<p>Tobias Chapter 11</p>
<p>Tobias anointeth his father's eyes with the fish's gall, and he
recovereth his sight.</p>
<p>11:1. And as they were returning they came to Charan, which is in
the midway to Ninive, the eleventh day.</p>
<p>11:2. And the angel said: Brother Tobias, thou knowest how thou
didst leave thy father.</p>
<p>11:3. If it please thee therefore, let us go before, and let the
family follow softly after us, together with thy wife, and with
the beasts.</p>
<p>11:4. And as this their going pleased him, Raphael said to Tobias:
Take with thee of the gall of the fish, for it will be
necessary. So Tobias took some of that gall and departed.</p>
<p>11:5. But Anna sat beside the way daily, on the top of a hill, from
whence she might see afar off.</p>
<p>11:6. And while she watched his coming from that place, she saw him
afar off, and presently perceived it was her son coming: and
returning she told her husband, saying: Behold thy son cometh.</p>
<p>11:7. And Raphael said to Tobias: As soon as thou shalt come into
thy house, forthwith adore the Lord thy God: and giving thanks
to him, go to thy father, and kiss him.</p>
<p>11:8. And immediately anoint his eyes with this gall of the fish,
which thou carriest with thee. For be assured that his eyes
shall be presently opened, and thy father shall see the light
of heaven, and shall rejoice in the sight of thee.</p>
<p>11:9. Then the dog, which had been with them in the way, ran before,
and coming as if he had brought the news, shewed his joy by his
fawning and wagging his tail.</p>
<p>The dog, etc... This may seem a very minute circumstance to be
recorded in sacred history: but as we learn from our Saviour,
St. Matt. 5.18, there are iotas and tittles in the word of God:
that is to say, things that appear minute, but which have
indeed a deep and mysterious meaning in them.</p>
<p>11:10. And his father that was blind, rising up, began to run
stumbling with his feet: and giving a servant his hand, went to
meet his son.</p>
<p>11:11. And receiving him kissed him, as did also his wife, and they
began to weep for joy.</p>
<p>11:12. And when they had adored God, and given him thanks, they sat
down together.</p>
<p>11:13. Then Tobias taking of the gall of the fish, anointed his
father's eyes.</p>
<p>11:14. And he stayed about half an hour: and a white skin began to
come out of his eyes, like the skin of an egg.</p>
<p>11:15. And Tobias took hold of it, and drew it from his eyes, and
recovered his sight.</p>
<p>11:16. And they glorified God, both he and his wife and all that
knew him.</p>
<p>11:17. And Tobias said: I bless thee, O Lord God of Israel, because
thou hast chastised me, and thou hast saved me and behold I see
Tobias my son.</p>
<p>11:18. And after seven days Sara his son's wife and all the family
arrived safe, and the cattle, and the camels, and an abundance of
money of his wife's: and that money also which he had received
of Gabelus,</p>
<p>11:19. And he told his parents all the benefits of God, which he had
done to him by the man that conducted him.</p>
<p>11:20. And Achior and Nabath the kinsmen of Tobias came, rejoicing
for Tobias, and congratulating with him for all the good things
that God had done for him.</p>
<p>11:21. And for seven days they feasted and rejoiced all with great
joy.</p>
<p>Tobias Chapter 12</p>
<p>Raphael maketh himself known.</p>
<p>12:1. Then Tobias called to him his son and said to him: What can we
give to this holy man, that is come with thee?</p>
<p>12:2. Tobias answering, said to his father: Father, what wages shall
we give him? or what can be worthy of his benefits?</p>
<p>12:3. He conducted me and brought me safe again, he received the
money of Gabelus, he caused me to have my wife, and he chased
from her the evil spirit, he gave joy to her parents, myself he
delivered from being devoured by the fish, thee also he hath
made to see the light of heaven, and we are filled with all
good things through him. What can we give him sufficient for
these things?</p>
<p>12:4. But I beseech thee, my father, to desire him, that he would
vouchsafe to accept of one half of all things that have been
