The parents lament the long absence of their son Tobias. He sets out to return.
The parentes lament the long absence of their sonne Tobias. 8 whom when Raguel can not perswade to stay longer, 11. he wisheth much good vnto him, and his wife, admonishing her to be dutiful in al thinges.
1But as Tobias made longer stay upon occasion of the marriage, Tobias his father was solicitous, saying: Why thinkest thou doth my son tarry, or why is he detained there?Ma tardando Tobia per ragione delle nozze, il suo padre Tobia era inquieto, e diceva: chi sa per qual motivo si trattenga colà il mio figliuolo, e il perchè sia rattenuto?BVT when Tobias taried long because of the mariage, Tobias his father was careful, saying: Why thinkest thou doth my sonne tarie, or why is he held there?Cum vero moras faceret Tobias, causa nuptiarum, sollicitus erat pater ejus Tobias, dicens: Putas quare moratur filius meus, aut quare detentus est ibi ? 2Is Gabelus dead, thinkest thou, and no man will pay him the money?Chi sa che non sia morto Gabelo, e non si trovi chi gli renda quel denaro?Is Gabelus dead thinkest thou, and no man wil restore him the money?Putasne Gabelus mortuus est, et nemo reddet illi pecuniam ? 3And he began to be exceeding sad, both he and Anna his wife with him: and they began both to weep together, because their son did not return to them on the day appointed.E cominciò ad affligersi formisura sì egli, come Anna sua moglie, perchè non tornava il loro figliuolo dentro il tempo stabilito.And he began to be sorowful exceedingly him selfe, and Anna his wife with him: and they began both to weepe together: because their sonne did not returne to them the day appointed.Cœpit autem contristari nimis ipse, et Anna uxor ejus cum eo: et cœperunt ambo simul flere, eo quod die statuto minime reverteretur filius eorum ad eos. 4But his mother wept and was quite disconsolate, and said: Woe, woe is me, my son; why did we send thee to go to a strange country, the light of our eyes, the staff of our old age, the comfort of our life, the hope of our posterity?Quindi la madre di lui piangeva a cald'occhi, e diceva: Ahi, ahi figlio mio: perchè ti abbiam noi mandato lontano, lume degli occhi nostri, baston di nostra vecchiezza, consolazione di nostra vita, speranza della nostra posterità?His mother therfore wept with discomfortable teares, and sayd: Woe, woe is me, my sonne, why sent we thee to goe to a strange countrie, the light of our eies, the staffe of our old age, the comforte of our life, the hope of our posteritie?Flebat igitur mater ejus irremediabilibus lacrimis, atque dicebat: Heu, heu me, fili mi ! ut quid te misimus peregrinari, lumen oculorum nostrorum, baculum senectutis nostræ, solatium vitæ nostræ, spem posteritatis nostræ ? 5We having all things together in thee alone, ought not to have let thee go from us.Avendo noi in te solo ogni cosa, non dovevamo mandarti lungi da noi.We hauing al things together in thee onlie, ought not to haue let thee goe from vs.omnia simul in te uno habentes, te non debuimus dimittere a nobis.
