Tobia 2

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
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.	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,
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 ”.	2 he said to his son: “Go, and bring some others who fear God from our tribe to feast with us.”
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 ”.	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.
4 Et exsiliens reliqui prandium,antequam ex illo gustarem, et sustuli eum de platea in unam domum, donec solcaderet, et illum sepelirem.	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.
5 Et reversus lavi et manducavi panem meum cumluctu	5 And after he had hidden the body, he chewed his bread with mourning and fear,
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 ”.	6 remembering the word that the Lord spoke through the prophet Amos: “Your feast days shall be turned into lamentation and mourning.”
7 Et lacrimatus sum. Et, postquam sol occidit, abii et fodiens sepelivi illum.	7 Truly, when the sun had set, he went out, and he buried him.
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 ”.	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?”
9 Et lavi ea nocte, postquam illum sepelivi, et introivi in atriummeum et obdormivi circa parietem atrii, et facies mea nuda erat propter aestum.	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.
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.	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.
11 In illo tempore Anna uxor meamercede deserviebat operibus mulierum lanam faciens.	11 And, as he was sleeping, warm droppings from a swallow’s nest fell upon his eyes, and he was made blind.
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.	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.
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 ”.	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.
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 ”.	14 But he remained immoveable in the fear of God, giving thanks to God all the days of his life.
	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.