The angel Raphael goeth to Gabelus, receiveth the money, and bringeth him to the marriage.
The Angel Raphael goeth to Gabelus, receiueth the money, and bringeth him to the mariage. 8. They salute ech other, and Gabelus wisheth al prosperitie to yong Tobias, and his spouse.
1Then Tobias called the angel to him, whom he took to be a man, and said to him: Brother Azarias, I pray thee hearken to my words:Allora Tobia prese a parte l'Angelo creduto da lui un uomo, e gli disse: Fratello Azaria, ti prego di ascoltare le mie parole.THEN Tobias called the Angel to him, whom he thought to be a man, and he sayd to him: Brother Azarias, I pray thee harken to my wordes:Tunc vocavit Tobias angelum ad se, quem quidem hominem existimabat, dixitque ei: Azaria frater, peto ut auscultes verba mea. 2If I should give myself to be thy servant I should not make a worthy return for thy care.Quand'io mi domassi a te in qualità di schiavo, non potrei rimunerare la tua assistenza.If I should deliuer my self to be thy seruant I shal not deserue thy prouidence.Si meipsum tradam tibi servum, non ero condignus providentiæ tuæ: 3However, I beseech thee, to take with thee beasts and servants, and to go to Gabelus to Rages the city of the Medes: and to restore to him his note of hand, and receive of him the money, and desire him to come to my wedding.Con tutto ciò io ti prego di prender teco cavalcatura, e servi, e di andare a Rages città dei Medi a trovar Gabelo, e di rendere a lui il suo chirografo, e ritirare il denaro e pregarlo che venga alle mie nozze.Howbeit I besech thee, that thou take vnto thee beastes and seruantes, and goe to Gabelus into Rages the citie of Medes: & render him his handwriting, and receiue of him the money, and desire him to come to my mariage.tamen obsecro te ut assumas tibi animalia sive servitia, et vadas ad Gabelum in Rages civitatem Medorum, reddasque ei chirographum suum, et recipias ab eo pecuniam, et roges eum venire ad nuptias meas. 4For thou knowest that my father numbereth the days: and if I stay one day more, his soul will be afflicted.Perocchè tu pur sai come il padre mio conta i giorni, e se io tarderò un giorno di più, l'anima di lui sarà in tristezza.For thyself knowest that my father numbreth the dayes: and if I slacke one day more, his soule is made sorowfulScis enim ipse quoniam numerat pater meus dies, et si tardavero una die plus, constristatur anima ejus. 5And indeed thou seest how Raguel hath adjured me, whose adjuring I cannot despise.E certamente tu vedi come Raguele mi ha scongiurato, e io non possa disprezzare le sue istanze.And surely thou seest how Raguel hath adiured me, whose adiuring I can not dispise.Et certe vides quomodo adjuravit me Raguel, cujus adjuramentum spernere non possum. 6Then Raphael took four of Raguel’s servants, and two camels, and went to Rages the city of the Medes: and finding Gabelus, gave him his note of hand, and received of him all the money.Allora Raphaele, presi quattro servi di Raguele, e due cammelli, andò a Rages città dei Medi, e trovato Gabelo, gli rendè il suo chirografo, e ritirò da lui tutto il denaro.Then Raphael taking foure of Raguels seruantes, & two camels, went into Rages the citie of Medes: & finding Gabelus gaue him his hand writing, and receiued of him al the money.Tunc Raphaël assumens quatuor ex servis Raguelis, et duos camelos, in Rages civitatem Medorum perrexit: et inveniens Gabelum, reddidit ei chirographum suum, et recepit ab eo omnem pecuniam.
