Tobia 6

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Et cessavit plorare.	1 And so Tobias continued on, and the dog was following him, and he stayed at the first stopping point, near the river Tigris.
2 Et profectus est puer et angelus cum illo; etcanis exiit cum illo et secutus est eos. Et abierunt ambo, et comprehendit illosprima nox; et manserunt super flumen Tigrin.	2 And he went out to wash his feet, and behold, an immense fish came out to devour him.
3 Et descendit puer lavare pedes influmen, et exsiliens piscis de aqua magnus volebat gluttire pedem pueri, etexclamavit.	3 And Tobias, being frightened of it, cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Sir, it is attacking me!”
4 Et ait illi angelus: “ Comprehende et tene! ”. Et comprehenditpuer piscem et eduxit illum in terram.	4 And the Angel said to him, “Catch it by the gills, and draw it to you.” And when he had done so, he pulled it onto dry land, and it began to thrash before his feet.
5 Et dixit angelus illi: “ Exinterahunc piscem et tolle fel et cor et iecur illius et repone ea tecum et interaneaproice. Sunt enim fel et cor et iecur eius ad medicamentum utilia ”.	5 Then the Angel said to him: “Disembowel this fish, and put aside his heart, and his gall, and his liver for yourself. For these things are necessary as useful medicines.”
6 Etexinterans puer piscem illum collegit fel, cor et iecur; et piscem assavit etmanducavit et reliquit ex illo salitum. Et abierunt ambo pariter, donecappropinquarent ad Mediam.	6 And when he had done so, he roasted its flesh, and they took it with them on the way. The rest they salted, so that it might be sufficient for them, until they would arrive at Rages, a city of the Medes.
7 Et tunc interrogavit puer angelum et dixit ei: “Azaria frater, quod remedium est in corde et iecore piscis et in felle? ”.	7 Then Tobias questioned the Angel, and he said to him, “I implore you, brother Azariah, to tell me what remedies these things hold, which you have told me to retain from the fish?”
8 Et dixit illi: “ Cor et iecur piscis fumiga coram viro aut muliere, quioccursum daemonii aut spiritus nequissimi habet, et fugiet ab illo omnisoccursus, et ne maneant cum illo in aeternum.	8 And the Angel, answering, said to him: “If you put a little piece of its heart on burning coals, its smoke will drive away all kind of demons, whether from a man or from a woman, so that they will no longer approach them.
9 Et fel ad inungendos oculoshominis, in quos ascenderunt albugines, ad flandum in ipsis super albugines, etad sanitatem perveniunt ”.	9 And the gall is useful for anointing the eyes, in which there may be a white speck, and they will be cured.”
10 Et postquam intravit in Mediam et iam appropinquabat ad Ecbatana,	10 And Tobias said to him, “Where do you prefer that we stay?”
11 dixitRaphael puero: “ Thobia frater! ”. Et dixit ei: “ Ecce ego ”. Et dixitilli: “ In eis, quae sunt Raguel, hac nocte manere nos oportet. Et homo estpropinquus tuus et habet filiam nomine Saram,	11 And the Angel, responding, said: “Here is one named Raguel, a man closely related to you from your tribe, and he has a daughter named Sarah, but he has no other male or female, except her.
12 sed neque masculum neque filiamaliam praeter Saram solam habet, et tu proximus es illius prae omnibushominibus, ut possideas eam; et iustum est, ut possideas, quae sunt patri eius.Et haec puella sapiens et fortis et bona valde, et pater ipsius diligit illam”.	12 All his livelihood is dependent upon you, and you ought to take her to yourself in marriage.
13 Et dixit: “ Iustum est, ut accipias illam. Et audi me, frater, etloquar de puella hac nocte, ut accipiamus illam tibi uxorem et, cum reversifuerimus ex Rages, faciemus nuptias eius. Scio autem quoniam Raguel non potestdenegare illam tibi. Novit enim quia, si dederit illam viro alteri, morteperiet, secundum iudicium libri Moysis, quia tibi aptum est accipere hereditatemet filiam illius magis quam omni homini. Et nunc, frater, audi me, et loquemurde hac puella hac nocte et desponsabimus illam tibi et, cum reversi fuerimus exRages, accipiemus illam et ducemus eam nobiscum in domum tuam ”.	13 Therefore, ask for her from her father, and he will give her to you as wife.”
14 Tuncrespondens Thobias dixit Raphael: “ Azaria frater, audivi quoniam iam traditaest viris septem, et mortui sunt in cubiculis suis noctu; cum intrabant adillam, moriebantur. Audivi etiam quosdam dicentes quoniam daemonium illosoccidit;	14 Then Tobias responded, and he said: “I hear that she has been given to seven husbands, and they passed away. But I have even heard this: that a demon killed them.
15 et timeo nunc, quoniam diligit illam et ipsam quidem non vexat, sedeum, qui illi voluerit propinquare, ipsum occidit. Unicus sum patri meo; neforte moriar et deducam patris mei vitam et matris meae cum dolore super me insepulcrum eorum. Sed neque alium filium habent, qui sepeliat illos ”.	15 Therefore, I am afraid, lest this may happen to me also. And since I am the only child of my parents, I might send their old age with sorrow to the grave.”
16 Etdixit illi angelus: “ Non es memor mandatorum patris tui, quoniam praecepittibi accipere uxorem ex domo patris tui? Et nunc audi me, frater: noli computaredaemonium illud, sed accipe illam, et scio quoniam dabitur tibi hac nocte uxor.	16 Then the Angel Raphael said to him: “Listen to me, and I will reveal to you who they are, over whom the demon can prevail.
17 Et, cum intraveris in cubiculum, tolle de iecore piscis et cor et imponesuper cinerem incensi. Et odor manabit, et odorabitur illud daemonium et fugietet non apparebit circa illam omnino in perpetuo.	17 For example, those who receive marriage in such manner as to exclude God from themselves and from their mind, and in such a manner as to empty themselves to their lust, like the horse and mule, which have no understanding, over them the demon has power.
18 Et, cum coeperis esse cumilla, surgite primum ambo et orate et deprecamini Dominum caeli, ut detur vobismisericordia et sanitas. Noli timere; tibi enim destinata est ante saeculum, ettu illam sanabis, et ibit tecum, et credo quoniam habebis ex illa filios, eterunt tibi sicut fratres. Noli computare ”. Et cum audisset Thobias sermonesRaphael quoniam soror est illius et de semine patris illius, dilexit eam valde,et cor eius haesit illi.	18 But you, when you will have accepted her, enter the bedroom and for three days keep yourself continent from her, and empty yourself to nothing other than prayers with her.
	19 Moreover, on that night, burn the liver of the fish like incense, and the demon will be put to flight.
	20 In truth, on the second night, you will become ready to receive a physical union like that of the holy Patriarchs.
	21 And then, on the third night, you will obtain a blessing, so that healthy children may be procreated from you both.
	22 And so, the third night having been accomplished, you will receive the virgin with the fear of the Lord, led more by love of children than by physical desire, so that, as the offspring of Abraham, you will then obtain a blessing in children.