¹Igitur cum Tobias putaret orationem suam exaudiri ut mori potuisset,Therefore, when Tobit considered that his prayer was heard, so that he might be able to die,vocavit ad se Tobiam filium suum,he called his son Tobias to him.

¹Igitur cum Tobias putaret orationem suam exaudiri ut mori potuisset,Therefore, when Tobit considered that his prayer was heard, so that he might be able to die,vocavit ad se Tobiam filium suum,he called his son Tobias to him.

²dixitque ei: Audi,And he said to him:fili mi,“My son,verba oris mei,hear the words of my mouth,et ea in corde tuo quasi fundamentum construe.and set them, like a foundation, in your heart.

²dixitque ei: Audi,And he said to him:fili mi,“My son,verba oris mei,hear the words of my mouth,et ea in corde tuo quasi fundamentum construe.and set them, like a foundation, in your heart.

³Cum acceperit Deus animam meam,When God will receive my soul,corpus meum sepeli:bury my body.et honorem habebis matri tuæ omnibus diebus vitæ ejus:And you shall honor your mother, all the days of her life.

³Cum acceperit Deus animam meam,When God will receive my soul,corpus meum sepeli:bury my body.et honorem habebis matri tuæ omnibus diebus vitæ ejus:And you shall honor your mother, all the days of her life.

⁴memor enim esse debes, quæ et quanta pericula passa sit propter te in utero suo.For you are obliged to be mindful of what great perils she suffered because of you in her womb.

⁴memor enim esse debes, quæ et quanta pericula passa sit propter te in utero suo.For you are obliged to be mindful of what great perils she suffered because of you in her womb.

⁵Cum autem et ipsa compleverit tempus vitæ suæ,But when she too will have completed the time of her life,sepelias eam circa me.bury her near me.

⁵Cum autem et ipsa compleverit tempus vitæ suæ,But when she too will have completed the time of her life,sepelias eam circa me.bury her near me.

⁶Omnibus autem diebus vitæ tuæ in mente habeto Deum:Yet, for all the days of your life, have God in your mind.et cave ne aliquando peccato consentias,And be careful that you never consent to sin,et prætermittas præcepta Domini Dei nostri.nor overlook the precepts of the Lord our God.

⁶Omnibus autem diebus vitæ tuæ in mente habeto Deum:Yet, for all the days of your life, have God in your mind.et cave ne aliquando peccato consentias,And be careful that you never consent to sin,et prætermittas præcepta Domini Dei nostri.nor overlook the precepts of the Lord our God.

⁷Ex substantia tua fac eleemosynam,Give alms from your substance,et noli avertere faciem tuam ab ullo paupere:and do not turn away your face from any pauper.ita enim fiet ut nec a te avertatur facies Domini.For so it shall be that neither will the face of the Lord be turned away from you.

⁷Ex substantia tua fac eleemosynam,Give alms from your substance,et noli avertere faciem tuam ab ullo paupere:and do not turn away your face from any pauper.ita enim fiet ut nec a te avertatur facies Domini.For so it shall be that neither will the face of the Lord be turned away from you.

⁸Quomodo potueris,In whatever way that you are able,ita esto misericors.so shall you be merciful.

⁸Quomodo potueris,In whatever way that you are able,ita esto misericors.so shall you be merciful.

⁹Si multum tibi fuerit,If you have much,abundanter tribue:distribute abundantly.si exiguum tibi fuerit,If you have little,etiam exiguum libenter impertiri stude.nevertheless strive to bestow a little freely.

⁹Si multum tibi fuerit,If you have much,abundanter tribue:distribute abundantly.si exiguum tibi fuerit,If you have little,etiam exiguum libenter impertiri stude.nevertheless strive to bestow a little freely.

¹⁰Præmium enim bonum tibi thesaurizas in die necessitatis:For you store up for yourself a good reward for the day of necessity.

¹⁰Præmium enim bonum tibi thesaurizas in die necessitatis:For you store up for yourself a good reward for the day of necessity.

¹¹quoniam eleemosyna ab omni peccato et a morte liberat,For almsgiving liberates from every sin and from death,et non patietur animam ire in tenebras.and it will not suffer the soul to go into darkness.

¹¹quoniam eleemosyna ab omni peccato et a morte liberat,For almsgiving liberates from every sin and from death,et non patietur animam ire in tenebras.and it will not suffer the soul to go into darkness.

¹²Fiducia magna erit coram summo Deo,Almsgiving will be a great act of faith before the most high God,eleemosyna omnibus facientibus eam.for all those who practice it.

¹²Fiducia magna erit coram summo Deo,Almsgiving will be a great act of faith before the most high God,eleemosyna omnibus facientibus eam.for all those who practice it.

¹³Attende tibi, fili mi,Take care to keep yourself,ab omni fornicatione,my son, from all fornication,et præter uxorem tuam numquam patiaris crimen scire.and, except for your wife, never permit yourself to know such an offense.

