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Tobit 2-6

Tobit Chapter 2

¹Now when I had come home again, and my wife Anna was restored to me, and my son Tobias, in the feast of Pentecost, which is the holy feast of the seven weeks, there was a good dinner prepared for me, and I sat down to eat. ²I saw abundance of meat, and I said to my son, “Go and bring whatever poor man you find of our kindred, who is mindful of the Lord. Behold, I wait for you.” ³Then he came, and said, “Father, one of our race is strangled, and has been cast out in the marketplace.” ⁴Before I had tasted anything, I sprang up, and took him up into a chamber until the sun had set. ⁵Then I returned, washed myself, ate my bread in heaviness, ⁶and remembered the prophecy of Amos, as he said, “Your feasts will be turned into mourning, and all your mirth into lamentation. ⁷So I wept: and when the sun had set, I went and dug a grave, and buried him. ⁸My neighbors mocked me, and said, “He is no longer afraid to be put to death for this matter; and yet he fled away. Behold, he buries the dead again.” ⁹The same night I returned from burying him, and slept by the wall of my courtyard, being polluted; and my face was uncovered. ¹⁰I didn’t know that there were sparrows in the wall. My eyes were open and the sparrows dropped warm dung into my eyes, and white films came over my eyes. I went to the physicians, and they didn’t help me; but Achiacharus nourished me, until I went into Elymais. ¹¹My wife Anna wove cloth in the women’s chambers, ¹²and sent the work back to the owners. They on their part paid her wages, and also gave her a kid. ¹³But when it came to my house, it began to cry, and I said to her, “Where did this kid come from? Is it stolen? Give it back to the owners; for it is not lawful to eat anything that is stolen.” ¹⁴But she said, “It has been given to me for a gift more than the wages.” I didn’t believe her, and I asked her to return it to the owners; and I was ashamed of her. But she answered and said to me, “Where are your alms and your righteous deeds? Behold, you and all your works are known. ”

1: Now when I had come home again, and my wife Anna was restored to me, and my son Tobias, in the feast of Pentecost, which is the holy feast of the seven weeks, there was a good dinner prepared for me, and I sat down to eat.

2: I saw abundance of meat, and I said to my son, “Go and bring whatever poor man you find of our kindred, who is mindful of the Lord. Behold, I wait for you.”

3: Then he came, and said, “Father, one of our race is strangled, and has been cast out in the marketplace.”

4: Before I had tasted anything, I sprang up, and took him up into a chamber until the sun had set.

5: Then I returned, washed myself, ate my bread in heaviness,

6: and remembered the prophecy of Amos, as he said, “Your feasts will be turned into mourning, and all your mirth into lamentation.

7: So I wept: and when the sun had set, I went and dug a grave, and buried him.

8: My neighbors mocked me, and said, “He is no longer afraid to be put to death for this matter; and yet he fled away. Behold, he buries the dead again.”

9: The same night I returned from burying him, and slept by the wall of my courtyard, being polluted; and my face was uncovered.

10: I didn’t know that there were sparrows in the wall. My eyes were open and the sparrows dropped warm dung into my eyes, and white films came over my eyes. I went to the physicians, and they didn’t help me; but Achiacharus nourished me, until I went into Elymais.

11: My wife Anna wove cloth in the women’s chambers,

12: and sent the work back to the owners. They on their part paid her wages, and also gave her a kid.

13: But when it came to my house, it began to cry, and I said to her, “Where did this kid come from? Is it stolen? Give it back to the owners; for it is not lawful to eat anything that is stolen.”

14: But she said, “It has been given to me for a gift more than the wages.” I didn’t believe her, and I asked her to return it to the owners; and I was ashamed of her. But she answered and said to me, “Where are your alms and your righteous deeds? Behold, you and all your works are known. ”

