Tobias 5

Apo

1 Tobias then answered and said, Father, I will do all things which thou hast commanded me:

2 But how can I receive the money, seeing I know him not?

3 Then he gave him the handwriting, and said unto him, Seek thee a man which may go with thee, whiles I yet live, and I will give him wages: and go and receive the money.

4 Therefore when he went to seek a man, he found Raphael that was an angel.

5 But he knew not; and he said unto him, Canst thou go with me to Rages? and knowest thou those places well?

6 To whom the angel said, I will go with thee, and I know the way well: for I have lodged with our brother Gabael.

7 Then Tobias said unto him, Tarry for me, till I tell my father.

8 Then he said unto him, Go and tarry not. So he went in and said to his father, Behold, I have found one which will go with me. Then he said, Call him unto me, that I may know of what tribe he is, and whether he be a trusty man to go with thee.

9 So he called him, and he came in, and they saluted one another.

10 Then Tobit said unto him, Brother, shew me of what tribe and family thou art.

11 To whom he said, Dost thou seek for a tribe or family, or an hired man to go with thy son? Then Tobit said unto him, I would know, brother, thy kindred and name.

12 Then he said, I am Azarias, the son of Ananias the great, and of thy brethren.

13 Then Tobit said, Thou art welcome, brother; be not now angry with me, because I have enquired to know thy tribe and thy family; for thou art my brother, of an honest and good stock: for I know Ananias and Jonathas, sons of that great Samaias, as we went together to Jerusalem to worship, and offered the firstborn, and the tenths of the fruits; and they were not seduced with the error of our brethren: my brother, thou art of a good stock.

14 But tell me, what wages shall I give thee? wilt thou a drachm a day, and things necessary, as to mine own son?

15 Yea, moreover, if ye return safe, I will add something to thy wages.

16 So they were well pleased. Then said he to Tobias, Prepare thyself for the journey, and God send you a good journey. And when his son had prepared all things far the journey, his father said, Go thou with this man, and God, which dwelleth in heaven, prosper your journey, and the angel of God keep you company. So they went forth both, and the young man's dog with them.

17 But Anna his mother wept, and said to Tobit, Why hast thou sent away our son? is he not the staff of our hand, in going in and out before us?

18 Be not greedy to add money to money: but let it be as refuse in respect of our child.

19 For that which the Lord hath given us to live with doth suffice us.

20 Then said Tobit to her, Take no care, my sister; he shall return in safety, and thine eyes shall see him.

21 For the good angel will keep him company, and his journey shall be prosperous, and he shall return safe.

22 Then she made an end of weeping.

Sep

1 καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς Τωβιας εἶπεν αὐτῷ πάτερ ποιήσω πάντα ὅσα ἐντέταλσαί μοι

2 ἀλλὰ πῶς δυνήσομαι λαβεῖν τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ οὐ γινώσκω αὐτόν

3 καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ τὸ χειρόγραφον καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ζήτησον σεαυτῷ ἄνθρωπον ὃς συμπορεύσεταί σοι καὶ δώσω αὐτῷ μισθόν ἕως ζῶ καὶ λαβὲ πορευθεὶς τὸ ἀργύριον

4 καὶ ἐπορεύθη ζητῆσαι ἄνθρωπον καὶ εὗρεν τὸν Ραφαηλ ὃς ἦν ἄγγελος καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει

5 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ εἰ δύναμαι πορευθῆναι μετὰ σοῦ ἐν Ῥάγοις τῆς Μηδίας καὶ εἰ ἔμπειρος εἶ τῶν τόπων

6 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ ἄγγελος πορεύσομαι μετὰ σοῦ καὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ ἐμπειρῶ καὶ παρὰ Γαβαηλ τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν ηὐλίσθην

7 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τωβιας ὑπόμεινόν με καὶ ἐρῶ τῷ πατρί μου

8 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ πορεύου καὶ μὴ χρονίσῃς

9 καὶ εἰσελθὼν εἶπεν τῷ πατρί ἰδοὺ εὕρηκα ὃς συμπορεύσεταί μοι ὁ δὲ εἶπεν φώνησον αὐτὸν πρός με ἵνα ἐπιγνῶ ποίας φυλῆς ἐστιν καὶ εἰ πιστὸς τοῦ πορευθῆναι μετὰ σοῦ