brought.</p>
<p>12:5. So the father and the son calling him, took him aside: and
began to desire him that he would vouchsafe to accept of half
of all things that they had brought,</p>
<p>12:6. Then he said to them secretly, Bless ye the God of heaven,
give glory to him in the sight of all that live, because he
hath shewn his mercy to you.</p>
<p>12:7. For it is good to hide the secret of a king: to reveal and
confess the works of God.</p>
<p>12:8. Prayer is good with fasting and alms more than to lay up
treasures of gold.</p>
<p>12:9. For alms delivereth from death, and the same is that which
purgeth away sins, and maketh to find mercy and life
everlasting.</p>
<p>12:10. But they that commit sin and iniquity, are enemies to their
own soul.</p>
<p>12:11. I discover then the truth unto you, and I will not hide the
secret from you.</p>
<p>12:12. When thou didst pray with tears, and didst bury the dead, and
didst leave thy dinner, and hide the dead by day in thy house, and
bury them by night, I offered thy prayer to the Lord.</p>
<p>12:13. And because thou wast acceptable to God, it was necessary
that temptation should prove thee.</p>
<p>12:14. And now the Lord hath sent me to heal thee, and to deliver
Sara thy son's wife from the devil.</p>
<p>12:15. For I am the angel Raphael, one of the seven, who stand
before the Lord.</p>
<p>12:16. And when they had heard these things, they were troubled, and
being seized with fear they fell upon the ground on their face.</p>
<p>12:17. And the angel said to them: Peace be to you, fear not.</p>
<p>12:18. For when I was with you, I was there by the will of God:
bless ye him, and sing praises to him.</p>
<p>12:19. I seemed indeed to eat and to drink with you but I use an
invisible meat and drink, which cannot be seen by men.</p>
<p>12:20. It is time therefore that I return to him that sent me: but
bless ye God, and publish all his wonderful works.</p>
<p>12:21. And when he had said these things, he was taken from their
sight, and they could see him no more.</p>
<p>12:22. Then they lying prostrate for three hours upon their face,
blessed God, and rising up, they told all his wonderful works.</p>
<p>Tobias Chapter 13</p>
<p>Tobias the father praiseth God, exhorting all Israel to do the same.
Prophesieth the restoration and better state of Jerusalem.</p>
<p>13:1. And Tobias the elder opening his mouth, blessed the Lord, and
said: Thou art great O Lord, for ever, and thy kingdom is unto all
ages.</p>
<p>13:2. For thou scourgest, and thou savest: thou leadest down to
hell, and bringest up again: and there is none that can escape
thy hand.</p>
<p>13:3. Give glory to the Lord, ye children of Israel, and praise him
in the sight of the Gentiles:</p>
<p>13:4. Because he hath therefore scattered you among the Gentiles,
who know not him, that you may declare his wonderful works, and
make them know that there is no other almighty God besides him.</p>
<p>13:5. He hath chastised us for our iniquities: and he will save us
for his own mercy.</p>
<p>13:6. See then what he hath done with us, and with fear and
trembling give ye glory to him: and extol the eternal King of
worlds in your works.</p>
<p>13:7. As for me, I will praise him in the land of my captivity:
because he hath shewn his majesty toward a sinful nation,</p>
<p>13:8. Be converted therefore, ye sinners, and do justice before God,
believing that he will shew his mercy to you.</p>
<p>13:9. And I and my soul will rejoice in him.</p>
<p>13:10. Bless ye the Lord, all his elect, keep days of joy, and give
glory to him.</p>
<p>13:11. Jerusalem, city of God, the Lord hath chastised thee for the
works of thy hands.</p>
<p>Jerusalem... What is prophetically delivered here, and in the
following chapter, with relation to Jerusalem, is partly to be
understood of the rebuilding of the city after the captivity:
and partly of the spiritual Jerusalem, which is the church of
Christ, and the eternal Jerusalem in heaven.</p>
<p>13:12. Give glory to the Lord for thy good things, and bless the God
eternal that he may rebuild his tabernacle in thee, and may call
back all the captives to thee, and thou mayst rejoice for ever