6And Tobias said to her: Hold thy peace, and be not troubled, our son is safe: that man with whom we sent him is very trusty.Ma Tobia le diceva; taci, non ti inquietare il nostro figliuolo sta bene: assai fedele è colui in compagnia del quale noi lo abbiamo mandato.To whom Tobias said: Hold thy peace, and be not trubled, our sonne is safe, that man with whom we sent him is faithful ynough.Cui dicebat Tobias: Tace, et noli turbari: sanus est filius noster: satis fidelis est vir ille, cum quo misimus eum. 7But she could by no means be comforted, but daily running out looked round about, and went into all the ways by which there seemed any hope he might return, that she might if possible see him coming afar off.Ma quella in verun modo non potea darsi pace, ma ogni giorno scappando fuora guardava da tutte le parti, e andava attorno per tutte le strade, donde sperava, ch'ei ritornasse, per vederlo venire (se possibil era) da lungi.Howbeit she could by no meanes be comforted, but dayly running out looked about, and went about al waies by which there seemed hope he would returne, that she might see him a far of, if it were possible, coming.Illa autem nullo modo consolari poterat, sed quotidie exiliens circumspiciebat, et circuibat vias omnes per quas spes remeandi videbatur, ut procul videret eum, si fieri posset, venientem. 8But Raguel said to his son in law: Stay here, and I will send a messenger to Tobias thy father, that thou art in health.Ma Raguele diceva al genero: Statti quì e io manderò a far sapere a Tobia tuo padre come tu stai bene.But Raguel sayd to his sonne in law: Tarie here, and I wil send a messenger to Tobias thy father, that thou art in health.At vero Raguel dicebat ad generum suum: Mane hic, et ego mittam nuntium salutis de te ad Tobiam patrem tuum. 9And Tobias said to him: I know that my father and mother now count the days, and their spirit is grievously afflicted within them.Ma Tobia disse a lui: Io so, che il padre mio, e mia madre contano adesso i giorni, e il loro spirito è alla tortura.To whom Tobias sayd: I know that my father & my mother do now count the dayes, and their spirite is tormented in them.Cui Tobias ait: Ego novi quia pater meus et mater mea modo dies computant, et cruciatur spiritus eorum in ipsis. 10And when Raguel had pressed Tobias with many words, and he by no means would hearken to him, he delivered Sara unto him, and half of all his substance in menservants, and womenservants, in cattle, in camels, and in kine, and in much money, and sent him away safe and joyful from him,E dopo che Raguele ebbe fatte molte istanze a Tobia, non volendo questi arrendersi in verun modo, egli rimise a lui Sara, e la metà di tutto quello, che aveva, di servi, e di serve, di bestiame, e di cammelli, e di vacche, e di denaro, che era molto, e lo licenziò da se sano, e contento;And when Raguel desired Tobias in manie wordes, and •e by no meanes would heare him, he deliuered Sara vnto him, and the halfe part of al his substance in men seruantes, & wemen seruantes, in cattel, in camels, and in kine, and in much money and dismist him safe and ioyful from him,Cumque verbis multis rogaret Raguel Tobiam, et ille eum nulla ratione vellet audire, tradidit ei Saram, et dimidiam partem omnis substantiæ suæ in pueris, in puellis, in pecudibus, in camelis, et in vaccis, et in pecunia multa: et salvum atque gaudentem dimisit eum a se, 11Saying: The holy angel of the Lord be with you in your journey, and bring you through safe, and that you may find all things well about your parents, and my eyes may see your children before I die.Dicendo: L'Angelo santo del Signore sia con voi per viaggio, vi conduca sani, e salvi, e troviate in prosperità i genitori vostri, e possan vederegli occhi miei i vostri figliuoli prima ch'io muoia.saying: The holie Angel of our Lord be in your iourney, and bring you through safe, and that you may finde al thinges wel about your parentes, and myn eies may see your children before I die.dicens: Angelus Domini sanctus sit in itinere vestro, perducatque vos incolumes, et inveniatis omnia recte circa parentes vestros, et videant oculi mei filios vestros priusquam moriar.
12And the parents taking their daughter kissed her, and let her go:E abbracciata la figlia i genitori la baciarono, e la lasciaron partire;And the parentes taking their daughter, kissed her, and let her goe:Et apprehendentes parentes filiam suam, osculati sunt eam: et dimiserunt ire, 13Admonishing her to honour her father and mother in law, to love her husband, to take care of the family, to govern the house, and to behave herself irreprehensibly.Ammonendola, che onorasse i suoceri, amasse il marito, reggesse la famiglia, governasse la casa, e si mantenesse ella stessa irreprensibile.admonishing her to honour her father and mother in law, to loue her husband, to rule the houshold, to gouerne the house, and to shewe her selfe irreprehensible.monentes eam honorare soceros, diligere maritum, regere familiam, gubernare domum, et seipsam irreprehensibilem exhibere.
10:1
Year of the World 3299.
Calmet
But. Greek, "And Tobit, his father, counted each day; and as the days of the journey were ended, and they did not come, Tobit said, Is he not put to shame?" (Haydock) and refused payment? (Calmet)
Old Vulgate and Protestants, "detained."
