Tobias 6

Apo

1 And as they went on their journey, they came in the evening to the river Tigris, and they lodged there.

2 And when the young man went down to wash himself, a fish leaped out of the river, and would have devoured him.

3 Then the angel said unto him, Take the fish. And the young man laid hold of the fish, and drew it to land.

4 To whom the angel said, Open the fish, and take the heart and the liver and the gall, and put them up safely.

5 So the young man did as the angel commanded him; and when they had roasted the fish, they did eat it: then they both went on their way, till they drew near to Ecbatane.

6 Then the young man said to the angel, Brother Azarias, to what use is the heart and the liver and the gal of the fish?

7 And he said unto him, Touching the heart and the liver, if a devil or an evil spirit trouble any, we must make a smoke thereof before the man or the woman, and the party shall be no more vexed.

8 As for the gall, it is good to anoint a man that hath whiteness in his eyes, and he shall be healed.

9 And when they were come near to Rages,

10 The angel said to the young man, Brother, to day we shall lodge with Raguel, who is thy cousin; he also hath one only daughter, named Sara; I will speak for her, that she may be given thee for a wife.

11 For to thee doth the right of her appertain, seeing thou only art of her kindred.

12 And the maid is fair and wise: now therefore hear me, and I will speak to her father; and when we return from Rages we will celebrate the marriage: for I know that Raguel cannot marry her to another according to the law of Moses, but he shall be guilty of death, because the right of inheritance doth rather appertain to thee than to any other.

13 Then the young man answered the angel, I have heard, brother Azarias that this maid hath been given to seven men, who all died in the marriage chamber.

14 And now I am the only son of my father, and I am afraid, lest if I go in unto her, I die, as the other before: for a wicked spirit loveth her, which hurteth no body, but those which come unto her; wherefore I also fear lest I die, and bring my father's and my mother's life because of me to the grave with sorrow: for they have no other son to bury them.

15 Then the angel said unto him, Dost thou not remember the precepts which thy father gave thee, that thou shouldest marry a wife of thine own kindred? wherefore hear me, O my brother; for she shall be given thee to wife; and make thou no reckoning of the evil spirit; for this same night shall she be given thee in marriage.

16 And when thou shalt come into the marriage chamber, thou shalt take the ashes of perfume, and shalt lay upon them some of the heart and liver of the fish, and shalt make a smoke with it:

17 And the devil shall smell it, and flee away, and never come again any more: but when thou shalt come to her, rise up both of you, and pray to God which is merciful, who will have pity on you, and save you: fear not, for she is appointed unto thee from the beginning; and thou shalt preserve her, and she shall go with thee. Moreover I suppose that she shall bear thee children. Now when Tobias had heard these things, he loved her, and his heart was effectually joined to her.

Sep

1 οἱ δὲ πορευόμενοι τὴν ὁδὸν ἦλθον ἑσπέρας ἐπὶ τὸν Τίγριν ποταμὸν καὶ ηὐλίζοντο ἐκεῖ

2 τὸ δὲ παιδάριον κατέβη περικλύσασθαι καὶ ἀνεπήδησεν ἰχθὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ ἐβουλήθη καταπιεῖν τὸ παιδάριον

3 ὁ δὲ ἄγγελος εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἐπιλαβοῦ τοῦ ἰχθύος καὶ ἐκράτησεν τὸν ἰχθὺν τὸ παιδάριον καὶ ἀνέβαλεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν

4 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ ἄγγελος ἀνάτεμε τὸν ἰχθὺν καὶ λαβὼν τὴν καρδίαν καὶ τὸ ἧπαρ καὶ τὴν χολὴν θὲς ἀσφαλῶς

5 καὶ ἐποίησεν τὸ παιδάριον ὡς εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ ἄγγελος τὸν δὲ ἰχθὺν ὀπτήσαντες ἔφαγον

6 καὶ ὥδευον ἀμφότεροι ἕως ἤγγισαν ἐν Ἐκβατάνοις

7 καὶ εἶπεν τὸ παιδάριον τῷ ἀγγέλῳ Αζαρια ἄδελφε τί ἐστιν τὸ ἧπαρ καὶ ἡ καρδία καὶ ἡ χολὴ τοῦ ἰχθύος