7And he told him concerning Tobias the son of Tobias, all that had been done: and made him come with him to the wedding.E raccontò a lui tutto quello, che era avvenuto al figliuolo di Tobia; e lo fece venir seco alle nozze.And he told him of Tobias the sonne of Tobias, al thinges that were done: and made him come with him to the mariage.Indicavitque ei de Tobia filio Tobiæ omnia quæ gesta sunt, fecitque eum secum venire ad nuptias. 8And when he was come into Raguel’s house he found Tobias sitting at the table: and he leaped up, and they kissed each other: and Gabelus wept, and blessed God,Ed egli giunto a casa di Raguele, trovò Tobia a mensa, il quale si levò su, e si baciarono l'un l'altro; e Gabelo pianse e benedisse Dio.And when he was entered into Raguels house, he found Tobias sitting at the table: and he leaping vp, they kissed ech other: and Gabelus wept, and blessed God,Cumque ingressus esset domum Raguelis, invenit Tobiam discumbentem: et exiliens, osculati sunt se invicem: et flevit Gabelus, benedixitque Deum, 9And said: The God of Israel bless thee, because thou art the son of a very good and just man, and that feareth God, and doth almsdeeds:E disse: Ti benedica il Dio d'Israele, perocchè tu se' figliuolo di un uomo veramente dabbene, e giusto, e timorate di Dio, e limosiniere.and sayd: The God of Israel blesse thee, because thou art the sonne of a verie good man, and iust, and that feareth God, and doth almes deedes:et dixit: Benedicat te Deus Israël, quia filius es optimi viri et justi, et timentis Deum, et eleemosynas facientis: 10And may a blessing come upon thy wife and upon your parents.E sieno date benedizioni alla tua moglie, e a vostri genitori.and blessing be geuen vpon thy wife, and vpon your parentes:et dicatur benedictio super uxorem tuam, et super parentes vestros, 11And may you see your children, and your children’s children, unto the third and fourth generation: and may your seed be blessed by the God of Israel, who reigneth for ever and ever.E veggiate i figliuoli vostri, e i figli de'vostri figliuoli sino alla terza, e quarta generazione, e la vostra stirpe sia benedetta dal Dio d'Israele, che regna per tutti i secoli.& that you may see your children, and your childrens children, vnto the third & fourth generation: and your seede be blessed of the God of Israel, who reigneth fereuer and euer.et videatis filios vestros, et filios filiorum vestrorum, usque in tertiam et quartam generationem: et sit semen vestrum benedictum a Deo Israël, qui regnat in sæcula sæculorum.
12And when all had said, Amen, they went to the feast: but the marriage feast they celebrated also with the fear of the Lord.E tutti avendo detto, Così sia, si posero a mensa: ma lo stesso convito nuziale era celebrato nel timor del Signore.And when al had sayd, Amen; they went to the feast: but with the feare of our Lord also did they celebrate the feast of the mariage.Cumque omnes dixissent: Amen: accesserunt ad convivium: sed et cum timore Domini nuptiarum convivium exercebant.
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Year of the World 3299.
The angel. Greek, "Raphael, and said."
Haydock
I pray. Greek, "Take with thee a servant and two camels," ver. 6. (Haydock)
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And to. Greek, "Bring me the money and him to the marriage feast."
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Whose. Greek, "that I should not go out, and my father," etc., ver. 4. (Haydock)
Tobias finds out an expedient to shew his respect for God, his father, and his friend, (Calmet) without retarding the business for which he came.
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Calmet
And received. Greek, "But he produced the coffers sealed up, and gave him, and they set off early together, and came to the wedding, and Tobias blessed his wife," (Haydock) by removing the source of her disgrace. The Hebrew of Fagius is equally concise in this chapter, omitting all the rest. (Calmet)
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The Angel went to the citie i• selfe called Rages, Tobias remaining in the ter •i•orie or prouince therof, w•• Ra••e•, which place is also called Rages. c. v 7.
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St Ambrose of Milan † AD 397 Exposition of the Christian Faith 5.7
… what answer wilt thou give to the fact that the Son was sent to men? For if thou dost think that he who is sent is inferior to him by whom he is sent, thou must learn also that an inferior has sent a superior, and that superiors have been sent to inferiors. For Tobias sent Raphael the archangel,
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2. If I deliver myself to thee as a servant, I shall not be worthy of thy providence, — that is, I shall not satisfy thy providential care toward me, nor shall I repay thee a worthy reward for it.
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3. Servants, — that is, slaves. Go to Gabel in Rages of the Medes. — You will say: They were already in Rages; for it is said there that Sara dwelt, chapter III, verse 7. I answer: They were in Rages, that is, in the field or territory of Rages, just as one who dwells in Tusculum is said to dwell in Rome, even if he does not dwell in Rome itself. Or rather it should be said that there were two cities having the same name Rages. Thus Lyra, Bellarmine and others. Sanchez gives the reason, that Rages is a Median word received by the Greeks. For in Greek ραγάς, that is, a fissure, rupture, or fracture. Rages therefore signifies a rocky, cleft, interrupted place; because therefore both these cities were situated in rough and harsh places, hence both were called Rages. In Hebrew moreover Rages signifies a crowd, tumult, noise, tremor, roaring.
