Tobit 2

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1 But after this, when there was a festival of the Lord, and a good dinner was prepared in Tobias's house,	1 Durante el reinado de Asaradón regresé a mi casa y me devolvieron a mi mujer Ana y a mi hijo Tobías. En nuestra fiesta de Pentecostés, que es la santa fiesta de las siete Semanas, me prepararon una buena comida y yo me dispuse a comer.
2 He said to his son: Go, and bring some of our tribe that fear God, to feast with us.	2 Cuando me encontré con la mesa llena de manjares, le dije a mi hijo Tobías: «Hijo mío, ve a buscar entre nuestros hermanos deportados en Nínive a algún pobre que se acuerde de todo corazón del Señor, y tráelo para que comparta mi comida. Yo esperaré hasta que tú vuelvas».
3 And when he had gone, returning he told him, that one of the children of Israel lay slain in the street. And he forthwith leaped up from his place at the table, and left his dinner, and came fasting to the body:	3 Tobías salió a buscar a un pobre entre nuestros hermanos, pero regresó, diciéndome: «¡Padre!». Yo le pregunté: «¿Qué te pasa, hijo?». Y él agregó: «Padre, uno de nuestro pueblo ha sido asesinado: lo acaban de estrangular en la plaza del mercado, y su cadáver está tirado allí».
4 And taking it up carried it privately to his house, that after the sun was down, he might bury him cautiously.	4 Entonces me levanté rápidamente, y, sin probar la comida, fue a retirar el cadáver de la plaza, y lo deposité en una habitación para enterrarlo al atardecer.
5 And when he had hid the body, he ate bread with mourning and fear,	5 Al volver, me lavé y me puse a comer muy apenado,
6 Remembering the word which the Lord spoke by Amos the prophet: Your festival days shall be turned into lamentation and mourning.	6 recordando las palabras del profeta Amós contra Betel: «Sus fiestas se convertirán en duelo y todos sus cantos en lamentaciones».
7 So when the sun was down, he went and buried him.	7 Y me puse a llorar. A la caída del sol, cavé una fosa y enterré el cadáver.
8 Now all his neighbours blamed him, saying: Once already commandment was given for thee to be slain because of this matter, and thou didst scarce escape the sentence of death, and dost thou again bury the dead?	8 Mis vecinos se burlaban de mí, diciendo: «¡Todavía no ha escarmentado! Por este mismo motivo ya lo buscaron para matarlo. ¡Apenas pudo escapar, y ahora vuelve a enterrar a los muertos!».
9 But Tobias fearing God more than the king, carried off the bodies of them that were slain, and hid them in his house, and at midnight buried them.	9 Aquella misma noche, después de bañarme, salí al patio y me acosté a dormir junto a la pared, con la cara descubierta a causa del calor.
10 Now it happened one day, that being wearied with burying, he came to his house, and cast himself down by the wall and slept,	10 Yo no sabía que arriba, en la pared, había unos gorriones; de pronto, su estiércol caliente cayó sobre mis ojos, produciéndome unas manchas blancas. Me hice atender por los médicos, pero cuantos más remedios me aplicaban, menos veías a causa de las manchas, hasta que me quedé completamente ciego. Así estuve cuatro años privado de la vista, y todos mis parientes estaban afligidos. Ajicar me proveyó de lo necesario durante dos años, hasta que partió para Elimaida.
11 And as he was sleeping, hot dung out of a swallow's nest fell upon his eyes, and he was made blind.	11 Desde ese momento, mi esposa Ana empezó a trabajar en labores femeninas: hilaba lana,
12 Now this trial the Lord therefore permitted to happen to him, that an example might be given to posterity of his patience, as also of holy Job.	12 enviaba el tejido a sus clientes y recibía el pago correspondiente. Una vez, el siete del mes de Distros, terminó un tejido y lo entregó a sus clientes. Estos le pagaron lo que correspondía y, además, le regalaron un cabrito para comer.
13 For whereas he had always feared God from his infancy, and kept his commandments, he repined not against God because the evil of blindness had befallen him,	13 Cuando entró en mi casa, el cabrito comenzó a balar. Yo llamé a mi mujer y le pregunté: «¿De dónde salió este cabrito? ¿No habría sido robado? Devuélvelo a sus dueños, porque no podemos comer nada robado»,
14 But continued immoveable in the fear of God, giving thanks to God all the days of his life.	14 Ella me respondió: «¡Pero si es un regalo que me han hecho, además del pago!». Yo no le creí e insistía en que lo devolviera a sus dueños, llegando a enojarme con ella por este asunto. Entonces ella me replicó: «¿Para qué te sirvieron tus limosnas y tus obras de justicia? ¡Ahora se ve bien claro!».
15 For as the kings insulted over holy Job: so his relations and kinsmen mocked at his life, saying:
16 Where is thy hope, for which thou gavest alms, and buriedst the dead?
17 But Tobias rebuked them, saying: Speak not so:
18 For we are the children of the saints, and look for that life which God will give to those that never change their faith from him.
19 Now Anna his wife went daily to weaving work, and she brought home what she could get for their living by the labour of her hands.
20 Whereby it came to pass, that she received a young kid, and brought it home:
21 And when her husband heard it bleating, he said: Take heed, lest perhaps it be stolen: restore ye it to its owners, for it is not lawful for us either to eat or to touch any thing that cometh by theft.
22 At these words his wife being angry answered: It is evident thy hope is come to nothing, and thy alms now appear.
23 And with these, and other such like words she upbraided him.