8 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἡ καρδία καὶ τὸ ἧπαρ ἐάν τινα ὀχλῇ δαιμόνιον ἢ πνεῦμα πονηρόν ταῦτα δεῖ καπνίσαι ἐνώπιον ἀνθρώπου ἢ γυναικός καὶ οὐκέτι οὐ μὴ ὀχληθῇ

9 ἡ δὲ χολή ἐγχρῖσαι ἄνθρωπον ὃς ἔχει λευκώματα ἐν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς καὶ ἰαθήσεται

10 ὡς δὲ προσήγγισαν τῇ Ραγη

11 εἶπεν ὁ ἄγγελος τῷ παιδαρίῳ ἄδελφε σήμερον αὐλισθησόμεθα παρὰ Ραγουηλ καὶ αὐτὸς συγγενής σού ἐστιν καὶ ἔστιν αὐτῷ θυγάτηρ μονογενὴς ὀνόματι Σαρρα

12 λαλήσω περὶ αὐτῆς τοῦ δοθῆναί σοι αὐτὴν εἰς γυναῖκα ὅτι σοὶ ἐπιβάλλει ἡ κληρονομία αὐτῆς καὶ σὺ μόνος εἶ ἐκ τοῦ γένους αὐτῆς καὶ τὸ κοράσιον καλὸν καὶ φρόνιμόν ἐστιν

13 καὶ νῦν ἄκουσόν μου καὶ λαλήσω τῷ πατρὶ αὐτῆς καὶ ὅταν ὑποστρέψωμεν ἐκ Ῥάγων ποιήσομεν τὸν γάμον διότι ἐπίσταμαι Ραγουηλ ὅτι οὐ μὴ δῷ αὐτὴν ἀνδρὶ ἑτέρῳ κατὰ τὸν νόμον Μωυσῆ ἢ ὀφειλέσει θάνατον ὅτι τὴν κληρονομίαν σοὶ καθήκει λαβεῖν ἢ πάντα ἄνθρωπον

14 τότε εἶπεν τὸ παιδάριον τῷ ἀγγέλῳ Αζαρια ἄδελφε ἀκήκοα ἐγὼ τὸ κοράσιον δεδόσθαι ἑπτὰ ἀνδράσιν καὶ πάντας ἐν τῷ νυμφῶνι ἀπολωλότας

15 καὶ νῦν ἐγὼ μόνος εἰμὶ τῷ πατρὶ καὶ φοβοῦμαι μὴ εἰσελθὼν ἀποθάνω καθὼς καὶ οἱ πρότεροι ὅτι δαιμόνιον φιλεῖ αὐτήν ὃ οὐκ ἀδικεῖ οὐδένα πλὴν τῶν προσαγόντων αὐτῇ καὶ νῦν ἐγὼ φοβοῦμαι μὴ ἀποθάνω καὶ κατάξω τὴν ζωὴν τοῦ πατρός μου καὶ τῆς μητρός μου μετ᾽ ὀδύνης ἐπ᾽ ἐμοὶ εἰς τὸν τάφον αὐτῶν καὶ υἱὸς ἕτερος οὐχ ὑπάρχει αὐτοῖς ὃς θάψει αὐτούς

16 εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ἄγγελος οὐ μέμνησαι τῶν λόγων ὧν ἐνετείλατό σοι ὁ πατήρ σου ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαβεῖν σε γυναῖκα ἐκ τοῦ γένους σου καὶ νῦν ἄκουσόν μου ἄδελφε διότι σοὶ ἔσται εἰς γυναῖκα καὶ τοῦ δαιμονίου μηδένα λόγον ἔχε ὅτι τὴν νύκτα ταύτην δοθήσεταί σοι αὕτη εἰς γυναῖκα

17 καὶ ἐὰν εἰσέλθῃς εἰς τὸν νυμφῶνα λήμψῃ τέφραν θυμιαμάτων καὶ ἐπιθήσεις ἀπὸ τῆς καρδίας καὶ τοῦ ἥπατος τοῦ ἰχθύος καὶ καπνίσεις καὶ ὀσφρανθήσεται τὸ δαιμόνιον καὶ φεύξεται καὶ οὐκ ἐπανελεύσεται τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος

