Tobit 2

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1 In truth, after this, when there was a feast day of the Lord, and a good dinner had been prepared in the house of Tobit,	1 En el reinado de Asarjaddón pude regresar a mi casa y me fue devuelta mi mujer Ana y mi hijo Tobías. En nuestra solemnidad de Pentecostés, que es la santa solemnidad de las Semanas, me habían preparado una excelente comida y me dispuse a comer.
2 he said to his son: “Go, and bring some others who fear God from our tribe to feast with us.”	2 Cuando me presentaron la mesa, con numerosos manjares, dije a mi hijo Tobías: «Hijo, ve a buscar entre nuestros hermanos deportados en Nínive a algún indigente que se acuerde del Señor y tráelo para que coma con nosotros. Te esperaré hasta que vuelvas, hijo mío».
3 And after he had gone, returning, he reported to him that one of the sons of Israel, with his throat cut, was lying in the street. And immediately, he leapt from his place reclining at table, left behind his dinner, and went forth with fasting to the body.	3 Fuese, pues, Tobías a buscar a alguno de nuestros hermanos pobres, y cuando regresó me dijo: «Padre». Le respondí: «¿Qué hay, hijo?» Contestó: «Padre, han asesinado a uno de los nuestros; le han estrangulado y le han arrojado en la plaza del mercado y aún está allí».
4 And taking it up, he carried it in secret to his house, so that, after the sun had set, he might bury him cautiously.	4 Me levanté al punto y sin probar la comida, alcé el cadáver de la plaza y lo dejé en una habitación, en espera de que se pusiera el sol, para enterrarlo.
5 And after he had hidden the body, he chewed his bread with mourning and fear,	5 Volví a entrar, me lavé y comí con aflicción
6 remembering the word that the Lord spoke through the prophet Amos: “Your feast days shall be turned into lamentation and mourning.”	6 acordándome de las palabras que el profeta Amós dijo contra Betel: Vuestras solemnidades se convertirán en duelo y todas vuestras canciones en lamento.
7 Truly, when the sun had set, he went out, and he buried him.	7 Y lloré. Cuando el sol se puso, cavé una fosa y sepulté el cadáver.
8 Yet all his neighbors argued with him, saying: “Now, an order was given to execute you because of this matter, and you barely escaped a death sentence, and again you are burying the dead?”	8 Mis vecinos se burlaban y decían: «Todavía no ha aprendido. (Pues, en efecto, ya habían querido matarme por un hecho semejante.) Apenas si pudo escapar y ya vuelve a sepultar a los muertos».
9 But Tobit, fearing God more than the king, stole away the bodies of the slain and concealed them in his house, and in the middle of the night, he buried them.	9 Aquella misma noche, después de bañarme, salí al patio y me recosté contra la tapia, con el rostro cubierto a causa del calor.
10 But it happened one day, being tired from burying the dead, he came into his house, and he threw himself down next to the wall, and he slept.	10 Ignoraba yo que arriba, en el muro, hubiera gorriones; me cayó excremento caliente sobre los ojos y me salieron manchas blancas. Fui a los médicos, para que me curasen; pero cuantos más remedios me aplicaban, menos veía a causa de las manchas, hasta que me quedé completamente ciego. Cuatro años estuve sin ver. Todos mis hermanos estaban afligidos; Ajikar, por su parte, proveyó a mi sustento durante dos años, hasta que se trasladó a Elimaida.
11 And, as he was sleeping, warm droppings from a swallow’s nest fell upon his eyes, and he was made blind.	11 En aquellas circunstancias, mi mujer Ana, tuvo que trabajar a sueldo en labores femeninas; hilaba lana y hacía tejidos
12 And so the Lord permitted this trial to befall him, in order that an example might be given to posterity of his patience, which is even like that of holy Job.	12 que entregaba a sus señores, cobrando un sueldo; el siete del mes de Dystros acabó un tejido y se lo entregó a los dueños, que le dieron todo su jornal y le añadieron un cabrito para una comida.
13 For, even from his infancy, he had always feared God and kept his commandments, so he was not discouraged before God because of the scourge of blindness that had befallen him.	13 Cuando entró ella en casa, el cabrito empezó a balar; yo, entonces, llamé a mi mujer y le dije: «¿De dónde ha salido ese cabrito? ¿Es que ha sido robado? Devuélvelo a sus dueños, porque no podemos comer cosa robada».
14 But he remained immoveable in the fear of God, giving thanks to God all the days of his life.	14 Ella me dijo: «Es un regalo que me han añadido a mi sueldo». Pero yo no la creí; ordené que lo devolviera a los dueños y me irrité contra ella por este asunto. Entonces ella me replicó: «¿Dónde están tus limosnas y tus buenas obras? ¡Ahora se ve todo bien claro!»
15 For just as kings have mocked blessed Job, so also his relatives and acquaintances ridiculed his life, saying:
16 “Where is your hope, on behalf of which you gave alms and buried the dead?”
17 In truth, Tobit corrected them, saying: “Do not speak in this way,
18 for we are the sons of the holy ones, and we look forward to that life which God will give to those who never change in their faith before him.”
19 In truth, his wife Anna went out to weaving work daily, and she brought back the provisions that she was able to obtain by the labor of her hands.
20 Whereupon it happened that, having received a young goat, she brought it home.
21 When her husband heard the sound of its bleating, he said, “Look, so that it might not be stolen, return it to its owners, for it is not lawful for us either to eat, or to touch, anything stolen.”
22 At this, his wife, being angry, answered, “Clearly, your hope has become vanity, and the manner of your almsgiving has become apparent.”
23 And with these and other similar such words, she reproached him.