Comparison
Tobit 2
Douay-Rheims, Vulgata Clementina and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
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| 1 | But after this, when there was a festival of the Lord, and a good dinner was prepared in Tobias’s house, | Post haec vero, cum esset dies festus Domini, et factum esset prandium bonum in domo Tobiae, | Ὅτε δὲ κατῆλθον εἰς τὸν οἶκόν μου, καὶ ἀπεδόθη μοι Ἄννα ἡ γυνή μου, καὶ Τωβίας ὁ υἱός μου, ἐν τῇ πεντηκοστῇ ἑορτῇ, ἥν ἐστιν ἁγία ἑπτὰ ἑβδομάδων, ἐγενήθη ἄριστον καλόν μοι, καὶ ἀνέπεσα τοῦ φαγεῖν. |
| 2 | He said to his son: Go, and bring some of our tribe that fear God, to feast with us. | dixit filio suo: Vade, et adduc aliquos de tribu nostra, timentes Deum, ut epulentur nobiscum. | Καὶ ἐθεασάμην ὄψα πολλά, καὶ εἶπα τῷ υἱῷ μου, βάδισον καὶ ἄγαγε ὃν ἂν εὕρῃς τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν ἐνδεῆ, ὃς μέμνηται τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ ἰδοὺ μένω σε. |
| 3 | 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: | Cumque abiisset, reversus nuntiavit ei unum ex filiis Israël iugulatum iacere in platea. Statimque exiliens de accubitu suo, relinquens prandium, ieiunus pervenit ad corpus: | Καὶ ἐλθὼν εἶπε, πάτερ, εἷς ἐκ τοῦ γένους ἡμῶν ἐστραγγαλωμένος ἔῤῥιπται ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ. |
| 4 | And taking it up carried it privately to his house, that after the sun was down, he might bury him cautiously. | tollensque illud portavit ad domum suam occulte, ut dum sol occubuisset, caute sepeliret eum. | Κᾀγὼ πρινὴ γεύσασθαί με, ἀναπηδήσας ἀνειλόμην αὐτὸν εἴς τι οἴκημα ἕως οὗ ἔδυ ὁ ἥλιος. |
| 5 | And when he had hid the body, he ate bread with mourning and fear, | Cumque occultasset corpus, manducavit panem cum luctu et tremore, | Καὶ ἐπιστρέψας ἐλουσάμην, καὶ ἤσθιον τὸν ἄρτον μου ἐν λύπῃ. |
| 6 | Remembering the word which the Lord spoke by Amos the prophet: Your festival days shall be turned into lamentation and mourning. | memorans illum sermonem, quem dixit Dominus per Amos prophetam: Dies festi vestri convertentur in lamentationem et luctum. | Καὶ ἐμνήσθην τῆς προφητείας Ἀμὼς, καθὼς εἶπε, στραφήσονται αἱ ἑορταὶ ὑμῶν εἰς πένθος, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ εὐφροσύναι ὑμῶν εἰς θρῆνον. |
| 7 | So when the sun was down, he went and buried him. | Cum vero sol occubuisset, abiit, et sepelivit eum. | Καὶ ἔκλαυσα· καὶ ὅτε ἔδυ ὁ ἥλιος, ᾠχόμην, καὶ ὀρύξας ἔθαψα αὐτόν. |
| 8 | 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? | Arguebant autem eum omnes proximi eius, dicentes: Iam huius rei causa interfici iussus es, et vix effugisti mortis imperium, et iterum sepelis mortuos? | Καὶ οἱ πλησίον ἐπεγέλων, λέγοντες, οὐκ ἔτι φοβεῖται φονευθῆναι περὶ τοῦ πράγματος τούτου, καὶ ἀπέδρα, καὶ ἰδοὺ πάλιν θάπτει τοὺς νεκρούς. |
| 9 | 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. | Sed Tobias plus timens Deum quam regem, rapiebat corpora occisorum, et occultabat in domo sua, et mediis noctibus sepeliebat ea. | Καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ νυκτὶ ἀνέλυσα θάψας, καὶ ἐκοιμήθην μεμιαμμένος παρὰ τὸν τοῖχον τῆς αὐλῆς, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἀκάλυπτον ἦν. |