10 καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτόν καὶ εἰσῆλθεν καὶ ἠσπάσαντο ἀλλήλους

11 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τωβιτ ἄδελφε ἐκ ποίας φυλῆς καὶ ἐκ ποίας πατρίδος σὺ εἶ ὑπόδειξόν μοι

12 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ φυλὴν καὶ πατριὰν σὺ ζητεῖς ἢ μίσθιον ὃς συμπορεύσεται μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ σου καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τωβιτ βούλομαι ἄδελφε ἐπιγνῶναι τὸ γένος σου καὶ τὸ ὄνομα

13 ὁ δὲ εἶπεν ἐγὼ Αζαριας Ανανιου τοῦ μεγάλου τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου

14 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὑγιαίνων ἔλθοις ἄδελφε καὶ μή μοι ὀργισθῇς ὅτι ἐζήτησα τὴν φυλήν σου καὶ τὴν πατριάν σου ἐπιγνῶναι καὶ σὺ τυγχάνεις ἀδελφός μου ἐκ τῆς καλῆς καὶ ἀγαθῆς γενεᾶς ἐπεγίνωσκον γὰρ ἐγὼ Ανανιαν καὶ Ιαθαν τοὺς υἱοὺς Σεμειου τοῦ μεγάλου ὡς ἐπορευόμεθα κοινῶς εἰς Ιεροσόλυμα προσκυνεῖν ἀναφέροντες τὰ πρωτότοκα καὶ τὰς δεκάτας τῶν γενημάτων καὶ οὐκ ἐπλανήθησαν ἐν τῇ πλάνῃ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν ἐκ ῥίζης καλῆς εἶ ἄδελφε

15 ἀλλ᾽ εἰπόν μοι τίνα σοι ἔσομαι μισθὸν διδόναι δραχμὴν τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὰ δέοντά σοι ὡς καὶ τῷ υἱῷ μου

16 καὶ ἔτι προσθήσω σοι ἐπὶ τὸν μισθόν ἐὰν ὑγιαίνοντες ἐπιστρέψητε

17 καὶ εὐδόκησαν οὕτως καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς Τωβιαν ἕτοιμος γίνου πρὸς τὴν ὁδόν καὶ εὐοδωθείητε καὶ ἡτοίμασεν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ τὰ πρὸς τὴν ὁδόν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ πορεύου μετὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὁ δὲ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ οἰκῶν θεὸς εὐοδώσει τὴν ὁδὸν ὑμῶν καὶ ὁ ἄγγελος αὐτοῦ συμπορευθήτω ὑμῖν καὶ ἐξῆλθαν ἀμφότεροι ἀπελθεῖν καὶ ὁ κύων τοῦ παιδαρίου μετ᾽ αὐτῶν

18 ἔκλαυσεν δὲ Αννα ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς Τωβιτ τί ἐξαπέστειλας τὸ παιδίον ἡμῶν ἢ οὐχὶ ἡ ῥάβδος τῆς χειρὸς ἡμῶν ἐστιν ἐν τῷ εἰσπορεύεσθαι αὐτὸν καὶ ἐκπορεύεσθαι ἐνώπιον ἡμῶν

19 ἀργύριον τῷ ἀργυρίῳ μὴ φθάσαι ἀλλὰ περίψημα τοῦ παιδίου ἡμῶν γένοιτο

20 ὡς γὰρ δέδοται ἡμῖν ζῆν παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου τοῦτο ἱκανὸν ἡμῖν ὑπάρχει

21 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ Τωβιτ μὴ λόγον ἔχε ἀδελφή ὑγιαίνων ἐλεύσεται καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ὄψονται αὐτόν

22 ἄγγελος γὰρ ἀγαθὸς συμπορεύσεται αὐτῷ καὶ εὐοδωθήσεται ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ὑποστρέψει ὑγιαίνων

23 καὶ ἐπαύσατο κλαίουσα

Sep

1 τότε ἀποκριθεὶς Τωβιας εἶπεν Τωβιθ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ πάντα ὅσα ἐντέταλσαί μοι ποιήσω πάτερ