and ever.</p>
<p>13:13. Thou shalt shine with a glorious light: and all the ends of
the earth shall worship thee,</p>
<p>13:14. Nations from afar shall come to thee: and shall bring gifts,
and shall adore the Lord in thee, and shall esteem thy land as
holy.</p>
<p>13:15. For they shall call upon the great name in thee,</p>
<p>13:16. They shall be cursed that shall despise thee: and they shall
be condemned that shall blaspheme thee: and blessed shall they
be that shall build thee up,</p>
<p>13:17. But thou shalt rejoice in thy children, because they shall
all be blessed, and shall be gathered together to the Lord.</p>
<p>13:18. Blessed are all they that love thee, and that rejoice in thy
peace,</p>
<p>13:19. My soul, bless thou the Lord, because the Lord our God hath
delivered Jerusalem his city from all her troubles.</p>
<p>13:20. Happy shall I be if there shall remain of my seed, to see the
glory of Jerusalem.</p>
<p>13:21. The gates of Jerusalem shall be built of sapphire, and of
emerald, and all the walls thereof round about of precious stones.</p>
<p>13:22. All its streets shall be paved with white and clean stones:
and Alleluia shall be sung in its streets,</p>
<p>13:23. Blessed be the Lord, who hath exalted it, and may he reign
over it for ever and ever, Amen.</p>
<p>Tobias Chapter 14</p>
<p>Old Tobias dieth at the age of a hundred and two years, after
exhorting his son and grandsons to piety, foreshewing that
Ninive shall be destroyed, and Jerusalem rebuilt. The
younger Tobias returneth with his family to Raguel, and dieth
happily as he had lived.</p>
<p>14:1. And the words of Tobias were ended. And after Tobias was
restored to his sight, he lived two and forty years, and saw
the children of his grandchildren.</p>
<p>14:2. And after he had lived a hundred and two years, he was buried
honorably in Ninive.</p>
<p>14:3. For he was six and fifty years old when he lost the sight of
his eyes, and sixty when he recovered it again.</p>
<p>14:4. And the rest of his life was in joy, and with great increase
of the fear of God he departed in peace.</p>
<p>14:5. And at the hour of his death he called unto him his son Tobias
and his children, seven young men, his grandsons, and said to
them:</p>
<p>14:6. The destruction of Ninive is at hand: for the word of the Lord
must be fulfilled: and our brethren, that are scattered abroad from
the land of Israel, shall return to it.</p>
<p>14:7. And all the land thereof that is desert shall be filled with
people, and the house of God which is burnt in it, shall again be
rebuilt: and all that fear God shall return thither.</p>
<p>14:8. And the Gentiles shall leave their idols, and shall come into
Jerusalem, and shall dwell in it.</p>
<p>14:9. And all the kings of the earth shall rejoice in it, adoring
the King of Israel.</p>
<p>14:10. Hearken therefore, my children, to your father: serve the
Lord in truth, and seek to do the things that please him:</p>
<p>14:11. And command your children that they do justice and almsdeeds,
and that they be mindful of God, and bless him at all times in
truth, and with all their power.</p>
<p>14:12. And now, children, hear me, and do not stay here: but as soon
as you shall bury your mother by me in one sepulchre, without
delay direct your steps to depart hence:</p>
<p>14:13. For I see that its iniquity will bring it to destruction.</p>
<p>14:14. And it came to pass that after the death of his mother,
Tobias departed out of Ninive with his wife, and children, and
children's children, and returned to his father and mother in
law.</p>
<p>14:15. And he found them in health in a good old age: and he took
care of them, and he closed their eyes: and all the inheritance
of Raguel's house came to him: and he saw his children's
children to the fifth generation.</p>
<p>14:16. And after he had lived ninety-nine years in the fear of the
Lord, with joy they buried him.</p>
<p>14:17. And all his kindred, and all his generation continued in good
life, and in holy conversation, so that they were acceptable both to
God, and to men, and to all that dwelt in the land.</p>
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