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1 So Tobit made an end of praising God.

2 And he was eight and fifty years old when he lost his sight, which was restored to him after eight years: and he gave alms, and he increased in the fear of the Lord God, and praised him.

3 And when he was very aged he called his son, and the sons of his son, and said to him, My son, take thy children; for, behold, I am aged, and am ready to depart out of this life.

4 Go into Media my son, for I surely believe those things which Jonas the prophet spake of Nineve, that it shall be overthrown; and that for a time peace shall rather be in Media; and that our brethren shall lie scattered in the earth from that good land: and Jerusalem shall be desolate, and the house of God in it shall be burned, and shall be desolate for a time;

5 And that again God will have mercy on them, and bring them again into the land, where they shall build a temple, but not like to the first, until the time of that age be fulfilled; and afterward they shall return from all places of their captivity, and build up Jerusalem gloriously, and the house of God shall be built in it for ever with a glorious building, as the prophets have spoken thereof.

6 And all nations shall turn, and fear the Lord God truly, and shall bury their idols.

7 So shall all nations praise the Lord, and his people shall confess God, and the Lord shall exalt his people; and all those which love the Lord God in truth and justice shall rejoice, shewing mercy to our brethren.

8 And now, my son, depart out of Nineve, because that those things which the prophet Jonas spake shall surely come to pass.

9 But keep thou the law and the commandments, and shew thyself merciful and just, that it may go well with thee.

10 And bury me decently, and thy mother with me; but tarry no longer at Nineve. Remember, my son, how Aman handled Achiacharus that brought him up, how out of light he brought him into darkness, and how he rewarded him again: yet Achiacharus was saved, but the other had his reward: for he went down into darkness. Manasses gave alms, and escaped the snares of death which they had set for him: but Aman fell into the snare, and perished.

11 Wherefore now, my son, consider what alms doeth, and how righteousness doth deliver. When he had said these things, he gave up the ghost in the bed, being an hundred and eight and fifty years old; and he buried him honourably.

12 And when Anna his mother was dead, he buried her with his father. But Tobias departed with his wife and children to Ecbatane to Raguel his father in law,

13 Where he became old with honour, and he buried his father and mother in law honourably, and he inherited their substance, and his father Tobit's.

14 And he died at Ecbatane in Media, being an hundred and seven and twenty years old.

15 But before he died he heard of the destruction of Nineve, which was taken by Nabuchodonosor and Assuerus: and before his death he rejoiced over Nineve.

Sep

1 καὶ ἐπαύσατο ἐξομολογούμενος Τωβιτ

2 καὶ ἦν ἐτῶν πεντήκοντα ὀκτώ ὅτε ἀπώλεσεν τὰς ὄψεις καὶ μετὰ ἔτη ὀκτὼ ἀνέβλεψεν καὶ ἐποίει ἐλεημοσύνας καὶ προσέθετο φοβεῖσθαι κύριον τὸν θεὸν καὶ ἐξομολογεῖσθαι αὐτῷ

3 μεγάλως δὲ ἐγήρασεν καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ τέκνον λαβὲ τοὺς υἱούς σου ἰδοὺ γεγήρακα καὶ πρὸς τὸ ἀποτρέχειν ἐκ τοῦ ζῆν εἰμι

4 ἄπελθε εἰς τὴν Μηδίαν τέκνον ὅτι πέπεισμαι ὅσα ἐλάλησεν Ιωνας ὁ προφήτης περὶ Νινευη ὅτι καταστραφήσεται ἐν δὲ τῇ Μηδίᾳ ἔσται εἰρήνη μᾶλλον ἕως καιροῦ καὶ ὅτι οἱ ἀδελφοὶ ἡμῶν ἐν τῇ γῇ σκορπισθήσονται ἀπὸ τῆς ἀγαθῆς γῆς καὶ Ιεροσόλυμα ἔσται ἔρημος καὶ ὁ οἶκος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῇ κατακαήσεται καὶ ἔρημος ἔσται μέχρι χρόνου

5 καὶ πάλιν ἐλεήσει αὐτοὺς ὁ θεὸς καὶ ἐπιστρέψει αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν γῆν καὶ οἰκοδομήσουσιν τὸν οἶκον οὐχ οἷος ὁ πρότερος ἕως πληρωθῶσιν καιροὶ τοῦ αἰῶνος καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐπιστρέψουσιν ἐκ τῶν αἰχμαλωσιῶν καὶ οἰκοδομήσουσιν Ιερουσαλημ ἐντίμως καὶ ὁ οἶκος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῇ οἰκοδομηθήσεται εἰς πάσας τὰς γενεὰς τοῦ αἰῶνος οἰκοδομῇ ἐνδόξῳ καθὼς ἐλάλησαν περὶ αὐτῆς οἱ προφῆται

