Tobia 14

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Et consummati sunt sermones confessionis Thobis. Et mortuus est in pace annorum centum duodecim et sepultus est praeclare inNineve.	1 The end of the hymns of Tobit. Tobit died when he was a hundred and twelve years old and receivedan honourable burial in Nineveh.
2 Sexaginta autem et duorum annorum erat, cum invalidus oculis factusest; et, postquam lucem recepit, vixit in bonis et fecit eleemosynas etproposuit benedicere Deum et confiteri magnitudini Dei.	2 He had been sixty-two when he went blind; and after his cure, he lived in comfort, practisingalmsgiving and continual y praising God and extol ing his greatness.
3 Et, cum moreretur,vocavit Thobiam filium suum et praecepit illi dicens: “ Fili, duc filios tuos	3 When he was at the point of death he summoned his son Tobias and gave him these instructions,
4 et recurre in Mediam, quoniam credo ego verbo Dei, quod locutus est Nahum inNineven, quia omnia erunt et venient super Assyriam et Nineven, quae locuti suntprophetae Israel, quos misit Deus; omnia evenient, nihilque minuetur ex omnibusverbis, sed omnia contingent temporibus suis. Et in Media erit salus magis quamin Assyriis et quam in Babylone, quia scio ego et credo quoniam omnia, quaedixit Deus, erunt. Et perficientur, et non excidet verbum de sermonibus. Etfratres nostri, qui habitant in terra Israel, omnes dispergentur et captividucentur a terra optima. Et erit omnis terra Israel deserta, et Samaria etIerusalem erit deserta, et domus Dei in tristitia erit et incendetur et eritdeserta usque in tempus.	4 'My son, take your children and hurry away to Media, since I believe the word of God pronounced overNineveh by Nahum. Everything wil come true, everything happen that the emissaries of God, the prophets ofIsrael, have predicted against Assyria and Nineveh; not one of their words wil prove empty. It will al take placein due time. You wil be safer in Media than in Assyria or in Babylonia. Since I for my part know and believe thateverything God has said wil come true; so it will be, and not a word of the prophecies will fail. 'A census will betaken of our brothers living in the land of Israel and they wil be exiled far from their own fair country. The entireterritory of Israel wil become a desert, and Samaria and Jerusalem wil become a desert, and the house of God,for a time, wil be laid waste and burnt.
5 Et iterum misericordiam faciet illorum Deus etconvertetur ad illos Deus in terram Israel, et iterum aedificabunt domum, sednon sicut prius, quoadusque repleatur tempus maledictionum. Et postearevertentur a captivitate sua omnes et aedificabunt Ierusalem honorifice, etdomus Dei aedificabitur in ea, sicut locuti sunt de illa omnes prophetae Israel.	5 Then once again God wil take pity on them and bring them back to the land of Israel. They wil rebuildhis house, although it wil be less beautiful than the first, until the time is fulfil ed. But after this, al will return fromcaptivity and rebuild Jerusalem in al her glory, and the house of God wil be rebuilt within her as the prophets of Israel have foretold.
6 Et omnes nationes in tota terra convertentur et timebunt Deum vere etrelinquent omnes idola sua, quae seducunt false seductione eorum.	6 And all the people of the whole earth wil be converted and wil reverence God with all sincerity. Al willrenounce their false gods who have led them astray into error,
7 Etbenedicent Deo aeterno in iustitia. Omnes filii Israel, qui liberabuntur indiebus illis, memores Dei in veritate, colligentur et venient in Ierusalem ethabitabunt in aeternum in terra Abraham cum tutela, et tradetur eis. Etgaudebunt, qui diligunt Deum in veritate; qui autem faciunt iniquitatem etpeccatum, deficient de terris omnibus.	7 and will bless the God of ages in uprightness. Al the Israelites spared in those days wil rememberGod in sincerity of heart. They wil come and gather in Jerusalem and thereafter dwel securely in the land ofAbraham, which will be theirs. And those who sincerely love God wil rejoice. And those who commit sin andwickedness will vanish from the earth.
