Tobit 2

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	Biblija Hrvatski
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 Kad sam se dakle sa svojom ženom Anom i sa sinom Tobijom opet našao na svome, bijaše mi na Pedesetnicu, a to je Blagdan sedmicâ, priređen lijep objed i ja sjedoh da blagujem.
2 he said to his son: “Go, and bring some others who fear God from our tribe to feast with us.”	2 Vidjevši ona mnoga jela, rekoh sinu: »Idi i dovedi jednoga od naše braće na koga naiđeš a koji se sjeća Gospodina. Eto, čekat ću te!«
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 Kad se sin vratio, kaza: »Oče, jedan od našega roda zadavljen je i bačen na trg.«
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 A ja, ništa i ne okusiv, skočih na noge i unesoh onoga mrtvaca u jednu kuću, gdje mogaše ostati sve do zalaza sunca.
5 And after he had hidden the body, he chewed his bread with mourning and fear,	5 Potom se vratih, umih se i pojedoh svoj objed u žalosti.
6 remembering the word that the Lord spoke through the prophet Amos: “Your feast days shall be turned into lamentation and mourning.”	6 Sjetih se Amosova proročanstva: »Svetkovine vaše u tugu će se pretvoriti, a radosti vaše kuknjavom će postati.« I zaplakah.
7 Truly, when the sun had set, he went out, and he buried him.	7 Kad je sunce zašlo, odoh, iskopah raku i sahranih mrtvoga.
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 Susjedi mi se rugali i govorili: »Zar se ne boji da će ga zbog toga ubiti? Jednom se izvukao, a sad opet pokopa mrtvace.«
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 Iste noći, poslije onog ukopa, vratih se kući, a kako bijah nečist, legoh kraj zida u vrtu; bilo je toplo pa sam spavao otkrivena lica.
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 Nisam znao da je u zidu bila ptičica. I kako mi oči bijahu otvorene, padoše mi tople ptičje izmetine u oči i od toga dobih bijele mrlje. Išao sam liječnicima, ali mi ne mogoše pomoći. Uzdržavao me Ahikar dok ne ode u Elimaidu.
11 And, as he was sleeping, warm droppings from a swallow’s nest fell upon his eyes, and he was made blind.	11 Moja je žena Ana odonda zarađivala ručnim radom: prela je i tkala.
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 Kad bi gospodarima obavila posao, platili bi joj. Sedmoga dana mjeseca distrosa dovrši tako jedan rad i posla ga gospodarima. Oni joj sve isplatiše i povrh toga pokloniše jare.
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 Kad ga dovede, jare poče večati. Upitah ženu: »Odakle ti jare? Da možda nije ukradeno? Vrati ga gospodarima, jer nije dopušteno jesti što je ukradeno.«
14 But he remained immoveable in the fear of God, giving thanks to God all the days of his life.	14 A ona odgovori: »Dadoše mi ga kao dar povrh plaće.« Ali ja nisam vjerovao, nego sam joj, naljutivši se na nju, svejednako govorio da ga vrati gospodarima. A ona onda odgovori: »Gdje su tvoje milostinje i tvoja dobra djela? Eto, vide se na tebi!«
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.