18 ὅταν δὲ προσπορεύῃ αὐτῇ ἐγέρθητε ἀμφότεροι καὶ βοήσατε πρὸς τὸν ἐλεήμονα θεόν καὶ σώσει ὑμᾶς καὶ ἐλεήσει μὴ φοβοῦ ὅτι σοὶ αὐτὴ ἡτοιμασμένη ἦν ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος καὶ σὺ αὐτὴν σώσεις καὶ πορεύσεται μετὰ σοῦ καὶ ὑπολαμβάνω ὅτι σοὶ ἔσται ἐξ αὐτῆς παιδία

19 καὶ ὡς ἤκουσεν Τωβιας ταῦτα ἐφίλησεν αὐτήν καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἐκολλήθη αὐτῇ σφόδρα

Sep

1 καὶ ἐξῆλθεν τὸ παιδίον καὶ ὁ ἄγγελος μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁ κύων ἐξῆλθεν μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπορεύθη μετ᾽ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἀμφότεροι καὶ ἔτυχεν αὐτοῖς νὺξ μία καὶ ηὐλίσθησαν ἐπὶ τοῦ Τίγριδος ποταμοῦ

2 καὶ κατέβη τὸ παιδίον περινίψασθαι τοὺς πόδας εἰς τὸν Τίγριν ποταμόν καὶ ἀναπηδήσας ἰχθὺς μέγας ἐκ τοῦ ὕδατος ἐβούλετο καταπιεῖν τὸν πόδα τοῦ παιδαρίου καὶ ἔκραξεν

3 καὶ ὁ ἄγγελος τῷ παιδαρίῳ εἶπεν ἐπιλαβοῦ καὶ ἐγκρατὴς τοῦ ἰχθύος γενοῦ καὶ ἐκράτησεν τὸ παιδάριον τοῦ ἰχθύος καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν

4 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ ἄγγελος ἀνάσχισον τὸν ἰχθὺν καὶ ἔξελε τὴν χολὴν καὶ τὴν καρδίαν καὶ τὸ ἧπαρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπόθες αὐτὰ μετὰ σαυτοῦ καὶ τὰ ἔγκατα ἔκβαλε ἔστιν γὰρ εἰς φάρμακον χρήσιμον ἡ χολὴ καὶ ἡ καρδία καὶ τὸ ἧπαρ αὐτοῦ

5 καὶ ἀνασχίσας τὸ παιδάριον τὸν ἰχθὺν συνήγαγεν τὴν χολὴν καὶ τὴν καρδίαν καὶ τὸ ἧπαρ καὶ ὤπτησεν τοῦ ἰχθύος καὶ ἔφαγεν καὶ ἀφῆκεν ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἡλισμένον

6 καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἀμφότεροι κοινῶς ἕως ἤγγισαν εἰς Μηδίαν

7 καὶ τότε ἠρώτησεν τὸ παιδάριον τὸν ἄγγελον καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Αζαρια ἄδελφε τί τὸ φάρμακον ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ καὶ τῷ ἥπατι τοῦ ἰχθύος καὶ ἐν τῇ χολῇ

8 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἡ καρδία καὶ τὸ ἧπαρ τοῦ ἰχθύος κάπνισον ἐνώπιον ἀνθρώπου ἢ γυναικός ᾧ ἀπάντημα δαιμονίου ἢ πνεύματος πονηροῦ καὶ φεύξεται ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ πᾶν ἀπάντημα καὶ οὐ μὴ μείνωσιν μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα

9 καὶ ἡ χολή ἐγχρῖσαι ἀνθρώπου ὀφθαλμούς οὗ λευκώματα ἀνέβησαν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἐμφυσῆσαι ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τῶν λευκωμάτων καὶ ὑγιαίνουσιν

