Tobit 5 #catechesis/bible/tobit
[!abstract] Young Tobias seeking a guide for his journey, the angel Raphael, in shape of a man, undertakes this office.
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GR καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς Τωβιας εἶπεν αὐτῷ πάτερ ποιήσω πάντα ὅσα ἐντέταλσαί μοι
LA Tunc respondit Tobias patri suo, et dixit: Omnia quæcumque præcepisti mihi faciam, pater.
EN Then Tobias answered his father, and said: I will do all things, father, which you have commanded me.
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GR ἀλλὰ πῶς δυνήσομαι λαβεῖν τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ οὐ γινώσκω αὐτόν
LA Quomodo autem pecuniam hanc requiram, ignoro: ille me nescit, et ego eum ignoro: quod signum dabo ei? sed neque viam per quam pergatur illuc aliquando cognovi.
EN But how I shall get this money, I cannot tell; he knows not me, and I know not him: what token shall I give him? nor did I ever know the way which leads thither.
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GR καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ τὸ χειρόγραφον καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ζήτησον σεαυτῷ ἄνθρωπον ὃς συμπορεύσεταί σοι καὶ δώσω αὐτῷ μισθόν ἕως ζῶ καὶ λαβὲ πορευθεὶς τὸ ἀργύριον
LA Tunc pater suus respondit illi, et dixit: Chirographum quidem illius penes me habeo: quod dum illi ostenderis, statim restituet.
EN Then his father answered him, and said: I have a note of his hand with me, which when you shall show him, he will presently pay it.
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GR καὶ ἐπορεύθη ζητῆσαι ἄνθρωπον καὶ εὗρεν τὸν Ραφαηλ ὃς ἦν ἄγγελος καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει
LA Sed perge nunc, et inquire tibi aliquem fidelem virum, qui eat tecum salva mercede sua, ut dum adhuc vivo, recipias eam.
EN But go now, and seek you out some faithful man, to go with you for his hire: that you may receive it, while I yet live.
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GR καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ εἰ δύναμαι πορευθῆναι μετὰ σοῦ ἐν Ῥάγοις τῆς Μηδίας καὶ εἰ ἔμπειρος εἶ τῶν τόπων
LA Tunc egressus Tobias, invenit juvenem splendidum stantem præcinctum, et quasi paratum ad ambulandum.
EN Then Tobias going forth, found a beautiful young man, standing girded, and as it were ready to walk.
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GR καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ ἄγγελος πορεύσομαι μετὰ σοῦ καὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ ἐμπειρῶ καὶ παρὰ Γαβαηλ τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν ηὐλίσθην
LA Et ignorans quod angelus Dei esset, salutavit eum, et dixit: Unde te habemus, bone juvenis?
EN And not knowing that he was an angel of God, he saluted him, and said: From whence are you, good young man?
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GR καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τωβιας ὑπόμεινόν με καὶ ἐρῶ τῷ πατρί μου
LA At ille respondit: Ex filiis Israël. Et Tobias dixit ei: Nosti viam quæ ducit in regionem Medorum?
EN But he answered: Of the children of Israel. And Tobias said to him: Do you know the way that leads to the country of the Medes?
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GR καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ πορεύου καὶ μὴ χρονίσῃς
LA Cui respondit: Novi: et omnia itinera ejus frequenter ambulavi, et mansi apud Gabelum fratrem nostrum, qui moratur in Rages civitate Medorum, quæ posita est in monte Ecbatanis.
EN And he answered: I know it: and I have often walked through all the ways thereof, and I have abode with Gabelus our brother, who dwells at Rages a city of the Medes, which is situate in the mount of Ecbatana.
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GR καὶ εἰσελθὼν εἶπεν τῷ πατρί ἰδοὺ εὕρηκα ὃς συμπορεύσεταί μοι ὁ δὲ εἶπεν φώνησον αὐτὸν πρός με ἵνα ἐπιγνῶ ποίας φυλῆς ἐστιν καὶ εἰ πιστὸς τοῦ πορευθῆναι μετὰ σοῦ
LA Cui Tobias ait: Sustine me obsecro, donec hæc ipsa nuntiem patri meo.