10:3
He. Greek, "He was much troubled. But his wife said to him, the boy is come to an untimely end, since he tarries; and she began to mourn for him, and said, I am not, or am I not full of solicitude, my son, that I have let thee go, the light of my eyes and Tobit ?", ver. 6. Without this interrogation, (Haydock) the Greek seems to be corrupt; (Calmet) and os, "how," or oi, "woe," should be put instead of ou, "not." (Drusius; Grotius; etc.) "Now I care for nothing, my son, since I have let thee go, the light," etc., Protestants.
10:6
Haydock
That. Greek, "And she said to him, Be silent, deceive me not. My son is lost: and she went out daily into the road without, by which they departed. In the day time she eat no bread, and the night she spent in bewailing her son, Tobias, till the 14 days of the wedding were finished, which Raguel had adjured him to tarry there. And," ver. 9. (Haydock)
Ven. Bede
Thus the converted Jews lament that Christ should so long abandon their nation, while some hope like Tobias, and others are in more suspense, like his wife. (Ven. Bede)
Worthington
So Catholics, in countries fallen into heresy, are in great distress for their brethren; (Romans ix.) While some more confidently hope that God will enlighten our nation again, as sight was restored to old Tobias. (Worthington)
10:8
Raguel. Greek, "Tobias," as [in] ver. 9, which is transposed.
10:9
Haydock
Days. It would require 42, (Tirinus) or 38, (Torniel) or 34 days, (Salien; Menochius) to perform what is here recorded. (Haydock)
Haydock
But it would be difficult to ascertain the precise time. To go from Ninive to Ecbatana would occupy eight or ten days. (Calmet) ---If, therefore, the parents of Tobias expected that he would return in about 20 days, they might well wonder at the 14 days’ delay occasioned by the marriage. The distance might prevent him from giving notice of this event. Greek, "Dismiss me, because my, etc.,....no longer hope to see me again. But his father-in-law replied, Stop with me," etc., ver. 8. (Haydock)
10:10
Grotius
When. Greek, "And Tobias said, No; but dismiss me to my father and mother. Then Raguel rising up, gave him Sarra[Sara], his wife, and half his goods, bodies, beasts, and silver." This expression, bodies, (H). or men generally denotes slaves; but it may also be put for others, (Calmet) who were in the train of Sara. (Grotius)
Haydock
Safe. Greek, "with blessing, saying, May God prosper you, children, the God of heaven, before I die; and he said to his daughter, Honour thy father and mother-in-law, they are now thy parents. May I hear a good report of thee, and he kissed her; and Edna said to Tobias, dear brother, May the Lord of heaven re-establish thee and grant me to behold thy children by my daughter, Sarra, that I may rejoice before the Lord; and behold, I place my daughter with thee as a deposit, and thou must not grieve her. Afterwards she departed, and Toby[Tobias] also blessing God, and he made his journey prosperous and blessed Raguel, and Edna, and his wife." (Haydock)
Calmet
The Jews still adopt many customs similar to those which we here behold, as this is a most excellent description of a holy marriage. (Serarius) (Calmet)
Some also prevail in the Christian Church, though marriage is now become more holy, and a sacrament. (Cat. Rom. q. 22.)
Worthington
The proper intent of the contract, and many rites accompanying it, may be seen in the preceding chapters. (Worthington)
10:3
Such of the Iewes as beleue in Christ, hartely lament that he •a••eth so lōg from their nation. Some more assuredly with old Tobias, others more doubtfully with his wife, expect his returne. S. Beda •n Tobiam Euen so the remnant of Catholiques in countries fallen to heresie haue great sadnes and continual sorovv in their hart (Rom. 9.) vvishing (with what temporal losse soeuer) the saluation of their brethren, kinsmen, and countriemen: some hoping more confidently and comforting others, that Christ wil againe illuminate our whole nation, as sight was restored to old Tobias.
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4. Alas, alas for me, my son, why have we sent you to travel abroad, the light of our eyes? (For the father was indeed blind, and the mother was growing blind with age: wherefore the son was to them in the place of eyes, so that through him they might see, read, and do those things which were to be seen, read, and done. He calls the same son) The staff of our old age. (Thus Scipio was called at Rome, because he himself supported his aged and blind father, as it were with a staff, and led him and guided him along the way). And the comfort of our life; (for sons comfort the old age of their parents, and their miseries and afflictions). And the hope of our posterity; — for he was an only son, upon whom all the propagation of the family depended. For parents desire to leave sons after them, so that in them they may remain as survivors, and live in the memory of men, as Ecclesiasticus teaches, cap. XXX, 4 and seq.
