Tobit 2

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	NOVA VULGATA
1 Thus under King Esarhaddon I returned to my home, and my wife Anna and my son Tobiah were restored to me. Then on our festival of Pentecost, the feast of Weeks, a fine dinner was prepared for me, and I reclined to eat.	1 Et sub Asarhaddon rege descendi in domum meam, et reddita est mihi uxormea Anna et filius meus Thobias. In Pentecoste, die festo nostro, qui estsanctus a Septimanis, factum est mihi prandium bonum, et discubui, ut pranderem.
2 The table was set for me, and when many different dishes were placed before me, I said to my son Tobiah: "My son, go out and try to find a poor man from among our kinsmen exiled here in Nineveh. If he is a sincere worshiper of God, bring him back with you, so that he can share this meal with me. Indeed, son, I shall wait for you to come back."	2 Et apposita est mihi mensa, et vidi pulmentaria complura. Et dixi Thobiaefilio meo: “ Vade et, quemcumque pauperem inveneris ex fratribus nostris, quisunt captivi in Nineve, qui in mente habet Dominum in toto corde suo, huncadduc, et manducabit pariter mecum; ecce sustineo te, fili, donec venias ”.
3 Tobiah went out to look for some poor kinsman of ours. When he returned he exclaimed, "Father!" I said to him, "What is it, son?" He answered, "Father, one of our people has been murdered! His body lies in the market place where he was just strangled!"	3 Et abiit Thobias quaerere aliquem pauperem ex fratribus nostris et reversusdixit mihi: “ Pater! ”. Et ego dixi illi: “ Ecce ego, fili ”. Etrespondens ait: “ Ecce unus ex natione nostra occisus est et proiectus est inforo et nunc ibidem laqueo suffocatus est ”.
4 I sprang to my feet, leaving the dinner untouched; and I carried the dead man from the street and put him in one of the rooms, so that I might bury him after sunset.	4 Et exsiliens reliqui prandium,antequam ex illo gustarem, et sustuli eum de platea in unam domum, donec solcaderet, et illum sepelirem.
5 Returning to my own quarters, I washed myself and ate my food in sorrow.	5 Et reversus lavi et manducavi panem meum cumluctu
6 I was reminded of the oracle pronounced by the prophet Amos against Bethel: "Your festivals shall be turned into mourning, And all your songs into lamentation."	6 et rememoratus sum sermonis prophetae Amos, quem locutus est in Betheldicens: “ Convertentur omnes dies festi vestri in luctum, et omnia cantica vestra in lamentationem ”.
7 And I wept. Then at sunset I went out, dug a grave, and buried him.	7 Et lacrimatus sum. Et, postquam sol occidit, abii et fodiens sepelivi illum.
8 The neighbors mocked me, saying to one another: "Will this man never learn! Once before he was hunted down for execution because of this very thing; yet now that he has escaped, here he is again burying the dead!"	8 Et proximi mei deridebant me dicentes: “ Non timet adhuc hic homo; iam eniminquisitus est huius rei causa, ut occideretur, et fugit et ecce iterum sepelitmortuos ”.
9 That same night I bathed, and went to sleep next to the wall of my courtyard. Because of the heat I left my face uncovered.	9 Et lavi ea nocte, postquam illum sepelivi, et introivi in atriummeum et obdormivi circa parietem atrii, et facies mea nuda erat propter aestum.
10 I did not know there were birds perched on the wall above me, till their warm droppings settled in my eyes, causing cataracts. I went to see some doctors for a cure, but the more they anointed my eyes with various salves, the worse the cataracts became, until I could see no more. For four years I was deprived of eyesight, and all my kinsmen were grieved at my condition. Ahiqar, however, took care of me for two years, until he left for Elymais.	10 Et ignorabam quoniam passeres in pariete super me erant, quorum stercorainsederunt in oculos meos calida et induxerunt albugines. Et ibam ad medicos, utcurarer, et, quanto inunxerunt me medicamentis, tanto magis oculi meiexcaecabantur maculis, donec perexcaecatus sum. Et eram inutilis meis oculisannis quattuor, et omnes fratres mei dolebant pro me. Achicarus autem pascebatme annis duobus, priusquam iret in Elymaida.
11 At that time my wife Anna worked for hire at weaving cloth, the kind of work women do.	11 In illo tempore Anna uxor meamercede deserviebat operibus mulierum lanam faciens.
12 When she sent back the goods to their owners, they would pay her. Late in winter she finished the cloth and sent it back to the owners. They paid her the full salary, and also gave her a young goat for the table.	12 Et remittebat dominiseorum, et dabant ei mercedem. Septima autem die mensis Dystri detexuit texturamet reddidit illam dominis, et dederunt ei mercedem totam et dederunt ei protextura haedum de capris.
13 On entering my house the goat began to bleat. I called to my wife and said: "Where did this goat come from? Perhaps it was stolen! Give it back to its owners; we have no right to eat stolen food!"	13 Et cum introisset ad me haedus, coepit clamare. Etvocavi eam et dixi: “ Unde est hic haedus? Ne forte furtivus sit, redde illumdominis suis; nobis enim non licet manducare quidquam furtivum ”.
14 But she said to me, "It was given to me as a bonus over and above my wages." Yet I would not believe her, and told her to give it back to its owners. I became very angry with her over this. So she retorted: "Where are your charitable deeds now? Where are your virtuous acts? See! Your true character is finally showing itself!"	14 Et illamihi dixit: “ Munere mihi datus est supra mercedem ”. Et ego non credebamei, sed dicebam, ut restitueret illum dominis, et erubescebam coram illa huiusrei causa. Et respondens dixit mihi: “ Et ubi sunt eleemosynae tuae? Ubi suntiustitiae tuae? Ecce, omnia tibi nota sunt ”.