Tobit 2

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	DOUAI-RHEIMS
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,	1 But after this, when there was a festival of the Lord, and a good dinner was prepared in Tobias's house,
2 he said to his son: “Go, and bring some others who fear God from our tribe to feast with us.”	2 He said to his son: Go, and bring some of our tribe that fear God, to feast with us.
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.	3 And when he had gone, returning he told him, that one of the children of Israel lay slain in the street. And he forthwith leaped up from his place at the table, and left his dinner, and came fasting to the body:
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.	4 And taking it up carried it privately to his house, that after the sun was down, he might bury him cautiously.
5 And after he had hidden the body, he chewed his bread with mourning and fear,	5 And when he had hid the body, he ate bread with mourning and fear,
6 remembering the word that the Lord spoke through the prophet Amos: “Your feast days shall be turned into lamentation and mourning.”	6 Remembering the word which the Lord spoke by Amos the prophet: Your festival days shall be turned into lamentation and mourning.
7 Truly, when the sun had set, he went out, and he buried him.	7 So when the sun was down, he went and buried him.
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?”	8 Now all his neighbours blamed him, saying: Once already commandment was given for thee to be slain because of this matter, and thou didst scarce escape the sentence of death, and dost thou again bury the dead?
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.	9 But Tobias fearing God more than the king, carried off the bodies of them that were slain, and hid them in his house, and at midnight buried them.
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.	10 Now it happened one day, that being wearied with burying, he came to his house, and cast himself down by the wall and slept,
11 And, as he was sleeping, warm droppings from a swallow’s nest fell upon his eyes, and he was made blind.	11 And as he was sleeping, hot dung out of a swallow's nest fell upon his eyes, and he was made blind.
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.	12 Now this trial the Lord therefore permitted to happen to him, that an example might be given to posterity of his patience, as also of holy Job.
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.	13 For whereas he had always feared God from his infancy, and kept his commandments, he repined not against God because the evil of blindness had befallen him,
14 But he remained immoveable in the fear of God, giving thanks to God all the days of his life.	14 But continued 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:	15 For as the kings insulted over holy Job: so his relations and kinsmen mocked at his life, saying:
16 “Where is your hope, on behalf of which you gave alms and buried the dead?”	16 Where is thy hope, for which thou gavest alms, and buriedst the dead?
17 In truth, Tobit corrected them, saying: “Do not speak in this way,	17 But Tobias rebuked them, saying: Speak not so:
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.”	18 For we are the children of the saints, and look for that life which God will give to those that never change their faith from 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.	19 Now Anna his wife went daily to weaving work, and she brought home what she could get for their living by the labour of her hands.
20 Whereupon it happened that, having received a young goat, she brought it home.	20 Whereby it came to pass, that she received a young kid, and 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.”	21 And when her husband heard it bleating, he said: Take heed, lest perhaps it be stolen: restore ye it to its owners, for it is not lawful for us either to eat or to touch any thing that cometh by theft.
22 At this, his wife, being angry, answered, “Clearly, your hope has become vanity, and the manner of your almsgiving has become apparent.”	22 At these words his wife being angry answered: It is evident thy hope is come to nothing, and thy alms now appear.
23 And with these and other similar such words, she reproached him.	23 And with these, and other such like words she upbraided him.