Comparison
Tobit 4
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Therefore when Tobias thought that his prayer was heard that he might die, he called to him Tobias his son, | Igitur cum Tobias putaret orationem suam exaudiri ut mori potuisset, vocavit ad se Tobiam filium suum, |
| 2 | And said to him: Hear, my son, the words of my mouth, and lay them as a foundation in thy heart. | dixitque ei: Audi, fili mi, verba oris mei, et ea in corde tuo quasi fundamentum construe. |
| 3 | When God shall take my soul, thou shalt bury my body: and thou shalt honour thy mother all the days of her life: | Cum acceperit Deus animam meam, corpus meum sepeli: et honorem habebis matri tuae omnibus diebus vitae eius: |
| 4 | For thou must be mindful what and how great perils she suffered for thee in her womb. | memor enim esse debes, quae et quanta pericula passa sit propter te in utero suo. |
| 5 | And when she also shall have ended the time of her life, bury her by me. | Cum autem et ipsa compleverit tempus vitae suae, sepelias eam circa me. |
| 6 | And all the days of thy life have God in thy mind: and take heed thou never consent to sin, nor transgress the commandments of the Lord our God. | Omnibus autem diebus vitae tuae in mente habeto Deum: et cave ne aliquando peccato consentias, et praetermittas praecepta Domini Dei nostri. |
| 7 | Give alms out of thy substance, and turn not away thy face from any poor person: for so it shall come to pass that the face of the Lord shall not be turned from thee. | Ex substantia tua fac eleemosynam, et noli avertere faciem tuam ab ullo paupere: ita enim fiet ut nec a te avertatur facies Domini. |
| 8 | According to thy ability be merciful. | Quomodo potueris, ita esto misericors. |
| 9 | If thou have much give abundantly: if thou have a little, take care even so to bestow willingly a little. | Si multum tibi fuerit, abundanter tribue: si exiguum tibi fuerit, etiam exiguum libenter impertiri stude. |
| 10 | For thus thou storest up to thyself a good reward for the day of necessity. | Praemium enim bonum tibi thesaurizas in die necessitatis: |
| 11 | For alms deliver from all sin, and from death, and will not suffer the soul to go into darkness. | quoniam eleemosyna ab omni peccato et a morte liberat, et non patietur animam ire in tenebras. |
| 12 | Alms shall be a great confidence before the most high God, to all them that give it. | Fiducia magna erit coram summo Deo, eleemosyna omnibus facientibus eam. |
| 13 | Take heed to keep thyself, my son, from all fornication, and beside thy wife never endure to know a crime. | Attende tibi, fili mi, ab omni fornicatione, et praeter uxorem tuam numquam patiaris crimen scire. |
| 14 | Never suffer pride to reign in thy mind, or in thy words: for from it all perdition took its beginning. | Superbiam numquam in tuo sensu aut in tuo verbo dominari permittas: in ipsa enim initium sumpsit omnis perditio. |
| 15 | If any man hath done any work for thee, immediately pay him his hire, and let not the wages of thy hired servant stay with thee at all. | Quicumque tibi aliquid operatus fuerit, statim ei mercedem restitue, et merces mercenarii tui apud te omnino non remaneat. |
| 16 | See thou never do to another what thou wouldst hate to have done to thee by another. | Quod ab alio oderis fieri tibi, vide ne tu aliquando alteri facias. |
| 17 | Eat thy bread with the hungry and the needy, and with thy garments cover the naked. | Panem tuum cum esurientibus et egenis comede, et de vestimentis tuis nudos tege. |
| 18 | Lay out thy bread, and thy wine upon the burial of a just man, and do not eat and drink thereof with the wicked. | Panem tuum et vinum tuum super sepulturam iusti constitue, et noli ex eo manducare et bibere cum peccatoribus. |
| 19 | Seek counsel always of a wise man. | Consilium semper a sapiente perquire. |
| 20 | Bless God at all times: and desire of him to direct thy ways, and that all thy counsels may abide in him. | Omni tempore benedic Deum: et pete ab eo ut vias tuas dirigat, et omnia consilia tua in ipso permaneant. |
| 21 | I tell thee also, my son, that I lent ten talents of silver, while thou wast yet a child, to Gabelus, in Rages a city of the Medes, and I have a note of his hand with me: | Indico etiam tibi, fili mi, dedisse me decem talenta argenti, dum adhuc infantulus esses, Gabelo, in Rages civitate Medorum, et chirographum eius apud me habeo: |
| 22 | Now therefore inquire how thou mayst go to him, and receive of him the foresaid sum of money, and restore to him the note of his hand. | et ideo perquire quomodo ad eum pervenias, et recipias ab eo supra memoratum pondus argenti, et restituas ei chirographum suum. |
| 23 | Fear not, my son: we lead indeed a poor life, but we shall have many good things if we fear God, and depart from all sin, and do that which is good. | Noli timere, fili mi: pauperem quidem vitam gerimus, sed multa bona habebimus si timuerimus Deum, et recesserimus ab omni peccato, et fecerimus bene. |