¹³Attende tibi, fili mi,Take care to keep yourself,ab omni fornicatione,my son, from all fornication,et præter uxorem tuam numquam patiaris crimen scire.and, except for your wife, never permit yourself to know such an offense.

¹⁴Superbiam numquam in tuo sensuNever permit arrogance to rule in your mind or in your words.aut in tuo verbo dominari permittas:For in it,in ipsa enim initium sumpsit omnis perditio.all perdition had its beginning.

¹⁴Superbiam numquam in tuo sensuNever permit arrogance to rule in your mind or in your words.aut in tuo verbo dominari permittas:For in it,in ipsa enim initium sumpsit omnis perditio.all perdition had its beginning.

¹⁵Quicumque tibi aliquid operatus fuerit,And whoever has done any kind of work for you,statim ei mercedem restitue,immediately pay him his wages,et merces mercenarii tui apud te omnino non remaneat.and do not let the wages of your hired hand remain with you at all.

¹⁵Quicumque tibi aliquid operatus fuerit,And whoever has done any kind of work for you,statim ei mercedem restitue,immediately pay him his wages,et merces mercenarii tui apud te omnino non remaneat.and do not let the wages of your hired hand remain with you at all.

¹⁶Quod ab alio oderis fieri tibi,Whatever you would hate to have done to you by another,vide ne tu aliquando alteri facias.see that you never do so to another.

¹⁶Quod ab alio oderis fieri tibi,Whatever you would hate to have done to you by another,vide ne tu aliquando alteri facias.see that you never do so to another.

¹⁷Panem tuum cum esurientibus et egenis comede,Eat your bread with the hungry and the needy,et de vestimentis tuis nudos tege.and cover the naked with your own garments.

¹⁷Panem tuum cum esurientibus et egenis comede,Eat your bread with the hungry and the needy,et de vestimentis tuis nudos tege.and cover the naked with your own garments.

¹⁸Panem tuum et vinum tuum super sepulturam justi constitue,Set out your bread and your wine at the burial of a just man,et noli ex eo manducare et bibere cum peccatoribus.and do not eat and drink from it with sinners.

¹⁸Panem tuum et vinum tuum super sepulturam justi constitue,Set out your bread and your wine at the burial of a just man,et noli ex eo manducare et bibere cum peccatoribus.and do not eat and drink from it with sinners.

¹⁹Consilium semper a sapiente perquire.Always seek the counsel of a wise man.

¹⁹Consilium semper a sapiente perquire.Always seek the counsel of a wise man.

²⁰Omni tempore benedic Deum:Bless God at all times.et pete ab eo ut vias tuas dirigat,And petition him that he direct your wayset omnia consilia tua in ipso permaneant.and that all your counsels may remain in him.

²⁰Omni tempore benedic Deum:Bless God at all times.et pete ab eo ut vias tuas dirigat,And petition him that he direct your wayset omnia consilia tua in ipso permaneant.and that all your counsels may remain in him.

²¹Indico etiam tibi,And now, I reveal to you,fili mi,my son,dedisse me decem talenta argenti,that I lent ten talents of silver,dum adhuc infantulus esses,while you were still a young child,Gabelo,to Gabael,in Rages civitate Medorum,in Rages, a city of the Medes,et chirographum ejus apud me habeo:and I have his written agreement with me.

²¹Indico etiam tibi,And now, I reveal to you,fili mi,my son,dedisse me decem talenta argenti,that I lent ten talents of silver,dum adhuc infantulus esses,while you were still a young child,Gabelo,to Gabael,in Rages civitate Medorum,in Rages, a city of the Medes,et chirographum ejus apud me habeo:and I have his written agreement with me.

²²et ideo perquire quomodo ad eum pervenias,And so,et recipias ab eo supra memoratum pondus argenti,inquire how you may travel to him and receive from him the aforementioned weight of silver,et restituas ei chirographum suum.and return to him the written agreement.

²²et ideo perquire quomodo ad eum pervenias,And so,et recipias ab eo supra memoratum pondus argenti,inquire how you may travel to him and receive from him the aforementioned weight of silver,et restituas ei chirographum suum.and return to him the written agreement.

²³Noli timere,Do not be afraid,fili mi:my son.pauperem quidem vitam gerimus,We do indeed lead a poor life,sed multa bona habebimus si timuerimus Deum,but we will have many good things: if we fear God,et recesserimus ab omni peccato,and withdraw from all sin,et fecerimus bene.and do what is good.”

²³Noli timere,Do not be afraid,fili mi:my son.pauperem quidem vitam gerimus,We do indeed lead a poor life,sed multa bona habebimus si timuerimus Deum,but we will have many good things: if we fear God,et recesserimus ab omni peccato,and withdraw from all sin,et fecerimus bene.and do what is good.”