| 10 | Now it happened one day, that being wearied with burying, he came to his house, and cast himself down by the wall and slept, | Contigit autem ut quadam die fatigatus a sepultura, veniens in domum suam, iactasset se iuxta parietem, et obdormisset, | Καὶ οὐκ ᾔδειν ὅτι στρουθία ἐν τῷ τοίχῳ ἐστί· καὶ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν μου ἀνεῳγότων, ἀφώδευσαν τὰ στρουθία θερμὸν εἰς τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου, καὶ ἐγενήθη λευκώματα ἐν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς μου, καὶ ἐπορεύθην πρὸς ἰατροὺς, καὶ οὐκ ὠφέλησάν με· Ἀχιάχαρος δὲ ἔτρεφέ με ἕως οὗ ἐπορεύθην εἰς τὴν Ἐλυμαΐδα. |
| 11 | And as he was sleeping, hot dung out of a swallow’s nest fell upon his eyes, and he was made blind. | et ex nido hirundinum dormienti illi calida stercora inciderent super oculos eius, fieretque caecus. | Καὶ ἡ γυνή μου Ἄννα ἠριθεύετο ἐν τοῖς γυναικείοις, καὶ ἀπέστελλε τοῖς κυρίοις. |
| 12 | 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. | Hanc autem tentationem ideo permisit Dominus evenire illi, ut posteris daretur exemplum patientiae eius, sicut et sancti Iob. | Καὶ ἀπέδωκαν αὐτῇ καὶ αὐτοὶ τὸν μισθὸν, προσδόντες καὶ ἔριφον. |
| 13 | 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, | Nam cum ab infantia sua semper Deum timuerit, et mandata eius custodierit, non est contristatus contra Deum quod plaga caecitatis evenerit ei, | Ὅτε δὲ ἦλθε πρὸς μέ, ἤρξατο κράζειν· καὶ εἶπα αὐτῇ, πόθεν τὸ ἐρίφιον; μὴ κλεψιμαῖόν ἐστίν; ἀπόδος αὐτὸ τοῖς κυρίοις· οὐ γὰρ θεμιτόν ἐστι φαγεῖν κλεψιμαῖον. |
| 14 | But continued immoveable in the fear of God, giving thanks to God all the days of his life. | sed immobilis in Dei timore permansit, agens gratias Deo omnibus diebus vitae suae. | Ἡ δὲ εἶπε, δῶρον δέδοταί μοι ἐπὶ τῷ μισθῷ· καὶ οὐκ ἐπίστευον αὐτῇ· καὶ ἔλεγον ἀποδιδόναι αὐτὸ τοῖς κυρίοις, καὶ ἠρυθρίων πρὸς αὐτήν· ἡ δὲ ἀποκριθεῖσα εἶπέ μοι, ποῦ εἰσιν αἱ ἐλεημοσύναι σου, καὶ αἱ δικαιοσύναι σου; ἰδοὺ γνωστὰ πάντα μετὰ σοῦ. |
| 15 | For as the kings insulted over holy Job: so his relations and kinsmen mocked at his life, saying: | Nam sicut beato Iob insultabant reges, ita isti parentes et cognati eius irridebant vitam eius, dicentes: | — |
| 16 | Where is thy hope, for which thou gavest alms, and buriedst the dead? | Ubi est spes tua, pro qua eleemosynas et sepulturas faciebas? | — |
| 17 | But Tobias rebuked them, saying: Speak not so: | Tobias vero increpabat eos, dicens: Nolite ita loqui: | — |
| 18 | For we are the children of the saints, and look for that life which God will give to those that never change their faith from him. | quoniam filii sanctorum sumus, et vitam illam expectamus, quam Deus daturus est his qui fidem suam numquam mutant ab eo. | — |
| 19 | 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. | Anna vero uxor eius ibat ad opus textrinum quotidie, et de labore manuum suarum victum quem consequi poterat, deferebat. | — |
| 20 | Whereby it came to pass, that she received a young kid, and brought it home: | Unde factum est ut haedum caprarum accipiens detulisset domi: | — |
| 21 | 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. | cuius cum vocem balantis vir eius audisset, dixit: Videte, ne forte furtivus sit: reddite eum dominis suis, quia non licet nobis aut edere ex furto aliquid, aut contingere. | — |
| 22 | At these words his wife being angry answered: It is evident thy hope is come to nothing, and thy alms now appear. | Ad haec uxor eius irata respondit: Manifeste vana facta est spes tua, et eleemosynae tuae modo apparuerunt. | — |
| 23 | And with these, and other such like words she upbraided him. | Atque his et aliis huiuscemodi verbis exprobrabat ei. | — |
