Tobit 2

DOUAI-RHEIMS	BIBLIA
1 But after this, when there was a festival of the Lord, and a good dinner was prepared in Tobias's house,	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 of our tribe that fear God, 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 when he had gone, returning he told him, that one of the children of Israel lay slain in the street. And he forthwith leaped up from his place at the table, and left his dinner, and came 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 carried it privately to his house, that after the sun was down, 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 when he had hid the body, he ate bread with mourning and fear,	5 Volví a entrar, me lavé y comí con aflicción
6 Remembering the word which the Lord spoke by Amos the prophet: Your festival 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 So when the sun was down, he went and buried him.	7 Y lloré. Cuando el sol se puso, cavé una fosa y sepulté el cadáver.
8 Now all his neighbours blamed him, saying: Once already commandment was given for thee to be slain because of this matter, and thou didst scarce escape the sentence of death, and dost thou again bury 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 Tobias fearing God more than the king, carried off the bodies of them that were slain, and hid them in his house, and at midnight 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 Now it happened one day, that being wearied with burying, he came to his house, and cast himself down by the wall and 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, hot dung out of 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 Now this trial the Lord therefore permitted to happen to him, that an example might be given to posterity of his patience, as also 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 whereas he had always feared God from his infancy, and kept his commandments, he repined not against God because the evil of blindness 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 continued 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 as the kings insulted over holy Job: so his relations and kinsmen mocked at his life, saying:
16 Where is thy hope, for which thou gavest alms, and buriedst the dead?
17 But Tobias rebuked them, saying: Speak not so:
18 For we are the children of the saints, and look for that life which God will give to those that never change their faith from him.
19 Now Anna his wife went daily to weaving work, and she brought home what she could get for their living by the labour of her hands.
20 Whereby it came to pass, that she received a young kid, and brought it home:
21 And when her husband heard it bleating, he said: Take heed, lest perhaps it be stolen: restore ye it to its owners, for it is not lawful for us either to eat or to touch any thing that cometh by theft.
22 At these words his wife being angry answered: It is evident thy hope is come to nothing, and thy alms now appear.
23 And with these, and other such like words she upbraided him.