6 καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἐπιστρέψουσιν ἀληθινῶς φοβεῖσθαι κύριον τὸν θεὸν καὶ κατορύξουσιν τὰ εἴδωλα αὐτῶν καὶ εὐλογήσουσιν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τὸν κύριον

7 καὶ ὁ λαὸς αὐτοῦ ἐξομολογήσεται τῷ θεῷ καὶ ὑψώσει κύριος τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ χαρήσονται πάντες οἱ ἀγαπῶντες κύριον τὸν θεὸν ἐν ἀληθείᾳ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ ποιοῦντες ἔλεος τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ἡμῶν

8 καὶ νῦν τέκνον ἄπελθε ἀπὸ Νινευη ὅτι πάντως ἔσται ἃ ἐλάλησεν ὁ προφήτης Ιωνας

9 σὺ δὲ τήρησον τὸν νόμον καὶ τὰ προστάγματα καὶ γίνου φιλελεήμων καὶ δίκαιος ἵνα σοι καλῶς ᾖ καὶ θάψον με καλῶς καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ καὶ μηκέτι αὐλισθῆτε εἰς Νινευη

10 τέκνον ἰδὲ τί ἐποίησεν Αμαν Αχιαχάρῳ τῷ θρέψαντι αὐτόν ὡς ἐκ τοῦ φωτὸς ἤγαγεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ σκότος καὶ ὅσα ἀνταπέδωκεν αὐτῷ καὶ Αχιαχαρος μὲν ἐσώθη ἐκείνῳ δὲ τὸ ἀνταπόδομα ἀπεδόθη καὶ αὐτὸς κατέβη εἰς τὸ σκότος Μανασσης ἐποίησεν ἐλεημοσύνην καὶ ἐσώθη ἐκ παγίδος θανάτου ἧς ἔπηξεν αὐτῷ Αμαν δὲ ἐνέπεσεν εἰς τὴν παγίδα καὶ ἀπώλετο

11 καὶ νῦν παιδία ἴδετε τί ἐλεημοσύνη ποιεῖ καὶ τί δικαιοσύνη ῥύεται καὶ ταῦτα αὐτοῦ λέγοντος ἐξέλιπεν αὐτοῦ ἡ ψυχὴ ἐπὶ τῆς κλίνης ἦν δὲ ἐτῶν ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα ὀκτώ καὶ ἔθαψεν αὐτὸν ἐνδόξως

12 καὶ ὅτε ἀπέθανεν Αννα ἔθαψεν αὐτὴν μετὰ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθεν δὲ Τωβιας μετὰ τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ εἰς Ἐκβάτανα πρὸς Ραγουηλ τὸν πενθερὸν αὐτοῦ

13 καὶ ἐγήρασεν ἐντίμως καὶ ἔθαψεν τοὺς πενθεροὺς αὐτοῦ ἐνδόξως καὶ ἐκληρονόμησεν τὴν οὐσίαν αὐτῶν καὶ Τωβιτ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ

14 καὶ ἀπέθανεν ἐτῶν ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι ἑπτὰ ἐν Ἐκβατάνοις τῆς Μηδίας

15 καὶ ἤκουσεν πρὶν ἢ ἀποθανεῖν αὐτὸν τὴν ἀπώλειαν Νινευη ἣν ᾐχμαλώτισεν Ναβουχοδονοσορ καὶ Ασυηρος ἐχάρη πρὸ τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν ἐπὶ Νινευη

Sep

1 καὶ συνετελέσθησαν οἱ λόγοι τῆς ἐξομολογήσεως Τωβιθ

2 καὶ ἀπέθανεν ἐν εἰρήνῃ ἐτῶν ἑκατὸν δώδεκα καὶ ἐτάφη ἐνδόξως ἐν Νινευη καὶ ἑξήκοντα δύο ἐτῶν ἦν ὅτε ἐγένετο ἀνάπειρος τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς καὶ μετὰ τὸ ἀναβλέψαι αὐτὸν ἔζησεν ἐν ἀγαθοῖς καὶ ἐλεημοσύνας ἐποίησεν καὶ ἔτι προσέθετο εὐλογεῖν τὸν θεὸν καὶ ἐξομολογεῖσθαι τὴν μεγαλωσύνην τοῦ θεοῦ

3 καὶ ὅτε ἀπέθνῃσκεν ἐκάλεσεν Τωβιαν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐνετείλατο αὐτῷ λέγων παιδίον ἀπάγαγε τὰ παιδία σου