10 καὶ ὅτε εἰσῆλθεν εἰς Μηδίαν καὶ ἤδη ἤγγιζεν εἰς Ἐκβάτανα

11 λέγει Ραφαηλ τῷ παιδαρίῳ Τωβια ἄδελφε καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἰδοὺ ἐγώ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἐν τοῖς Ραγουήλου τὴν νύκτα ταύτην δεῖ ἡμᾶς αὐλισθῆναι καὶ ὁ ἄνθρωπος συγγενής σού ἐστιν καὶ ἔστιν αὐτῷ θυγάτηρ ᾗ ὄνομα Σαρρα

12 καὶ υἱὸς ἄρσην οὐδὲ θυγάτηρ ὑπάρχει αὐτῷ πλὴν Σαρρας μόνης καὶ σὺ ἔγγιστα αὐτῆς εἶ παρὰ πάντας ἀνθρώπους κληρονομῆσαι αὐτήν καὶ τὰ ὄντα τῷ πατρὶ αὐτῆς σοὶ δικαιοῦται κληρονομῆσαι καὶ τὸ κοράσιον φρόνιμον καὶ ἀνδρεῖον καὶ καλὸν λίαν καὶ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῆς καλός

13 καὶ εἶπεν δεδικαίωταί σοι λαβεῖν αὐτήν καὶ ἄκουσόν μου ἄδελφε καὶ λαλήσω τῷ πατρὶ περὶ τοῦ κορασίου τὴν νύκτα ταύτην ἵνα λημψόμεθά σοι αὐτὴν νύμφην καὶ ὅταν ἐπιστρέψωμεν ἐκ Ῥάγων ποιήσομεν τὸν γάμον αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπίσταμαι ὅτι οὐ μὴ δυνηθῇ Ραγουηλ κωλῦσαι αὐτὴν ἀπὸ σοῦ ἢ ἐγγυᾶσθαι ἑτέρῳ ὀφειλήσειν θάνατον κατὰ τὴν κρίσιν τῆς βίβλου Μωυσέως διὰ τὸ γινώσκειν ὅτι σοὶ κληρονομία καθήκει λαβεῖν τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ παρὰ πάντα ἄνθρωπον καὶ νῦν ἄκουσόν μου ἄδελφε καὶ λαλήσομεν περὶ τοῦ κορασίου τὴν νύκτα ταύτην καὶ μνηστευσόμεθά σοι αὐτήν καὶ ὅταν ἐπιστρέψωμεν ἐκ Ῥάγων λημψόμεθα αὐτὴν καὶ ἀπάξομεν αὐτὴν μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου

14 τότε ἀποκριθεὶς Τωβιας εἶπεν τῷ Ραφαηλ Αζαρια ἄδελφε ἤκουσα ὅτι ἑπτὰ ἤδη ἐδόθη ἀνδράσιν καὶ ἀπέθανον ἐν τοῖς νυμφῶσιν αὐτῶν τὴν νύκτα ὁπότε εἰσεπορεύοντο πρὸς αὐτήν καὶ ἀπέθνῃσκον καὶ ἤκουσα λεγόντων αὐτῶν ὅτι δαιμόνιον ἀποκτέννει αὐτούς

15 καὶ νῦν φοβοῦμαι ἐγώ ὅτι αὐτὴν οὐκ ἀδικεῖ ἀλλ᾽ ὃς ἂν θελήσῃ ἐγγίσαι αὐτῆς ἀποκτέννει αὐτόν μονογενής εἰμι τῷ πατρί μου μὴ ἀποθάνω καὶ κατάξω τὴν ζωὴν τοῦ πατρός μου καὶ τῆς μητρός μου μετ᾽ ὀδύνης ἐπ᾽ ἐμοὶ εἰς τὸν τάφον αὐτῶν καὶ υἱὸς ἕτερος οὐχ ὑπάρχει αὐτοῖς ἵνα θάψῃ αὐτούς

16 καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ οὐ μέμνησαι τὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ πατρός σου ὅτι ἐνετείλατό σοι λαβεῖν γυναῖκα ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρός σου καὶ νῦν ἄκουσόν μου ἄδελφε καὶ μὴ λόγον ἔχε τοῦ δαιμονίου τούτου καὶ λαβέ καὶ γινώσκω ἐγὼ ὅτι τὴν νύκτα ταύτην δοθήσεταί σοι γυνή

