Tobias 2

Apo

1 Now when I was come home again, and my wife Anna was restored unto me, with my son Tobias, in the feast of Pentecost, which is the holy feast of the seven weeks, there was a good dinner prepared me, in the which I sat down to eat.

2 And when I saw abundance of meat, I said to my son, Go and bring what poor man soever thou shalt find out of our brethren, who is mindful of the Lord; and, lo, I tarry for thee.

3 But he came again, and said, Father, one of our nation is strangled, and is cast out in the marketplace.

4 Then before I had tasted of any meat, I started up, and took him up into a room until the going down of the sun.

5 Then I returned, and washed myself, and ate my meat in heaviness,

6 Remembering that prophecy of Amos, as he said, Your feasts shall be turned into mourning, and all your mirth into lamentation.

7 Therefore I wept: and after the going down of the sun I went and made a grave, and buried him.

8 But my neighbours mocked me, and said, This man is not yet afraid to be put to death for this matter: who fled away; and yet, lo, he burieth the dead again.

9 The same night also I returned from the burial, and slept by the wall of my courtyard, being polluted and my face was uncovered:

10 And I knew not that there were sparrows in the wall, and mine eyes being open, the sparrows muted warm dung into mine eyes, and a whiteness came in mine eyes: and I went to the physicians, but they helped me not: moreover Achiacharus did nourish me, until I went into Elymais.

11 And my wife Anna did take women's works to do.

12 And when she had sent them home to the owners, they paid her wages, and gave her also besides a kid.

13 And when it was in my house, and began to cry, I said unto her, From whence is this kid? is it not stolen? render it to the owners; for it is not lawful to eat any thing that is stolen.

14 But she replied upon me, It was given for a gift more than the wages. Howbeit I did not believe her, but bade her render it to the owners: and I was abashed at her. But she replied upon me, Where are thine alms and thy righteous deeds? behold, thou and all thy works are known.

Sep

1 ὅτε δὲ κατῆλθον εἰς τὸν οἶκόν μου καὶ ἀπεδόθη μοι Αννα ἡ γυνή μου καὶ Τωβιας ὁ υἱός μου ἐν τῇ πεντηκοστῇ τῇ ἑορτῇ ἥ ἐστιν ἁγία ἑπτὰ ἑβδομάδων ἐγενήθη ἄριστον καλόν μοι καὶ ἀνέπεσα τοῦ φαγεῖν

2 καὶ ἐθεασάμην ὄψα πολλὰ καὶ εἶπα τῷ υἱῷ μου βάδισον καὶ ἄγαγε ὃν ἐὰν εὕρῃς τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν ἐνδεῆ ὃς μέμνηται τοῦ κυρίου καὶ ἰδοὺ μενῶ σε

3 καὶ ἐλθὼν εἶπεν πάτερ εἷς ἐκ τοῦ γένους ἡμῶν ἐστραγγαλωμένος ἔρριπται ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ

4 κἀγὼ πρὶν ἢ γεύσασθαί με ἀναπηδήσας ἀνειλόμην αὐτὸν εἴς τι οἴκημα ἕως οὗ ἔδυ ὁ ἥλιος

5 καὶ ἐπιστρέψας ἐλουσάμην καὶ ἤσθιον τὸν ἄρτον μου ἐν λύπῃ

6 καὶ ἐμνήσθην τῆς προφητείας Αμως καθὼς εἶπεν στραφήσονται αἱ ἑορταὶ ὑμῶν εἰς πένθος καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ εὐφροσύναι ὑμῶν εἰς θρῆνον καὶ ἔκλαυσα

7 καὶ ὅτε ἔδυ ὁ ἥλιος ᾠχόμην καὶ ὀρύξας ἔθαψα αὐτόν

8 καὶ οἱ πλησίον ἐπεγέλων λέγοντες οὐκέτι φοβεῖται φονευθῆναι περὶ τοῦ πράγματος τούτου καὶ ἀπέδρα καὶ ἰδοὺ πάλιν θάπτει τοὺς νεκρούς

9 καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ νυκτὶ ἀνέλυσα θάψας καὶ ἐκοιμήθην μεμιαμμένος παρὰ τὸν τοῖχον τῆς αὐλῆς καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἀκάλυπτον ἦν

10 καὶ οὐκ ᾔδειν ὅτι στρουθία ἐν τῷ τοίχῳ ἐστίν καὶ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν μου ἀνεῳγότων ἀφώδευσαν τὰ στρουθία θερμὸν εἰς τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου καὶ ἐγενήθη λευκώματα εἰς τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου καὶ ἐπορεύθην πρὸς ἰατρούς καὶ οὐκ ὠφέλησάν με Αχιαχαρος δὲ ἔτρεφέν με ἕως οὗ ἐπορεύθη εἰς τὴν Ἐλυμαΐδα

11 καὶ ἡ γυνή μου Αννα ἠριθεύετο ἐν τοῖς γυναικείοις

12 καὶ ἀπέστελλε τοῖς κυρίοις καὶ ἀπέδωκαν αὐτῇ καὶ αὐτοὶ τὸν μισθὸν προσδόντες καὶ ἔριφον

