Tobit 7

¹Ekbatan'a varıp Raguel'in evine ulaştılar; Sara onları karşıladı ve kendisi onları, onlar da kendisini selamladılar, ardından Sara onları eve buyur etti.

²Raguel, karısı Edna'ya, "Bu genç adam, kuzenim Tobit'e ne kadar da benziyor!" dedi.

³Raguel onlara, "Kardeşlerim, nerelisiniz?" diye sordu; onlar da, "Bizler Ninova'daki sürgünlerden, Naftali oğullarındanız" dediler.

⁴Raguel onlara, "Kardeşimiz Tobit'i tanıyor musunuz?" diye sordu; onlar da, "Tanıyoruz" dediler. Raguel, "Sağlığı yerinde mi?" diye sordu.

⁵Onlar da, "Hem yaşıyor hem de sağlığı yerinde" dediler; Tobiyas ise, "O benim babamdır" dedi.

⁶Bunun üzerine Raguel ayağa fırladı, onu hararetle öptü ve ağladı.

⁷Onu kutsayarak, "Sen o iyi ve erdemli adamın oğlusun!" dedi; ancak Tobit'in gözlerini kaybettiğini duyunca kederlendi ve ağladı.

⁸Karısı Edna ve kızı Sara da ağladılar ve onları içtenlikle ağırladılar.

⁹Sürüden bir koç kesip önlerine bol miktarda yemek sundular. Tobiyas ise Rafael'e, "Kardeşim Azarya, yolda konuştuğun konuyu aç da bu mesele tamamlansın" dedi.

¹⁰Rafael bu sözü Raguel'e aktardı; Raguel de Tobiyas'a şöyle dedi: "Ye, iç ve keyifli ol; çünkü çocuğumu almak senin hakkındır. Yine de sana gerçeği açıklayayım.

¹¹Çocuğumu yedi adama verdim ve ne zaman onun yanına girseler, o gece öldüler; ama şimdilik sen keyfine bak." Tobiyas ise, "Bana karşı şartları belirleyip benimle bir anlaşmaya varana kadar burada hiçbir şey yemeyeceğim" dedi. Raguel de, "Onu şimdiden itibaren hükme göre teslim al; sen onun kardeşi, o da senin kardeşindir; merhametli Tanrı size en güzel olanı kolaylaştırsın" dedi.

¹²Sonra kızı Sara'yı çağırdı, elinden tutup onu Tobiyas'a eş olarak teslim etti ve şöyle dedi: "İşte, Musa'nın yasasına göre onu teslim al ve babanın evine götür." Ve onları kutsadı.

¹³Karısı Edna'yı çağırdı; bir parşömen alıp evlilik sözleşmesini yazdı ve mühürledi.

¹⁴Bundan sonra yemek yemeye başladılar.

¹⁵Raguel karısı Edna'yı çağırıp ona, "Kız kardeş, diğer iç odayı hazırla ve kızı içeri götür" dedi.

¹⁶Edna kocası gibi yaptı ve kızı oraya götürdü ve ağladı; sonra kızının gözyaşlarını paylaşarak ona şöyle dedi:

¹⁷"Cesur ol, çocuğum! Göğün ve yerin Rabbi bu kederine karşılık sana lütuf versin; cesur ol, kızım!"

¹ΚΑΙ ἦλθον εἰς ᾿Εκβάτανα καὶ παρεγένοντο εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν Ῥαγουήλ, Σάρρα δὲ ὑπήντησεν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐχαιρέτισεν αὐτοὺς καὶ αὐτοὶ αὐτήν, καὶ εἰσήγαγεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν.

²καὶ εἶπε Ῥαγουὴλ ῎Εδνᾳ τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ· ὡς ὅμοιος ὁ νεανίσκος Τωβὶτ τῷ ἀνεψιῷ μου;

³καὶ ἠρώτησεν αὐτούς Ῥαγουήλ· πόθεν ἐστέ, ἀδελφοί; καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ· ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Νεφθαλὶμ τῶν αἰχμαλώτων ἐκ Νινευῆ.

⁴καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· γινώσκετε Τωβὶτ τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν; οἱ δὲ εἶπον· γινώσκομεν. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· ὑγιαίνει;

⁵οἱ δὲ εἶπαν· καὶ ζῇ καὶ ὑγιαίνει. καὶ εἶπε Τωβίας· πατήρ μού ἐστι.

⁶καὶ ἀνεπήδησε Ῥαγουὴλ καὶ κατεφίλησεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἔκλαυσε

⁷καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ὁ τοῦ καλοῦ καὶ ἀγαθοῦ ἀνθρώπου υἱός· καὶ ἀκούσας ὅτι Τωβὶτ ἀπώλεσε τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἑαυτοῦ, ἐλυπήθη καὶ ἔκλαυσε.

⁸καὶ ῎Εδνα ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ Σάρρα ἡ θυγάτηρ αὐτοῦ ἔκλαυσαν καὶ ὑπεδέξαντο αὐτοὺς προθύμως·

⁹καὶ ἔθυσαν κριὸν προβάτων καὶ παρέθηκαν ὄψα πλείονα. εἶπε δὲ Τωβίας τῷ Ῥαφαήλ· ᾿Αζαρία ἀδελφέ, λάλησον ὑπὲρ ὧν ἔλεγες ἐν τῇ πορείᾳ, καὶ τελεσθήτω τὸ πρᾶγμα.

