Tobia 5

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Tunc Thobias respondens Thobi patri suo dixit: “ Omnia, quaecumque mihipraecepisti, pater, faciam.	1 Then Tobias responded to his father, and he said: “I will do everything just as you have instructed me, father.
2 Quomodo autem potero hanc pecuniam recipere abillo? Neque ille me novit, neque ego novi illum. Quod signum dabo illi, ut mecognoscat et credat et det mihi hanc pecuniam? Sed neque vias, quae ad Mediam,novi, ut eam illuc ”.	2 But I do not know how to obtain this money. He does not know me, and I do not know him. What proof shall I give to him? And I do not know any part of the way, which leads to that place.”
3 Tunc respondens Thobi Thobiae filio suo dixit: “Chirographum dedit mihi, et chirographum meum dedi illi et divisi in duaspartes, et unusquisque unam accepimus, et posui cum ipsa pecunia. Et ecce nuncanni sunt viginti, ex quibus penes illum commendavi hanc pecuniam. Et nunc,fili, inquire tibi hominem fidelem, qui eat tecum, et dabimus illi mercedem,donec venias. Et, dum vivo, recipe pecuniam ab illo ”.	3 Then his father answered him, and he said: “Indeed, I have a written agreement about that in my possession, which, when you show it to him, he will immediately repay it.
4 Et exiit Thobias quaerere hominem, qui iret cum ipso in Mediam et qui haberetnotitiam viae. Et invenit Raphael angelum stantem ante ipsum et nesciebat illumangelum Dei esse.	4 But go out now, and inquire after some faithful man, who would go with you to keep you safe in return for his wages, so that you may receive it while I am still alive.”
5 Et dixit illi: “ Unde es, iuvenis? ”. Et dixit illi: “Ex filiis Israel fratribus tuis et veni huc, ut operer ”. Et dixit illiThobias: “ Nosti viam, quae ducit in Mediam? ”.	5 Then Tobias, departing, found a splendid young man, standing girded and seemingly ready for travel.
6 Et ille dixit: “ Utique,aliquotiens fui ibi et habeo notitiam et scio omnes vias et aliquotiens ibam inMediam et manebam penes Gabael fratrem nostrum, qui commoratur in Rages Mediae,et abest iter bidui statuti ex Ecbatanis usque Rages. Nam posita est in monte etEcbatana in medio campo ”.	6 And not knowing that he was an Angel of God, he greeted him, and he said, “Where are you from, good young man?”
7 Et dixit illi Thobias: “ Sustine me, iuvenis,donec intrans patri meo nuntiem. Necessarium est enim mihi, ut eas mecum, etdabo tibi mercedem tuam ”.	7 And so he answered, “From the sons of Israel.” And Tobias said to him, “Do you know the way that leads to the region of the Medes?”
8 Et dixit illi: “ Ecce sustineo; tantum nolitardare ”.	8 And he answered: “I know it. And I have frequently walked through all its paths, and I stayed with Gabael, our brother, who lives in Rages, a city of the Medes, which is situated at the mount of Ecbatana.”
9 Et introiens Thobias renuntiavit Thobi patri suo et dixit ei: “Ecce inveni hominem ex fratribus nostris, de filiis Israel, qui eat mecum ”.Et dixit illi: “ Roga mihi hominem, ut sciam quid sit genus eius, et ex quatribu sit et an fidelis sit, ut eat tecum, fili ”.	9 Tobias said to him, “I implore you, wait here for me, until I tell these same things to my father.”
10 Et exivit Thobias etvocavit illum et dixit ei: “ Iuvenis, pater te rogat ”. Et introivit ad eum,et prior Thobis salutavit eum. Et ille dixit ei: “ Gaudium tibi magnum sit!”. Et respondens Thobi dixit illi: “Quid mihi adhuc gaudium est? Homo suminutilis oculis et non video lumen caelorum, sed in tenebris positus sum sicutmortui, qui non amplius vident lumen. Vivus ego sum inter mortuos. Vocem hominumaudio et ipsos non video ”. Et dixit ei: “ Forti esto animo; in proximo est,ut a Deo cureris. Forti animo esto! ”. Et respondit illi Thobi: “ Thobiasfilius meus vult ire in Mediam. Nonne poteris ire cum illo et ducere illum? Etdabo tibi mercedem tuam, frater ”. Et dixit illi: “ Potero ire cum illo,quoniam novi omnes vias et aliquotiens ivi in Mediam et perambulavi omnes camposeius et montes et omnes commeatus scio ”.	10 Then Tobias, entering, revealed all these things to his father. Upon which, his father, in admiration, asked that he would enter to him.