8 Et nunc, filii, mando vobis: ServiteDeo in veritate et facite coram illo, quod ipsi placet. Et filiis vestrismandabitur, ut faciant iustitias et eleemosynam et ut sint memores Dei etbenedicant nomini ipsius in omni tempore in veritate et in tota virtute sua.	8 'And now, my children, I lay this duty on you; serve God sincerely, and do what is pleasing to him. Andlay on your children the obligation to behave uprightly, to give alms, to keep God in mind and to bless his namealways, sincerely and with all their might.
9 Nunc vero, fili, exi a Nineve et noli manere hic,	9 'So then, my son, leave Nineveh, do not stay here.
10 sed, quocumque diesepelieris matrem tuam circa me, eodem die noli manere in finibus eius. Videoenim quia multa iniquitas est in illa, et fictio multa perficitur in illa, etnon confunduntur. Vide, fili, quae fecit Nadab Achicaro, qui eum nutrivit. Nonnevivus deductus est in terram? Sed tradidit Deus infamiam ante faciem ipsius, etAchicarus exiit ad lucem, Nadab autem intravit in tenebras aeternas, quiaquaesivit occidere Achicarum. Cum faciebat eleemosynam, exiit de laqueo mortis,quem fixerat ei Nadab, et Nadab cecidit in laqueum mortis, et perdidit illum.	10 As soon as you have buried your mother next to me, go the same day, whenever it may be, and donot linger in this country where I see wickedness and perfidy unashamedly triumphant. Consider, my child, althe things done by Nadab to his foster-father Ahikar. Was not Ahikar forced to go underground, though still aliving man? But God made the criminal pay for his outrage before his victim's eyes, since Ahikar came back tothe light of day, while Nadab went down to everlasting darkness in punishment for plotting against Ahikar's life.Because of his good works Ahikar escaped the deadly snare Nadab had laid for him, and Nadab fel into it to hisown ruin.
11 Et nunc, filii, videte quid faciat eleemosyna, et quid faciat iniquitas, quoniamoccidit. Et ecce anima mea deficit! ”. Et posuerunt eum super lectum, etmortuus est et sepultus est praeclare.	11 So, my children, you see what comes of almsgiving, and what wickedness leads to, I mean to death.But now breath fails me.' They laid him back on his bed; he died and was buried with honour.
12 Et, cum mortua est mater eius, Thobias sepelivit eam iuxta patrem suum etabiit ipse et uxor eius in Mediam et habitavit in Ecbatanis cum Raguel socerosuo.	12 When his mother died, Tobias buried her beside his father. Then he left for Media with his wife andchildren. He lived in Ecbatana with Raguel, his father-in-law.
13 Et curam habuit senectutis eorum honorifice et sepelivit illos inEcbatanis Mediae et hereditatem percepit domus Raguel et Thobis patris sui.	13 He treated the ageing parents of his wife with every care and respect, and later buried them inEcbatana in Media. Tobias inherited the patrimony of Raguel besides that of his father Tobit.
14 Et mortuus est annorum centum decem et septem cum claritate.	14 Much honoured, he lived to the age of a hundred and seventeen years.
15 Et, antequammoreretur, vidit et audivit perditionem Nineves et vidit captivitatem illius inMediam adductam, quam adduxit Asuerus rex Mediae, et benedixit Deum in omnibus,quae fecit filiis Nineves et Assyriae. Et gavisus est, antequam moreretur, inNineve, et benedixit Dominum Deum in omnia saecula saeculorum.	15 Before he died he witnessed the ruin of Nineveh. He saw the Ninevites taken prisoner and deportedto Media by Cyaxares king of Media. He blessed God for everything he inflicted on the Ninevites and Assyrians.Before his death he had the opportunity of rejoicing over the fate of Nineveh, and he blessed the Lord God forever and ever. Amen.