Thobis 3

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Tunc Tobias ingemuit, et cœpit orare cum lacrimis,	1 Grief-stricken in spirit, I groaned and wept aloud. Then with sobs I began to pray:
2 dicens : Justus es, Domine, et omnia judicia tua justa sunt, et omnes viæ tuæ, misericordia, et veritas, et judicium.	2 "You are righteous, O Lord, and all your deeds are just; All your ways are mercy and truth; you are the judge of the world.
3 Et nunc Domine, memor esto mei, et ne vindictam sumas de peccatis meis, neque reminiscaris delicta mea, vel parentum meorum.	3 And now, O Lord, may you be mindful of me, and look with favor upon me. Punish me not for my sins, nor for my inadvertent offenses, nor for those of my fathers. "They sinned against you,
4 Quoniam non obedivimus præceptis tuis, ideo traditi sumus in direptionem, et captivitatem, et mortem, et in fabulam, et in improperium omnibus nationibus in quibus dispersisti nos.	4 and disobeyed your commandments. So you handed us over to plundering, exile, and death, till we were an object lesson, a byword, a reproach in all the nations among whom you scattered us.
5 Et nunc Domine, magna judicia tua, quia non egimus secundum præcepta tua, et non ambulavimus sinceriter coram te.	5 "Yes, your judgments are many and true in dealing with me as my sins and those of my fathers deserve. For we have not kept your commandments, nor have we trodden the paths of truth before you.
6 Et nunc Domine, secundum voluntatem tuam fac mecum, et præcipe in pace recipi spiritum meum : expedit enim mihi mori magis quam vivere.	6 "So now, deal with me as you please, and command my life breath to be taken from me, that I may go from the face of the earth into dust. It is better for me to die than to live, because I have heard insulting calumnies, and I am overwhelmed with grief. "Lord, command me to be delivered from such anguish; let me go to the everlasting abode; Lord, refuse me not. For it is better for me to die than to endure so much misery in life, and to hear these insults!"
7 Eadem itaque die, contigit ut Sara filia Raguelis in Rages civitate Medorum et ipsa audiret improperium ab una ex ancillis patris sui,	7 On the same day, at Ecbatana in Media, it so happened that Raguel's daughter Sarah also had to listen to abuse, from one of her father's maids.
8 quoniam tradita fuerat septem viris, et dæmonium nomine Asmodæus occiderat eos, mox ut ingressi fuissent ad eam.	8 For she had been married to seven husbands, but the wicked demon Asmodeus killed them off before they could have intercourse with her, as it is prescribed for wives. So the maid said to her: "You are the one who strangles your husbands! Look at you! You have already been married seven times, but you have had no joy with any one of your husbands.
9 Ergo cum pro culpa sua increparet puellam, respondit ei, dicens : Amplius ex te non videamus filium aut filiam super terram, interfectrix virorum tuorum.	9 Why do you beat us? Because your husbands are dead? Then why not join them! May we never see a son or daughter of yours!"
10 Numquid et occidere me vis, sicut jam occidisti septem viros ? Ad hanc vocem perrexit in superius cubiculum domus suæ : et tribus diebus, et tribus noctibus non manducavit, neque bibit :	10 That day she was deeply grieved in spirit. She went in tears to an upstairs room in her father's house with the intention of hanging herself. But she reconsidered, saying to herself: "No! People would level this insult against my father: 'You had only one beloved daughter, but she hanged herself because of ill fortune!' And thus would I cause my father in his old age to go down to the nether world laden with sorrow. It is far better for me not to hang myself, but to beg the Lord to have me die, so that I need no longer live to hear such insults."
11 sed in oratione persistens cum lacrimis deprecabatur Deum, ut ab isto improperio liberaret eam.	11 At that time, then, she spread out her hands, and facing the window, poured out this prayer: "Blessed are you, O Lord, merciful God! Forever blessed and honored is your holy name; may all your works forever bless you.
12 Factum est autem die tertia, dum compleret orationem, benedicens Dominum	12 And now, O Lord, to you I turn my face and raise my eyes.
13 dixit : Benedictum est nomen tuum, Deus patrum nostrorum : qui cum iratus fueris, misericordiam facies, et in tempore tribulationis peccata dimittis his qui invocant te.	13 Bid me to depart from the earth, never again to hear such insults.
14 Ad te, Domine, faciem meam converto ; ad te oculos meos dirigo.	14 "You know, O Master, that I am innocent of any impure act with a man,
15 Peto, Domine, ut de vinculo improperii hujus absolvas me, aut certe desuper terram eripias me.	15 And that I have never defiled my own name or my father's name in the land of my exile. "I am my father's only daughter, and he has no other child to make his heir, Nor does he have a close kinsman or other relative whom I might bide my time to marry. I have already lost seven husbands; why then should I live any longer? But if it please you, Lord, not to slay me, look favorably upon me and have pity on me; never again let me hear these insults!"
16 Tu scis, Domine, quia numquam concupivi virum, et mundam servavi animam meam ab omni concupiscentia.	16 At that very time, the prayer of these two suppliants was heard in the glorious presence of Almighty God.
17 Numquam cum ludentibus miscui me, neque cum his qui in levitate ambulant, participem me præbui.	17 So Raphael was sent to heal them both: to remove the cataracts from Tobit's eyes, so that he might again see God's sunlight; and to marry Raguel's daughter Sarah to Tobit's son Tobiah, and then drive the wicked demon Asmodeus from her. For Tobiah had the right to claim her before any other who might wish to marry her.In the very moment that Tobit returned from the courtyard to his house, Raguel's daughter Sarah came downstairs from her room.
18 Virum autem cum timore tuo, non cum libidine mea, consensi suscipere.
19 Et, aut ego indigna fui illis, aut illi forsitan me non fuerunt digni, quia forsitan viro alii conservasti me.
20 Non est enim in hominis potestate consilium tuum.
21 Hoc autem pro certo habet omnis qui te colit : quod vita ejus, si in probatione fuerit, coronabitur ; si autem in tribulatione fuerit, liberabitur ; et si in correptione fuerit, ad misericordiam tuam venire licebit.
22 Non enim delectaris in perditionibus nostris : quia post tempestatem tranquillum facis, et post lacrimationem et fletum, exultationem infundis.
23 Sit nomen tuum, Deus Israël, benedictum in sæcula.
24 In illo tempore exauditæ sunt preces amborum in conspectu gloriæ summi Dei :
25 et missus est angelus Domini sanctus Raphaël ut curaret eos ambos, quorum uno tempore sunt orationes in conspectu Domini recitatæ.