Tobias 13

Apo

1 Then Tobit wrote a prayer of rejoicing, and said, Blessed be God that liveth for ever, and blessed be his kingdom.

2 For he doth scourge, and hath mercy: he leadeth down to hell, and bringeth up again: neither is there any that can avoid his hand.

3 Confess him before the Gentiles, ye children of Israel: for he hath scattered us among them.

4 There declare his greatness, and extol him before all the living: for he is our Lord, and he is the God our Father for ever.

5 And he will scourge us for our iniquities, and will have mercy again, and will gather us out of all nations, among whom he hath scattered us.

6 If ye turn to him with your whole heart, and with your whole mind, and deal uprightly before him, then will he turn unto you, and will not hide his face from you. Therefore see what he will do with you, and confess him with your whole mouth, and praise the Lord of might, and extol the everlasting King. In the land of my captivity do I praise him, and declare his might and majesty to a sinful nation. O ye sinners, turn and do justice before him: who can tell if he will accept you, and have mercy on you?

7 I will extol my God, and my soul shall praise the King of heaven, and shall rejoice in his greatness.

8 Let all men speak, and let all praise him for his righteousness.

9 O Jerusalem, the holy city, he will scourge thee for thy children's works, and will have mercy again on the sons of the righteous.

10 Give praise to the Lord, for he is good: and praise the everlasting King, that his tabernacle may be builded in thee again with joy, and let him make joyful there in thee those that are captives, and love in thee for ever those that are miserable.

11 Many nations shall come from far to the name of the Lord God with gifts in their hands, even gifts to the King of heaven; all generations shall praise thee with great joy.

12 Cursed are all they which hate thee, and blessed shall all be which love thee for ever.

13 Rejoice and be glad for the children of the just: for they shall be gathered together, and shall bless the Lord of the just.

14 O blessed are they which love thee, for they shall rejoice in thy peace: blessed are they which have been sorrowful for all thy scourges; for they shall rejoice for thee, when they have seen all thy glory, and shall be glad for ever.

15 Let my soul bless God the great King.

16 For Jerusalem shall be built up with sapphires and emeralds, and precious stone: thy walls and towers and battlements with pure gold.

17 And the streets of Jerusalem shall be paved with beryl and carbuncle and stones of Ophir.

18 And all her streets shall say, Alleluia; and they shall praise him, saying, Blessed be God, which hath extolled it for ever.

Sep

1 καὶ Τωβιτ ἔγραψεν προσευχὴν εἰς ἀγαλλίασιν καὶ εἶπεν

2 εὐλογητὸς ὁ θεὸς ὁ ζῶν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας καὶ ἡ βασιλεία αὐτοῦ ὅτι αὐτὸς μαστιγοῖ καὶ ἐλεᾷ κατάγει εἰς ᾅδην καὶ ἀνάγει καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὃς ἐκφεύξεται τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ

3 ἐξομολογεῖσθε αὐτῷ οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ ἐνώπιον τῶν ἐθνῶν ὅτι αὐτὸς διέσπειρεν ἡμᾶς ἐν αὐτοῖς

4 ἐκεῖ ὑποδείξατε τὴν μεγαλωσύνην αὐτοῦ ὑψοῦτε αὐτὸν ἐνώπιον παντὸς ζῶντος καθότι αὐτὸς κύριος ἡμῶν καὶ θεός αὐτὸς πατὴρ ἡμῶν εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας

5 καὶ μαστιγώσει ἡμᾶς ἐν ταῖς ἀδικίαις ἡμῶν καὶ πάλιν ἐλεήσει καὶ συνάξει ἡμᾶς ἐκ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν οὗ ἐὰν σκορπισθῆτε ἐν αὐτοῖς

6 ἐὰν ἐπιστρέψητε πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ψυχῇ ποιῆσαι ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ἀλήθειαν τότε ἐπιστρέψει πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ οὐ μὴ κρύψῃ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν

7 καὶ θεάσασθε ἃ ποιήσει μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν καὶ ἐξομολογήσασθε αὐτῷ ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ στόματι ὑμῶν καὶ εὐλογήσατε τὸν κύριον τῆς δικαιοσύνης καὶ ὑψώσατε τὸν βασιλέα τῶν αἰώνων