2 πῶς δὲ δυνήσομαι αὐτὸ λαβεῖν παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτὸς οὐ γινώσκει με καὶ ἐγὼ οὐ γινώσκω αὐτόν τί σημεῖον δῶ αὐτῷ καὶ ἐπιγνῷ με καὶ πιστεύσῃ μοι καὶ δῷ μοι τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὰς ὁδοὺς τὰς εἰς Μηδίαν οὐ γινώσκω τοῦ πορευθῆναι ἐκεῖ

3 τότε ἀποκριθεὶς Τωβιθ εἶπεν Τωβια τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ χειρόγραφον αὐτοῦ ἔδωκέν μοι καὶ χειρόγραφον ἔδωκα αὐτῷ καὶ διεῖλον εἰς δύο καὶ ἐλάβομεν ἑκάτερος ἕν καὶ ἔθηκα μετὰ τοῦ ἀργυρίου καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ἔτη εἴκοσι ἀφ᾽ οὗ παρεθέμην τὸ ἀργύριον τοῦτο ἐγώ καὶ νῦν παιδίον ζήτησον σεαυτῷ ἄνθρωπον πιστόν ὃς πορεύσεται μετὰ σοῦ καὶ δώσομεν αὐτῷ μισθόν ἕως ὅτου ἔλθῃς καὶ λαβὲ παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἀργύριον τοῦτο

4 ἐξῆλθεν δὲ Τωβιας ζητῆσαι ἄνθρωπον ὃς πορεύσεται μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ εἰς Μηδίαν ὃς ἐμπειρεῖ τῆς ὁδοῦ καὶ ἐξῆλθεν καὶ εὗρεν Ραφαηλ τὸν ἄγγελον ἑστηκότα ἀπέναντι αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἔγνω ὅτι ἄγγελος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν

5 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ πόθεν εἶ νεανίσκε καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ισραηλ τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου καὶ ἐλήλυθα ὧδε ἐργατεύεσθαι καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἐπίστῃ τὴν ὁδὸν πορευθῆναι εἰς Μηδίαν

6 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ναί πολλάκις ἐγὼ ἐγενόμην ἐκεῖ καὶ ἐμπειρῶ καὶ ἐπίσταμαι τὰς ὁδοὺς πάσας πλεονάκις ἐπορεύθην εἰς Μηδίαν καὶ ηὐλιζόμην παρὰ Γαβαήλῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ ἡμῶν τῷ οἰκοῦντι ἐν Ῥάγοις τῆς Μηδίας καὶ ἀπέχει ὁδὸν ἡμερῶν δύο τεταγμένων ἀπὸ Ἐκβατάνων εἰς Ῥάγα κεῖνται γὰρ ἐν τῷ ὄρει

7 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ μεῖνόν με νεανίσκε μέχρι ὅτου εἰσελθὼν ὑποδείξω τῷ πατρί μου χρείαν γὰρ ἔχω ἵνα βαδίσῃς μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ καὶ δώσω σοι τὸν μισθόν σου

8 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ προσκαρτερῶ μόνον μὴ χρονίσῃς

9 καὶ εἰσελθὼν Τωβιας ὑπέδειξεν Τωβιθ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἰδοὺ ἄνθρωπον εὗρον τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν τῶν υἱῶν Ισραηλ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ κάλεσόν μοι τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὅπως ἐπιγνῶ τί τὸ γένος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκ ποίας φυλῆς ἐστιν καὶ εἰ πιστός ἐστιν ἵνα πορευθῇ μετὰ σοῦ παιδίον

