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.