¹Post hæc vero,In truth, after this,cum esset dies festus Domini,when there was a feast day of the Lord,et factum esset prandium bonum in domo Tobiæ,and a good dinner had been prepared in the house of Tobit,

¹Post hæc vero,In truth, after this,cum esset dies festus Domini,when there was a feast day of the Lord,et factum esset prandium bonum in domo Tobiæ,and a good dinner had been prepared in the house of Tobit,

²dixit filio suo:he said to his son:Vade,“Go,et adduc aliquos de tribu nostra, timentes Deum, ut epulentur nobiscum.and bring some others who fear God from our tribe to feast with us.”

²dixit filio suo:he said to his son:Vade,“Go,et adduc aliquos de tribu nostra, timentes Deum, ut epulentur nobiscum.and bring some others who fear God from our tribe to feast with us.”

³Cumque abiisset,And after he had gone, returning,reversus nuntiavit ei unum ex filiis Israël jugulatum jacere in platea.he reported to him that one of the sons of Israel, with his throat cut, was lying in the street.Statimque exiliens de accubitu suo,And immediately, he leapt from his place reclining at table,relinquens prandium,left behind his dinner,jejunus pervenit ad corpus:and went forth with fasting to the body.

³Cumque abiisset,And after he had gone, returning,reversus nuntiavit ei unum ex filiis Israël jugulatum jacere in platea.he reported to him that one of the sons of Israel, with his throat cut, was lying in the street.Statimque exiliens de accubitu suo,And immediately, he leapt from his place reclining at table,relinquens prandium,left behind his dinner,jejunus pervenit ad corpus:and went forth with fasting to the body.

⁴tollensque illud portavit ad domum suam occulte,And taking it up, he carried it in secret to his house,ut dum sol occubuisset,so that, after the sun had set,caute sepeliret eum.he might bury him cautiously.

⁴tollensque illud portavit ad domum suam occulte,And taking it up, he carried it in secret to his house,ut dum sol occubuisset,so that, after the sun had set,caute sepeliret eum.he might bury him cautiously.

⁵Cumque occultasset corpus,And after he had hidden the body,manducavit panem cum luctu et tremore,he chewed his bread with mourning and fear,

⁵Cumque occultasset corpus,And after he had hidden the body,manducavit panem cum luctu et tremore,he chewed his bread with mourning and fear,

⁶memorans illum sermonem,remembering the word that the Lord spoke through the prophet Amos:quem dixit Dominus per Amos prophetam:“Your feast days shall be turned into lamentationDies festi vestri convertentur in lamentationem et luctum.and mourning.”

⁶memorans illum sermonem,remembering the word that the Lord spoke through the prophet Amos:quem dixit Dominus per Amos prophetam:“Your feast days shall be turned into lamentationDies festi vestri convertentur in lamentationem et luctum.and mourning.”

⁷Cum vero sol occubuisset,Truly, when the sun had set,abiit, et sepelivit eum.he went out, and he buried him.

⁷Cum vero sol occubuisset,Truly, when the sun had set,abiit, et sepelivit eum.he went out, and he buried him.

⁸Arguebant autem eum omnes proximi ejus,Yet all his neighbors argued with him,dicentes:saying: “Now,Jam hujus rei causa interfici jussus es,an order was given to execute you because of this matter,et vix effugisti mortis imperium,and you barely escaped a death sentence,et iterum sepelis mortuos?and again you are burying the dead?”

⁸Arguebant autem eum omnes proximi ejus,Yet all his neighbors argued with him,dicentes:saying: “Now,Jam hujus rei causa interfici jussus es,an order was given to execute you because of this matter,et vix effugisti mortis imperium,and you barely escaped a death sentence,et iterum sepelis mortuos?and again you are burying the dead?”

⁹Sed Tobias plus timens Deum quam regem,But Tobit, fearing God more than the king,rapiebat corpora occisorum, et occultabat in domo sua,stole away the bodies of the slain and concealed them in his house,et mediis noctibus sepeliebat ea.and in the middle of the night, he buried them.

⁹Sed Tobias plus timens Deum quam regem,But Tobit, fearing God more than the king,rapiebat corpora occisorum, et occultabat in domo sua,stole away the bodies of the slain and concealed them in his house,et mediis noctibus sepeliebat ea.and in the middle of the night, he buried them.

¹⁰Contigit autem ut quadam die fatigatus a sepultura,But it happened one day, being tired from burying the dead,veniens in domum suam,he came into his house,jactasset se juxta parietem, et obdormisset,and he threw himself down next to the wall, and he slept.

¹⁰Contigit autem ut quadam die fatigatus a sepultura,But it happened one day, being tired from burying the dead,veniens in domum suam,he came into his house,jactasset se juxta parietem, et obdormisset,and he threw himself down next to the wall, and he slept.

¹¹et ex nido hirundinum dormienti illi calida stercora inciderent super oculos ejus,And, as he was sleeping, warm droppings from a swallow’s nest fell upon his eyes,fieretque cæcus.and he was made blind.

¹¹et ex nido hirundinum dormienti illi calida stercora inciderent super oculos ejus,And, as he was sleeping, warm droppings from a swallow’s nest fell upon his eyes,fieretque cæcus.and he was made blind.