8 ἐγὼ ἐν τῇ γῇ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας μου ἐξομολογοῦμαι αὐτῷ καὶ δεικνύω τὴν ἰσχὺν καὶ τὴν μεγαλωσύνην αὐτοῦ ἔθνει ἁμαρτωλῶν ἐπιστρέψατε ἁμαρτωλοί καὶ ποιήσατε δικαιοσύνην ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ τίς γινώσκει εἰ θελήσει ὑμᾶς καὶ ποιήσει ἐλεημοσύνην ὑμῖν

9 τὸν θεόν μου ὑψῶ καὶ ἡ ψυχή μου τὸν βασιλέα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἀγαλλιάσεται τὴν μεγαλωσύνην αὐτοῦ

10 λεγέτωσαν πάντες καὶ ἐξομολογείσθωσαν αὐτῷ ἐν Ιεροσολύμοις Ιεροσόλυμα πόλις ἁγία μαστιγώσει ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα τῶν υἱῶν σου καὶ πάλιν ἐλεήσει τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν δικαίων

11 ἐξομολογοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἀγαθῶς καὶ εὐλόγει τὸν βασιλέα τῶν αἰώνων ἵνα πάλιν ἡ σκηνὴ αὐτοῦ οἰκοδομηθῇ σοι μετὰ χαρᾶς

12 καὶ εὐφράναι ἐν σοὶ τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους καὶ ἀγαπήσαι ἐν σοὶ τοὺς ταλαιπώρους εἰς πάσας τὰς γενεὰς τοῦ αἰῶνος

13 ἔθνη πολλὰ μακρόθεν ἥξει πρὸς τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ δῶρα ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντες καὶ δῶρα τῷ βασιλεῖ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ γενεαὶ γενεῶν δώσουσίν σοι ἀγαλλίαμα

14 ἐπικατάρατοι πάντες οἱ μισοῦντές σε εὐλογημένοι ἔσονται πάντες οἱ ἀγαπῶντές σε εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα

15 χάρηθι καὶ ἀγαλλίασαι ἐπὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν δικαίων ὅτι συναχθήσονται καὶ εὐλογήσουσιν τὸν κύριον τῶν δικαίων ὦ μακάριοι οἱ ἀγαπῶντές σε χαρήσονται ἐπὶ τῇ εἰρήνῃ σου

16 μακάριοι ὅσοι ἐλυπήθησαν ἐπὶ πάσαις ταῖς μάστιξίν σου ὅτι ἐπὶ σοὶ χαρήσονται θεασάμενοι πᾶσαν τὴν δόξαν σου καὶ εὐφρανθήσονται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἡ ψυχή μου εὐλογείτω τὸν θεὸν τὸν βασιλέα τὸν μέγαν

17 ὅτι οἰκοδομηθήσεται Ιερουσαλημ σαπφείρῳ καὶ σμαράγδῳ καὶ λίθῳ ἐντίμῳ τὰ τείχη σου καὶ οἱ πύργοι καὶ οἱ προμαχῶνες ἐν χρυσίῳ καθαρῷ καὶ αἱ πλατεῖαι Ιερουσαλημ βηρύλλῳ καὶ ἄνθρακι καὶ λίθῳ ἐκ Σουφιρ ψηφολογηθήσονται

18 καὶ ἐροῦσιν πᾶσαι αἱ ῥῦμαι αὐτῆς αλληλουια καὶ αἰνέσουσιν λέγοντες εὐλογητὸς ὁ θεός ὃς ὕψωσεν πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας

Sep

1 καὶ εἶπεν

2 εὐλογητὸς ὁ θεὸς ὁ ζῶν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ ἡ βασιλεία αὐτοῦ ὅτι αὐτὸς μαστιγοῖ καὶ ἐλεᾷ κατάγει ἕως ᾅδου κατωτάτω τῆς γῆς καὶ αὐτὸς ἀνάγει ἐκ τῆς ἀπωλείας τῆς μεγάλης καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδέν ὃ ἐκφεύξεται τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ

