¹Postquam vero cœnaverunt,In truth, after they had dined,introduxerunt juvenem ad eam.they introduced the young man to her.

¹Postquam vero cœnaverunt,In truth, after they had dined,introduxerunt juvenem ad eam.they introduced the young man to her.

²Recordatus itaque Tobias sermonum angeli,And so, Tobias, remembering the word of the Angel,protulit de cassidili suo partem jecoris,took part of the liver from his bag,posuitque eam super carbones vivos.and he placed it over the live coals.

²Recordatus itaque Tobias sermonum angeli,And so, Tobias, remembering the word of the Angel,protulit de cassidili suo partem jecoris,took part of the liver from his bag,posuitque eam super carbones vivos.and he placed it over the live coals.

³Tunc Raphaël angelus apprehendit dæmonium,Then the Angel Raphael caught the demon,et religavit illud in deserto superioris Ægypti.and bound him in the desert of upper Egypt.

³Tunc Raphaël angelus apprehendit dæmonium,Then the Angel Raphael caught the demon,et religavit illud in deserto superioris Ægypti.and bound him in the desert of upper Egypt.

⁴Tunc hortatus est virginem Tobias,Then Tobias exhorted the virgin,dixitque ei:and he said to her:Sara,“Sarah,exsurge, et deprecemur Deum hodie,get up and let us pray to God this day,et cras,and tomorrow,et secundum cras:and the following day.quia his tribus noctibus Deo jungimur;For, during these three nights, we are being joined to God.tertia autem transacta nocte,And then, when the third night has passed,in nostro erimus conjugio.we ourselves will be joined together.

⁴Tunc hortatus est virginem Tobias,Then Tobias exhorted the virgin,dixitque ei:and he said to her:Sara,“Sarah,exsurge, et deprecemur Deum hodie,get up and let us pray to God this day,et cras,and tomorrow,et secundum cras:and the following day.quia his tribus noctibus Deo jungimur;For, during these three nights, we are being joined to God.tertia autem transacta nocte,And then, when the third night has passed,in nostro erimus conjugio.we ourselves will be joined together.

⁵Filii quippe sanctorum sumus,For certainly, we are the children of the saints,et non possumus ita conjungi sicut gentes quæ ignorant Deum.and we must not be joined together in such a manner as the heathens, who are ignorant of God.”

⁵Filii quippe sanctorum sumus,For certainly, we are the children of the saints,et non possumus ita conjungi sicut gentes quæ ignorant Deum.and we must not be joined together in such a manner as the heathens, who are ignorant of God.”

⁶Surgentes autem pariter,And so, rising up together,instanter orabant ambo simul,they both prayed earnestly, at the same time,ut sanitas daretur eis.that health might be given to them.

⁶Surgentes autem pariter,And so, rising up together,instanter orabant ambo simul,they both prayed earnestly, at the same time,ut sanitas daretur eis.that health might be given to them.

⁷Dixitque Tobias:And Tobias said:Domine Deus patrum nostrorum,“Lord,benedicant te cælithe God of our fathers,et terræ,may the heavens and the earth bless you,marequeand the sea,et fontes,and the fountains,et flumina,and the rivers,et omnes creaturæ tuæ quæ in eis sunt.and all your creatures that are in them.

⁷Dixitque Tobias:And Tobias said:Domine Deus patrum nostrorum,“Lord,benedicant te cælithe God of our fathers,et terræ,may the heavens and the earth bless you,marequeand the sea,et fontes,and the fountains,et flumina,and the rivers,et omnes creaturæ tuæ quæ in eis sunt.and all your creatures that are in them.

⁸Tu fecisti Adam de limo terræ,You formed Adam from the mud of the earth,dedistique ei adjutorium Hevam.and you gave Eve to him as a helper.

⁸Tu fecisti Adam de limo terræ,You formed Adam from the mud of the earth,dedistique ei adjutorium Hevam.and you gave Eve to him as a helper.

