Thobis 9

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Tunc vocavit Tobias angelum ad se, quem quidem hominem existimabat, dixitque ei : Azaria frater, peto ut auscultes verba mea.	1 Then Tobiah called Raphael and said to him:
2 Si meipsum tradam tibi servum, non ero condignus providentiæ tuæ :	2 "Brother Azariah, take along with you four servants and two camels and travel to Rages. Go to Gabael's house and give him this bond. Get the money and then bring him along with you to the wedding celebration.
3 tamen obsecro te ut assumas tibi animalia sive servitia, et vadas ad Gabelum in Rages civitatem Medorum, reddasque ei chirographum suum, et recipias ab eo pecuniam, et roges eum venire ad nuptias meas.	3 You witnessed the oath that Raguel has sworn; I cannot violate his oath."
4 Scis enim ipse quoniam numerat pater meus dies, et si tardavero una die plus, contristatur anima ejus.	4 For you know that my father is counting the days. If I should delay my return by a single day, I would cause him intense grief.
5 Et certe vides quomodo adjuravit me Raguel, cujus adjuramentum spernere non possum.	5 So Raphael, together with the four servants and two camels, traveled to Rages in Media, where they stayed at Gabael's house. Raphael gave Gabael his bond and told him about Tobit's son Tobiah, and that he had married and was inviting him to the wedding celebration. Gabael promptly checked over the sealed moneybags, and they placed them on the camels.
6 Tunc Raphaël assumens quatuor ex servis Raguelis, et duos camelos, in Rages civitatem Medorum perrexit : et inveniens Gabelum, reddidit ei chirographum suum, et recepit ab eo omnem pecuniam.	6 The following morning they got an early start and traveled to the wedding celebration. When they entered Raguel's house, they found Tobiah reclining at table. He sprang up and greeted Gabael, who wept and blessed him, exclaiming: "O noble and good child, son of a noble and good, upright and charitable man, may the Lord grant heavenly blessing to you and to your wife, and to your wife's father and mother. Blessed be God, because I have seen the very image of my cousin Tobit!"
7 Indicavitque ei de Tobia filio Tobiæ omnia quæ gesta sunt, fecitque eum secum venire ad nuptias.
8 Cumque ingressus esset domum Raguelis, invenit Tobiam discumbentem : et exiliens, osculati sunt se invicem : et flevit Gabelus, benedixitque Deum,
9 et dixit : Benedicat te Deus Israël, quia filius es optimi viri et justi, et timentis Deum, et eleemosynas facientis :
10 et dicatur benedictio super uxorem tuam, et super parentes vestros,
11 et videatis filios vestros, et filios filiorum vestrorum, usque in tertiam et quartam generationem : et sit semen vestrum benedictum a Deo Israël, qui regnat in sæcula sæculorum.
12 Cumque omnes dixissent : Amen : accesserunt ad convivium : sed et cum timore Domini nuptiarum convivium exercebant.