4 καὶ ἀπότρεχε εἰς Μηδίαν ὅτι πιστεύω ἐγὼ τῷ ῥήματι τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ Νινευη ἃ ἐλάλησεν Ναουμ ὅτι πάντα ἔσται καὶ ἀπαντήσει ἐπὶ Αθουρ καὶ Νινευη καὶ ὅσα ἐλάλησαν οἱ προφῆται τοῦ Ισραηλ οὓς ἀπέστειλεν ὁ θεός πάντα ἀπαντήσει καὶ οὐ μηθὲν ἐλαττονωθῇ ἐκ πάντων τῶν ῥημάτων καὶ πάντα συμβήσεται τοῖς καιροῖς αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τῇ Μηδίᾳ ἔσται σωτηρία μᾶλλον ἤπερ ἐν Ἀσσυρίοις καὶ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι διὸ γινώσκω ἐγὼ καὶ πιστεύω ὅτι πάντα ἃ εἶπεν ὁ θεός συντελεσθήσεται καὶ ἔσται καὶ οὐ μὴ διαπέσῃ ῥῆμα ἐκ τῶν λόγων καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ ἡμῶν οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν τῇ γῇ Ισραηλ πάντες διασκορπισθήσονται καὶ αἰχμαλωτισθήσονται ἐκ τῆς γῆς τῆς ἀγαθῆς καὶ ἔσται πᾶσα ἡ γῆ τοῦ Ισραηλ ἔρημος καὶ Σαμάρεια καὶ Ιερουσαλημ ἔσται ἔρημος καὶ ὁ οἶκος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν λύπῃ καὶ καυθήσεται μέχρι χρόνου

5 καὶ πάλιν ἐλεήσει αὐτοὺς ὁ θεός καὶ ἐπιστρέψει αὐτοὺς ὁ θεὸς εἰς τὴν γῆν τοῦ Ισραηλ καὶ πάλιν οἰκοδομήσουσιν τὸν οἶκον καὶ οὐχ ὡς τὸν πρῶτον ἕως τοῦ χρόνου οὗ ἂν πληρωθῇ ὁ χρόνος τῶν καιρῶν καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐπιστρέψουσιν ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας αὐτῶν πάντες καὶ οἰκοδομήσουσιν Ιερουσαλημ ἐντίμως καὶ ὁ οἶκος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῇ οἰκοδομηθήσεται καθὼς ἐλάλησαν περὶ αὐτῆς οἱ προφῆται τοῦ Ισραηλ

6 καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τὰ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ γῇ πάντες ἐπιστρέψουσιν καὶ φοβηθήσονται τὸν θεὸν ἀληθινῶς καὶ ἀφήσουσιν πάντες τὰ εἴδωλα αὐτῶν τοὺς πλανῶντας ψευδῆ τὴν πλάνησιν αὐτῶν καὶ εὐλογήσουσιν τὸν θεὸν τοῦ αἰῶνος ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ

7 πάντες οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ Ισραηλ οἱ σῳζόμενοι ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις μνημονεύοντες τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ ἐπισυναχθήσονται καὶ ἥξουσιν εἰς Ιερουσαλημ καὶ οἰκήσουσιν τὸν αἰῶνα ἐν τῇ γῇ Αβρααμ μετὰ ἀσφαλείας καὶ παραδοθήσεται αὐτοῖς καὶ χαρήσονται οἱ ἀγαπῶντες τὸν θεὸν ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείας καὶ οἱ ποιοῦντες τὴν ἁμαρτίαν καὶ τὴν ἀδικίαν ἐκλείψουσιν ἀπὸ πάσης τῆς γῆς

8 καὶ νῦν παιδία ἐγὼ ὑμῖν ἐντέλλομαι δουλεύσατε τῷ θεῷ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ καὶ ποιήσατε τὸ ἀρεστὸν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῖς παιδίοις ὑμῶν ἐνυποταγήσεται ποιεῖν δικαιοσύνην καὶ ἐλεημοσύνην καὶ ἵνα ὦσιν μεμνημένοι τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ εὐλογῶσιν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ καὶ ὅλῃ τῇ ἰσχύι αὐτῶν καὶ νῦν σύ παιδίον ἔξελθε ἐκ Νινευη καὶ μὴ μείνῃς ὧδε ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ θάψῃς τὴν μητέρα σου μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ αὐτῇ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ μὴ αὐλισθῇς ἐν τοῖς ὁρίοις αὐτῆς ὁρῶ γὰρ ὅτι πολλὴ ἀδικία ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ δόλος πολὺς συντελεῖται ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ οὐκ αἰσχύνονται

