Tobit 8

KING JAMES BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 And when they had supped, they brought Tobias in unto her.	1 In truth, after they had dined, they introduced the young man to her.
2 And as he went, he remembered the words of Raphael, and took the ashes of the perfumes, and put the heart and the liver of the fish thereupon, and made a smoke therewith.	2 And so, Tobias, remembering the word of the Angel, took part of the liver from his bag, and he placed it over the live coals.
3 The which smell when the evil spirit had smelled, he fled into the utmost parts of Egypt, and the angel bound him.	3 Then the Angel Raphael caught the demon, and bound him in the desert of upper Egypt.
4 And after that they were both shut in together, Tobias rose out of the bed, and said, Sister, arise, and let us pray that God would have pity on us.	4 Then Tobias exhorted the virgin, and he said to her: “Sarah, get up and let us pray to God this day, and tomorrow, and the following day. For, during these three nights, we are being joined to God. And then, when the third night has passed, we ourselves will be joined together.
5 Then began Tobias to say, Blessed art thou, O God of our fathers, and blessed is thy holy and glorious name for ever; let the heavens bless thee, and all thy creatures.	5 For certainly, we are the children of the saints, and we must not be joined together in such a manner as the heathens, who are ignorant of God.”
6 Thou madest Adam, and gavest him Eve his wife for an helper and stay: of them came mankind: thou hast said, It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid like unto himself.	6 And so, rising up together, they both prayed earnestly, at the same time, that health might be given to them.
7 And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for lush but uprightly: therefore mercifully ordain that we may become aged together.	7 And Tobias said: “Lord, the God of our fathers, may the heavens and the earth bless you, and the sea, and the fountains, and the rivers, and all your creatures that are in them.
8 And she said with him, Amen.	8 You formed Adam from the mud of the earth, and you gave Eve to him as a helper.
9 So they slept both that night. And Raguel arose, and went and made a grave,	9 And now, O Lord, you know that I take my sister in conjugal union, not by reason of worldly pleasure, but solely for the love of posterity, in which your name may be blessed forever and ever.”
10 Saying, I fear lest he also be dead.	10 Sarah likewise said, “Be merciful to us, O Lord, be merciful to us. And let us both grow old together in health.”
11 But when Raguel was come into his house,	11 And it happened, about the time of the rooster’s crowing, that Raguel ordered his servants to be summoned, and they went out with him together to dig a grave.
12 He said unto his wife Edna. Send one of the maids, and let her see whether he be alive: if he be not, that we may bury him, and no man know it.	12 For he said, “Lest perhaps, in the same way, it may have happened to him, as it did also to the other seven men who approached her.”
13 So the maid opened the door, and went in, and found them both asleep,	13 And when they had prepared the pit, Raguel returned to his wife, and he said to her,
14 And came forth, and told them that he was alive.	14 “Send one of your maids, and let her see if he is dead, so that I may bury him before the dawn of day.”
15 Then Raguel praised God, and said, O God, thou art worthy to be praised with all pure and holy praise; therefore let thy saints praise thee with all thy creatures; and let all thine angels and thine elect praise thee for ever.	15 And so, she sent one of her maidservants, who entered the bedroom and discovered them safe and unharmed, sleeping both together.
16 Thou art to be praised, for thou hast made me joyful; and that is not come to me which I suspected; but thou hast dealt with us according to thy great mercy.	16 And returning, she reported the good news. And they blessed the Lord: Raguel, especially, and his wife Anna.
17 Thou art to be praised because thou hast had mercy of two that were the only begotten children of their fathers: grant them mercy, O Lord, and finish their life in health with joy and mercy.	17 And they said: “We bless you, Lord God of Israel, because it has not happened in the way that we thought it might.
18 Then Raguel bade his servants to fill the grave.	18 For you have acted in your mercy toward us, and you have excluded from us the enemy who pursued us.
19 And he kept the wedding feast fourteen days.	19 Moreover, you have had compassion on two only children. Make them, O Lord, able to bless you more fully and to offer you a sacrifice of your praise and of their health, so that all peoples everywhere may know that you alone are God in all the earth.”
20 For before the days of the marriage were finished, Raguel had said unto him by an oath, that he should not depart till the fourteen days of the marriage were expired;	20 And immediately Raguel instructed his servants to refill the pit, which they had made, before daylight.
21 And then he should take the half of his goods, and go in safety to his father; and should have the rest when I and my wife be dead.	21 And then he told his wife to make ready a feast, and to prepare all the provisions that are necessary for those who undertake a journey.
	22 Likewise, he caused two fat cows and four rams to be killed, and a banquet to be prepared for all his neighbors and every one of his friends.
	23 And Raguel pleaded with Tobias to delay with him for two weeks.
	24 Moreover, of all the things that Raguel possessed, he gave one half part to Tobias, and he made a writing, so that the half that remained should also pass into the ownership of Tobias, after their deaths.