13 ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν πρός με ἤρξατο κράζειν καὶ εἶπα αὐτῇ πόθεν τὸ ἐρίφιον μὴ κλεψιμαῖόν ἐστιν ἀπόδος αὐτὸ τοῖς κυρίοις οὐ γὰρ θεμιτόν ἐστιν φαγεῖν κλεψιμαῖον

14 ἡ δὲ εἶπεν δῶρον δέδοταί μοι ἐπὶ τῷ μισθῷ καὶ οὐκ ἐπίστευον αὐτῇ καὶ ἔλεγον ἀποδιδόναι αὐτὸ τοῖς κυρίοις καὶ ἠρυθρίων πρὸς αὐτήν ἡ δὲ ἀποκριθεῖσα εἶπέν μοι ποῦ εἰσιν αἱ ἐλεημοσύναι σου καὶ αἱ δικαιοσύναι σου ἰδοὺ γνωστὰ πάντα μετὰ σοῦ

Sep

1 καὶ ἐπὶ Σαχερδονος βασιλέως κατῆλθον εἰς τὸν οἶκόν μου καὶ ἀπεδόθη μοι ἡ γυνή μου Αννα καὶ Τωβιας ὁ υἱός μου καὶ ἐν τῇ πεντηκοστῇ τῇ ἑορτῇ ἡμῶν ἥ ἐστιν ἁγία ἑπτὰ ἑβδομάδων ἐγενήθη μοι ἄριστον καλόν καὶ ἀνέπεσα τοῦ ἀριστῆσαι

2 καὶ παρετέθη μοι ἡ τράπεζα καὶ παρετέθη μοι ὀψάρια πλείονα καὶ εἶπα τῷ Τωβια τῷ υἱῷ μου παιδίον βάδιζε καὶ ὃν ἂν εὕρῃς πτωχὸν τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν ἐκ Νινευητῶν αἰχμαλώτων ὃς μέμνηται ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἄγαγε αὐτὸν καὶ φάγεται κοινῶς μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ καὶ ἰδὲ προσμενῶ σε παιδίον μέχρι τοῦ σε ἐλθεῖν

3 καὶ ἐπορεύθη Τωβιας ζητῆσαί τινα πτωχὸν τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν καὶ ἐπιστρέψας λέγει πάτερ καὶ εἶπα αὐτῷ ἰδοὺ ἐγώ παιδίον καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν πάτερ ἰδοὺ εἷς ἐκ τοῦ ἔθνους ἡμῶν πεφόνευται καὶ ἔρριπται ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ καὶ αὐτόθι νῦν ἐστραγγάληται

4 καὶ ἀναπηδήσας ἀφῆκα τὸ ἄριστον πρὶν ἢ γεύσασθαί με αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀναιροῦμαι αὐτὸν ἐκ τῆς πλατείας καὶ εἰς ἓν τῶν οἰκιδίων ἔθηκα μέχρι τοῦ τὸν ἥλιον δύειν καὶ θάψω αὐτόν

5 ἐπιστρέψας οὖν ἐλουσάμην καὶ ἤσθιον τὸν ἄρτον μετὰ πένθους

6 καὶ ἐμνήσθην τοῦ ῥήματος τοῦ προφήτου ὅσα ἐλάλησεν Αμως ἐπὶ Βαιθηλ λέγων στραφήσονται ὑμῶν αἱ ἑορταὶ εἰς πένθος καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ ᾠδαὶ ὑμῶν εἰς θρῆνος καὶ ἔκλαυσα

7 καὶ ὅτε ἔδυ ὁ ἥλιος ᾠχόμην καὶ ὀρύξας ἔθαψα αὐτόν

8 καὶ οἱ πλησίον μου κατεγέλων λέγοντες οὐ φοβεῖται οὐκέτι ἤδη γὰρ ἐπεζητήθη τοῦ φονευθῆναι περὶ τοῦ πράγματος τούτου καὶ ἀπέδρα καὶ πάλιν ἰδοὺ θάπτει τοὺς νεκρούς

9 καὶ αὐτῇ τῇ νυκτὶ ἐλουσάμην καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὴν αὐλήν μου καὶ ἐκοιμήθην παρὰ τὸν τοῖχον τῆς αὐλῆς καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἀνακεκαλυμμένον διὰ τὸ καῦμα

10 καὶ οὐκ ᾔδειν ὅτι στρουθία ἐν τῷ τοίχῳ ἐπάνω μού εἰσιν καὶ ἐκάθισεν τὸ ἀφόδευμα αὐτῶν εἰς τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου θερμὸν καὶ ἐπήγαγεν λευκώματα καὶ ἐπορευόμην πρὸς τοὺς ἰατροὺς θεραπευθῆναι καὶ ὅσῳ ἐνεχρίοσάν με τὰ φάρμακα τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ἐξετυφλοῦντο οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου τοῖς λευκώμασιν μέχρι τοῦ ἀποτυφλωθῆναι καὶ ἤμην ἀδύνατος τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ἔτη τέσσαρα καὶ πάντες οἱ ἀδελφοί μου ἐλυποῦντο περὶ ἐμοῦ καὶ Αχιαχαρος ἔτρεφέν με ἔτη δύο πρὸ τοῦ αὐτὸν βαδίσαι εἰς τὴν Ἐλυμαΐδα