¹²Hanc autem tentationem ideo permisit Dominus evenire illi,And so the Lord permitted this trial to befall him,ut posteris daretur exemplum patientiæ ejus,in order that an example might be given to posterity of his patience,sicut et sancti Job.which is even like that of holy Job.

¹²Hanc autem tentationem ideo permisit Dominus evenire illi,And so the Lord permitted this trial to befall him,ut posteris daretur exemplum patientiæ ejus,in order that an example might be given to posterity of his patience,sicut et sancti Job.which is even like that of holy Job.

¹³Nam cum ab infantia sua semper Deum timuerit,For, even from his infancy, he had always feared God and kept his commandments,et mandata ejus custodierit, non est contristatus contra Deum quod plaga cæcitatis evenerit ei,so he was not discouraged before God because of the scourge of blindness that had befallen him.

¹³Nam cum ab infantia sua semper Deum timuerit,For, even from his infancy, he had always feared God and kept his commandments,et mandata ejus custodierit, non est contristatus contra Deum quod plaga cæcitatis evenerit ei,so he was not discouraged before God because of the scourge of blindness that had befallen him.

¹⁴sed immobilis in Dei timore permansit,But he remained immoveable in the fear of God,agens gratias Deo omnibus diebus vitæ suæ.giving thanks to God all the days of his life.

¹⁴sed immobilis in Dei timore permansit,But he remained immoveable in the fear of God,agens gratias Deo omnibus diebus vitæ suæ.giving thanks to God all the days of his life.

¹⁵Nam sicut beato Job insultabant reges,For just as kings have mocked blessed Job,ita isti parentes et cognati ejus irridebant vitam ejus,so also his relatives and acquaintances ridiculed his life,dicentes:saying:

¹⁵Nam sicut beato Job insultabant reges,For just as kings have mocked blessed Job,ita isti parentes et cognati ejus irridebant vitam ejus,so also his relatives and acquaintances ridiculed his life,dicentes:saying:

¹⁶Ubi est spes tua,“Where is your hope,pro qua eleemosynas et sepulturas faciebas?on behalf of which you gave alms and buried the dead?”

¹⁶Ubi est spes tua,“Where is your hope,pro qua eleemosynas et sepulturas faciebas?on behalf of which you gave alms and buried the dead?”

¹⁷Tobias vero increpabat eos,In truth, Tobit corrected them,dicens:saying:Nolite ita loqui:“Do not speak in this way,

¹⁷Tobias vero increpabat eos,In truth, Tobit corrected them,dicens:saying:Nolite ita loqui:“Do not speak in this way,

¹⁸quoniam filii sanctorum sumus,for we are the sons of the holy ones,et vitam illam expectamus, quam Deus daturus est his qui fidem suam numquam mutant ab eo.and we look forward to that life which God will give to those who never change in their faith before him.”

¹⁸quoniam filii sanctorum sumus,for we are the sons of the holy ones,et vitam illam expectamus, quam Deus daturus est his qui fidem suam numquam mutant ab eo.and we look forward to that life which God will give to those who never change in their faith before him.”

¹⁹Anna vero uxor ejus ibat ad opus textrinum quotidie,In truth,et de labore manuum suarum victum quem consequi poterat,his wife Anna went out to weaving work daily,deferebat.and she brought back the provisions that she was able to obtain by the labor of her hands.

¹⁹Anna vero uxor ejus ibat ad opus textrinum quotidie,In truth,et de labore manuum suarum victum quem consequi poterat,his wife Anna went out to weaving work daily,deferebat.and she brought back the provisions that she was able to obtain by the labor of her hands.

²⁰Unde factum est ut hædum caprarum accipiens detulisset domi:Whereupon it happened that, having received a young goat, she brought it home.

²⁰Unde factum est ut hædum caprarum accipiens detulisset domi:Whereupon it happened that, having received a young goat, she brought it home.

²¹cujus cum vocem balantis vir ejus audisset,When her husband heard the sound of its bleating,dixit:he said,Videte,“Look,ne forte furtivus sit:so that it might not be stolen,reddite eum dominis suis,return it to its owners,quia non licet nobisfor it is not lawful for us either to eat,aut edere ex furto aliquid,or to touch,aut contingere.anything stolen.”

²¹cujus cum vocem balantis vir ejus audisset,When her husband heard the sound of its bleating,dixit:he said,Videte,“Look,ne forte furtivus sit:so that it might not be stolen,reddite eum dominis suis,return it to its owners,quia non licet nobisfor it is not lawful for us either to eat,aut edere ex furto aliquid,or to touch,aut contingere.anything stolen.”

²²Ad hæc uxor ejus irata respondit:At this, his wife, being angry,Manifeste vana facta est spes tua,answered, “Clearly, your hope has become vanity,et eleemosynæ tuæ modo apparuerunt.and the manner of your almsgiving has become apparent.”

²²Ad hæc uxor ejus irata respondit:At this, his wife, being angry,Manifeste vana facta est spes tua,answered, “Clearly, your hope has become vanity,et eleemosynæ tuæ modo apparuerunt.and the manner of your almsgiving has become apparent.”

²³Atque hisAnd with these and other similar such words,et aliis hujuscemodi verbis exprobrabat ei.she reproached him.

²³Atque hisAnd with these and other similar such words,et aliis hujuscemodi verbis exprobrabat ei.she reproached him.