Tobit 2

¹Evime geri döndüğümde, karım Anna ve oğlum Tobias bana geri verildiğinde, yedi haftalık kutsal bayram olan Pentekost Bayramı'nda benim için güzel bir şölen yemeği hazırlandı ve yemek üzere sofraya uzandım.

²Bol bol yemek görünce oğluma, "Git ve kardeşlerimizden, Rabbi aklında tutan ne kadar yoksul bulursan alıp getir; bak, seni bekliyorum" dedim.

³Oğlum geri gelip, "Baba, soyumuzdan biri boğularak öldürülmüş ve çarşı meydanına atılmış!" dedi.

⁴Ben de daha yemeğin tadına bile bakmadan hemen ayağa fırladım, onu oradan alıp güneş batana dek geçici bir odaya koydum.

⁵Sonra eve dönüp ritüel temizliğimi yaptım ve ekmeğimi keder içinde yedim.

⁶Ve Amos peygamberin şu sözünü hatırladım: "Bayramlarınız yasa, bütün şenlikleriniz ağıta dönüşecek."

⁷Ve ağladım. Güneş battıktan sonra gidip bir mezar kazdım ve onu gömdüm.

⁸Komşularım ise benimle alay ederek, "Bu iş yüzünden öldürülmekten hâlâ korkmuyor; daha önce kaçıp kurtulmuştu, ama bakın, yine ölüleri gömüyor!" diyorlardı.

⁹Aynı gece, ölüyü gömdükten sonra geri döndüm; cesede dokunarak ritüel olarak kirletildiğim için avlu duvarının dibinde, yüzüm açık bir şekilde uyudum.

¹⁰Duvarda serçeler olduğunu bilmiyordum; gözlerim açıkken serçeler gözlerimin içine sıcak dışkı bıraktı ve gözlerimde beyaz lekeler oluştu. Hekimlere gittim ama bana bir faydaları olmadı. Ben Elimais'e gidene kadar Ahikar bana bakıp besledi.

¹¹Karım Anna ise kadın işleri yaparak, ücret karşılığı yün eğirip dokuma yapıyordu.

¹²Yaptığı işleri sahiplerine gönderdiğinde, onlar da kendisine ücretini ödediler ve ayrıca bir oğlak hediye ettiler.

¹³Oğlak evime gelip melemeye başlayınca karıma, "Bu oğlak nereden geldi? Yoksa çalıntı mı? Onu sahiplerine geri ver; çünkü çalıntı bir şeyi yemek bize helal değildir" dedim.

¹⁴Ama o bana, "Bu, ücretimin yanı sıra bana bir armağan olarak verildi" dedi. Ben ise ona inanmadım ve onu sahiplerine geri vermesini söyledim; bu yüzden ona karşı öfkeden kıpkırmızı kesildim. O ise bana şöyle karşılık verdi: "Hani nerede senin sadakaların ve yaptığın doğru işler? Bak, başına gelenler her şeyi ortaya koyuyor!"

¹ΟΤΕ δὲ κατῆλθον εἰς τὸν οἶκόν μου καὶ ἀπεδόθη μοι ῎Αννα ἡ γυνή μου, καὶ Τωβίας ὁ υἱός μου, ἐν τῇ πεντηκοστῇ ἑορτῇ, ἥ ἐστιν ἁγία ἑπτὰ ἑβδομάδων, ἐγενήθη ἄριστον καλόν μοι, καὶ ἀνέπεσα τοῦ φαγεῖν.

²καὶ ἐθεασάμην ὄψα πολλὰ καὶ εἶπα τῷ υἱῷ μου· βάδισον καὶ ἄγαγε ὃν ἂν εὕρῃς τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν ἐνδεῆ, ὃς μέμνηται τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ ἰδοὺ μένω σε.

³καὶ ἐλθὼν εἶπε· πάτερ, εἷς ἐκ τοῦ γένους ἡμῶν ἐστραγγαλωμένος ἔρριπται ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ.

⁴κἀγὼ πρὶν ἢ γεύσασθαί με, ἀναπηδήσας ἀνειλόμην αὐτὸν εἴς τι οἴκημα, ἕως οὗ ἔδυ ὁ ἥλιος.

⁵καὶ ἐπιστρέψας ἐλουσάμην καὶ ἤσθιον τὸν ἄρτον μου ἐν λύπῃ·

⁶καὶ ἐμνήσθην τῆς προφητείας ᾿Αμώς, καθὼς εἶπε· στραφήσονται αἱ ἑορταὶ ὑμῶν εἰς πένθος καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ εὐφροσύναι ὑμῶν εἰς θρῆνον,

⁷καὶ ἔκλαυσα. καὶ ὅτε ἔδυ ὁ ἥλιος, ᾠχόμην καὶ ὀρύξας ἔθαψα αὐτόν.