⁹Et nunc Domine,And now, O Lord,tu scis quia non luxuriæ causa accipio sororem meam conjugem,you know that I take my sister in conjugal union, not by reason of worldly pleasure,sed sola posteritatis dilectione,but solely for the love of posterity,in qua benedicatur nomen tuum in sæcula sæculorum.in which your name may be blessed forever and ever.”

⁹Et nunc Domine,And now, O Lord,tu scis quia non luxuriæ causa accipio sororem meam conjugem,you know that I take my sister in conjugal union, not by reason of worldly pleasure,sed sola posteritatis dilectione,but solely for the love of posterity,in qua benedicatur nomen tuum in sæcula sæculorum.in which your name may be blessed forever and ever.”

¹⁰Dixit quoque Sara:Sarah likewise said,Miserere nobis Domine,“Be merciful to us, O Lord,miserere nobis,be merciful to us.et consenescamus ambo pariter sani.And let us both grow old together in health.”

¹⁰Dixit quoque Sara:Sarah likewise said,Miserere nobis Domine,“Be merciful to us, O Lord,miserere nobis,be merciful to us.et consenescamus ambo pariter sani.And let us both grow old together in health.”

¹¹Et factum est circa pullorum cantum,And it happened, about the time of the rooster’s crowing,accersiri jussit Raguel servos suos,that Raguel ordered his servants to be summoned,et abierunt cum eo pariter ut foderent sepulchrum.and they went out with him together to dig a grave.

¹¹Et factum est circa pullorum cantum,And it happened, about the time of the rooster’s crowing,accersiri jussit Raguel servos suos,that Raguel ordered his servants to be summoned,et abierunt cum eo pariter ut foderent sepulchrum.and they went out with him together to dig a grave.

¹²Dicebat enim:For he said,Ne forte simili modo evenerit ei,“Lest perhaps, in the same way,quo et ceteris illis septem viris qui sunt ingressi ad eam.it may have happened to him, as it did also to the other seven men who approached her.”

¹²Dicebat enim:For he said,Ne forte simili modo evenerit ei,“Lest perhaps, in the same way,quo et ceteris illis septem viris qui sunt ingressi ad eam.it may have happened to him, as it did also to the other seven men who approached her.”

¹³Cumque parassent fossam,And when they had prepared the pit,reversus Raguel ad uxorem suam,Raguel returned to his wife,dixit ei:and he said to her,

¹³Cumque parassent fossam,And when they had prepared the pit,reversus Raguel ad uxorem suam,Raguel returned to his wife,dixit ei:and he said to her,

¹⁴Mitte unam de ancillis tuis,“Send one of your maids,et videat si mortuus est,and let her see if he is dead,ut sepeliam eum antequam illucescat dies.so that I may bury him before the dawn of day.”

¹⁴Mitte unam de ancillis tuis,“Send one of your maids,et videat si mortuus est,and let her see if he is dead,ut sepeliam eum antequam illucescat dies.so that I may bury him before the dawn of day.”

¹⁵At illa misit unam ex ancillis suis.And so,Quæ ingressa cubiculum,she sent one of her maidservants,reperit eos salvos et incolumes,who entered the bedroom and discovered them safe and unharmed,secum pariter dormientes.sleeping both together.

¹⁵At illa misit unam ex ancillis suis.And so,Quæ ingressa cubiculum,she sent one of her maidservants,reperit eos salvos et incolumes,who entered the bedroom and discovered them safe and unharmed,secum pariter dormientes.sleeping both together.

¹⁶Et reversa nuntiavit bonum nuntium:And returning, she reported the good news.et benedixerunt Dominum,And they blessed the Lord:Raguel videlicet et Anna uxor ejus,Raguel, especially, and his wife Anna.

¹⁶Et reversa nuntiavit bonum nuntium:And returning, she reported the good news.et benedixerunt Dominum,And they blessed the Lord:Raguel videlicet et Anna uxor ejus,Raguel, especially, and his wife Anna.

¹⁷et dixerunt:And they said:Benedicimus te,“We bless you,Domine Deus Israël,Lord God of Israel,quia non contigit quemadmodum putabamus.because it has not happened in the way that we thought it might.