¹⁰καὶ μετέδωκε τὸν λόγον τῷ Ῥαγουήλ· καὶ εἶπε Ῥαγουὴλ πρὸς Τωβίαν· φάγε, πίε καὶ ἡδέως γίνου, σοὶ γὰρ καθήκει τὸ παιδίον μου λαβεῖν· πλὴν ὑποδείξω σοι τὴν ἀλήθειαν.

¹¹ἔδωκα τὸ παιδίον μου ἑπτὰ ἀνδράσι, καὶ ὁπότε ἐὰν εἰσεπορεύοντο πρὸς αὐτήν, ἀπέθνησκον ὑπὸ τὴν νύκτα. ἀλλὰ τὸ νῦν ἔχον, ἡδέως γίνου. καὶ εἶπε Τωβίας· οὐ γεύομαι οὐδὲν ὧδε, ἕως ἂν στήσητε καὶ σταθῆτε πρός με. καὶ εἶπε Ῥαγουήλ· κομίζου αὐτὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν κατὰ τὴν κρίσιν· σὺ δέ ἀδελφὸς εἶ αὐτῆς, καὶ αὐτὴ σού ἐστιν· ὁ δὲ ἐλεήμων Θεὸς εὐοδώσει ὑμῖν τὰ κάλλιστα.

¹²καὶ ἐκάλεσε Σάρραν τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ λαβὼν τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῆς παρέδωκεν αὐτὴν Τωβία γυναῖκα καὶ εἶπεν· ἰδοὺ κατὰ τὸν νόμον Μωυσέως κομίζου αὐτὴν καὶ ἄπαγε πρὸς τὸν πατέρα σου· καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτούς.

¹³καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ῎Εδναν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ· καὶ λαβὼν βιβλίον ἔγραψε συγγραφήν, καὶ ἐσφραγίσατο.

¹⁴καὶ ἤρξαντο ἐσθίειν.

¹⁵καὶ ἐκάλεσε Ῥαγουὴλ ῎Εδναν τήν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπε αὐτῇ· ἀδελφή, ἑτοίμασον τὸ ἕτερον ταμιεῖον καὶ εἰσάγαγε αὐτήν.

¹⁶καὶ ἐποίησεν ὡς εἶπε καὶ εἰσήγαγεν αὐτὴν ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἔκλαυσε· καὶ ἀπεδέξατο τὰ δάκρυα τῆς θυγατρὸς αὐτῆς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ·

¹⁷θάρσει, τέκνον, ὁ Κύριος τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς δῴη σοι χάριν ἀντὶ τῆς λύπης σου ταύτης· θάρσει, θύγατερ.

¹And when they were come to Ecbatane, they came to the house of Raguel, and Sara met them: and after they had saluted one another, she brought them into the house.

²Then said Raguel to Edna his wife, How like is this young man to Tobit my cousin!

³And Raguel asked them, From whence are ye, brethren? To whom they said, We are of the sons of Nephthalim, which are captives in Nineve.

⁴Then he said to them, Do ye know Tobit our kinsman? And they said, We know him. Then said he, Is he in good health?

⁵And they said, He is both alive, and in good health: and Tobias said, He is my father.

⁶Then Raguel leaped up, and kissed him, and wept,

⁷And blessed him, and said unto him, Thou art the son of an honest and good man. But when he had heard that Tobit was blind, he was sorrowful, and wept.

⁸And likewise Edna his wife and Sara his daughter wept. Moreover they entertained them cheerfully; and after that they had killed a ram of the flock, they set store of meat on the table. Then said Tobias to Raphael, Brother Azarias, speak of those things of which thou didst talk in the way, and let this business be dispatched.

⁹So he communicated the matter with Raguel: and Raguel said to Tobias, Eat and drink, and make merry:

¹⁰For it is meet that thou shouldest marry my daughter: nevertheless I will declare unto thee the truth.

¹¹I have given my daughter in marriage to seven men, who died that night they came in unto her: nevertheless for the present be merry. But Tobias said, I will eat nothing here, till we agree and swear one to another.

¹²Raguel said, Then take her from henceforth according to the manner, for thou art her cousin, and she is thine, and the merciful God give you good success in all things.

¹³Then he called his daughter Sara, and she came to her father, and he took her by the hand, and gave her to be wife to Tobias, saying, Behold, take her after the law of Moses, and lead her away to thy father. And he blessed them;

¹⁴And called Edna his wife, and took paper, and did write an instrument of covenants, and sealed it.

¹⁵Then they began to eat.

¹⁶After Raguel called his wife Edna, and said unto her, Sister, prepare another chamber, and bring her in thither.

¹⁷Which when she had done as he had bidden her, she brought her thither: and she wept, and she received the tears of her daughter, and said unto her,

¹⁸Be of good comfort, my daughter; the Lord of heaven and earth give thee joy for this thy sorrow: be of good comfort, my daughter.