2 — Tobia

1But after this, when there was a festival of the Lord, and a good dinner was prepared in Tobias’s house,Dopo tali cose essendo venuto un giorno di festa del Signore, ed essendo preparato in casa di Tobia un buon pranzo,BVT after these thinges, when there was a festiual day of our Lord, and a good dinner was made in Tobias house,Post hæc vero, cum esset dies festus Domini, et factum esset prandium bonum in domo Tobiæ, 2He said to his son: Go, and bring some of our tribe that fear God, to feast with us.Egli disse al suo figliuolo: Va, e conduci alcuni della nostra tribù, timorati di Dio a far banchetto con noi.he sayd to his sonne: Goe, and bring some of our tribe, that feare God, to make merie with vs.dixit filio suo: Vade, et adduc aliquos de tribu nostra, timentes Deum, ut epulentur nobiscum. 3And when he had gone, returning he told him, that one of the children of Israel lay slain in the street. And he forthwith leaped up from his place at the table, and left his dinner, and came fasting to the body.E quegli essendo andato gli riferì al suo ritorno, come uno de' figliuoli d'Israele scannato giaceva fulla piazza. Ed egli immantinente alzatosi da mensa, lasciato il desinare, si portò digiuno, dov'era il cadavere:And when he had gone, returning he tolde him, that one of the children of Israel lay slayne in the streate. And he forth with leaping vp from his place at the table, leauing his dinner, came fasting to the bodie:Cumque abiisset, reversus nuntiavit ei unum ex filiis Israël jugulatum jacere in platea. Statimque exiliens de accubitu suo, relinquens prandium, jejunus pervenit ad corpus: 4And taking it up carried it privately to his house, that after the sun was down, he might bury him cautiously.E presolo lo portò occultamente a sua casa, per poi seppellirlo con sicurezza dopo il tramontar del sole.and taking it vp caried it to his house secretely, that when the sunne should be downe, he might warely burie him.tollensque illud portavit ad domum suam occulte, ut dum sol occubuisset, caute sepeliret eum. 5And when he had hid the body, he ate bread with mourning and fear,E nascosto che ebbe il cadavere, mangiò del pane piangendo, e tremando,And whē he had hid the bodie, he eate bread with mourning and trēbling,Cumque occultasset corpus, manducavit panem cum luctu et tremore, 6Remembering the word which the Lord spoke by Amos the prophet: Your festival days shall be turned into lamentation and mourning.Ricordandosi di quelle parole dette dal Signore per Amos profeta: I vostri giorni festivi si convertiranno in lamentazioni, e in lutto.remembring that word, which our Lord sayd by Amos the Prophet: Your festiual dayes shal be turned into lamentation and mourning.memorans illum sermonem, quem dixit Dominus per Amos prophetam: Dies festi vestri convertentur in lamentationem et luctum.

7So when the sun was down, he went and buried him.E tramontato il sole, andò, e lo seppellì.But when the sunne was downe, he went, and buried him.Cum vero sol occubuisset, abiit, et sepelivit eum. 8Now all his neighbours blamed him, saying: once already commandment was given for thee to be slain because of this matter, and thou didst scarce escape the sentence of death, and dost thou again bury the dead?Or tutti i suoi parenti lo sgridavano, dicendo: Già per questa ragione fu dato l'ordine di farti morire, e a mala pena ti sottraesti agli artigli della morte, e di nuovo tu vai a seppellire i morti?And al his neighbours rebuked him, saying: Euen now thou wast commanded to be slayne because of this matter, and thou didest scarce escape the commandment of death, and doest thou burie the dead agayne?Arguebant autem eum omnes proximi ejus, dicentes: Jam hujus rei causa interfici jussus es, et vix effugisti mortis imperium, et iterum sepelis mortuos ? 9But Tobias fearing God more than the king, carried off the bodies of them that were slain, and hid them in his house, and at midnight buried them.Ma Tobia temendo più Dio, che il re, trafugava i corpi degli uccisi, e li nascondeva in sua casa, e nel mezzo della notte li seppelliva.But Tobias more fearing God, then the king, in hast tooke the bodies of them that were slayne, and hid them in his house, and at midnight buried them.Sed Tobias plus timens Deum quam regem, rapiebat corpora occisorum, et occultabat in domo sua, et mediis noctibus sepeliebat ea. 10Now it happened one day that being wearied with burying, he came to his house, and cast himself down by the wall and slept,Or egli avvenne, che un giorno tornando stanco da seppellire, giunto a sua casa; si gettò vicino al muro, e si addormentò,And it happened that on a certayne day, being wearied with burying, coming into his house he had cast himself downe by the wal, and slept,Contigit autem ut quadam die fatigatus a sepultura, veniens in domum suam, jactasset se juxta parietem, et obdormisset, 11And as he was sleeping, hot dung out of a swallow’s nest fell upon his eyes, and he was made blind.E da un nido di rondini cadde dello sterco caldo sugli occhi di lui addormentato, ond'ei rimase cieco.and as he was sleeping, hote dung out of the swallowes nest fel vpon his eyes, and he was made blinde.et ex nido hirundinum dormienti illi calida stercora inciderent super oculos ejus, fieretque cæcus. 12Now this trial the Lord therefore permitted to happen to him, that an example might be given to posterity of his patience, as also of holy Job.E il Signore permise, che questa tentazione gli venisse, affinchè avessero i posteri un esempio di pazienza simile a quello del santo Giobbe.And this tentation therfore our Lord permitted to chance vnto him, that an example might be geuen to posteritie of his patience, also of holie Iob.Hanc autem tentationem ideo permisit Dominus evenire illi, ut posteris daretur exemplum patientiæ ejus, sicut et sancti Job.