10 ἰδέ παιδίον ὅσα Ναδαβ ἐποίησεν Αχικάρῳ τῷ ἐκθρέψαντι αὐτόν οὐχὶ ζῶν κατηνέχθη εἰς τὴν γῆν καὶ ἀπέδωκεν ὁ θεὸς τὴν ἀτιμίαν κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξῆλθεν εἰς τὸ φῶς Αχικαρος καὶ Ναδαβ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸ σκότος τοῦ αἰῶνος ὅτι ἐζήτησεν ἀποκτεῖναι Αχικαρον ἐν τῷ ποιῆσαι ἐλεημοσύνην ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τῆς παγίδος τοῦ θανάτου ἣν ἔπηξεν αὐτῷ Ναδαβ καὶ Ναδαβ ἔπεσεν εἰς τὴν παγίδα τοῦ θανάτου καὶ ἀπώλεσεν αὐτόν

11 καὶ νῦν παιδία ἴδετε τί ποιεῖ ἐλεημοσύνη καὶ τί ποιεῖ ἀδικία ὅτι ἀποκτέννει καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡ ψυχή μου ἐκλείπει καὶ ἔθηκαν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὴν κλίνην καὶ ἀπέθανεν καὶ ἐτάφη ἐνδόξως

12 καὶ ὅτε ἀπέθανεν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ ἔθαψεν αὐτὴν Τωβιας μετὰ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπῆλθεν αὐτὸς καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ εἰς Μηδίαν καὶ ᾤκησεν ἐν Ἐκβατάνοις μετὰ Ραγουήλου τοῦ πενθεροῦ αὐτοῦ

13 καὶ ἐγηροβόσκησεν αὐτοὺς ἐντίμως καὶ ἔθαψεν αὐτοὺς ἐν Ἐκβατάνοις τῆς Μηδίας καὶ ἐκληρονόμησεν τὴν οἰκίαν Ραγουήλου καὶ Τωβιθ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ

14 καὶ ἀπέθανεν ἐτῶν ἑκατὸν δέκα ἑπτὰ ἐνδόξως

15 καὶ εἶδεν καὶ ἤκουσεν πρὸ τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν αὐτὸν τὴν ἀπώλειαν Νινευη καὶ εἶδεν τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν αὐτῆς ἀγομένην εἰς Μηδίαν ἣν ᾐχμαλώτισεν Αχιαχαρος ὁ βασιλεὺς τῆς Μηδίας καὶ εὐλόγησεν τὸν θεὸν ἐν πᾶσιν οἷς ἐποίησεν ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς Νινευη καὶ Αθουριας ἐχάρη πρὶν τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν ἐπὶ Νινευη καὶ εὐλόγησεν κύριον τὸν θεὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων

Vul

1 Et consummati sunt sermones Tobiæ. Et postquam illuminatus est Tobias, vixit annis quadraginta duobus, et vidit filios nepotum suorum.

2 Completis itaque annis centum duobus, sepultus est honorifice in Ninive.

3 Quinquaginta namque et sex annorum lumen oculorum amisit, sexagenarius vero recepit.

4 Reliquum vero vitæ suæ in gaudio fuit, et cum bono profectu timoris Dei perrexit in pace.

5 In hora autem mortis suæ vocavit ad se Tobiam filium suum, et septem juvenes filios ejus nepotes suos, dixitque eis:

6 Prope erit interitus Ninive: non enim excidit verbum Domini: et fratres nostri, qui dispersi sunt a terra Israël, revertentur ad eam.

7 Omnis autem deserta terra ejus replebitur, et domus Dei, quæ in ea incensa est, iterum reædificabitur: ibique revertentur omnes timentes Deum,

8 et relinquent gentes idola sua, et venient in Jerusalem, et inhabitabunt in ea:

9 et gaudebunt in ea omnes reges terræ, adorantes regem Israël.

10 Audite ergo, filii mei, patrem vestrum: servite Domino in veritate, et inquirite ut faciatis quæ placita sunt illi:

11 et filiis vestris mandate ut faciant justitias et eleemosynas, ut sint memores Dei, et benedicant eum in omni tempore in veritate, et in tota virtute sua.

12 Nunc ergo filii, audite me, et nolite manere hic: sed quacumque die sepelieritis matrem vestram circa me in uno sepulchro, ex eo dirigite gressus vestros ut exeatis hinc:

13 video enim quia iniquitas ejus finem dabit ei.

14 Factum est autem post obitum matris suæ, Tobias abscessit ex Ninive cum uxore sua, et filiis, et filiorum filiis, et reversus est ad soceros suos:

15 invenitque eos incolumes in senectute bona: et curam eorum gessit, et ipse clausit oculos eorum: et omnem hæreditatem domus Raguelis ipse percepit: viditque quintam generationem, filios filiorum suorum.

16 Et completis annis nonaginta novem in timore Domini, cum gaudio sepelierunt eum.

17 Omnis autem cognatio ejus et omnis generatio ejus in bona vita et in sancta conversatione permansit, ita ut accepti essent tam Deo quam hominibus, et cunctis habitantibus in terra.