11 καὶ ἐν τῷ χρόνῳ ἐκείνῳ Αννα ἡ γυνή μου ἠριθεύετο ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς γυναικείοις

12 καὶ ἀπέστελλε τοῖς κυρίοις αὐτῶν καὶ ἀπεδίδουν αὐτῇ τὸν μισθόν καὶ ἐν τῇ ἑβδόμῃ τοῦ Δύστρου ἐξέτεμε τὸν ἱστὸν καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸν τοῖς κυρίοις καὶ ἔδωκαν αὐτῇ τὸν μισθὸν πάντα καὶ ἔδωκαν αὐτῇ ἐφ᾽ ἑστίᾳ ἔριφον ἐξ αἰγῶν

13 καὶ ὅτε εἰσῆλθεν πρός με ὁ ἔριφος ἤρξατο κράζειν καὶ ἐκάλεσα αὐτὴν καὶ εἶπα πόθεν τὸ ἐρίφιον τοῦτο μήποτε κλεψιμαῖόν ἐστιν ἀπόδος αὐτὸ τοῖς κυρίοις αὐτοῦ οὐ γὰρ ἐξουσίαν ἔχομεν ἡμεῖς φαγεῖν οὐδὲν κλεψιμαῖον

14 καὶ λέγει μοι αὐτή δόσει δέδοταί μοι ἐπὶ τῷ μισθῷ καὶ οὐκ ἐπίστευον αὐτῇ καὶ ἔλεγον ἀποδοῦναι τοῖς κυρίοις καὶ προσηρυθρίων χάριν τούτου πρὸς αὐτήν εἶτα ἀποκριθεῖσα λέγει μοι καὶ ποῦ εἰσιν αἱ ἐλεημοσύναι σου ποῦ εἰσιν αἱ δικαιοσύναι σου ἰδὲ ταῦτα μετὰ σοῦ γνωστά ἐστιν

Vul

1 Post hæc vero, cum esset dies festus Domini, et factum esset prandium bonum in domo Tobiæ,

2 dixit filio suo: Vade, et adduc aliquos de tribu nostra, timentes Deum, ut epulentur nobiscum.

3 Cumque abiisset, reversus nuntiavit ei unum ex filiis Israël jugulatum jacere in platea. Statimque exiliens de accubitu suo, relinquens prandium, jejunus pervenit ad corpus:

4 tollensque illud portavit ad domum suam occulte, ut dum sol occubuisset, caute sepeliret eum.

5 Cumque occultasset corpus, manducavit panem cum luctu et tremore,

6 memorans illum sermonem, quem dixit Dominus per Amos prophetam: Dies festi vestri convertentur in lamentationem et luctum.

7 Cum vero sol occubuisset, abiit, et sepelivit eum.

8 Arguebant autem eum omnes proximi ejus, dicentes: Jam hujus rei causa interfici jussus es, et vix effugisti mortis imperium, et iterum sepelis mortuos?

9 Sed Tobias plus timens Deum quam regem, rapiebat corpora occisorum, et occultabat in domo sua, et mediis noctibus sepeliebat ea.

10 Contigit autem ut quadam die fatigatus a sepultura, veniens in domum suam, jactasset se juxta parietem, et obdormisset,

11 et ex nido hirundinum dormienti illi calida stercora inciderent super oculos ejus, fieretque cæcus.

12 Hanc autem tentationem ideo permisit Dominus evenire illi, ut posteris daretur exemplum patientiæ ejus, sicut et sancti Job.

13 Nam cum ab infantia sua semper Deum timuerit, et mandata ejus custodierit, non est contristatus contra Deum quod plaga cæcitatis evenerit ei,

14 sed immobilis in Dei timore permansit, agens gratias Deo omnibus diebus vitæ suæ.

15 Nam sicut beato Job insultabant reges, ita isti parentes et cognati ejus irridebant vitam ejus, dicentes:

16 Ubi est spes tua, pro qua eleemosynas et sepulturas faciebas?

17 Tobias vero increpabat eos, dicens: Nolite ita loqui:

18 quoniam filii sanctorum sumus, et vitam illam expectamus, quam Deus daturus est his qui fidem suam numquam mutant ab eo.

19 Anna vero uxor ejus ibat ad opus textrinum quotidie, et de labore manuum suarum victum quem consequi poterat, deferebat.

20 Unde factum est ut hædum caprarum accipiens detulisset domi:

21 cujus cum vocem balantis vir ejus audisset, dixit: Videte, ne forte furtivus sit: reddite eum dominis suis, quia non licet nobis aut edere ex furto aliquid, aut contingere.

22 Ad hæc uxor ejus irata respondit: Manifeste vana facta est spes tua, et eleemosynæ tuæ modo apparuerunt.

23 Atque his et aliis hujuscemodi verbis exprobrabat ei.