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.

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

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.

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.