Tobit Chapter 3

¹I was grieved and wept, and prayed in sorrow, saying, ²“O Lord, you are righteous, and all your works and all your ways are mercy and truth, and you judge true and righteous judgment forever. ³Remember me, and look at me. Don’t take vengeance on me for my sins and my ignorances, and the sins of my fathers who sinned before you. ⁴For they disobeyed your commandments. You gave us as plunder, for captivity, for death, and for a proverb of reproach to all the nations among whom we are dispersed. ⁵Now your judgments are many and true, that you should deal with me according to my sins and the sins of my fathers, because we didn’t keep your commandments, for we didn’t walk in truth before you. ⁶Now deal with me according to that which is pleasing in your sight. Command my spirit to be taken from me, that I may be released, and become earth. For it is more profitable for me to die rather than to live, because I have heard false reproaches, and there is much sorrow in me. Command that I be released from my distress, now, and go to the everlasting place. Don’t turn your face away from me.” ⁷The same day it happened to Sarah the daughter of Raguel in Ecbatana of Media, that she also was reproached by her father’s maidservants; ⁸because that she had been given to seven husbands, and Asmodaeus the evil spirit killed them, before they had lain with her. And they said to her, “Do you not know that you strangle your husbands? You have had already seven husbands, and you haven’t borne the name of any one of them. ⁹Why do you scourge us? If they are dead, go your ways with them. Let us never see either son or daughter from you.” ¹⁰When she heard these things, she was grieved exceedingly, so that she thought about hanging herself. Then she said, “I am the only daughter of my father. If I do this, it will be a reproach to him, and I will bring down his old age with sorrow to the grave. ” ¹¹Then she prayed by the window, and said, “Blessed are you, O Lord my God, and blessed is your holy and honorable name forever! Let all your works praise you forever! ¹²And now, Lord, I have set my eyes and my face toward you. ¹³Command that I be released from the earth, and that I no longer hear reproach. ¹⁴You know, Lord, that I am pure from all sin with man, ¹⁵and that I never polluted my name or the name of my father in the land of my captivity. I am the only daughter of my father, and he has no child that will be his heir, nor brother near him, nor son belonging to him, that I should keep myself for a wife to him. Seven husbands of mine are dead already. Why should I live? If it doesn’t please you to kill me, command some regard to be had of me, and pity taken of me, and that I hear no more reproach.” ¹⁶The prayer of both was heard before the glory of the great God. ¹⁷Raphael also was sent to heal them both, to scale away the white films from Tobit’s eyes, and to give Sarah the daughter of Raguel for a wife to Tobias the son of Tobit; and to bind Asmodaeus the evil spirit ; because it belonged to Tobias that he should inherit her. At that very time, Tobit returned and entered into his house, and Sarah the daughter of Raguel came down from her upper chamber.

1: I was grieved and wept, and prayed in sorrow, saying,

2: “O Lord, you are righteous, and all your works and all your ways are mercy and truth, and you judge true and righteous judgment forever.

3: Remember me, and look at me. Don’t take vengeance on me for my sins and my ignorances, and the sins of my fathers who sinned before you.

4: For they disobeyed your commandments. You gave us as plunder, for captivity, for death, and for a proverb of reproach to all the nations among whom we are dispersed.

5: Now your judgments are many and true, that you should deal with me according to my sins and the sins of my fathers, because we didn’t keep your commandments, for we didn’t walk in truth before you.

6: Now deal with me according to that which is pleasing in your sight. Command my spirit to be taken from me, that I may be released, and become earth. For it is more profitable for me to die rather than to live, because I have heard false reproaches, and there is much sorrow in me. Command that I be released from my distress, now, and go to the everlasting place. Don’t turn your face away from me.”

7: The same day it happened to Sarah the daughter of Raguel in Ecbatana of Media, that she also was reproached by her father’s maidservants;

8: because that she had been given to seven husbands, and Asmodaeus the evil spirit killed them, before they had lain with her. And they said to her, “Do you not know that you strangle your husbands? You have had already seven husbands, and you haven’t borne the name of any one of them.

9: Why do you scourge us? If they are dead, go your ways with them. Let us never see either son or daughter from you.”

10: When she heard these things, she was grieved exceedingly, so that she thought about hanging herself. Then she said, “I am the only daughter of my father. If I do this, it will be a reproach to him, and I will bring down his old age with sorrow to the grave. ”

11: Then she prayed by the window, and said, “Blessed are you, O Lord my God, and blessed is your holy and honorable name forever! Let all your works praise you forever!

12: And now, Lord, I have set my eyes and my face toward you.

13: Command that I be released from the earth, and that I no longer hear reproach.