EN And Tobias said to him: Stay for me, I beseech you, till I tell these same things to my father.
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GR καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτόν καὶ εἰσῆλθεν καὶ ἠσπάσαντο ἀλλήλους
LA Tunc ingressus Tobias, indicavit universa hæc patri suo. Super quæ admiratus pater, rogavit ut introiret ad eum.
EN Then Tobias going in told all these things to his father. Upon which his father being in admiration, desired that he would come in unto him.
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GR καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τωβιτ ἄδελφε ἐκ ποίας φυλῆς καὶ ἐκ ποίας πατρίδος σὺ εἶ ὑπόδειξόν μοι
LA Ingressus itaque salutavit eum, et dixit: Gaudium tibi sit semper.
EN So going in he saluted him, and said: Joy be to you always.
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GR καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ φυλὴν καὶ πατριὰν σὺ ζητεῖς ἢ μίσθιον ὃς συμπορεύσεται μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ σου καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τωβιτ βούλομαι ἄδελφε ἐπιγνῶναι τὸ γένος σου καὶ τὸ ὄνομα
LA Et ait Tobias: Quale gaudium mihi erit, qui in tenebris sedeo, et lumen cæli non video?
EN And Tobias said: What manner of joy shall be to me, who sit in darkness and see not the light of heaven?
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GR ὁ δὲ εἶπεν ἐγὼ Αζαριας Ανανιου τοῦ μεγάλου τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου
LA Cui ait juvenis: Forti animo esto: in proximo est ut a Deo cureris.
EN And the young man said to him: Be of good courage, your cure from God is at hand.
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GR καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὑγιαίνων ἔλθοις ἄδελφε καὶ μή μοι ὀργισθῇς ὅτι ἐζήτησα τὴν φυλήν σου καὶ τὴν πατριάν σου ἐπιγνῶναι καὶ σὺ τυγχάνεις ἀδελφός μου ἐκ τῆς καλῆς καὶ ἀγαθῆς γενεᾶς ἐπεγίνωσκον γὰρ ἐγὼ Ανανιαν καὶ Ιαθαν τοὺς υἱοὺς Σεμειου τοῦ μεγάλου ὡς ἐπορευόμεθα κοινῶς εἰς Ιεροσόλυμα προσκυνεῖν ἀναφέροντες τὰ πρωτότοκα καὶ τὰς δεκάτας τῶν γενημάτων καὶ οὐκ ἐπλανήθησαν ἐν τῇ πλάνῃ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν ἐκ ῥίζης καλῆς εἶ ἄδελφε
LA Dixit itaque illi Tobias: Numquid poteris perducere filium meum ad Gabelum in Rages civitatem Medorum? et cum redieris, restituam tibi mercedem tuam.
EN And Tobias said to him: Can you conduct my son to Gabelus at Rages, a city of the Medes? And when you shall return, I will pay you your hire.
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GR ἀλλ’ εἰπόν μοι τίνα σοι ἔσομαι μισθὸν διδόναι δραχμὴν τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὰ δέοντά σοι ὡς καὶ τῷ υἱῷ μου
LA Et dixit ei angelus: Ego ducam, et reducam eum ad te.
EN And the angel said to him: I will conduct him thither, and bring him back to you.
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GR καὶ ἔτι προσθήσω σοι ἐπὶ τὸν μισθόν ἐὰν ὑγιαίνοντες ἐπιστρέψητε
LA Cui Tobias respondit: Rogo te, indica mihi de qua domo aut de qua tribu es tu.
EN And Tobias said to him: I pray you, tell me, of what family, or what tribe are you?
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GR καὶ εὐδόκησαν οὕτως καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς Τωβιαν ἕτοιμος γίνου πρὸς τὴν ὁδόν καὶ εὐοδωθείητε καὶ ἡτοίμασεν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ τὰ πρὸς τὴν ὁδόν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ πορεύου μετὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὁ δὲ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ οἰκῶν θεὸς εὐοδώσει τὴν ὁδὸν ὑμῶν καὶ ὁ ἄγγελος αὐτοῦ συμπορευθήτω ὑμῖν καὶ ἐξῆλθαν ἀμφότεροι ἀπελθεῖν καὶ ὁ κύων τοῦ παιδαρίου μετ’ αὐτῶν
LA Cui Raphaël angelus dixit: Genus quæris mercenarii, an ipsum mercenarium qui cum filio tuo eat?
