Tobit 12

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 When the wedding feast was over, Tobit cal ed his son Tobias and said, 'My son, you ought to thinkabout paying the amount due to your fellow travel er; give him more than the figure agreed on.'	1 Then Tobit called his son Tobias, and said unto him, My son, see that the man have his wages, which went with thee, and thou must give him more.
2 'Father,' he replied, 'how much am I to give him for his help? Even if I give him half the goods hebrought back with me, I shal not be the loser.	2 And Tobias said unto him, O father, it is no harm to me to give him half of those things which I have brought:
3 He has brought me back safe and sound, he has cured my wife, he has brought the money back too,and now he has cured you as wel . How much am I to give him for al this?'	3 For he hath brought me again to thee in safety, and made whole my wife, and brought me the money, and likewise healed thee.
4 Tobit said, 'He has richly earned half what he brought back'.	4 Then the old man said, It is due unto him.
5 So Tobias cal ed his companion and said, 'Take half of what you brought back, in payment for al youhave done, and go in peace.'	5 So he called the angel, and he said unto him, Take half of all that ye have brought and go away in safety.
6 Then Raphael took them both aside and said, 'Bless God, utter his praise before al the living for thefavour he has shown you. Bless and extol his name. Proclaim before all people the deeds of God as theydeserve, and never tire of giving him thanks.	6 Then he took them both apart, and said unto them, Bless God, praise him, and magnify him, and praise him for the things which he hath done unto you in the sight of all that live. It is good to praise God, and exalt his name, and honourably to shew forth the works of God; therefore be not slack to praise him.
7 It is right to keep the secret of a king, yet right to reveal and publish the works of God as they deserve.Do what is good, and no evil can befall you.	7 It is good to keep close the secret of a king, but it is honourable to reveal the works of God. Do that which is good, and no evil shall touch you.
8 'Prayer with fasting and alms with uprightness are better than riches with iniquity. Better to practisealmsgiving than to hoard up gold.	8 Prayer is good with fasting and alms and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold:
9 Almsgiving saves from death and purges every kind of sin. Those who give alms have their fill of days;	9 For alms doth deliver from death, and shall purge away all sin. Those that exercise alms and righteousness shall be filled with life:
10 those who commit sin and do evil bring harm on themselves.	10 But they that sin are enemies to their own life.
11 'I am going to tel you the whole truth, hiding nothing from you. I have already told you that it is rightto keep the secret of a king, yet right too to reveal in a worthy way the words of God.	11 Surely I will keep close nothing from you. For I said, It was good to keep close the secret of a king, but that it was honourable to reveal the works of God.
12 So you must know that when you and Sarah were at prayer, it was I who offered your supplicationsbefore the glory of the Lord and who read them; so too when you were burying the dead.	12 Now therefore, when thou didst pray, and Sara thy daughter in law, I did bring the remembrance of your prayers before the Holy One: and when thou didst bury the dead, I was with thee likewise.
13 When you did not hesitate to get up and leave the table to go and bury a dead man, I was sent to testyour faith,	13 And when thou didst not delay to rise up, and leave thy dinner, to go and cover the dead, thy good deed was not hid from me: but I was with thee.
14 and at the same time God sent me to heal you and your daughter-in-law Sarah.	14 And now God hath sent me to heal thee and Sara thy daughter in law.
15 I am Raphael, one of the seven angels who stand ever ready to enter the presence of the glory of theLord.'	15 I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, which present the prayers of the saints, and which go in and out before the glory of the Holy One.
16 They were both overwhelmed with awe; they fel on their faces in terror.	16 Then they were both troubled, and fell upon their faces: for they feared.
17 But the angel said, 'Do not be afraid; peace be with you. Bless God for ever.	17 But he said unto them, Fear not, for it shall go well with you; praise God therefore.
18 As far as I was concerned, when I was with you, my presence was not by any decision of mine, butby the wil of God; he is the one whom you must bless as long as you live, he the one that you must praise.	18 For not of any favour of mine, but by the will of our God I came; wherefore praise him for ever.
19 You thought you saw me eating, but that was appearance and no more.	19 All these days I did appear unto you; but I did neither eat nor drink, but ye did see a vision.
20 Now bless the Lord on earth and give thanks to God. I am about to return to him who sent me fromabove. Write down al that has happened.' And he rose in the air.	20 Now therefore give God thanks: for I go up to him that sent me; but write all things which are done in a book.
21 When they stood up again, he was no longer visible. They praised God with hymns; they thanked himfor having performed such wonders; had not an angel of God appeared to them?	21 And when they arose, they saw him no more.
	22 Then they confessed the great and wonderful works of God, and how the angel of the Lord had appeared unto them.