14: You know, Lord, that I am pure from all sin with man,

15: and that I never polluted my name or the name of my father in the land of my captivity. I am the only daughter of my father, and he has no child that will be his heir, nor brother near him, nor son belonging to him, that I should keep myself for a wife to him. Seven husbands of mine are dead already. Why should I live? If it doesn’t please you to kill me, command some regard to be had of me, and pity taken of me, and that I hear no more reproach.”

16: The prayer of both was heard before the glory of the great God.

17: Raphael also was sent to heal them both, to scale away the white films from Tobit’s eyes, and to give Sarah the daughter of Raguel for a wife to Tobias the son of Tobit; and to bind Asmodaeus the evil spirit ; because it belonged to Tobias that he should inherit her. At that very time, Tobit returned and entered into his house, and Sarah the daughter of Raguel came down from her upper chamber.

Tobit Chapter 4

¹In that day Tobit remembered the money which he had left in trust with Gabael in Rages of Media, ²and he said to himself, I have asked for death; why do I not call my son Tobias, that I may explain to him about the money before I die? ³And he called him, and said, “My child, if I die, bury me. Don’t despise your mother. Honor her all the days of your life, and do that which is pleasing to her, and don’t grieve her. ⁴Remember, my child, that she has seen many dangers for you, when you were in her womb. When she is dead, bury her by me in one grave. ⁵My child, be mindful of the Lord our God all your days, and don’t let your will be set to sin and to transgress his commandments: do righteousness all the days of your life, and don’t follow the ways of unrighteousness. ⁶For if you do what is true, your deeds will prosperously succeed for you, and for all those who do righteousness. ⁷Give alms from your possessions. When you give alms, don’t let your eye be envious. Don’t turn away your face from any poor man, and the face of God won’t be turned away from you. ⁸As your possessions are, give alms of it according to your abundance. If you have little, don’t be afraid to give alms according to that little; ⁹for you lay up a good treasure for yourself against the day of necessity; ¹⁰because alms-giving delivers from death, and doesn’t allow you to come into darkness. ¹¹Alms is a good gift in the sight of the Most High for all that give it. ¹²Beware, my child, of all fornication, and take first a wife of the seed of your fathers. Don’t take a strange wife, who is not of your father’s tribe; for we are the descendants of the prophets. Remember, my child, that Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, our fathers of old time, all took wives of their kindred, and were blessed in their children, and their seed will inherit the land. ¹³And now, my child, love your kindred, and don’t scorn your kindred and the sons and the daughters of your people in your heart, to take a wife of them; for in scornfulness is destruction and much trouble, and in idleness is decay and great lack; for idleness is the mother of famine. ¹⁴Don’t let the wages of any man who works for you wait with you, but give it to him out of hand. If you serve God, you will be rewarded. Take heed to yourself, my child, in all your works, and be discreet in all your behavior. ¹⁵And what you yourself hate, do to no man. Don’t drink wine to drunkenness, and don’t let drunkenness go with you on your way. ¹⁶Give of your bread to the hungry, and of your garments to those who are naked. Give alms from all your abundance. Don’t let your eye be envious when you give alms. ¹⁷Pour out your bread on the burial of the just, and give nothing to sinners. ¹⁸Ask counsel of every man who is wise, and don’t despise any counsel that is profitable. ¹⁹Bless the Lord your God at all times, and ask of him that your ways may be made straight, and that all your paths and counsels may prosper; for every nation has no counsel; but the Lord himself gives all good things, and he humbles whom he will, as he will. And now, my child, remember my commandments, and let them not be blotted out of your mind. ²⁰And now I explain to you about the ten talents of silver, which I left in trust with Gabael the son of Gabrias at Rages of Media. ²¹And fear not, my child, because we are made poor. You have much wealth, if you fear God, and depart from all sin, and do that which is pleasing in his sight.”

1: In that day Tobit remembered the money which he had left in trust with Gabael in Rages of Media,

2: and he said to himself, I have asked for death; why do I not call my son Tobias, that I may explain to him about the money before I die?

3: And he called him, and said, “My child, if I die, bury me. Don’t despise your mother. Honor her all the days of your life, and do that which is pleasing to her, and don’t grieve her.

4: Remember, my child, that she has seen many dangers for you, when you were in her womb. When she is dead, bury her by me in one grave.