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10. And let a blessing be said upon thy wife, and upon your parents, — so that all seeing your virtue, and therefore God's blessing and prosperity upon you, may bless you in return, and say: Blessed be Sara, who is the wife of so worthy a man Tobias; blessed be the parents of both, who leave behind them such noble sons and daughters. For the honor and praise of children is the honor and praise of parents: for the disgrace, equally as the honor of children, redounds to parents. Wherefore Basil the Emperor gave this remarkable admonition to his son Leo, indeed also a stimulus to emulate paternal virtue: "I beseech thee, do not shame me, thy loving father. For painters ought to delineate the forms of bodies, but sons of kings, as living images, ought to reflect the virtues of their fathers." Thus also that woman, seeing the virtues and wisdom of Christ, exclaimed: "Blessed is the womb that bore thee, and the breasts that gave thee suck," Luke XI, 27.
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12. But also with the fear of the Lord they celebrated the wedding feast, — they feasted merrily, but honestly, modestly, soberly and chastely, lest by gluttony, or by wanton or obscene speech they offend God, so that he might send Asmodeus back into the house. Let married couples and guests imitate this, so that they may keep from their tables drunkenness, quarrels, detraction, filthy speech, by which God is offended, and may curse married couples and feasts. Let them hear Plato, book VI of the Laws: "Expense should be made according to wealth; but to drink to drunkenness is never fitting anywhere; nor indeed is it safe; especially for those joined in marriage, the bridegroom and bride ought then to be in possession of their senses, when they are undertaking no small change of life; especially so that generation may take place with the greatest moderation: it is also almost uncertain what night or day he spends with God himself. Wherefore that a solid, stable, and quiet conception may take place, it is not fitting to give attention to procreation with bodies dissolved by drunkenness. But he who is filled with wine, stirred up by the madness of both soul and body, both draws and is drawn in any direction. Therefore the drunk, as one bereft of mind, is useless for sowing. For it is likely that he will procreate offspring unequal, unstable, crooked both in limbs and in bodies. Wherefore throughout his whole life, and especially as long as he is occupied with generation, let each one abstain and beware lest he do what either by its own nature and of itself brings on diseases, or what inclines to wantonness and injury. For these things are necessarily transferred to the minds and bodies of those who are born, the children, and are impressed upon them, and worse ones are born from them. But especially on that day (of the wedding) and night." The Greek texts add here: Tobias blessed his wife; that is, he prayed well for her, that she might be fruitful and bear and raise worthy sons: thus Isaac "besought the Lord for his wife" Rebecca, Genesis XXV, 21.
Machine translation from the Latin, not reviewed.
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Azarias (Hebrew: 'Azaryah[û] «Yahweh helps»)
4) Name assumed by the archangel Raphael (Tob. 5:18; 6:7; 9:1) from the time when he offered himself to Tobit to lead his son to Rages (v. ANANIA, 2). This name, with its etymological meaning, expresses the "help of God," personified in the angel …
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Gabelus (Gr. Gabaēlós, «Ecciso è Dio», According to Hebrew)
… the ruins of Rai, 15 km. from Tehran, was situated on the mountains of Ecbatana; in the Sinaitic codex it is specified that it was days of journey distant from this city (Tob. 5, 6; Vulg. 5, 8). G. not only returns the large sum (from the Greek text of Tob. 9, 5 it appears that it was a deposit) to Raphael under the guise of Azariah, but also joyfully accompanies him to attend the wedding of his relative Tobit, son of Tobit, with Sarah, daughter …
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Gabelus (Gr. Gabaēlós, «Ecciso è Dio», According to Hebrew)
… returns the large sum (from the Greek text of Tob. 9, 5 it appears that it was a deposit) to Raphael under the guise of Azariah, but also joyfully accompanies him to attend the wedding of his relative Tobit, son of Tobit, with Sarah, daughter of Raguel (Tob. 9, 6 and following).
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.