3 ἐξομολογεῖσθε αὐτῷ οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ ἐνώπιον τῶν ἐθνῶν ὅτι αὐτὸς διέσπειρεν ὑμᾶς ἐν αὐτοῖς

4 καὶ ἐκεῖ ὑπέδειξεν ὑμῖν τὴν μεγαλωσύνην αὐτοῦ καὶ ὑψοῦτε αὐτὸν ἐνώπιον παντὸς ζῶντος καθότι αὐτὸς ἡμῶν κύριός ἐστιν καὶ αὐτὸς θεὸς ἡμῶν καὶ αὐτὸς πατὴρ ἡμῶν καὶ αὐτὸς θεὸς εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας

5 μαστιγώσει ὑμᾶς ἐπὶ ταῖς ἀδικίαις ὑμῶν καὶ πάντας ὑμᾶς ἐλεήσει ἐκ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν ὅπου ἂν διασκορπισθῆτε ἐν αὐτοῖς

6 ὅταν ἐπιστρέψητε πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ψυχῇ ὑμῶν ποιῆσαι ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ἀλήθειαν τότε ἐπιστρέψει πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ οὐ μὴ κρύψῃ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν οὐκέτι

7 καὶ νῦν θεάσασθε ἃ ἐποίησεν μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν καὶ ἐξομολογήσασθε αὐτῷ ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ στόματι ὑμῶν καὶ εὐλογήσατε τὸν κύριον τῆς δικαιοσύνης καὶ ὑψώσατε τὸν βασιλέα τῶν αἰώνων

11 καὶ πάλιν ἡ σκηνή σου οἰκοδομηθήσεταί σοι μετὰ χαρᾶς

12 καὶ εὐφράναι ἐν σοὶ πάντας τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους καὶ ἀγαπήσαι ἐν σοὶ πάντας τοὺς ταλαιπώρους εἰς πάσας τὰς γενεὰς τοῦ αἰῶνος

13 φῶς λαμπρὸν λάμψει εἰς πάντα τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς ἔθνη πολλὰ μακρόθεν ἥξει σοι καὶ κάτοικοι πάντων τῶν ἐσχάτων τῆς γῆς πρὸς τὸ ὄνομα τὸ ἅγιόν σου καὶ τὰ δῶρα αὐτῶν ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν ἔχοντες τῷ βασιλεῖ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ γενεαὶ γενεῶν δώσουσιν ἐν σοὶ ἀγαλλίαμα καὶ ὄνομα τῆς ἐκλεκτῆς εἰς τὰς γενεὰς τοῦ αἰῶνος

14 ἐπικατάρατοι πάντες οἳ ἐροῦσιν λόγον σκληρόν ἐπικατάρατοι ἔσονται πάντες οἱ καθαιροῦντές σε καὶ κατασπῶντες τὰ τείχη σου καὶ πάντες οἱ ἀνατρέποντες τοὺς πύργους σου καὶ ἐμπυρίζοντες τὰς οἰκήσεις σου καὶ εὐλογητοὶ ἔσονται πάντες εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα οἱ φοβούμενοί σε

15 τότε πορεύθητι καὶ ἀγαλλίασαι πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν δικαίων ὅτι πάντες ἐπισυναχθήσονται καὶ εὐλογήσουσιν τὸν κύριον τοῦ αἰῶνος μακάριοι οἱ ἀγαπῶντές σε καὶ μακάριοι οἳ χαρήσονται ἐπὶ τῇ εἰρήνῃ σου

16 καὶ μακάριοι πάντες οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἳ ἐπὶ σοὶ λυπηθήσονται ἐπὶ πάσαις ταῖς μάστιξίν σου ὅτι ἐν σοὶ χαρήσονται καὶ ὄψονται πᾶσαν τὴν χαράν σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἡ ψυχή μου εὐλόγει τὸν κύριον τὸν βασιλέα τὸν μέγαν