5: My child, be mindful of the Lord our God all your days, and don’t let your will be set to sin and to transgress his commandments: do righteousness all the days of your life, and don’t follow the ways of unrighteousness.

6: For if you do what is true, your deeds will prosperously succeed for you, and for all those who do righteousness.

7: Give alms from your possessions. When you give alms, don’t let your eye be envious. Don’t turn away your face from any poor man, and the face of God won’t be turned away from you.

8: As your possessions are, give alms of it according to your abundance. If you have little, don’t be afraid to give alms according to that little;

9: for you lay up a good treasure for yourself against the day of necessity;

10: because alms-giving delivers from death, and doesn’t allow you to come into darkness.

11: Alms is a good gift in the sight of the Most High for all that give it.

12: Beware, my child, of all fornication, and take first a wife of the seed of your fathers. Don’t take a strange wife, who is not of your father’s tribe; for we are the descendants of the prophets. Remember, my child, that Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, our fathers of old time, all took wives of their kindred, and were blessed in their children, and their seed will inherit the land.

13: And now, my child, love your kindred, and don’t scorn your kindred and the sons and the daughters of your people in your heart, to take a wife of them; for in scornfulness is destruction and much trouble, and in idleness is decay and great lack; for idleness is the mother of famine.

14: Don’t let the wages of any man who works for you wait with you, but give it to him out of hand. If you serve God, you will be rewarded. Take heed to yourself, my child, in all your works, and be discreet in all your behavior.

15: And what you yourself hate, do to no man. Don’t drink wine to drunkenness, and don’t let drunkenness go with you on your way.

16: Give of your bread to the hungry, and of your garments to those who are naked. Give alms from all your abundance. Don’t let your eye be envious when you give alms.

17: Pour out your bread on the burial of the just, and give nothing to sinners.

18: Ask counsel of every man who is wise, and don’t despise any counsel that is profitable.

19: Bless the Lord your God at all times, and ask of him that your ways may be made straight, and that all your paths and counsels may prosper; for every nation has no counsel; but the Lord himself gives all good things, and he humbles whom he will, as he will. And now, my child, remember my commandments, and let them not be blotted out of your mind.

20: And now I explain to you about the ten talents of silver, which I left in trust with Gabael the son of Gabrias at Rages of Media.

21: And fear not, my child, because we are made poor. You have much wealth, if you fear God, and depart from all sin, and do that which is pleasing in his sight.”

Tobit Chapter 5

¹Then Tobias answered and said to him, “Father, I will do all things, whatever you have commanded me. ²But how could I receive the money, since I don’t know him?” ³He gave him the handwriting, and said to him, “Seek a man who will go with you, and I will give him wages, while I still live; and go and receive the money.” ⁴He went to seek a man, and found Raphael who was an angel; ⁵and he didn’t know it. He said to him, “Can I go with you to Rages of Media? Do you know those places well?” ⁶The angel said to him, “I will go with you. I know the way well. I have lodged with our brother Gabael.” ⁷Tobias said to him, “Wait for me, and I will tell my father.” ⁸He said to him, “Go, and don’t wait. And he went in and said to his father, “Behold, I have found someone who will go with me.” But he said, “Call him to me, that I may know of what tribe he is, and whether he be a trustworthy man to go with you.” ⁹So he called him, and he came in, and they saluted one another. ¹⁰And Tobit said to him, “Brother, of what tribe and of what family are you? Tell me.” ¹¹He said to him, “Do you seek a tribe and a family, or a hired man which will go with your son?” And Tobit said to him, “I want to know, brother, your kindred and your name.” ¹²And he said, “I am Azarias, the son of Ananias the great, of your kindred.” ¹³And he said to him, “Welcome, brother. Don’t be angry with me, because I sought to know your tribe and family. You are my brother, of an honest and good lineage; for I knew Ananias and Jathan, the sons of Shemaiah the great, when we went together to Jerusalem to worship, and offered the firstborn, and the tenths of our increase; and they didn’t go astray in the error of our kindred. My brother, you are of a great stock. ¹⁴But tell me, what wages shall I give you? A drachma a day, and those things that be necessary for you, as to my son? ¹⁵And moreover, if you both return safe and sound, I will add something to your wages.” ¹⁶And so they agreed. And he said to Tobias, “Prepare yourself for the journey. May God prosper you.” So his son prepared what was needful for the journey, and his father said to him, “Go with this man; but God, who dwells in heaven, will prosper your journey. May his angel go with you.” Then they both departed, and the young man’s dog went with them. ¹⁷But Anna his mother wept, and said to Tobit, “Why have you sent away our child? Isn’t he the staff of our hand, in going in and out before us? ¹⁸Don’t be greedy to add money to money; but let it be as refuse compared to our child. ¹⁹For what the Lord has given us to live is enough for us.” ²⁰Tobit said to her, “Don’t worry, my sister. He will return safe and sound, and your eyes will see him. ²¹For a good angel will go with him. His journey will be prospered, and he will return safe and sound.” ²²So she stopped weeping.

