Comparison
Tobit 5
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Then Tobias answered his father, and said: I will do all things, father, which thou hast commanded me. | Tunc respondit Tobias patri suo, et dixit: Omnia quaecumque praecepisti mihi faciam, pater. |
| 2 | But how I shall get this money, I cannot tell; he knoweth me not, and I know not him: what token shall I give him? nor did I ever know the way which leadeth thither. | 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. |
| 3 | Then his father answered him, and said: I have a note of his hand with me, which when thou shalt shew him, he will presently pay it. | Tunc pater suus respondit illi, et dixit: Chirographum quidem illius penes me habeo: quod dum illi ostenderis, statim restituet. |
| 4 | But go now, and seek thee out some faithful man, to go with thee for his hire: that thou mayst receive it, while I yet live. | Sed perge nunc, et inquire tibi aliquem fidelem virum, qui eat tecum salva mercede sua, ut dum adhuc vivo, recipias eam. |
| 5 | Then Tobias going forth, found a beautiful young man, standing girded, and as it were ready to walk. | Tunc egressus Tobias, invenit iuvenem splendidum stantem praecinctum, et quasi paratum ad ambulandum. |
| 6 | And not knowing that he was an angel of God, he saluted him, and said: From whence art thou, good young man? | Et ignorans quod angelus Dei esset, salutavit eum, et dixit: Unde te habemus, bone iuvenis? |
| 7 | But he answered: Of the children of Israel. And Tobias said to him: Knowest thou the way that leadeth to the country of the Medes? | At ille respondit: Ex filiis Israël. Et Tobias dixit ei: Nosti viam quae ducit in regionem Medorum? |
| 8 | 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 dwelleth at Rages a city of the Medes, which is situate in the mount of Ecbatana. | Cui respondit: Novi: et omnia itinera eius frequenter ambulavi, et mansi apud Gabelum fratrem nostrum, qui moratur in Rages civitate Medorum, quae posita est in monte Ecbatanis. |
| 9 | And Tobias said to him: Stay for me, I beseech thee, till I tell these same things to my father. | Cui Tobias ait: Sustine me obsecro, donec haec ipsa nuntiem patri meo. |
| 10 | 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. | Tunc ingressus Tobias, indicavit universa haec patri suo. Super quae admiratus pater, rogavit ut introiret ad eum. |
| 11 | So going in he saluted him, and said: Joy be to thee always. | Ingressus itaque salutavit eum, et dixit: Gaudium tibi sit semper. |
| 12 | And Tobias said: What manner of joy shall be to me, who sit in darkness, and see not the light of heaven? | Et ait Tobias: Quale gaudium mihi erit, qui in tenebris sedeo, et lumen caeli non video? |
| 13 | And the young man said to him: Be of good courage, thy cure from God is at hand. | Cui ait iuvenis: Forti animo esto: in proximo est ut a Deo cureris. |
| 14 | And Tobias said to him: Canst thou conduct my son to Gabelus at Rages, a city of the Medes? and when thou shalt return, I will pay thee thy hire. | Dixit itaque illi Tobias: Numquid poteris perducere filium meum ad Gabelum in Rages civitatem Medorum? et cum redieris, restituam tibi mercedem tuam. |
| 15 | And the angel said to him: I will conduct him thither, and bring him back to thee. | Et dixit ei angelus: Ego ducam, et reducam eum ad te. |
| 16 | And Tobias said to him: I pray thee, tell me, of what family, or what tribe art thou? | Cui Tobias respondit: Rogo te, indica mihi de qua domo aut de qua tribu es tu. |
| 17 | And Raphael the angel answered: Dost thou seek the family of him thou hirest, or the hired servant himself to go with thy son? | Cui Raphaël angelus dixit: Genus quaeris mercenarii, an ipsum mercenarium qui cum filio tuo eat? |
| 18 | But lest I should make thee uneasy, I am Azarias the son of the great Ananias. | sed ne forte sollicitum te reddam, ego sum Azarias Ananiae magni filius. |
| 19 | And Tobias answered: Thou art of a great family. But I pray thee be not angry that I desired to know thy family. | Et Tobias respondit: Ex magno genere es tu. Sed peto ne irascaris quod voluerim cognoscere genus tuum. |
| 20 | And the angel said to him: I will lead thy son safe, and bring him to thee again safe. | Dixit autem illi angelus: Ego sanum ducam, et sanum tibi reducam filium tuum. |
| 21 | And Tobias answering, said: May you have a good journey, and God be with you in your way, and his angel accompany you. | Respondens autem Tobias, ait: Bene ambuletis, et sit Deus in itinere vestro, et angelus eius comitetur vobiscum. |
| 22 | 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. | Tunc paratis omnibus quae erant in via portanda, fecit Tobias vale patri suo et matri suae, et ambulaverunt ambo simul. |
| 23 | And when they were departed, his mother began to weep, and to say: Thou hast taken the staff of our old age, and sent him away from us. | Cumque profecti essent, coepit mater eius flere, et dicere: Baculum senectutis nostrae tulisti, et transmisisti a nobis. |
| 24 | I wish the money for which thou hast sent him, had never been. | Numquam fuisset ipsa pecunia, pro qua misisti eum: |
| 25 | For poverty was sufficient for us, that we might account it as riches, that we saw our son. | sufficiebat enim nobis paupertas nostra, ut divitias computaremus hoc, quod videbamus filium nostrum. |
| 26 | And Tobias said to her: Weep not, our son will arrive thither safe, and will return safe to us, and thy eyes shall see him. | Dixitque ei Tobias: Noli flere: salvus perveniet filius noster, et salvus revertetur ad nos, et oculi tui videbunt illum. |
| 27 | For I believe that the good angel of God doth accompany him, and doth order all things well that are done about him, so that he shall return to us with joy. | Credo enim quod angelus Dei bonus comitetur ei, et bene disponat omnia quae circa eum geruntur, ita ut cum gaudio revertatur ad nos. |
| 28 | At these words his mother ceased weeping, and held her peace. | Ad hanc vocem cessavit mater eius flere, et tacuit. |
