Tobit 2

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	VULGATA
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 Post hæc vero, cum esset dies festus Domini, et factum esset prandium bonum in domo Tobiæ,
2 he said to his son: “Go, and bring some others who fear God from our tribe to feast with us.”	2 dixit filio suo : Vade, et adduc aliquos de tribu nostra, timentes Deum, ut epulentur nobiscum.
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 Cumque abiisset, reversus nuntiavit ei unum ex filiis Israël jugulatum jacere in platea. Statimque exiliens de accubitu suo, relinquens prandium, jejunus pervenit ad corpus :
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 tollensque illud portavit ad domum suam occulte, ut dum sol occubuisset, caute sepeliret eum.
5 And after he had hidden the body, he chewed his bread with mourning and fear,	5 Cumque occultasset corpus, manducavit panem cum luctu et tremore,
6 remembering the word that the Lord spoke through the prophet Amos: “Your feast days shall be turned into lamentation and mourning.”	6 memorans illum sermonem, quem dixit Dominus per Amos prophetam : Dies festi vestri convertentur in lamentationem et luctum.
7 Truly, when the sun had set, he went out, and he buried him.	7 Cum vero sol occubuisset, abiit, et sepelivit eum.
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 Arguebant autem eum omnes proximi ejus, dicentes : Jam hujus rei causa interfici jussus es, et vix effugisti mortis imperium, et iterum sepelis mortuos ?
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 Sed Tobias plus timens Deum quam regem, rapiebat corpora occisorum, et occultabat in domo sua, et mediis noctibus sepeliebat ea.
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 Contigit autem ut quadam die fatigatus a sepultura, veniens in domum suam, jactasset se juxta parietem, et obdormisset,
11 And, as he was sleeping, warm droppings from a swallow’s nest fell upon his eyes, and he was made blind.	11 et ex nido hirundinum dormienti illi calida stercora inciderent super oculos ejus, fieretque cæcus.
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 Hanc autem tentationem ideo permisit Dominus evenire illi, ut posteris daretur exemplum patientiæ ejus, sicut et sancti Job.
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 Nam cum ab infantia sua semper Deum timuerit, et mandata ejus custodierit, non est contristatus contra Deum quod plaga cæcitatis evenerit ei,
14 But he remained immoveable in the fear of God, giving thanks to God all the days of his life.	14 sed immobilis in Dei timore permansit, agens gratias Deo omnibus diebus vitæ suæ.
15 For just as kings have mocked blessed Job, so also his relatives and acquaintances ridiculed his life, saying:	15 Nam sicut beato Job insultabant reges, ita isti parentes et cognati ejus irridebant vitam ejus, dicentes :
16 “Where is your hope, on behalf of which you gave alms and buried the dead?”	16 Ubi est spes tua, pro qua eleemosynas et sepulturas faciebas ?
17 In truth, Tobit corrected them, saying: “Do not speak in this way,	17 Tobias vero increpabat eos, dicens : Nolite ita loqui :
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.”	18 quoniam filii sanctorum sumus, et vitam illam expectamus, quam Deus daturus est his qui fidem suam numquam mutant ab eo.
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.	19 Anna vero uxor ejus ibat ad opus textrinum quotidie, et de labore manuum suarum victum quem consequi poterat, deferebat.
20 Whereupon it happened that, having received a young goat, she brought it home.	20 Unde factum est ut hædum caprarum accipiens detulisset domi :
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.”	21 cujus cum vocem balantis vir ejus audisset, dixit : Videte, ne forte furtivus sit : reddite eum dominis suis, quia non licet nobis aut edere ex furto aliquid, aut contingere.
22 At this, his wife, being angry, answered, “Clearly, your hope has become vanity, and the manner of your almsgiving has become apparent.”	22 Ad hæc uxor ejus irata respondit : Manifeste vana facta est spes tua, et eleemosynæ tuæ modo apparuerunt.
23 And with these and other similar such words, she reproached him.	23 Atque his et aliis hujuscemodi verbis exprobrabat ei.