Thobis 6

VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Profectus est autem Tobias, et canis secutus est eum, et mansit prima mansione juxta fluvium Tigris.	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 exivit ut lavaret pedes suos, et ecce piscis immanis exivit ad devorandum eum.	2 And he went out to wash his feet, and behold, an immense fish came out to devour him.
3 Quem expavescens Tobias clamavit voce magna, dicens : Domine, invadit me.	3 And Tobias, being frightened of it, cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Sir, it is attacking me!”
4 Et dixit ei angelus : Apprehende branchiam ejus, et trahe eum ad te. Quod cum fecisset, attraxit eum in siccum, et palpitare cœpit ante pedes ejus.	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 Tunc dixit ei angelus : Exentera hunc piscem, et cor ejus, et fel, et jecur repone tibi : sunt enim hæc necessaria ad medicamenta utiliter.	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 Quod cum fecisset, assavit carnes ejus, et secum tulerunt in via : cetera salierunt, quæ sufficerent eis, quousque pervenirent in Rages civitatem Medorum.	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 Tunc interrogavit Tobias angelum, et dixit ei : Obsecro te, Azaria frater, ut dicas mihi quod remedium habebunt ista, quæ de pisce servare jussisti ?	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 respondens angelus, dixit ei : Cordis ejus particulam si super carbones ponas, fumus ejus extricat omne genus dæmoniorum sive a viro, sive a muliere, ita ut ultra non accedat ad eos.	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 valet ad ungendos oculos in quibus fuerit albugo, et sanabuntur.	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 dixit ei Tobias : Ubi vis ut maneamus ?	10 And Tobias said to him, “Where do you prefer that we stay?”
11 Respondensque angelus, ait : Est hic Raguel nomine, vir propinquus de tribu tua, et hic habet filiam nomine Saram, sed neque masculum neque feminam ullam habet aliam præter eam.	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 Tibi debetur omnis substantia ejus, et oportet eam te accipere conjugem.	12 All his livelihood is dependent upon you, and you ought to take her to yourself in marriage.
13 Pete ergo eam a patre ejus, et dabit tibi eam in uxorem.	13 Therefore, ask for her from her father, and he will give her to you as wife.”
14 Tunc respondit Tobias, et dixit : Audio quia tradita est septem viris, et mortui sunt : sed et hoc audivi, quia dæmonium occidit illos.	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 Timeo ergo, ne forte et mihi hæc eveniant : et cum sim unicus parentibus meis, deponam senectutem illorum cum tristitia ad inferos.	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 Tunc angelus Raphaël dixit ei : Audi me, et ostendam tibi qui sunt, quibus prævalere potest dæmonium.	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 Hi namque qui conjugium ita suscipiunt, ut Deum a se et a sua mente excludant, et suæ libidini ita vacent sicut equus et mulus quibus non est intellectus : habet potestatem dæmonium super eos.	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 Tu autem cum acceperis eam, ingressus cubiculum, per tres dies continens esto ab ea, et nihil aliud nisi orationibus vacabis cum ea.	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 Ipsa autem nocte, incenso jecore piscis, fugabitur dæmonium.	19 Moreover, on that night, burn the liver of the fish like incense, and the demon will be put to flight.
20 Secunda vero nocte in copulatione sanctorum patriarcharum admitteris.	20 In truth, on the second night, you will become ready to receive a physical union like that of the holy Patriarchs.
21 Tertia autem nocte, benedictionem consequeris, ut filii ex vobis procreentur incolumes.	21 And then, on the third night, you will obtain a blessing, so that healthy children may be procreated from you both.
22 Transacta autem tertia nocte, accipies virginem cum timore Domini, amore filiorum magis quam libidine ductus, ut in semine Abrahæ benedictionem in filiis consequaris.	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.