1: Then Tobias answered and said to him, “Father, I will do all things, whatever you have commanded me.

2: But how could I receive the money, since I don’t know him?”

3: He gave him the handwriting, and said to him, “Seek a man who will go with you, and I will give him wages, while I still live; and go and receive the money.”

4: He went to seek a man, and found Raphael who was an angel;

5: and he didn’t know it. He said to him, “Can I go with you to Rages of Media? Do you know those places well?”

6: The angel said to him, “I will go with you. I know the way well. I have lodged with our brother Gabael.”

7: Tobias said to him, “Wait for me, and I will tell my father.”

8: He said to him, “Go, and don’t wait. And he went in and said to his father, “Behold, I have found someone who will go with me.” But he said, “Call him to me, that I may know of what tribe he is, and whether he be a trustworthy man to go with you.”

9: So he called him, and he came in, and they saluted one another.

10: And Tobit said to him, “Brother, of what tribe and of what family are you? Tell me.”

11: He said to him, “Do you seek a tribe and a family, or a hired man which will go with your son?” And Tobit said to him, “I want to know, brother, your kindred and your name.”

12: And he said, “I am Azarias, the son of Ananias the great, of your kindred.”

13: And he said to him, “Welcome, brother. Don’t be angry with me, because I sought to know your tribe and family. You are my brother, of an honest and good lineage; for I knew Ananias and Jathan, the sons of Shemaiah the great, when we went together to Jerusalem to worship, and offered the firstborn, and the tenths of our increase; and they didn’t go astray in the error of our kindred. My brother, you are of a great stock.

14: But tell me, what wages shall I give you? A drachma a day, and those things that be necessary for you, as to my son?

15: And moreover, if you both return safe and sound, I will add something to your wages.”

16: And so they agreed. And he said to Tobias, “Prepare yourself for the journey. May God prosper you.” So his son prepared what was needful for the journey, and his father said to him, “Go with this man; but God, who dwells in heaven, will prosper your journey. May his angel go with you.” Then they both departed, and the young man’s dog went with them.

17: But Anna his mother wept, and said to Tobit, “Why have you sent away our child? Isn’t he the staff of our hand, in going in and out before us?

18: Don’t be greedy to add money to money; but let it be as refuse compared to our child.

19: For what the Lord has given us to live is enough for us.”

20: Tobit said to her, “Don’t worry, my sister. He will return safe and sound, and your eyes will see him.

21: For a good angel will go with him. His journey will be prospered, and he will return safe and sound.”

22: So she stopped weeping.

