I-Tobit
14:1 Ngakho Tobit waqeda ukudumisa uNkulunkulu.
14:2 Futhi wayeneminyaka engamashumi amahlanu nesishiyagalombili ubudala lapho elahlekelwa ukubona, okwakukhona
wabuyisela kuye emva kweminyaka eyisishiyagalombili; wapha abampofu, wanda
ukumesaba uJehova uNkulunkulu, kwamdumisa.
14:3 Kwathi esemdala kakhulu wabiza indodana yakhe lamadodana endodana yakhe.
wathi kuye: Ndodana yami, thatha abantwana bakho; ngoba bheka, sengimdala, futhi
ngilungele ukuphuma kulokhu kuphila.
14:4 Ngena eMediya, ndodana yami, ngokuba ngiyakholwa impela lokho uJona akusho
umprofethi wakhuluma ngeNineve, ukuthi liyakuchithwa; futhi ukuthi a
isikhathi kuyakuba khona ukuthula kwaMediya; nokuthi abafowethu baqambe amanga
ehlakazekile emhlabeni ephuma kulelo zwe elihle, neJerusalema liyakuba khona
incithakalo, nendlu kaNkulunkulu phakathi kwayo iyakushiswa, ibe yincithakalo
isikhathi eside;
14:5 Futhi ukuthi futhi uNkulunkulu uyoba nesihe kubo, futhi ababuyisele phakathi
izwe lapho beyakwakha khona ithempeli, kodwa kungabi njengelokuqala;
kuze kufike isikhathi saleyo nkathi; andukuba babuye
kuzo zonke izindawo zokuthunjwa kwabo, bakhe iJerusalema ngenkazimulo;
indlu kaNkulunkulu izakwakhiwa kulo kuze kube nininini ngenkazimulo
ukwakha, njengalokhu abaprofethi bakhuluma ngakho.
14:6 Futhi zonke izizwe ziyophenduka, futhi bayesaba iNkosi uNkulunkulu ngempela, futhi bayongcwaba
izithombe zabo.
14:7 Ngakho zonke izizwe zizamdumisa uJehova, labantu bakhe bavume uNkulunkulu.
futhi uJehova uyobaphakamisa abantu bakhe; labo bonke abathanda iNkosi
UNkulunkulu ngeqiniso nangobulungisa uyojabula, ebonisa umusa kubafowethu.
14:8 Manje, ndodana yami, suka eNineve, ngoba lezo zinto
umprofethi uJona wakhuluma impela kuyakwenzeka.
14:9 Kodwa gcina umthetho nemiyalo, futhi ubonise isihe
futhi nje, ukuze kukuhambele kahle.
14:10 Futhi ungimbele ngendlela efanele, nonyoko kanye nami; kodwa ningabe nisalinda
iNineve. Khumbula, ndodana yami, ukuthi u-Amani wamphatha kanjani u-Ahikharu owamletha
phezulu, ukuthi wamkhipha kanjani ekukhanyeni ebumnyameni, nokuthi wavuza kanjani
u-Ahicharo wasindiswa, kepha omunye wathola umvuzo wakhe;
wehlela ebumnyameni. UManase wapha izipho, waphunyuka ogibeni
yokufa ababembekele yona, kodwa u-Amani wawela ogibeni, futhi
babhubha.
14:11 Ngakho-ke manje, ndodana yami, bheka lokho abampofu abakwenzayo, futhi kanjani ubulungisa
iyaletha. Eseshilo lokho wafa endlini
umbhede, uneminyaka eyikhulu namashumi ayisihlanu nesishiyagalombili; wamngcwaba
ngenhlonipho.
14:12 Futhi lapho u-Ana unina esefile, wamngcwaba noyise. Kodwa
UTobias wasuka nomkakhe nabantwana baya e-Ecbatane kuRaguel wakhe
Ubabezala,
14:13 lapho aguga khona ngodumo, futhi wangcwatshwa uyise nonina
umthetho ngokuhlonipheka, futhi wazuza impahla yabo, kanye noyise
I-Tobit's.
14:14 Wafela e-Ekibhatane eMediya, eyikhulu namashumi amabili nesikhombisa
ubudala.
14:15 Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba afe wezwa ngokubhujiswa kweNineve, okwakukhona
wathathwa uNebukadinesari no-Ashiveroshi, futhi ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe wajabula
phezu kweNineve.