10 καὶ ἐξῆλθεν Τωβιας καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ νεανίσκε ὁ πατὴρ καλεῖ σε καὶ εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς αὐτόν καὶ ἐχαιρέτισεν αὐτὸν Τωβιθ πρῶτος καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ χαίρειν σοι πολλὰ γένοιτο καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς Τωβιθ εἶπεν αὐτῷ τί μοι ἔτι ὑπάρχει χαίρειν καὶ ἐγὼ ἄνθρωπος ἀδύνατος τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς καὶ οὐ βλέπω τὸ φῶς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀλλ᾽ ἐν τῷ σκότει κεῖμαι ὥσπερ οἱ νεκροὶ οἱ μηκέτι θεωροῦντες τὸ φῶς ζῶν ἐγὼ ἐν νεκροῖς εἰμι φωνὴν ἀνθρώπων ἀκούω καὶ αὐτοὺς οὐ βλέπω καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ θάρσει ἐγγὺς παρὰ τῷ θεῷ ἰάσασθαί σε θάρσει καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τωβιθ Τωβιας ὁ υἱός μου θέλει πορευθῆναι εἰς Μηδίαν εἰ δυνήσῃ συνελθεῖν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀγαγεῖν αὐτόν καὶ δώσω σοι τὸν μισθόν σου ἄδελφε καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ δυνήσομαι πορευθῆναι μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπίσταμαι ἐγὼ τὰς ὁδοὺς πάσας καὶ πολλάκις ᾠχόμην εἰς Μηδίαν καὶ διῆλθον πάντα τὰ πεδία αὐτῆς καὶ τὰ ὄρη καὶ πάσας τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῆς ἐγὼ γινώσκω

11 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἄδελφε ποίας πατριᾶς εἶ καὶ ἐκ ποίας φυλῆς ὑπόδειξόν μοι ἄδελφε

12 καὶ εἶπεν τί χρείαν ἔχεις φυλῆς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ βούλομαι γνῶναι τὰ κατ᾽ ἀλήθειαν τίνος εἶ ἄδελφε καὶ τί τὸ ὄνομά σου

13 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἐγὼ Αζαριας Ανανιου τοῦ μεγάλου τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου

14 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὑγιαίνων ἔλθοις καὶ σῳζόμενος ἄδελφε καὶ μή μοι πικρανθῇς ἄδελφε ὅτι τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐβουλόμην γνῶναι καὶ τὴν πατριάν σου καὶ σὺ τυγχάνεις ἀδελφὸς ὤν καὶ ἐκ γενεᾶς καλῆς καὶ ἀγαθῆς εἶ σύ ἐγίνωσκον Ανανιαν καὶ Ναθαν τοὺς δύο υἱοὺς Σεμελιου τοῦ μεγάλου καὶ αὐτοὶ συνεπορεύοντό μοι εἰς Ιερουσαλημ καὶ προσεκύνουν μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἐκεῖ καὶ οὐκ ἐπλανήθησαν οἱ ἀδελφοί σου ἄνθρωποι ἀγαθοί ἐκ ῥίζης ἀγαθῆς εἶ σύ καὶ χαίρων ἔλθοις

15 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἐγώ σοι δίδωμι μισθὸν τὴν ἡμέραν δραχμὴν καὶ τὰ δέοντά σοι ὁμοίως τῷ υἱῷ μου

16 καὶ πορεύθητι μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ μου καὶ ἔτι προσθήσω σοι τῷ μισθῷ

17 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὅτι πορεύσομαι μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ μὴ φοβηθῇς ὑγιαίνοντες ἀπελευσόμεθα καὶ ὑγιαίνοντες ἐπιστρέψομεν πρὸς σέ διότι ἡ ὁδὸς ἀσφαλής καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ εὐλογία σοι γένοιτο ἄδελφε καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ παιδίον ἑτοίμασον τὰ πρὸς τὴν ὁδὸν καὶ ἔξελθε μετὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου καὶ ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ διασώσαι ὑμᾶς ἐκεῖ καὶ ἀποκαταστήσαι ὑμᾶς πρὸς ἐμὲ ὑγιαίνοντας καὶ ὁ ἄγγελος αὐτοῦ συνοδεύσαι ὑμῖν μετὰ σωτηρίας παιδίον καὶ ἐξῆλθεν πορευθῆναι τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐφίλησεν τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τωβιθ πορεύου ὑγιαίνων

18 καὶ ἔκλαυσεν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς Τωβιθ τί ὅτι ἀπέστειλας τὸ παιδίον μου οὐχὶ αὐτὸς ῥάβδος τῆς χειρὸς ἡμῶν ἐστιν καὶ αὐτὸς εἰσπορεύεται καὶ ἐκπορεύεται ἐνώπιον ἡμῶν

19 ἀργύριον τῷ ἀργυρίῳ μὴ φθάσαι ἀλλὰ περίψημα τοῦ παιδίου ἡμῶν γένοιτο

20 ὡς δέδοται ζῆν ἡμῖν παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου τοῦτο ἱκανὸν ἡμῖν