10:10
10. He gave him Sara, and the half of all his substance in servants, etc. — The Hebrews add more abundantly: Raguel gave him Sara his daughter, the half of his riches, and servants and handmaids, and flocks, and oxen, and asses, and camels, and linen garments and precious ones, and vessels of silver and gold. The Greek texts have: He gave him bodies, beasts of burden and silver. Bodies, that is, servants or slaves, which, since they lack freedom, seem to be nothing but bodies, enslaved to the service of a master. Thus Aristotle, I Rhetoric, Demosthenes, Philippic III, Strabo, lib. I, σώματα, that is, bodies, call slaves.
10:11
11. The holy Angel of the Lord be in your journey, and may he bring you back safe and sound. — Hence again it is clear that Gabelus and the ancient Hebrews believed that an Angel is appointed for protection, who may direct him on the way.
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13. Admonishing her to honor her parents-in-law, — as parents; whence the Greek texts add: Because they are now thy parents. Raguel here gives to his daughter Sara admonitions of virtue and salvation. The first is, that she honor her parents-in-law, namely Tobias the elder, and Anna; the second, that she love her husband, as one with whom she has now become one flesh, and consequently one person, one heart, one soul, one will. This love causes the wife to overcome manfully the customs of her husband that are unlike her own, his choler, vices, misfortunes, and whatever adversities occur in marriage, which are many. Whence St. Monica admonished wives that through marriage they should consider themselves made handmaids of their husbands, as St. Augustine says, book IX of the Confessions, cap. IX. The third, that she govern the family, namely children, servants and handmaids, so that she keeps all in duty, concord, peace and mutual charity. The fourth, that she manage the house by remaining in it, not wandering hither and thither, preparing breakfast and supper for all, procuring household goods, provisions, clothes, and other necessities, as did that strong woman praised by Solomon, Proverbs XXXI. See the words there. The fifth, that she show herself irreproachable, not only in faith and conjugal chastity, but also through restraint of tongue, justice, prudence, courtesy in conversation, both with those of the household and with outsiders. The same admonitions St. Paul gives to wives in Titus, cap. II, vers. 4 and 5: "That they love their husbands, love their children, be wise, chaste, keepers of the house, kind, subject to their husbands." See the words there. Similar precepts St. Peter gives to married couples, epistle I, cap. III; indeed Plato also, lib. VI On Laws, Xenophon in the Oeconomica, and Plutarch, On Nuptial Precepts. Finally in the Greek, Edna (for thus they have it instead of Anna), the mother of Sara, thus addresses Tobias her son-in-law in bidding him farewell: The Lord of heaven, beloved brother, restore thee to thy people, and grant me that I may see children of thine by Sara my daughter, and rejoice before the Lord. Behold I commit to thee my daughter, as it were a certain deposit, that thou afflict her with no trouble. Soon it is added: And Tobias after these things departed, giving thanks to God, because he had given him a prosperous journey, and he blessed Raguel and Edna his wife (or prayed all good things for them) and went on, until they drew near to Nineveh.
Machine translation from the Latin, not reviewed.
10:4
… Her irascible character showed itself in a quarrel with her blind husband who, hearing the bleating of a kid received by A. as wages, feared it was a theft (Tob. 2, 19-23), and on the occasion of their son's journey to Rages (Tob. 5, 23-25; 10, 4-7). Her sadness turned to jubilation when, from the hill where she often went to scan the horizon, she caught sight of her son returning (Tob. 11, 5-6). In the Septuagint the welcome …
10:16
Raguel (Heb. Rē'ḏēl = "Friend of God")
… After the wedding is celebrated with great pomp, for 14 days, R. entrusts his daughter to Tobias with half of his estate (ibid. 10:16 ff.; Vulg. 10:10 ff.).
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · Vulgata Clementina · original Douay-Rheims (Douay 1609-10), transcription by EEBO-TCP (CC0) · La Sacra Bibbia, tradotta dalla Volgata da Antonio Martini (1769-1781) (LaParola (laparola.net), Martini OSIS text, Public domain (LaParola's electronic edition marks it 'Dominio pubblico')). Public domain.