11 Et dixit ei: “ Frater, ex quapatria es et ex qua tribu? Narra mihi, frater ”.	11 And so, entering, he greeted him, and he said, “May gladness be always with you.”
12 Et ille dixit: “ Quidtibi necesse est tribus? ”. Et dixit ei: “ Volo scire ex veritate cuius siset nomen tuum ”.	12 And Tobit said, “What kind of gladness will be for me, since I sit in darkness and do not see the light of heaven?”
13 Et dixit: “ Ego sum Azarias Ananiae magni filius, exfratribus tuis ”.	13 And the young man said to him, “Be steadfast in soul. Your cure from God is near.”
14 Et dixit illi Thobi: “ Salvus et sanus venias, frater, sed ne irascaris,frater, quod voluerim verum scire et patriam tuam. Tu frater meus es et degenere bono et optimo! Noveram Ananiam et Nathan duos filios Semeliae magni; etipsi mecum ibant in Ierusalem et adorabant ibi mecum et non exerraverunt.Fratres tui viri optimi sunt; ex bona radice es. Et gaudens venias! ”.	14 And so Tobit said to him, “Are you able to lead my son to Gabael in Rages, a city of the Medes? And when you return, I will pay you your wages.”
15 Etdixit ei: “ Ego tibi dabo mercedis nomine drachmam diurnam et, quaecumquenecessaria sunt tibi et filio meo, similiter; et vade cum illo,	15 And the Angel said to him, “I will lead him, and I will bring him back to you.”
16 et adiciamtibi ad mercedem ”.	16 And Tobit responded to him, “I ask you to tell me: which family or which tribe are you from?”
17 Et dixit illi: “ Ibo cum illo, ne timueris; salviibimus et salvi revertemur ad te, quoniam via tuta est ”. Et dixit ei: “Benedictio sit tibi, frater! ”. Et vocavit filium suum et dixit illi: “Fili, praepara, quae ad viam, et exi cum fratre tuo. Deus autem, qui in caeloest, protegat vos ibi et reducat vos ad me salvos; et angelus illius comiteturvos cum sanitate, fili! ”. Et exiit, ut iret viam suam, et osculatus est patrem suum et matrem. Et dixitilli Thobi: “ Vade sanus! ”.	17 And Raphael the Angel said, “Do you seek the family of the one you hire, or else the hired hand himself, to go with your son?
18 Et lacrimata est mater illius et dixitThobi: “ Quid dimisisti filium meum? Nonne ipse est virga manus nostrae etipse intrat et exit coram nobis?	18 But, lest perhaps I cause you to worry: I am Azariah, the son of Hananiah the great.”
19 Pecunia ne adveniat pecuniae, sedpurgamentum sit filii nostri.	19 And Tobit responded, “You are from a great family. But I ask you, do not be angry that I wanted to know your family.”
20 Quomodo datum est nos a Domino vivere, hocsufficiebat nobis ”.	20 But the Angel said to him, “I will lead your son safely, and I will bring him back safely to you.”
21 Et dixit illi: “ Noli computare; salvus ibit filiusnoster et salvus revertetur ad nos, et oculi tui videbunt eum illa die, quavenerit ad te sanus. Ne computaveris, ne timueris de illis, soror.	21 And so Tobit, answering, said, “May you walk well, and may God be with you on your journey, and may his Angel accompany you.”
22 Angelusenim bonus ibit cum illo, et bene disponetur via illius, et revertetur sanus ”.	22 Then, when all things were ready which were to be carried on their journey, Tobias said farewell to his father, and to his mother, and the two of them walked together.
	23 And when they had set out, his mother began to weep, and to say: “You have taken the staff of our old age, and you have sent him away from us.
	24 I wish that the money, for which you sent him, had never been.
	25 For our poverty has been sufficient for us, so that we might count it as riches that we saw our son.”
	26 And Tobit said to her: “Do not weep. Our son will arrive safely, and he will return safely to us, and your eyes shall see him.
	27 For I believe that the good Angel of God accompanies him and that he orders all things well which occur around him, such that he will be returned to us with gladness.”
	28 At these words, his mother ceased weeping, and she was silent.