EN And Raphael the angel answered: Do you seek the family of him you hire, or the hired servant himself to go with your son?
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GR ἔκλαυσεν δὲ Αννα ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς Τωβιτ τί ἐξαπέστειλας τὸ παιδίον ἡμῶν ἢ οὐχὶ ἡ ῥάβδος τῆς χειρὸς ἡμῶν ἐστιν ἐν τῷ εἰσπορεύεσθαι αὐτὸν καὶ ἐκπορεύεσθαι ἐνώπιον ἡμῶν
LA sed ne forte sollicitum te reddam, ego sum Azarias Ananiæ magni filius.
EN But lest I should make you uneasy, I am Azarias the son of the great Ananias.
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[!note]- Azarias…
The angel took the form of Azarias: and therefore might call himself by the name of the man whom he personated. Azarias, in Hebrew, signifies the help of God, and Ananias the grace of God. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ἀργύριον τῷ ἀργυρίῳ μὴ φθάσαι ἀλλὰ περίψημα τοῦ παιδίου ἡμῶν γένοιτο
LA Et Tobias respondit: Ex magno genere es tu. Sed peto ne irascaris quod voluerim cognoscere genus tuum.
EN And Tobias answered: You are of a great family. But I pray you be not angry that I desired to know your family.
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GR ὡς γὰρ δέδοται ἡμῖν ζῆν παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου τοῦτο ἱκανὸν ἡμῖν ὑπάρχει
LA Dixit autem illi angelus: Ego sanum ducam, et sanum tibi reducam filium tuum.
EN And the angel said to him: I will lead your son safe, and bring him to you again safe.
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GR καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ Τωβιτ μὴ λόγον ἔχε ἀδελφή ὑγιαίνων ἐλεύσεται καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ὄψονται αὐτόν
LA Respondens autem Tobias, ait: Bene ambuletis, et sit Deus in itinere vestro, et angelus ejus comitetur vobiscum.
EN And Tobias answering, said: May you have a good journey, and God be with you in your way, and his angel accompany you.
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GR ἄγγελος γὰρ ἀγαθὸς συμπορεύσεται αὐτῷ καὶ εὐοδωθήσεται ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ὑποστρέψει ὑγιαίνων
LA Tunc paratis omnibus quæ erant in via portanda, fecit Tobias vale patri suo et matri suæ, et ambulaverunt ambo simul.
EN Then all things being ready, that were to be carried in their journey, Tobias bade his father and his mother farewell, and they set out both together.
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GR καὶ ἐπαύσατο κλαίουσα
LA Cumque profecti essent, cœpit mater ejus flere, et dicere: Baculum senectutis nostræ tulisti, et transmisisti a nobis.
EN And when they were departed, his mother began to weep, and to say: You have taken the staff of our old age, and sent him away from us.
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LA Numquam fuisset ipsa pecunia, pro qua misisti eum:
EN I wish the money for which you have sent him, had never been.
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LA sufficiebat enim nobis paupertas nostra, ut divitias computaremus hoc, quod videbamus filium nostrum.
EN For our poverty was sufficient for us, that we might account it as riches, that we saw our son.
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LA Dixitque ei Tobias: Noli flere: salvus perveniet filius noster, et salvus revertetur ad nos, et oculi tui videbunt illum.
EN And Tobias said to her: Weep not, our son will arrive thither safe, and will return safe to us, and your eyes shall see him.
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LA Credo enim quod angelus Dei bonus comitetur ei, et bene disponat omnia quæ circa eum geruntur, ita ut cum gaudio revertatur ad nos.
EN For I believe that the good angel of God does accompany him, and does order all things well that are done about him, so that he shall return to us with joy.
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LA Ad hanc vocem cessavit mater ejus flere, et tacuit.
EN At these words his mother ceased weeping, and held her peace.
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