Livro de Tobias 10

SAGRADA BIBLIA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 O casamento de Tobias tinha retardado a sua volta. Seu pai, muito inquieto, dizia: Por que será que meu filho tarda tanto? Por que se demora lá?	1 Every day, meanwhile, Tobit kept reckoning the days required for the journey there and the journeyback. The full number went by, and stil his son had not come.
2 Teria Gabael porventura falecido, de sorte que não haveria ninguém para restituir o dinheiro?	2 Then he thought, 'I hope he has not been delayed there! I hope Gabael is not dead, so that no one wilgive him the silver.'
3 Ele entristeceu-se extremamente com isso, assim como Ana, sua mulher, e ambos se puseram a chorar, porque seu filho não voltava no tempo previsto.	3 And he began to worry.
4 Sua mãe, principalmente, derramava lágrimas inesgotáveis, e dizia: Ai, ai, meu filho! Por que te mandamos lá? Tu que eras a luz de nossos olhos, o bordão de nossa velhice, a consolação de nossa vida e a esperança de nossa raça!	4 His wife Anna kept saying, 'My son is dead! He is no longer among the living!' And she began to weepand mourn over her son. She kept saying,
5 Nós, que em ti só tínhamos tudo, não te devíamos ter deixado ir para longe de nós.	5 'Alas! I should never have let you leave me, my child, you, the light of my eyes.'
6 Tobit dizia-lhe: Cala-te, não te aflijas! Nosso filho está passando bem; aquele homem com quem nós o mandamos é um homem de confiança.	6 And Tobit would reply, 'Hush, my sister! Do not worry. Al is wel with him. Something has happenedthere to delay them. His companion is someone we can trust, one of our kinsmen at that. Do not lose heart, mysister.
7 Mas ela continuava inconsolável: todos os dias ela saía para fora, olhava para todos os lados, e corria por todos os caminhos, por onde poderia voltar o filho, a fim de vê-lo ao longe, se fosse possível.	7 He will soon be here.' But al she would say was, 'Leave me alone; do not try to deceive me. My childis dead.' And every day she would go abruptly out to watch the road by which her son had left. She trusted noeyes but her own. Once the sun had set she would come home again, only to weep and moan al night, unableto sleep. After the fourteen days of feasting that Raguel had sworn to keep for his daughter's marriage, Tobiascame to him and said, 'Let me go now; my father and mother must have lost al hope of seeing me again. So Ibeg you, father, to let me return to my father's house; I have told you the plight he was in when I left him.'
8 Entretanto, Raguel dizia ao seu genro: Fica aqui, mandarei notícias a Tobit, teu pai, a respeito de tua saúde.	8 Raguel said to Tobias, 'Stay, my son, stay with me. I shal send messengers to your father Tobit togive him news of you.'
9 Mas Tobias disse-lhe: Sei que meu pai e minha mãe contam os dias e que se acham em grande tormento.	9 But Tobias pressed him, 'No, I beg you to let me go back to my father's house.'
10 Raguel insistiu ainda, apresentando muitas razões, mas Tobias não quis ouvi-lo. Então entregou-lhe Sara com a metade de seus bens em servos, servas, rebanhos, camelos, vacas, e em grande soma de dinheiro. Despediu-o cheio de saúde e alegria,	10 Without more ado, Raguel committed Sarah his bride into his keeping. He gave Tobias half hiswealth, slaves, men and women, oxen and sheep, donkeys and camels, clothes and money and householdthings.
11 dizendo-lhe: Que o santo anjo do Senhor vos acompanhe pelo caminho, e vos conduza sãos e salvos. Faço votos de que encontreis tudo em ordem em casa de vossos pais, e que eu possa ver os vossos filhos antes de morrer!	11 And so he let them leave happily. To Tobias he said these parting words, 'Good health, my son, anda happy journey! May the Lord of heaven be gracious to you and to your wife Sarah! I hope to see your childrenbefore I die.'
12 Os pais beijaram sua filha e deixaram-na partir,	12 To his daughter Sarah he said, 'Go now to your father-in-law's house, since henceforward they areas much your parents as those who gave you life. Go in peace, my daughter, I hope to hear nothing but good ofyou, as long as I live.' He said goodbye to them and let them go. Edna in her turn said to Tobias, 'Dear son andbrother, may it please the Lord to bring you back again! I hope to live long enough to see the children of you andmy daughter Sarah before I die. In the sight of the Lord I give my daughter into your keeping. Never make herunhappy as long as you live. Go in peace, my son. Henceforward I am your mother and Sarah is your sister.May we al live happily for the rest of our lives!' And she kissed them both and saw them set out happily.
13 recomendando-lhe que honrasse seus sogros, amasse o seu marido, educasse bem a sua família e	13 Tobias left Raguel's house with his mind at ease. In his gladness he blessed the Lord of heaven andearth, the King of al that is, for the happy issue of his travels. He gave this blessing to Raguel and his wife Edna,'May it be my happiness to honour you for the rest of my life!'