Tobia 2

BIBBIA RICCIOTTI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 - Or dopo queste cose, essendo una solennità del Signore, e fattosi in casa di Tobia un buon pranzo,	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 disse egli al figliuolo: « Va' e conduci qualcuno della nostra tribù, timorato di Dio, perchè faccia banchetto con noi ».	2 he said to his son: “Go, and bring some others who fear God from our tribe to feast with us.”
3 Partitosi quegli, tornò raccontando che uno de' figli d'Israele giaceva assassinato su una piazza. Subito Tobia, alzatosi dal suo divano, e lasciato il pranzo, digiuno si recò a quel corpo,	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 lo prese, e lo portò nascostamente nella sua casa, per dargli sepoltura segretamente dopo il tramonto del sole.	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 Nascosto il cadavere, prese cibo piangendo e tremando,	5 And after he had hidden the body, he chewed his bread with mourning and fear,
6 ripensando alle parole dette dal Signore per bocca del profeta Amos: « Le vostre feste si cambieranno in lamenti ed in lutto ».	6 remembering the word that the Lord spoke through the prophet Amos: “Your feast days shall be turned into lamentation and mourning.”
7 Quando poi il sole fu tramontato, andò e lo seppellì.	7 Truly, when the sun had set, he went out, and he buried him.
8 Ora di ciò lo rimproveravano tutt' i suoi parenti, dicendogli: « Già per questa cosa fu dato ordine d'ucclderti, ed a fatica scampasti alla morte; ed ora di nuovo seppellisci i morti? ».	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 Ma Tobia, temendo più Iddio che il re, portava via i corpi degli uccisi, li nascondeva nella sua casa, e nel cuor della notte li seppelliva.	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 Accadde dunque un certo giorno che, stanco del lavoro della sepoltura, tornato a casa, si sdraiò presso il muro, e s'addormentò.	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 Ora, mentre dormiva, da un nido di rondini gli cadde sugli occhi dello sterco caldo, e lo rese cieco.	11 And, as he was sleeping, warm droppings from a swallow’s nest fell upon his eyes, and he was made blind.
12 Questa prova permise il Signore che gli sopravvenisse, acciò i posteri avessero l'esempio della pazienza di lui, come di quella del santo Giobbe.	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 Difatti, avendo sempre sin dall'infanzia temuto Dio ed osservato i suoi comandamenti, non si lamentò con Dio per essergli avvenuta la disgrazia di perder la vista;	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 ma stette fermo nel timore di Dio, rendendo a Dio grazie in tutti i giorni della sua vita.	14 But he remained immoveable in the fear of God, giving thanks to God all the days of his life.
15 Come al beato Giobbe facevano insulto 1 re, così questi parenti e prossimi di Tobia schernivano la sua condotta, dicendogli:	15 For just as kings have mocked blessed Job, so also his relatives and acquaintances ridiculed his life, saying:
16 « Dov' è andata la tua speranza, per la quale davi elemosine, e seppellivi i morti?».	16 “Where is your hope, on behalf of which you gave alms and buried the dead?”
17 Ma egli li sgridava, e' diceva loro: « Non dite così;	17 In truth, Tobit corrected them, saying: “Do not speak in this way,
18 perchè noi siamo figli di santi, ed aspettiamo la vita che Dio darà a quelli che non perdono mai la loro fede in lui ».	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 Anna poi, sua moglie, lavorava ogni giorno al telaio, e col lavoro delle sue mani ricavava da vivere come poteva.	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 Ora accadde che avendo preso un capretto, lo portò a casa.	20 Whereupon it happened that, having received a young goat, she brought it home.
21 Ed il suo marito, sentendolo belare, disse: «Badate bene ch' e' non sìa rubato, e rendetelo a' suoi padroni; perchè non c' è permesso mangiare o toccare cosa alcuna rubata ».	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 Al che la sua moglie incollerita rispose: « Proprio si vede che la tua speranza è stata vana, e si vede il frutto delle tue elemosine ».	22 At this, his wife, being angry, answered, “Clearly, your hope has become vanity, and the manner of your almsgiving has become apparent.”
23 Con queste ed altre simili parole lo rimproverava.	23 And with these and other similar such words, she reproached him.