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| [1]So Tobit made an end of praising God. |
[1]And so Tobias made an end of speaking: And after that Tobias had gotten his sight againe, he lyued fouretie & two yeres, & sawe his childers children. |
| [2]And he was eight and fifty years old when he lost his sight, which was restored to him after eight years: and he gave alms, and he increased in the fear of the Lord God, and praised him. |
[2]Nowe when he was an hundred and two yeres olde [he dyed, and] was buried honorably in Niniue. |
| [3]And when he was very aged he called his son, and the sons of his son, and said to him, My son, take thy children; for, behold, I am aged, and am ready to depart out of this life. |
[3]For when he was sixe and fiftie yeres of age, he lost the sight of his eyes: and when he was three score yeres olde, he gate his sight againe. |
| [4]Go into Media my son, for I surely believe those things which Jonas the prophet spake of Nineve, that it shall be overthrown; and that for a time peace shall rather be in Media; and that our brethren shall lie scattered in the earth from that good land: and Jerusalem shall be desolate, and the house of God in it shall be burned, and shall be desolate for a time; |
[4]The residue of his lyfe led he in ioy, and increased well in the feare of God, and departed in peace. |
| [5]And that again God will have mercy on them, and bring them again into the land, where they shall build a temple, but not like to the first, until the time of that age be fulfilled; and afterward they shall return from all places of their captivity, and build up Jerusalem gloriously, and the house of God shall be built in it for ever with a glorious building, as the prophets have spoken thereof. |
[5]But in the houre of his death he called vnto him his sonne Tobias, and seuen young springaldes his sonnes children, and saide vnto them: |
| [6]And all nations shall turn, and fear the Lord God truly, and shall bury their idols. |
[6]The destruction of Niniue is at hand, (for the word of the Lord can not fayle) and our brethren that are scattered out of the lande of Israel, shall come thyther agayne. |
| [7]So shall all nations praise the Lord, and his people shall confess God, and the Lord shall exalt his people; and all those which love the Lord God in truth and justice shall rejoice, shewing mercy to our brethren. |
[7]And the whole lande of it that hath ben waste, shall be filled, and the house of God that was brent in it, shal be builded againe: and all such as feare God, shall returne thyther, |
| [8]And now, my son, depart out of Nineve, because that those things which the prophet Jonas spake shall surely come to pass. |
[8]The heathen then also shall forsake their idols, and come to Hierusalem, and dwell there: |
| [9]But keep thou the law and the commandments, and shew thyself merciful and just, that it may go well with thee. |
[9]And all the kinges of the earth shalbe glad in her, and worship the Lord God of Israel. |
| [10]And bury me decently, and thy mother with me; but tarry no longer at Nineve. Remember, my son, how Aman handled Achiacharus that brought him up, how out of light he brought him into darkness, and how he rewarded him again: yet Achiacharus was saved, but the other had his reward: for he went down into darkness. Manasses gave alms, and escaped the snares of death which they had set for him: but Aman fell into the snare, and perished. |
[10]And therefore my children, heare your father, serue the Lorde in the trueth, seeke after his wyll to do the thing that pleaseth him: |
| [11]Wherefore now, my son, consider what alms doeth, and how righteousness doth deliver. When he had said these things, he gave up the ghost in the bed, being an hundred and eight and fifty years old; and he buried him honourably. |
[11]Commaunde your children that they do right, geue almes, be mindefull of God, and euer to be thankefull vnto him in trueth and with all their power. |
| [12]And when Anna his mother was dead, he buried her with his father. But Tobias departed with his wife and children to Ecbatane to Raguel his father in law, |
[12]Heare me now therefore my children, and abyde not here: but in what day so euer ye haue buryed your mother by me in one sepulchre, get you from hence: |
| [13]Where he became old with honour, and he buried his father and mother in law honourably, and he inherited their substance, and his father Tobit's. |
[13]For I see that the wickednesse of it shall bring it to [destruction and] end. |
| [14]And he died at Ecbatane in Media, being an hundred and seven and twenty years old. |
[14]After the death of his mother, Tobias departed away from Niniue, with his wife, and children, and with his childers children, and came againe to his father and mother in lawe, |
| [15]But before he died he heard of the destruction of Nineve, which was taken by Nabuchodonosor and Assuerus: and before his death he rejoiced over Nineve. |
[15]And founde them whole and in a good age, and toke the care of them: and he closed their eyes, and was heyre vnto all Raguels goodes, and sawe the fyft generation, and his childers children. |
| [16]And ninetie and nine yeres beyng ended in the feare of God, they buried him with ioye. |
| [17]And al his kindred and posteritie continued in a good life and holy conuersation: so that they were loued and accepted both of God and men, and of all the people of the lande. |