Tobit Chapter 6

¹Now as they went on their journey, they came at evening to the river Tigris, and they lodged there. ²But the young man went down to wash himself, and a fish leaped out of the river, and would have swallowed up the young man. ³But the angel said to him, “Grab the fish!” So the young man grabbed the fish, and hauled it up onto the land. ⁴And the angel said to him, “Cut the fish open, and take the heart, the liver, and the bile, and keep them with you.” ⁵And the young man did as the angel commanded him; but they roasted the fish, and ate it. And they both went on their way, till they drew near to Ecbatana. ⁶The young man said to the angel, “Brother Azarias, of what use is the heart, the liver, and the bile of the fish?” ⁷He said to him, “About the heart and the liver: If a demon or an evil spirit troubles anyone, we must burn those and make smoke of them before the man or the woman, and the affliction will flee. ⁸But as for the bile, it is good to anoint a man that has white films in his eyes, and he will be healed.” ⁹But when they drew near to Rages, ¹⁰the angel said to the young man, “Brother, today we will lodge with Raguel. He is your kinsman. He has an only daughter named Sarah. I will speak about her, that she should be given to you for a wife. ¹¹For her inheritance belongs to you, and you only are of her kindred. ¹²The maid is fair and wise. And now hear me, and I will speak to her father. When we return from Rages we will celebrate the marriage; for I know that Raguel may in no way marry her to another according to the law of Moses, or else he would be liable to death, because it belongs to you to take the inheritance, rather than any other.” ¹³Then the young man said to the angel, “Brother Azarias, I have heard that this maid has been given to seven men, and that they all perished in the bride-chamber. ¹⁴Now I am the only son of my father, and I am afraid, lest I go in and die, even as those before me. For a demon loves her, which harms no man, but those which come to her. Now I fear lest I die, and bring my father’s and my mother’s life to the grave with sorrow because of me. They have no other son to bury them.” ¹⁵But the angel said to him, “Don’t you remember the words which your father commanded you, that you should take a wife of your own kindred? Now hear me, brother; for she will be your wife. Don’t worry about the demon; for this night she will be given you as wife. ¹⁶And when you come into the bride-chamber, you shall take the ashes of incense, and shall lay upon them some of the heart and liver of the fish, and shall make smoke with them. ¹⁷The demon will smell it, and flee away, and never come again any more. But when you go near to her, both of you rise up, and cry to God who is merciful. He will save you, and have mercy on you. Don’t be afraid, for she was prepared for you from the beginning; and you will save her, and she will go with you. And I suppose that you will have children with her.” When Tobias heard these things, he loved her, and his soul was strongly joined to her.

1: Now as they went on their journey, they came at evening to the river Tigris, and they lodged there.

2: But the young man went down to wash himself, and a fish leaped out of the river, and would have swallowed up the young man.

3: But the angel said to him, “Grab the fish!” So the young man grabbed the fish, and hauled it up onto the land.

4: And the angel said to him, “Cut the fish open, and take the heart, the liver, and the bile, and keep them with you.”

5: And the young man did as the angel commanded him; but they roasted the fish, and ate it. And they both went on their way, till they drew near to Ecbatana.

6: The young man said to the angel, “Brother Azarias, of what use is the heart, the liver, and the bile of the fish?”

7: He said to him, “About the heart and the liver: If a demon or an evil spirit troubles anyone, we must burn those and make smoke of them before the man or the woman, and the affliction will flee.

8: But as for the bile, it is good to anoint a man that has white films in his eyes, and he will be healed.”

9: But when they drew near to Rages,

10: the angel said to the young man, “Brother, today we will lodge with Raguel. He is your kinsman. He has an only daughter named Sarah. I will speak about her, that she should be given to you for a wife.

11: For her inheritance belongs to you, and you only are of her kindred.

12: The maid is fair and wise. And now hear me, and I will speak to her father. When we return from Rages we will celebrate the marriage; for I know that Raguel may in no way marry her to another according to the law of Moses, or else he would be liable to death, because it belongs to you to take the inheritance, rather than any other.”

13: Then the young man said to the angel, “Brother Azarias, I have heard that this maid has been given to seven men, and that they all perished in the bride-chamber.

14: Now I am the only son of my father, and I am afraid, lest I go in and die, even as those before me. For a demon loves her, which harms no man, but those which come to her. Now I fear lest I die, and bring my father’s and my mother’s life to the grave with sorrow because of me. They have no other son to bury them.”

15: But the angel said to him, “Don’t you remember the words which your father commanded you, that you should take a wife of your own kindred? Now hear me, brother; for she will be your wife. Don’t worry about the demon; for this night she will be given you as wife.

16: And when you come into the bride-chamber, you shall take the ashes of incense, and shall lay upon them some of the heart and liver of the fish, and shall make smoke with them.

17: The demon will smell it, and flee away, and never come again any more. But when you go near to her, both of you rise up, and cry to God who is merciful. He will save you, and have mercy on you. Don’t be afraid, for she was prepared for you from the beginning; and you will save her, and she will go with you. And I suppose that you will have children with her.” When Tobias heard these things, he loved her, and his soul was strongly joined to her.

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