¹⁷et dixerunt:And they said:Benedicimus te,“We bless you,Domine Deus Israël,Lord God of Israel,quia non contigit quemadmodum putabamus.because it has not happened in the way that we thought it might.

¹⁸Fecisti enim nobiscum misericordiam tuam,For you have acted in your mercy toward us,et exclusisti a nobis inimicum persequentem nos.and you have excluded from us the enemy who pursued us.

¹⁸Fecisti enim nobiscum misericordiam tuam,For you have acted in your mercy toward us,et exclusisti a nobis inimicum persequentem nos.and you have excluded from us the enemy who pursued us.

¹⁹Misertus es autem duobus unicis.Moreover,Fac eos,you have had compassion on two only children.Domine,Make them,plenius benedicere te,O Lord,et sacrificium tibi laudis tuæ et suæ sanitatis offerre,able to bless you more fully and to offer you a sacrifice of your praise and of their health,ut cognoscat universitas gentium quia tu es Deus solus in universa terra.so that all peoples everywhere may know that you alone are God in all the earth.”

¹⁹Misertus es autem duobus unicis.Moreover,Fac eos,you have had compassion on two only children.Domine,Make them,plenius benedicere te,O Lord,et sacrificium tibi laudis tuæ et suæ sanitatis offerre,able to bless you more fully and to offer you a sacrifice of your praise and of their health,ut cognoscat universitas gentium quia tu es Deus solus in universa terra.so that all peoples everywhere may know that you alone are God in all the earth.”

²⁰Statimque præcepit servis suis Raguel ut replerent fossam quam fecerant priusquam elucesceret.And immediately Raguel instructed his servants to refill the pit, which they had made, before daylight.

²⁰Statimque præcepit servis suis Raguel ut replerent fossam quam fecerant priusquam elucesceret.And immediately Raguel instructed his servants to refill the pit, which they had made, before daylight.

²¹Uxori autem suæ dixit ut instrueret convivium,And then he told his wife to make ready a feast,et præpararet omnia quæ in cibos erant iter agentibus necessaria.and to prepare all the provisions that are necessary for those who undertake a journey.

²¹Uxori autem suæ dixit ut instrueret convivium,And then he told his wife to make ready a feast,et præpararet omnia quæ in cibos erant iter agentibus necessaria.and to prepare all the provisions that are necessary for those who undertake a journey.

²²Duas quoque pingues vaccas,Likewise,et quatuor arietes,he caused two fat cowsoccidi fecit,and four rams to be killed,et parari epulas omnibus vicinis suis,and a banquet to be prepared for all his neighborscunctisque amicis.and every one of his friends.

²²Duas quoque pingues vaccas,Likewise,et quatuor arietes,he caused two fat cowsoccidi fecit,and four rams to be killed,et parari epulas omnibus vicinis suis,and a banquet to be prepared for all his neighborscunctisque amicis.and every one of his friends.

²³Et adjuravit Raguel Tobiam ut duas hebdomadas moraretur apud se.And Raguel pleaded with Tobias to delay with him for two weeks.

²³Et adjuravit Raguel Tobiam ut duas hebdomadas moraretur apud se.And Raguel pleaded with Tobias to delay with him for two weeks.

²⁴De omnibus autem quæ possidebat Raguel,Moreover, of all the things that Raguel possessed,dimidiam partem dedit Tobiæ,he gave one half part to Tobias,et fecit scripturam,and he made a writing,ut pars dimidia quæ supererat, post obitum eorum Tobiæ dominio deveniret.so that the half that remained should also pass into the ownership of Tobias, after their deaths.

²⁴De omnibus autem quæ possidebat Raguel,Moreover, of all the things that Raguel possessed,dimidiam partem dedit Tobiæ,he gave one half part to Tobias,et fecit scripturam,and he made a writing,ut pars dimidia quæ supererat, post obitum eorum Tobiæ dominio deveniret.so that the half that remained should also pass into the ownership of Tobias, after their deaths.