Tobit 10

Pattloch Bibel	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Sein Vater Tobit zählte jeden Tag. Die Tage der Reise gingen vorbei, und Tobias war immer noch nicht zurückgekehrt.	1 Every day, meanwhile, Tobit kept reckoning the days required for the journey there and the journeyback. The full number went by, and stil his son had not come.
2 Da sagte er: "Sind sie etwa aufgehalten worden, oder ist Gabael vielleicht gestorben, und niemand gibt ihm das Geld?"	2 Then he thought, 'I hope he has not been delayed there! I hope Gabael is not dead, so that no one wilgive him the silver.'
3 Er wurde sehr traurig.	3 And he began to worry.
4 Da sprach seine Frau zu ihm: "Das Kind ist umgekommen, weil es so lange ausbleibt." Sie begann ihn zu beklagen und sprach:	4 His wife Anna kept saying, 'My son is dead! He is no longer among the living!' And she began to weepand mourn over her son. She kept saying,
5 "Ist nicht das mein Kummer, daß ich dich, mein Kind, habe ziehen lassen, das Licht meiner Augen?"	5 'Alas! I should never have let you leave me, my child, you, the light of my eyes.'
6 Tobit aber sprach zu ihr: "Beruhige dich, sorge dich nicht, er ist wohlbehalten."	6 And Tobit would reply, 'Hush, my sister! Do not worry. Al is wel with him. Something has happenedthere to delay them. His companion is someone we can trust, one of our kinsmen at that. Do not lose heart, mysister.
7 Sie aber entgegnete ihm: "Sei still, mach mir nichts vor, mein Kind ist umgekommen!" Und sie lief täglich an den Weg hinaus, auf dem er fortgezogen war; am Tage nahm sie keine Nahrung zu sich, bei Nacht aber beklagte sie unaufhörlich ihren Sohn Tobias, bis die vierzehn Tage des Hochzeitsfestes vorbei waren, die Raguel dort zu feiern geschworen hatte.	7 He will soon be here.' But al she would say was, 'Leave me alone; do not try to deceive me. My childis dead.' And every day she would go abruptly out to watch the road by which her son had left. She trusted noeyes but her own. Once the sun had set she would come home again, only to weep and moan al night, unableto sleep. After the fourteen days of feasting that Raguel had sworn to keep for his daughter's marriage, Tobiascame to him and said, 'Let me go now; my father and mother must have lost al hope of seeing me again. So Ibeg you, father, to let me return to my father's house; I have told you the plight he was in when I left him.'
8 Tobias aber bat den Raguel: "Laß mich heim, denn mein Vater und meine Mutter glauben schon nicht mehr daran, mich wiederzusehen!"	8 Raguel said to Tobias, 'Stay, my son, stay with me. I shal send messengers to your father Tobit togive him news of you.'
9 Sein Schwiegervater jedoch sagte zu ihm: "Bleibe bei mir, ich will jemand zu deinem Vater senden, und man soll ihm mitteilen, wie es mit dir steht!" Tobias aber sprach: "Nein, laß mich heim zu meinem Vater!"	9 But Tobias pressed him, 'No, I beg you to let me go back to my father's house.'
10 Da erhob sich Raguel, gab ihm seine Frau Sara und die Hälfte seines Vermögens, Sklaven, Vieh und Geld.	10 Without more ado, Raguel committed Sarah his bride into his keeping. He gave Tobias half hiswealth, slaves, men and women, oxen and sheep, donkeys and camels, clothes and money and householdthings.
11 Er segnete sie und entließ sie mit den Worten: "Kinder, der Gott des Himmels möge euch Glück verleihen, bevor ich sterbe!"	11 And so he let them leave happily. To Tobias he said these parting words, 'Good health, my son, anda happy journey! May the Lord of heaven be gracious to you and to your wife Sarah! I hope to see your childrenbefore I die.'
12 Zu seiner Tochter aber sprach er: "Ehre deine Schwiegereltern; sie sind nun deine Eltern! Möge ich von dir gute Nachricht hören!" Und er küßte sie.	12 To his daughter Sarah he said, 'Go now to your father-in-law's house, since henceforward they areas much your parents as those who gave you life. Go in peace, my daughter, I hope to hear nothing but good ofyou, as long as I live.' He said goodbye to them and let them go. Edna in her turn said to Tobias, 'Dear son andbrother, may it please the Lord to bring you back again! I hope to live long enough to see the children of you andmy daughter Sarah before I die. In the sight of the Lord I give my daughter into your keeping. Never make herunhappy as long as you live. Go in peace, my son. Henceforward I am your mother and Sarah is your sister.May we al live happily for the rest of our lives!' And she kissed them both and saw them set out happily.
13 Edna aber sprach zu Tobias: "Geliebter Bruder, möge dir der Herr des Himmels das Geleit geben, und möge er mich deine Kinder von meiner Tochter Sara sehen lassen, damit ich mich freuen kann vor dem Herrn! Siehe, ich vertraue dir meine Tochter als Pfand an; betrübe sie nicht!"	13 Tobias left Raguel's house with his mind at ease. In his gladness he blessed the Lord of heaven andearth, the King of al that is, for the happy issue of his travels. He gave this blessing to Raguel and his wife Edna,'May it be my happiness to honour you for the rest of my life!'
14 Danach reiste Tobias ab und pries Gott dafür, daß er seinen Weg gelingen ließ. Mit Segenswünschen nahm er Abschied von Raguel und seiner Frau Edna.