21 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ μὴ λόγον ἔχε ὑγιαίνων πορεύσεται τὸ παιδίον ἡμῶν καὶ ὑγιαίνων ἐλεύσεται πρὸς ἡμᾶς καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ὄψονται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ ἂν ἔλθῃ πρὸς σὲ ὑγιαίνων

22 μὴ λόγον ἔχε μὴ φοβοῦ περὶ αὐτῶν ἀδελφή ἄγγελος γὰρ ἀγαθὸς συνελεύσεται αὐτῷ καὶ εὐοδωθήσεται ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ὑποστρέψει ὑγιαίνων

23 καὶ ἐσίγησεν κλαίουσα

Vul

1 Tunc respondit Tobias patri suo, et dixit: Omnia quæcumque præcepisti mihi faciam, pater.

2 Quomodo autem pecuniam hanc requiram, ignoro: ille me nescit, et ego eum ignoro: quod signum dabo ei? sed neque viam per quam pergatur illuc aliquando cognovi.

3 Tunc pater suus respondit illi, et dixit: Chirographum quidem illius penes me habeo: quod dum illi ostenderis, statim restituet.

4 Sed perge nunc, et inquire tibi aliquem fidelem virum, qui eat tecum salva mercede sua, ut dum adhuc vivo, recipias eam.

5 Tunc egressus Tobias, invenit juvenem splendidum stantem præcinctum, et quasi paratum ad ambulandum.

6 Et ignorans quod angelus Dei esset, salutavit eum, et dixit: Unde te habemus, bone juvenis?

7 At ille respondit: Ex filiis Israël. Et Tobias dixit ei: Nosti viam quæ ducit in regionem Medorum?

8 Cui respondit: Novi: et omnia itinera ejus frequenter ambulavi, et mansi apud Gabelum fratrem nostrum, qui moratur in Rages civitate Medorum, quæ posita est in monte Ecbatanis.

9 Cui Tobias ait: Sustine me obsecro, donec hæc ipsa nuntiem patri meo.

10 Tunc ingressus Tobias, indicavit universa hæc patri suo. Super quæ admiratus pater, rogavit ut introiret ad eum.

11 Ingressus itaque salutavit eum, et dixit: Gaudium tibi sit semper.

12 Et ait Tobias: Quale gaudium mihi erit, qui in tenebris sedeo, et lumen cæli non video?

13 Cui ait juvenis: Forti animo esto: in proximo est ut a Deo cureris.

14 Dixit itaque illi Tobias: Numquid poteris perducere filium meum ad Gabelum in Rages civitatem Medorum? et cum redieris, restituam tibi mercedem tuam.

15 Et dixit ei angelus: Ego ducam, et reducam eum ad te.

16 Cui Tobias respondit: Rogo te, indica mihi de qua domo aut de qua tribu es tu.

17 Cui Raphaël angelus dixit: Genus quæris mercenarii, an ipsum mercenarium qui cum filio tuo eat?

18 sed ne forte sollicitum te reddam, ego sum Azarias Ananiæ magni filius.

19 Et Tobias respondit: Ex magno genere es tu. Sed peto ne irascaris quod voluerim cognoscere genus tuum.

20 Dixit autem illi angelus: Ego sanum ducam, et sanum tibi reducam filium tuum.

21 Respondens autem Tobias, ait: Bene ambuletis, et sit Deus in itinere vestro, et angelus ejus comitetur vobiscum.

22 Tunc paratis omnibus quæ erant in via portanda, fecit Tobias vale patri suo et matri suæ, et ambulaverunt ambo simul.

23 Cumque profecti essent, cœpit mater ejus flere, et dicere: Baculum senectutis nostræ tulisti, et transmisisti a nobis.

24 Numquam fuisset ipsa pecunia, pro qua misisti eum:

25 sufficiebat enim nobis paupertas nostra, ut divitias computaremus hoc, quod videbamus filium nostrum.

26 Dixitque ei Tobias: Noli flere: salvus perveniet filius noster, et salvus revertetur ad nos, et oculi tui videbunt illum.

27 Credo enim quod angelus Dei bonus comitetur ei, et bene disponat omnia quæ circa eum geruntur, ita ut cum gaudio revertatur ad nos.

28 Ad hanc vocem cessavit mater ejus flere, et tacuit.