13For whereas he had always feared God from his infancy, and kept his commandments, he repined not against God because the evil of blindness had befallen him,Imperocchè avendo egli sempre temuto Dio fin dalla sua fanciullezza, e osservati i suoi comandamenti, non si querelò di Dio per la tribolazione mandatagli della cecità.For whereas he feated God alwaies from his infancie, and kept his commandmentes, he grudged not agaynst God for that the plague of blindnes had chanced to him,Nam cum ab infantia sua semper Deum timuerit, et mandata ejus custodierit, non est contristatus contra Deum quod plaga cæcitatis evenerit ei, 14But continued immoveable in the fear of God, giving thanks to God all the days of his life.Ma si mantenne saldo nel timore di Dio, rendendo a Dio grazie ogni giorno della sua vita.but continewed immoueable in the feare of God, geuing thankes to God al the dayes of his life.sed immobilis in Dei timore permansit, agens gratias Deo omnibus diebus vitæ suæ. 15For as the kings insulted over holy Job: so his relations and kinsmen mocked at his life, saying:E come il beato Giobbe era schernito dai re, così i parenti, e congiunti di questo si burlavano del suo modo di vivere, e dicevano:For as the kinges insulted against blessed Iob: so his parentes and cosins derided his life, saying.Nam sicut beato Job insultabant reges, ita isti parentes et cognati ejus irridebant vitam ejus, dicentes: 16Where is thy hope, for which thou gavest alms, and buriedst the dead?Dov'è la tua speranza, per cui tu facevi limosine, e seppellivi?Where is thy hope, for the which thou didest bestowe almes and burials?Ubi est spes tua, pro qua eleemosynas et sepulturas faciebas ? 17But Tobias rebuked them, saying: Speak not so:Ma Tobia, gli sgridava, dicendo: Non parlate così:But Tobias rebuked them, saying: Speake not so:Tobias vero increpabat eos, dicens: Nolite ita loqui: 18For we are the children of saints, and look for that life which God will give to those that never change their faith from him.Perocchè noi siamo figliuoli de' Santi, e aspettiamo quella vita, che Dio a quelli darà, i quali giammai non mancano a lui di fede.because we are the children of holie ones, and looke for that life, which God wil geue to them, that neuer change their faith from him.quoniam filii sanctorum sumus, et vitam illam expectamus, quam Deus daturus est his qui fidem suam numquam mutant ab eo. 19Now Anna his wife went daily to weaving work, and she brought home what she could get for their living by the labour of her hands.E Anna tua moglie andava tutti i giorni a tessere, e delle fatiche delle sue mani portava a casa, quel che potea comprar da mangiare.But Anna his wife went dayly to weauing worke, and she brought the gaines of her handie labour, which she could get.Anna vero uxor ejus ibat ad opus textrinum quotidie, et de labore manuum suarum victum quem consequi poterat, deferebat.

20Whereby it came to pass, that she received a young kid, and brought it home:Avvenne pertanto, che essendole stato dato un capretto lo portò a casa:Whereby it came to passe, that she receiuing a kid of goates had brought it home:Unde factum est ut hædum caprarum accipiens detulisset domi: 21And when her husband heard it bleating, he said: Take heed, lest perhaps it be stolen: restore ye it to its owners, for it is not lawful for us either to eat or to touch any thing that cometh by theft.E, suo marito avendolo sentito belare, disse: Badate, che per disgrazia non sia stato rubato; rendetelo ai suoi padroni, perchè non è lecito a noi di mangiare, nè di toccare cosa rubata.the voice whereof bleating when her husband had heard, he sayd: Take heed, lest perhaps it be stollen, restore ye it to his owners, because it is not lawful for vs either to eate anie thing of theft or to touch it.cujus cum vocem balantis vir ejus audisset, dixit: Videte, ne forte furtivus sit: reddite eum dominis suis, quia non licet nobis aut edere ex furto aliquid, aut contingere. 22At these words his wife being angry answered: It is evident thy hope is come to nothing, and thy alms now appear.A queste parole irata, la la moglie di lui rispose; E cosa chiara, che è andata in fumo la tua speranza; e ora si vede il frutto di tue limosine.To these wordes his wife being angrie answered: Thy hope is become vayne manifestly, and thine almes now haue appeared.Ad hæc uxor ejus irata respondit: Manifeste vana facta est spes tua, et eleemosynæ tuæ modo apparuerunt. 23And with these and other, such like words she upbraided him.E con queste, e simili parole lo maltrattava.And with these, and other such like wordes she vpbrayded him.Atque his et aliis hujuscemodi verbis exprobrabat ei.