⁸καὶ οἱ πλησίον ἐπεγέλων λέγοντες· οὐκ ἔτι φοβεῖται φονευθῆναι περὶ τοῦ πράγματος τούτου, καὶ ἀπέδρα, καὶ ἰδοὺ πάλιν θάπτει τοὺς νεκρούς.

⁹καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ νυκτὶ ἀνέλυσα θάψας καὶ ἐκοιμήθην μεμιαμμένος παρὰ τὸν τοῖχον τῆς αὐλῆς, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἀκάλυπτον ἦν.

¹⁰καὶ οὐκ ᾔδειν ὅτι στρουθία ἐν τῷ τοίχῳ ἐστί, καὶ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν μου ἀνεῳγότων, ἀφώδευσαν τὰ στρουθία θερμὸν εἰς τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου, καὶ ἐγενήθη λευκώματα ἐν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς μου. καὶ ἐπορεύθην πρὸς ἰατρούς, καὶ οὐκ ὠφέλησάν με· ᾿Αχιάχαρος δὲ ἔτρεφέ με, ἕως οὗ ἐπορεύθην εἰς τὴν ᾿Ελυμαΐδα.

¹¹καὶ ἡ γυνή μου ῎Αννα ἠριθεύετο ἐν τοῖς γυναικείοις·

¹²καὶ ἀπέστελλε τοῖς κυρίοις, καὶ ἀπέδωκαν αὐτῇ καὶ αὐτοὶ τὸν μισθὸν προσδόντες καὶ ἔριφον.

¹³ὅτε δὲ ἦλθε πρός με, ἤρξατο κράζειν· καὶ εἶπα αὐτῇ· πόθεν τὸ ἐρίφιον; μὴ κλεψιμαῖόν ἐστιν; ἀπόδος αὐτὸ τοῖς κυρίοις· οὐ γὰρ θεμιτόν ἐστι φαγεῖν κλεψιμαῖον.

¹⁴ἡ δὲ εἶπε· δῶρον δέδοταί μοι ἐπὶ τῷ μισθῷ. καὶ οὐκ ἐπίστευον αὐτῇ καὶ ἔλεγον ἀποδιδόναι αὐτὸ τοῖς κυρίοις καί ἠρυθρίων πρὸς αὐτήν· ἡ δὲ ἀποκριθεῖσα εἶπέ μοι· ποῦ εἰσιν αἱ ἐλεημοσύναι σου καὶ αἱ δικαιοσύναι σου; ἰδοὺ γνωστὰ πάντα μετὰ σοῦ.

¹Now when I was come home again, and my wife Anna was restored unto me, with my son Tobias, in the feast of Pentecost, which is the holy feast of the seven weeks, there was a good dinner prepared me, in the which I sat down to eat.

²And when I saw abundance of meat, I said to my son, Go and bring what poor man soever thou shalt find out of our brethren, who is mindful of the Lord; and, lo, I tarry for thee.

³But he came again, and said, Father, one of our nation is strangled, and is cast out in the marketplace.

⁴Then before I had tasted of any meat, I started up, and took him up into a room until the going down of the sun.

⁵Then I returned, and washed myself, and ate my meat in heaviness,

⁶Remembering that prophecy of Amos, as he said, Your feasts shall be turned into mourning, and all your mirth into lamentation.

⁷Therefore I wept: and after the going down of the sun I went and made a grave, and buried him.

⁸But my neighbours mocked me, and said, This man is not yet afraid to be put to death for this matter: who fled away; and yet, lo, he burieth the dead again.

⁹The same night also I returned from the burial, and slept by the wall of my courtyard, being polluted and my face was uncovered:

¹⁰And I knew not that there were sparrows in the wall, and mine eyes being open, the sparrows muted warm dung into mine eyes, and a whiteness came in mine eyes: and I went to the physicians, but they helped me not: moreover Achiacharus did nourish me, until I went into Elymais.

¹¹And my wife Anna did take women’s works to do.

¹²And when she had sent them home to the owners, they paid her wages, and gave her also besides a kid goat.

¹³And when it was in my house, and began to cry, I said unto her, From whence is this kid goat? is it not stolen? render it to the owners; for it is not lawful to eat any thing that is stolen.

¹⁴But she replied upon me, It was given for a gift more than the wages. Howbeit I did not believe her, but bade her render it to the owners: and I was abashed at her. But she replied upon me, Where are thine alms and thy righteous deeds? behold, thou and all thy works are known.