulo wami mawumbonge uNkulunkulu iNkosi enkulu. 13:16 Ngoba iJerusalema liyokwakhiwa ngamasafire nesimaragidu, futhi amatshe ayigugu: izingange zakho, nemibhoshongo yakho, nezindonga zakho ngegolide elicwengekileyo. 13:17 Futhi izitaladi zaseJerusalema ziyokwenziwa egandaywe nge beryl futhi carbuncle futhi amatshe aseOfiri. 13:18 Futhi zonke izitaladi zalo ziyakuthi: Haleluya! futhi bayomdumisa. esithi: Makabongwe uNkulunkulu oliphakamise kuze kube phakade.