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post haec vero cum esset dies festus Domini et factum esset prandium bonum in domo Tobis
But after this, when there was a festival of the Lord, and a good dinner was prepared in Tobias's house,
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dixit filio suo vade et adduc aliquos ex tribu nostra timentes Deum et epulentur nobiscum
He said to his son: Go, and bring some of our tribe that fear God, to feast with us.
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cumque abisset reversus nuntiat unum ex filiis Israhel iugulatum iacere in platea statimque exiliens de accubitu suo relinquens prandium ieiunus pervenit ad corpus
And when he had gone, returning he told him, that one of the children of Israel lay slain in the street. And he forthwith leaped up from his place at the table, and left his dinner, and came fasting to the body.
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tollensque illud portavit ad domum suam occulte ut dum sol occubuisset caute sepeliret eum
And taking it up carried it privately to his house, that after the sun was down, he might bury him cautiously.
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cumque occultasset corpus manducavit panem cum luctu et tremore
And when he had hid the body, he ate bread with mourning and fear,
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memorans illum sermonem quem dixit Dominus per Amos prophetam dies festi vestri convertentur in lamentationem et luctum
Remembering the word which the Lord spoke by Amos the prophet: Your festival days shall be turned into lamentation and mourning.
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cum vero sol occubuisset abiit et sepelevit eum
So when the sun was down, he went and buried him.
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arguebant autem illum omnes proximi sui dicentes iam huius rei causa interfici iussus es et vix effugisti mortis imperium et iterum sepelis mortuos
Now all his neighbours blamed him, saying: once already commandment was given for thee to be slain because of this matter, and thou didst scarce escape the sentence of death, and dost thou again bury the dead?
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sed Tobias plus timens Deum quam regem rapiebat corpora occisorum et occultabat in domo sua et mediis noctibus sepeliebat ea
But Tobias fearing God more than the king, carried off the bodies of them that were slain, and hid them in his house, and at midnight buried them.
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contigit autem ut quadam die fatigatus a sepultura veniens domum iactasset se iuxta parietem et obdormisset
Now it happened one day that being wearied with burying, he came to his house, and cast himself down by the wall and slept,
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ex nido hirundinum dormienti illi calida stercora insiderent super oculos eius fieretque caecus
And as he was sleeping, hot dung out of a swallow's nest fell upon his eyes, and he was made blind.
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hanc autem temptationem ideo permisit Dominus evenire illi ut posteris daretur exemplum patientiae eius sicut et sancti Iob
Now this trial the Lord therefore permitted to happen to him, that an example might be given to posterity of his patience, as also of holy Job.
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nam cum ab infantia sua semper Deum timuerit et mandata eius custodierit non est contristatus contra Deum quod plaga caecitatis evenerit ei
For whereas he had always feared God from his infancy, and kept his commandments, he repined not against God because the evil of blindness had befallen him,
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sed inmobilis in Dei timore permansit agens gratias Deo omnibus diebus vitae suae
But continued immoveable in the fear of God, giving thanks to God all the days of his life.
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nam sicut beato Iob insultabant reges ita isti parentes et cognati eius et inridebant vitam eius dicentes
For as the kings insulted over holy Job: so his relations and kinsmen mocked at his life, saying:
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ubi est spes tua pro qua elemosynas et sepulturas faciebas
Where is thy hope, for which thou gavest alms, and buriedst the dead?
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Tobias vero increpabat eos dicens nolite ita loqui
But Tobias rebuked them, saying: Speak not so:
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quoniam filii sanctorum sumus et vitam illam expectamus quam Deus daturus est his qui fidem suam numquam mutant ab eo
For we are the children of saints, and look for that life which God will give to those that never change their faith from him.
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Anna vero uxor eius ibat ad textrinum opus cotidie et de labore manuum suarum victum quem consequi poterat deferebat
Now Anna his wife went daily to weaving work, and she brought home what she could get for their living by the labour of her hands.
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unde factum est ut hedum caprarum accipiens detulisset domi
Whereby it came to pass, that she received a young kid, and brought it home:
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cuius cum vocem balantis vir eius audisset dixit videte ne forte furtivus sit reddite eum dominis suis quia non licet nobis ex furto aliquid aut edere aut contingere
And when her husband heard it bleating, he said: Take heed, lest perhaps it be stolen: restore ye it to its owners, for it is not lawful for us either to eat or to touch any thing that cometh by theft.
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ad haec uxor eius irata respondit manifeste vana facta est spes tua et elemosynae tuae modo paruerunt
At these words his wife being angry answered: It is evident the hope is come to nothing, and thy alms now appear.
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atque his et aliis huiusmodi verbis exprobrabat ei
And with these and other, such like words she upbraided him.
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