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| [1]Then Tobit called his son Tobias, and said unto him, My son, see that the man have his wages, which went with thee, and thou must give him more. |
[1]Then Tobias called his sonne vnto him, & sayd: What may we geue this holy man, that went with thee? |
| [2]And Tobias said unto him, O father, it is no harm to me to give him half of those things which I have brought: |
[2]Tobias aunswered his father, and sayde: Father, what rewarde shall we geue him? or what thing can deserue his benefites? |
| [3]For he hath brought me again to thee in safety, and made whole my wife, and brought me the money, and likewise healed thee. |
[3]He hath ben my guyde, and brought me safe againe: He receaued the money from Gabelus, he caused me to get my wyfe, he droue the euill spirite from her, he hath ben an occasion of gladnesse to her father and mother, he delyuered me that I was not deuoured of the fishe, he hath made thee to see the light of heauen: yea, we all haue receaued great good of him. |
| [4]Then the old man said, It is due unto him. |
[4]Howe shoulde we worthyly deserue these thinges vnto him? But I pray thee my father that thou wilt desire him, if happyly he wil vouchsafe to take with him the halfe of all that we haue brought. |
| [5]So he called the angel, and he said unto him, Take half of all that ye have brought and go away in safety. |
[5]So the father & the sonne called him, toke him asyde, and began to pray him that he woulde be content to take in good worth the halfe part of all that they had brought. |
| [6]Then he took them both apart, and said unto them, Bless God, praise him, and magnify him, and praise him for the things which he hath done unto you in the sight of all that live. It is good to praise God, and exalt his name, and honourably to shew forth the works of God; therefore be not slack to praise him. |
[6]Then saide he secretly vnto them: Prayse ye the God of heauen, and geue thankes vnto him before al men lyuing: for he hath shewed his mercy vnto you. |
| [7]It is good to keep close the secret of a king, but it is honourable to reveal the works of God. Do that which is good, and no evil shall touch you. |
[7]It is good to hide the kinges secrete: but to shewe and to prayse the workes of God it is an honorable thing. |
| [8]Prayer is good with fasting and alms and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold: |
[8]Prayer is good with fasting, and mercie is better then to hoorde vp treasures of golde. |
| [9]For alms doth deliver from death, and shall purge away all sin. Those that exercise alms and righteousness shall be filled with life: |
[9]For mercie delyuereth from death, clenseth sinne, & causeth to finde mercie and lyfe euerlasting. |
| [10]But they that sin are enemies to their own life. |
[10]But they that do sinne and vnrighteousnesse, are the enemies of their owne soule. |
| [11]Surely I will keep close nothing from you. For I said, It was good to keep close the secret of a king, but that it was honourable to reveal the works of God. |
[11]Wherefore I tell you the trueth, and wyll hide no secret saying from you. |
| [12]Now therefore, when thou didst pray, and Sara thy daughter in law, I did bring the remembrance of your prayers before the Holy One: and when thou didst bury the dead, I was with thee likewise. |
[12]When thou prayedst with teares, and buriedst the dead, and leftest thy dynner and hyddest the dead in thyne house vpon the day time that thou mightest bury them in the night, I offred thy prayer before the Lorde. |
| [13]And when thou didst not delay to rise up, and leave thy dinner, to go and cover the dead, thy good deed was not hid from me: but I was with thee. |
[13]And because thou wast accept and beloued of God, it was necessary that temptation should trye thee. |
| [14]And now God hath sent me to heal thee and Sara thy daughter in law. |
[14]And nowe hath the Lorde sent me to heale thee, and to delyuer Sara thy sonnes wyfe from the euill spirite. |
| [15]I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, which present the prayers of the saints, and which go in and out before the glory of the Holy One. |
[15]For I am Raphael an angell, one of the seuen that stande before the Lorde. |
| [16]Then they were both troubled, and fell upon their faces: for they feared. |
[16]When they heard this, they were sore afrayde, and trembled, and fell downe vpon their faces vnto the grounde. |
| [17]But he said unto them, Fear not, for it shall go well with you; praise God therefore. |
[17]Then saide the angell: Peace be with you, feare not. |
| [18]For not of any favour of mine, but by the will of our God I came; wherefore praise him for ever. |
[18]For where as I haue ben with you, it is the wil of God: geue prayse & thankes vnto him. |
| [19]All these days I did appear unto you; but I did neither eat nor drink, but ye did see a vision. |
[19]You thought that I did eate & drinke with you, but I vse meate that is inuisible, and drinke that can not be seene of men. |
| [20]Now therefore give God thanks: for I go up to him that sent me; but write all things which are done in a book. |
[20]Now therfore is the time that I must turne againe vnto him that sent me: but be ye thankefull vnto God, and tell out all his wonderous workes. |
| [21]And when they arose, they saw him no more. |
[21]And when he had spoke those wordes, he was taken away out of their sight, so that they could see him no more. |
| [22]Then they confessed the great and wonderful works of God, and how the angel of the Lord had appeared unto them. |
[22]Then fell they downe flat vpon their faces by the space of three houres, and praysed God: and when they rose vp, they tolde all his wonderous workes. |