Tobit 4

KING JAMES BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 In that day Tobit remembered the money which he had committed to Gabael in Rages of Media,	1 Therefore, when Tobit considered that his prayer was heard, so that he might be able to die, he called his son Tobias to him.
2 And said with himself, I have wished for death; wherefore do I not call for my son Tobias that I may signify to him of the money before I die?	2 And he said to him: “My son, hear the words of my mouth, and set them, like a foundation, in your heart.
3 And when he had called him, he said, My son, when I am dead, bury me; and despise not thy mother, but honour her all the days of thy life, and do that which shall please her, and grieve her not.	3 When God will receive my soul, bury my body. And you shall honor your mother, all the days of her life.
4 Remember, my son, that she saw many dangers for thee, when thou wast in her womb: and when she is dead, bury her by me in one grave.	4 For you are obliged to be mindful of what great perils she suffered because of you in her womb.
5 My son, be mindful of the Lord our God all thy days, and let not thy will be set to sin, or to transgress his commandments: do uprightly all thy life long, and follow not the ways of unrighteousness.	5 But when she too will have completed the time of her life, bury her near me.
6 For if thou deal truly, thy doings shall prosperously succeed to thee, and to all them that live justly.	6 Yet, for all the days of your life, have God in your mind. And be careful that you never consent to sin, nor overlook the precepts of the Lord our God.
7 Give alms of thy substance; and when thou givest alms, let not thine eye be envious, neither turn thy face from any poor, and the face of God shall not be turned away from thee.	7 Give alms from your substance, and do not turn away your face from any pauper. For so it shall be that neither will the face of the Lord be turned away from you.
8 If thou hast abundance give alms accordingly: if thou have but a little, be not afraid to give according to that little:	8 In whatever way that you are able, so shall you be merciful.
9 For thou layest up a good treasure for thyself against the day of necessity.	9 If you have much, distribute abundantly. If you have little, nevertheless strive to bestow a little freely.
10 Because that alms do deliver from death, and suffereth not to come into darkness.	10 For you store up for yourself a good reward for the day of necessity.
11 For alms is a good gift unto all that give it in the sight of the most High.	11 For almsgiving liberates from every sin and from death, and it will not suffer the soul to go into darkness.
12 Beware of all whoredom, my son, and chiefly take a wife of the seed of thy fathers, and take not a strange woman to wife, which is not of thy father's tribe: for we are the children of the prophets, Noe, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: remember, my son, that our fathers from the beginning, even that they all married wives of their own kindred, and were blessed in their children, and their seed shall inherit the land.	12 Almsgiving will be a great act of faith before the most high God, for all those who practice it.
13 Now therefore, my son, love thy brethren, and despise not in thy heart thy brethren, the sons and daughters of thy people, in not taking a wife of them: for in pride is destruction and much trouble, and in lewdness is decay and great want: for lewdness is the mother of famine.	13 Take care to keep yourself, my son, from all fornication, and, except for your wife, never permit yourself to know such an offense.
14 Let not the wages of any man, which hath wrought for thee, tarry with thee, but give him it out of hand: for if thou serve God, he will also repay thee: be circumspect my son, in all things thou doest, and be wise in all thy conversation.	14 Never permit arrogance to rule in your mind or in your words. For in it, all perdition had its beginning.
15 Do that to no man which thou hatest: drink not wine to make thee drunken: neither let drunkenness go with thee in thy journey.	15 And whoever has done any kind of work for you, immediately pay him his wages, and do not let the wages of your hired hand remain with you at all.
16 Give of thy bread to the hungry, and of thy garments to them that are naked; and according to thine abundance give alms: and let not thine eye be envious, when thou givest alms.	16 Whatever you would hate to have done to you by another, see that you never do so to another.
17 Pour out thy bread on the burial of the just, but give nothing to the wicked.	17 Eat your bread with the hungry and the needy, and cover the naked with your own garments.
18 Ask counsel of all that are wise, and despise not any counsel that is profitable.	18 Set out your bread and your wine at the burial of a just man, and do not eat and drink from it with sinners.
19 Bless the Lord thy God alway, and desire of him that thy ways may be directed, and that all thy paths and counsels may prosper: for every nation hath not counsel; but the Lord himself giveth all good things, and he humbleth whom he will, as he will; now therefore, my son, remember my commandments, neither let them be put out of thy mind.	19 Always seek the counsel of a wise man.
20 And now I signify this to they that I committed ten talents to Gabael the son of Gabrias at Rages in Media.	20 Bless God at all times. And petition him that he direct your ways and that all your counsels may remain in him.
21 And fear not, my son, that we are made poor: for thou hast much wealth, if thou fear God, and depart from all sin, and do that which is pleasing in his sight.	21 And now, I reveal to you, my son, that I lent ten talents of silver, while you were still a young child, to Gabael, in Rages, a city of the Medes, and I have his written agreement with me.
	22 And so, inquire how you may travel to him and receive from him the aforementioned weight of silver, and return to him the written agreement.
	23 Do not be afraid, my son. We do indeed lead a poor life, but we will have many good things: if we fear God, and withdraw from all sin, and do what is good.”