17 καὶ ὅταν εἰσέλθῃς εἰς τὸν νυμφῶνα λαβὲ ἐκ τοῦ ἥπατος τοῦ ἰχθύος καὶ τὴν καρδίαν καὶ ἐπίθες ἐπὶ τὴν τέφραν τῶν θυμιαμάτων καὶ ἡ ὀσμὴ πορεύσεται καὶ ὀσφρανθήσεται τὸ δαιμόνιον καὶ φεύξεται καὶ οὐκέτι μὴ φανῇ περὶ αὐτὴν τὸν πάντα αἰῶνα

18 καὶ ὅταν μέλλῃς γίνεσθαι μετ᾽ αὐτῆς ἐξεγέρθητε πρῶτον ἀμφότεροι καὶ προσεύξασθε καὶ δεήθητε τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἵνα ἔλεος γένηται καὶ σωτηρία ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς καὶ μὴ φοβοῦ σοὶ γάρ ἐστιν μεμερισμένη πρὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος καὶ σὺ αὐτὴν σώσεις καὶ μετὰ σοῦ πορεύσεται καὶ ὑπολαμβάνω ὅτι ἔσονταί σοι ἐξ αὐτῆς παιδία καὶ ἔσονταί σοι ὡς ἀδελφοί μὴ λόγον ἔχε

19 καὶ ὅτε ἤκουσεν Τωβιας τῶν λόγων Ραφαηλ καὶ ὅτι ἔστιν αὐτῷ ἀδελφὴ ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ λίαν ἠγάπησεν αὐτήν καὶ ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ ἐκολλήθη εἰς αὐτήν

Vul

1 Profectus est autem Tobias, et canis secutus est eum, et mansit prima mansione juxta fluvium Tigris.

2 Et exivit ut lavaret pedes suos, et ecce piscis immanis exivit ad devorandum eum.

3 Quem expavescens Tobias clamavit voce magna, dicens: Domine, invadit 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.

5 Tunc dixit ei angelus: Exentera hunc piscem, et cor ejus, et fel, et jecur repone tibi: sunt enim hæc necessaria ad medicamenta utiliter.

6 Quod cum fecisset, assavit carnes ejus, et secum tulerunt in via: cetera salierunt, quæ sufficerent eis, quousque pervenirent in Rages civitatem Medorum.

7 Tunc interrogavit Tobias angelum, et dixit ei: Obsecro te, Azaria frater, ut dicas mihi quod remedium habebunt ista, quæ de pisce servare jussisti?

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.

9 Et fel valet ad ungendos oculos in quibus fuerit albugo, et sanabuntur.

10 Et dixit ei Tobias: Ubi vis ut maneamus?

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.

12 Tibi debetur omnis substantia ejus, et oportet eam te accipere conjugem.

13 Pete ergo eam a patre ejus, et dabit tibi eam in uxorem.

14 Tunc respondit Tobias, et dixit: Audio quia tradita est septem viris, et mortui sunt: sed et hoc audivi, quia dæmonium occidit illos.

15 Timeo ergo, ne forte et mihi hæc eveniant: et cum sim unicus parentibus meis, deponam senectutem illorum cum tristitia ad inferos.

16 Tunc angelus Raphaël dixit ei: Audi me, et ostendam tibi qui sunt, quibus prævalere potest dæmonium.

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.

18 Tu autem cum acceperis eam, ingressus cubiculum, per tres dies continens esto ab ea, et nihil aliud nisi orationibus vacabis cum ea.

19 Ipsa autem nocte, incenso jecore piscis, fugabitur dæmonium.

20 Secunda vero nocte in copulatione sanctorum patriarcharum admitteris.

21 Tertia autem nocte, benedictionem consequeris, ut filii ex vobis procreentur incolumes.

22 Transacta autem tertia nocte, accipies virginem cum timore Domini, amore filiorum magis quam libidine ductus, ut in semine Abrahæ benedictionem in filiis consequaris.