17 ὅτι Ιερουσαλημ οἰκοδομηθήσεται τῇ πόλει οἶκος αὐτοῦ εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας μακάριος ἔσομαι ἂν γένηται τὸ κατάλειμμα τοῦ σπέρματός μου ἰδεῖν τὴν δόξαν σου καὶ ἐξομολογήσασθαι τῷ βασιλεῖ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ αἱ θύραι Ιερουσαλημ σαπφείρῳ καὶ σμαράγδῳ οἰκοδομηθήσονται καὶ λίθῳ τιμίῳ πάντα τὰ τείχη σου οἱ πύργοι Ιερουσαλημ χρυσίῳ οἰκοδομηθήσονται καὶ οἱ προμαχῶνες αὐτῶν χρυσίῳ καθαρῷ αἱ πλατεῖαι Ιερουσαλημ ἄνθρακι ψηφολογηθήσονται καὶ λίθῳ Σουφιρ

18 καὶ αἱ θύραι Ιερουσαλημ ᾠδὰς ἀγαλλιάματος ἐροῦσιν καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ οἰκίαι αὐτῆς ἐροῦσιν αλληλουια εὐλογητὸς ὁ θεὸς τοῦ Ισραηλ καὶ εὐλογητοὶ εὐλογήσουσιν τὸ ὄνομα τὸ ἅγιον εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ ἔτι

Vul

1 Aperiens autem Tobias senior os suum, benedixit Dominum, et dixit: [Magnus es, Domine, in æternum,
et in omnia sæcula regnum tuum:

2 quoniam tu flagellas, et salvas;
deducis ad inferos, et reducis:
et non est qui effugiat manum tuam.

3 Confitemini Domino, filii Israël,
et in conspectu gentium laudate eum:

4 quoniam ideo dispersit vos inter gentes quæ ignorant eum,
ut vos enarretis mirabilia ejus,
et faciatis scire eos
quia non est alius deus omnipotens præter eum.

5 Ipse castigavit nos propter iniquitates nostras,
et ipse salvabit nos propter misericordiam suam.

6 Aspicite ergo quæ fecit nobiscum,
et cum timore et tremore confitemini illi:
regemque sæculorum exaltate in operibus vestris.

7 Ego autem in terra captivitatis meæ confitebor illi:
quoniam ostendit majestatem suam in gentem peccatricem.

8 Convertimini itaque peccatores,
et facite justitiam coram Deo,
credentes quod faciat vobiscum misericordiam suam.

9 Ego autem et anima mea in eo lætabimur.

10 Benedicite Dominum omnes electi ejus:
agite dies lætitiæ, et confitemini illi.

11 Jerusalem civitas Dei,
castigavit te Dominus in operibus manuum tuarum.

12 Confitere Domino in bonis tuis,
et benedic Deum sæculorum:
ut reædificet in te tabernaculum suum,
et revocet ad te omnes captivos,
et gaudeas in omnia sæcula sæculorum.

13 Luce splendida fulgebis,
et omnes fines terræ adorabunt te.

14 Nationes ex longinquo ad te venient,
et munera deferentes adorabunt in te Dominum,
et terram tuam in sanctificationem habebunt:

15 nomen enim magnum invocabunt in te.

16 Maledicti erunt qui contempserint te,
et condemnati erunt omnes qui blasphemaverint te:
benedictique erunt qui ædificaverint te.

17 Tu autem lætaberis in filiis tuis,
quoniam omnes benedicentur,
et congregabuntur ad Dominum.

18 Beati omnes qui diligunt te,
et qui gaudent super pace tua.

19 Anima mea, benedic Dominum,
quoniam liberavit Jerusalem civitatem suam
a cunctis tribulationibus ejus
Dominus Deus noster.

20 Beatus ero si fuerint reliquiæ seminis mei
ad videndam claritatem Jerusalem.

21 Portæ Jerusalem ex sapphiro et smaragdo ædificabuntur,
et ex lapide pretioso omnis circuitus murorum ejus.

22 Ex lapide candido et mundo omnes plateæ ejus sternentur,
et per vicos ejus alleluja cantabitur.

23 Benedictus Dominus, qui exaltavit eam,
et sit regnum ejus in sæcula sæculorum super eam. Amen.]